Question 1

True or false: Pearl Jam once boycotted Ticketmaster for over a decade over high service fees.

Accepted Answer

True. From 1994 to 2006, Pearl Jam refused to use Ticketmaster, fighting their monopoly with alternative ticketing systems.

Question 2

True or false: Pearl Jam's song 'Jeremy' was inspired by a real-life school shooting.

Accepted Answer

True. The song is based on the 1991 suicide of Jeremy Wade Delle, who shot himself in front of his English class in Texas.

Question 3

True or false: Pearl Jam was formed in Seattle after the breakup of Mother Love Bone.

Accepted Answer

True. After Mother Love Bone dissolved following Andrew Wood's death, members Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament formed Pearl Jam with Eddie Vedder.

Question 4

True or false: Pearl Jam's album 'Vitalogy' was originally released on vinyl only.

Accepted Answer

False. It was released on CD and cassette simultaneously; only the first pressing of the vinyl had an exclusive extra track.

Question 5

True or false: Pearl Jam holds the record for most number-one albums on the Billboard 200 by a rock band.

Accepted Answer

False. The Beatles hold that record; Pearl Jam has five number-one albums, but not the most.

Question 6

True or false: Eddie Vedder worked as a gas station attendant before joining Pearl Jam.

Accepted Answer

True. Vedder was pumping gas in San Diego when he received the demo tapes that led to him joining the band.

Question 7

True or false: Pearl Jam once performed a secret show under the name 'The Wacky Wombats'.

Accepted Answer

False. They actually used the fake name 'Puddin' Jones' for a 1992 club gig in Seattle, not 'The Wacky Wombats'.

Question 8

True or false: Pearl Jam's debut album 'Ten' was originally going to be called 'Stone Gossard Demos'.

Accepted Answer

True. Before settling on 'Ten', the band briefly considered naming it after guitarist Stone Gossard's demo tapes, a nod to their origins.

Pearl Jam Trivia Questions