November 30th, 2011
Zoom “Everywhere we played, we were the opening band, but people were just flipping out. Eddie wore army shorts, white Doc Martens, and a Butthole Surfers Locust Abortion Technician T-shirt every fucking day for the whole tour. He washed his clothes in the hotel room sink. He had a hole in the ass of his shorts, which he gaffer-taped. After every gig, he was shell-shocked because he was giving it his all.”—former Pearl Jam drummer Matt Chamberlain recalls PJ’s summer 1991 tour, from Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge

“Everywhere we played, we were the opening band, but people were just flipping out. Eddie wore army shorts, white Doc Martens, and a Butthole Surfers Locust Abortion Technician T-shirt every fucking day for the whole tour. He washed his clothes in the hotel room sink. He had a hole in the ass of his shorts, which he gaffer-taped. After every gig, he was shell-shocked because he was giving it his all.”

—former Pearl Jam drummer Matt Chamberlain recalls PJ’s summer 1991 tour, from Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge

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