Note regarding the bands name:
Sorry
omegas and
xunker - those are good and
commonly held theories as to their name. But the truth is that no one knows the truth. I speak as a long time and rather die-hard fan. (And this is not
my idea of the "truth" but the
truth as released by the band.)
Eddie also told the hallogenogenic jelly story to
Rolling Stone Magazine on two occasions. He has later said that he just made up this story on a whim, and then liked it enough to tell it again. He says regarding the
media that if you "don't give them an answer, they never leave you alone."
The
pornographic theory is just as
fallacious. I can't find the exact quote at the moment, but the first time Eddie and
Stone heard of this
idea they were doing a
radio show, and they both just laughed. They said they had never even thought of it that way before, and they found it amusing that other people had such
dirty minds.
According to Eddie:
"I remember throwing words and meanings around for band names,..... I was writing songs daily and they seemed more important than the name of the band,.... I didn't grasp at the time how representative it may become,....not to mention we were just making a little record that few people would ever hear,......
so the words came, 2,... one of which was Pearl. The name of my great grandmother,..... married to a contortionist...... He used to fit himself into a suitcase.... One in a long line of peculiar individuals."
See, here he says she was married to a
contortionist. Before it was an
Indian chief. Does Eddie even have a
Grandma Pearl? Possibly. I kind of doubt it, but who knows? At any rate, the bands name doesn't need to be analyzed; it is really of
no importance. They are great for the
music they make, not for what they named themselves.
Additional information on this subject and anything else about the band can be found at:
www.pearljam.com
www.tenclub.net
www.lukin.com
www.synergy.com
www.fivehorizons.com
allthoseyesterdays.net
www.pearljamnetwork.com