30 Years Later: Grunge Past & Present Merge When Neil Young & Pearl Jam Launched 'Mirror Ball' - Glide Magazine
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Neil Young spent the first half of the 1990s receiving praise such as the grunge's "father." And it was both for his music and for the intransigent way in which he handled his career. He closed the generation gap 30 years ago, on 27 June 1995 with "Mirror Ball", which featured Pearl Jam as his backup band. The legendary Canadian singer-songwriter and his disciples had crossed several times in the years leading up to the LP. Both were on the post…
30 Years Later: Grunge Past & Present Merge When Neil Young & Pearl Jam Launched 'Mirror Ball' - Glide Magazine
Based in part on the resounding impact of Ragged Glory, Neil Young’s return to form with Crazy Horse in 1993 earned him the nickname ‘The Godfather of Grunge.’ So, while the iconoclastic Canadian’s collaboration(s) with genre icons Pearl Jam didn’t raise many eyebrows three decades ago, hindsight further suggests it was destiny calling. A string of fortuitous encounters between Young and Pearl Jam led to recording at Heart co-founder Nancy Wilso…
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