10 Amazing Rock Songs Not Sung By The Lead Singer

10. Mankind - Pearl Jam

Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament must be counting their blessings every day for hitting the musical lottery twice. After having an electric frontman like Andy Wood succumb to a drug overdose, getting a second wind with Eddie Vedder turned them into Pearl Jam and brought the focus of the rock scene to Seattle at the start of the '90s. Once we reach the mid '90s though, that chemistry between the band was a lot more fractured than you remember.

Alongside their long standing feud with Ticketmaster, No Code finds the band in a weird place, as everyone tries to go in more artsy directions that were a bit harder to take in than the mainstream rock bangers like Better Man. That means songs that go on long stretches, some different tribal beats laced throughout the mix, and Stone deciding that he didn't even need Eddie on the song Mankind.

Appearing right near the end of the record, Stone takes the reins and sings this tune himself, which seems more reminiscent of something he would have written with Brad. As much as it might seem weird hearing a song like this turn up on a Pearl Jam record, this is actually a nice way of breaking up the usual flow and letting the band just see what happens when they try something new. Out of all the ugliness that surrounded this record, this is one of the few times where you can actually hear them having fun in the studio while they make it.