Pearl Jam

It's no secret that the guys in Pearl Jam are Led Zeppelin fans, or that their 1998 single "Given to Fly" owes an obvious debt to Zeppelin's "Going to California."

Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament was born in Montana.

They ended up skipping a summer tour as the battle raged.

We all have to clean up when family or friends are coming over, but can you imagine a presidential visit? No throwing things in the closet or under the bed, it's got to be clean. And then, there’s your stash…. Oh wait, this president may have his own...

In 1992, Pearl Jam fan Joe Wolfe, who attended the rising band's show at the Cincinnati club Bogart's, ran into several of the group's members at a local movie theater during a screening of 'Wayne's World.'

In case you were contemplating having a foreign policy discussion with Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, here's a reminder: he's still very much against war.

Rickey Charles Goodrich, the accountant who lost his job as the chief financial officer for Pearl Jam's management company after the band discovered hundreds of thousands of dollars missing from its coffers, has been sentenced to serve 14 months in prison.

It’s often been said that Lou Reed’s influence was exceedingly disproportionate to his sales figures. That statement is proven by three of today’s biggest bands, which have performed his songs in the days following his death on Oct. 27.

Remember your first concert? You were probably somewhere in the nosebleed seats, trying to pick out the supertiny bassist from the supertiny rhythm guitarist onstage while hollowed-out versions of the band's most popular songs echoed throughout the arena's crappy audio system. An 8-year-old Pearl Jam fan's first concert was nothing like that.

"Well, we made it through another one. Can't wait to see what's next."

Pearl Jam are full of big announcements this week. Just two days after revealing the details of their 2013 North American tour, the band just unveiled another surprise: They have a new album coming out on Oct. 15. You can see a brief, 40-second video trailer for it above.

Pearl Jam have announced the dates for the North American leg of their 2013 tour. It launches on Oct. 11 in Pittsburgh and wraps up Dec. 6 in their hometown of Seattle.