Not For You: Pearl Jam and the Present Tense
Ronen Givony
Aug 2021 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Stephen Graybill
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There has never been a band like Pearl Jam. The Seattle quintet has recorded eleven studio albums; sold some 85 million records; played over a thousand shows, in fifty countries; and had five different albums reach number one. But Pearl Jam's story is about much more than music. A study of their role in history-from Operation Desert Storm to the Dixie Chicks; "Jeremy" to Columbine; Kurt Cobain to Chris Cornell; Ticketmaster to Trump-Not for You explores the band's origins and evolution over thirty years of American culture. It starts with their founding, and the eruption of grunge, in 1991; continues through their golden age (Vs., Vitalogy, No Code, and Yield); their middle period (Binaural, Riot Act); and the more divisive recent catalog. Along the way, it considers the band's activism, idealism, and impact, from "W.M.A." to the Battle of Seattle and Body of War. More than the first critical study, Not for You is a tribute to a famously obsessive fan base, in the spirit of Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch. Partly social history, partly autobiography, and entirely outspoken, discursive, and droll, Not for You is the first full-length treatment of Pearl Jam's odyssey and importance in the culture, from the '90s to the present.
About the author
Ronen Givony is the author of 24 Hour Revenge Therapy. He is the founder of New York's Wordless Music series and orchestra (wordlessmusic.org)-which Village Voice named the city's "Best Moderately Snooty Concert Series"-and a contributor of liner notes for Nonesuch, Constellation, Thrill Jockey, and Temporary Residence.
Stephen Graybill recently appeared in HBO's Big Little Lies; in Framed, opposite Jordi Vilasuso; in the second season of Game Shakers; and opposite Denise Richards in the feature film Altitude. He has worked on over fifty audiobooks and was awarded the Readers Choice Award of "Narrator of the Year."
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