Pearl Jam, Everclear, And No Doubt Essay, Research Paper

Pearl Jam, Everclear, and No Doubt

Almost everyone has a favorite band. People buy CD’s and tapes to not

only listen to the music that they like, but to support that band. There are

many, many different types of music, and usually a certain band will fit into a

specific type of music. I listen mostly to alternative/grunge music. And by

coincidence the three bands I’m going to talk about are all from the west coast.

I am going to talk a little bit about three of my favorite bands in that

category: Pearl Jam, Everclear, and No Doubt.

Pearl Jam is a band from Seattle. They were one of the first alternative

bands to ever become popular from this area. The lead singer of Pearl Jam is

Eddie Vedder, he does the lead vocals and plays the guitar. The rest of the band

includes, Jeff Ament, (bass) Stone Gossard, (guitar and vocals) Jack Irons,

(drums) and Mike McCready, (guitar). A couple of the songs that Pearl Jam does

are Jeremy, Daughter, Smile, Spin the Black Circle and Tremor Christ. Pearl Jam

has a knack for writing catchy lyrics that become very popular.

Everclear is a band from Portland. They are not as popular as Pearl Jam,

but they do have a large following of fans. The three band members of Everclear

are Art Alexis, (lead vocals, and guitar) Greg Eklund, (drums and vocals) and

Craig Montoya, (bass, and vocals). Their album together is Sparkle and Fade, and

it is one of the best albums I’ve ever heard. Among the may popular songs are

Heroin Girl, Sparkle and Fade, and Santa Monica. All of the lyrics are good, but

there is a lot of profanity on this album.

No Doubt is the last band, but is not the least. No Doubt has had a

number one album, Tragic Kingdom, and it is VERY popular. This band is out of

California. The band members are: Gwen Stefani, (lead vocals) Tom Dumont,

(guitar) Tony Kanal, (bass) Adrian Young, (drums and percussion) and Eric

Stefani (piano and keyboards) Gwen, the lead singer is the only female in this

band, and hers is the only voice you hear in all of the songs. Some of their

songs includes, Just a Girl, Spider Webs, and Excuse Me Mister. All are popular

and make an awesome album with all of the songs on it.

These bands all are popular here in the Northwest and all have popular

albums out. People have shown their support of these bands by buying their

albums and requesting their favorite songs on the radio. Pearl Jam, Everclear,

and No Doubt are among my very favorite bands, and I own all of their albums.