10 Rock Bands With Amazing Live Shows

10. Pearl Jam

In the age of grunge rock, Pearl Jam always had their feet firmly planted in the classics of rock and roll. Even though most of the bands out of Seattle were rebelling against the traditional rock and roll lifestyle, Eddie Vedder had no shame about wearing his influences on his sleeve, whether it was channeling the Who or Black Flag in whatever song was in the setlist. Compared to the punk rock shows of Nirvana though, Eddie tried to take it that one extra mile in the early days.

After being a bit sheepish at Pearl Jam's first handful of gigs in Seattle, something strange started to happen once Eddie started to get a little more comfortable. Regardless of how big or small the venue was, Eddie was known to scale the scaffolding of the place, oftentimes going into the rafters without so much as a safety net, as if he were some rock climber out in the wild.

It may have been a spectacle to watch, but it was nerve wracking every time he did it for his bandmates, some of whom had already lost a bandmate in Andy Wood just a few years before. When the music hits you though, you're bound to do some crazy things. This was about music that could move you, and Eddie has said time and time again that if the music weren't there, he wouldn't have been able to climb half of what he did back in the day.