History YMMV / PearlJam

* EvilIsSexy: The AnthropomorphicPersonification of Death in the music video for "Do the Evolution" is a schemer who consistently leads humanity to mass destruction, yet never fails at being flirtatious and voluptuous at the same time.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Just about every PostGrunge band has aped the band's vocals and guitar sound. The band is ''[[CreatorBacklash not]]'' happy about it.

* FaceOfTheBand: Eddie Vedder, to the point where Music/WeirdAlYankovic made a song about him.
** TheBandMinusTheFace: Arguably Temple of the Dog, which is basically Pearl Jam ''before'' (hence the "arguably") Pearl Jam, with the only formation difference being Music/ChrisCornell on vocals instead of Vedder.

* ToughActToFollow: After the runaway success of ''Ten'', the band felt the pressure of trying to match its success. Eddie in particularly suffered during the production of ''Vs.'', saying that "I just didn't feel comfortable in the place we were at [[TrueArtIsAngsty because it was very comfortable]]." Thankfully, the album did sell well and score a few hits.

* EvilIsSexy: The AnthropomorphicPersonification of Death in the music video for "Do the Evolution" is a conniving DarkChick who consistently leads humanity to mass destruction, yet never fails at being flirtatious and voluptuous at the same time.

* CoveredUp: "Last Kiss" and its B-side "Soldier of Love"; lesser-known examples include "Leaving Here", "Sonic Reducer", "It's OK" and "Gremmie Out Of Control". Mother Love Bone's "Crown of Thorns" may be best known as a Pearl Jam stage number to those who don't know the background as well.

* SignatureSong: "Alive", "Even Flow" and "Black", as those songs are in nearly every one of their setlists.

* MemeticMutation: The screaming skeleton pilot from "Do the Evolution" has been used in some versions of the [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/wtf-boom WTF BOOM! meme]].

* BlackSheepHit: [[CoveredUp Their cover]] of "Last Kiss". Also, "Better Man", the band's biggest hit in the United States in terms of pop radio airplay, is much more acoustic and midtempo than most of their other songs.
** By the same logic, modern and classic rock stations mostly play from ''Ten'', ''Vs.'' and maybe ''Vitalogy'' if they're feeling charitable. They will play newer Pearl Jam upon release, but it tends to fade fast.

** "Hey Foxymophandlemama, That's Me" (AKA "Stupidmop") features looped vocal samples from mental patients [[note]]interview segments sourced from " A Matter of the Mind", a 1986 episode of PBS documentary series ''Frontline''[[/note]]
set to a droning, disconnected instrumental. A pretty unsettling way to end ''Vitalogy''.

** "Hey Foxymophandlemama, That's Me" (AKA "Stupidmop") features looped vocal samples from mental patients set to a droning, disconnected instrumental. A pretty unsettling way to end ''Vitalogy''.

* AwardSnub: A number of fans are not happy that Dave Abbruzzese wasn't inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame despite his contributions to the band's biggest years of fame and acclaim. The fact that both Dave Krusen and Matt Cameron were inducted didn't help as the former was only with the band for one year and the latter was better known for being with Music/{{Soundgarden}} (though in his favor, he is the drummer who lasted the longest).

* AccidentalInnuendo: [[http://web.archive.org/web/20080229001527/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/pearl_jam_the_second_coming/page/3 No, the band's name wasn't based on semen.]] They had to replace "Mookie Blaylock". The bassist came with "Pearl", and after a Neil Young show in which every song was a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam_session jam]]...

* AwardSnub: A number of fans are not happy that Dave Abbruzzese wasn't inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame despite his contributions to the band's biggest years of fame and acclaim. The fact that both Dave Krusen and Matt Cameron were inducted didn't help as the former was only with the band for one year and the latter was better known for being with Music/{{Soundgarden}}.

* FaceOfTheBand: Eddie Vedder, to the point where [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic "Weird Al" Yankovic]] made a song about him.

* CoveredUp: "Last Kiss" and its B-side "Soldier of Love"; lesser-known examples include "Leaving Here", "Sonic Reducer", "It's OK" and "Gremmie Out Of Control". Mother Love Bone's "Crown of Thorns" may be best known as a Pearl Jam stage number to those who don't know [[AuthorExistenceFailure the background]] as well.

* SignatureSong: "Even Flow" and "Black", as those songs are in nearly every one of their setlists.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Pearl Jam are still rather big in America, but they remain absolutely HUGE in Australia. They headlined the biggest festival in the country in 2014 and at least eight of their albums have topped the ARIA charts.