Corgan: “The Pearl Jam were depressed”. Jeff Ament: “True nothing”

The bassist of Pearl Jam Jeff Ament he denied some recent claims of the frontman of Smashing pumpkins Billy Corgan During an interview granted to Rick Blessed together with his bandmate, the guitarist Mike McCready. Corgan’s words concerned the behavior held by Pearl Jam during their 1991 tour together with Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Ament provided a different version from what was declared by Billy Corgan According to which the band on that tour was unhappy and had economic problems with the record label. The story told by the bassist of the Seattle group is completely different. “I recently read something in which Billy Corgan said he had seen us depressed during that tour with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, saying that the label would withdraw the funding. It never happened. The label knew we had something at stake and really supported us all the time”.

From that period the 62 -year -old Ament kept underlining the dedication and enthusiasm of the Pearl Jam for the opportunity they had earned. “At that point, it was only survival … So, we were absolutely serious about that opportunity. I’ll explain to me, we couldn’t be more enthusiastic about going and playing live when that tour with the Peppers arrived. I remember that Ed and (Eddie Vedder, the singer of Pearl Jam, ed.) We were on the bus for half an hour before the concert; we both played the guitar, We entered and said, ‘Okay, we are ready!’ And we were really enthusiastic about this opportunity. “

Billy Corganin his podcast “The Magnificent Others” with Tom Morellohad advanced the hypothesis that i Pearl Jam they would even have risked the exclusion from the tour if their single “Alive” had not been successful.

The 1991 tour was a milestone for all the bands that participated that they had considerable visibility from that cycle of concerts. It was really a crucial moment in the history of alternative rock. Both i
Pearl Jam
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Smashing pumpkins
they affirmed themselves with all their strength, while i
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Strong of the album
“Blood Sugar Sex Magik”
They gave a decisive impulse to their notoriety.