DEDICATION TO ITS FANS IS HALLMARK OF PEARL JAM.(CITY LIFE)

From: The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC) | Date: August 3, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

The Pearl Jam fan is a strange throwback in a rock world crushed by the pop music around it.

Sure, fans of Britney Spears and 'N Sync appear more devoted on the surface, doing absurd things to win concert tickets and backstage passes and plastering all available photos of the stars on their walls.

But will their fans stick around for another decade, like those who have remained loyal to Pearl Jam by buying bootlegs, attending concerts and waiting every year for Christmas presents from the band?

In 1991, the band's debut, "Ten," sold nearly 12 million copies and won ...

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