The day that hair-bands died and grunge music prevailed is a day I will never forget. I can remember when MTV started showing Nirvana’s “Teen Spirit” in favor of Skid Row’s newest video or Poison’s newest HAIR BALLAD. I wasn’t very keen on the Seattle scene, although there was that Temple of the Dog video where Soundgarden and Pearl Jam collaborated to go “Hungry” that I always liked. Something about Eddie Vedder’s voice always rubbed me the wrong way. The raw, raspy delivery was always a mystery to me. I’m almost twenty years late, but I think I’m starting to understand why people have been in love all these years. The band performed at Austin City Limits last month and you can watch the performance , here. Ben Harper sits in on “Red Mosquito”, so watch out for him. In celebration of the performance, I found some live Pearl Jam from six years ago.

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10/28/03 (Tue) Santa Barbara Bowl – Santa Barbara, CA

Set 1: I Intro, Believe In Miracles, Nothing As It Seems, Immortality, Fatal, Thumbing My Way, Elderly Woman, Man of the Hour, Nothingman, Crazy Mary, Last Kiss, 25 Minutes to Go *

Set 2: Love Boat Captain, Black, In My Tree ^, Hail Hail ^, Save You, E: Soon Forget ~, Better Man > (I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend) ^~, Can’t Change Me +, Like a Stone +, Hunger Strike %, Reach Down %, E2: Daytime Dilemna #, I Believe in Miracles #, E3: So You Wanna Be A Rock N Roll Star @

Comment: 1st set is acoustic, 2nd set is electric. * with Lyle Workman. ^ with Jack Irons. ~ with Jack Johnson on ukulele. + Chris Cornell solo. % with Chris Cornell. # with John Frusciante. @ with everyone and their brother.
(Via Setlist)