The 1996 tour was also a glimpse into what the band was going to become live in the next handful of years - marathon shows featuring songs of the rare variety. Check out our next year-by-year series episode out this week on a spectacular Buffalo 1996 show!
After the 1995 tour, Pearl Jam went right back into the studio to finish up on No Code. The record that divided the fanbase at the time is now considered one of the band’s masterpieces.
Pearl Jam went through a variety of changes in 1995 - a new drummer and venues to avoid Ticketmaster, but the changes didn’t mean that the things were looking up. Interpersonal issues and combating the media dominate some of the conversation about this year…
We had a great episode this week to kick off our Top 5 shows of the year list! Now we’re gearing up for show #4 voted on by you guys. What do you think it’ll end up being?