10 Rock Bands That Never Made The Same Album Twice

10. Pearl Jam

Most of us have probably suffered through enough Pearl Jam for all of our collective lifetimes. That's not from Pearl Jam proper though...just the endless amounts of copycats that have come and gone since '92 trying to copy Eddie Vedder's signature singing style. Even though the likes of Creed or Puddle of Mudd might make their living out of making their own versions of Ten, these Seattlites have left their debut in the rearview a long time ago.

As far back as Vs., Eddie always was trying to experiment with different variations on the Pearl Jam formula, which often came in the form of some weird art rock like the funk of Rats or the almost punk sounds on Blood. On Vitalogy though, the masses got the feeling that this was going to be one trip of a band, with most of the art rock tendencies going through the roof alongside classic hits like Nothingman.

Ever since, Vedder, Stone Gossard, and Jeff Ament have left virtually nothing off the table, from the weird downtempo material on No Code to the experimentation going on in Binaural and Riot Act with sound recording. Hell, even when they returned to more rocking material, songs like the Fixer was accompanied by a new wave bent. Going even further with Gigaton, Pearl Jam is still one of the few active rock bands who can still manage to surprise us.