10 Greatest Career Resurrections In Rock History
6. Stone Gossard/Jeff Ament - Pearl Jam
At the start of the '90s, the world of hard rock seemed to be at Mother Love Bone's feet. Even though their signature brand of funkified hard rock wasn't necessarily in vogue like the hair metal or thrash coming down the pipeline, the public was getting ready for the scene to shift to the rainy city of Seattle, bringing with it new ideas from the alternative side of the spectrum. And then...it was all gone when frontman Andy Wood passed away.
Since Wood's charisma was half the reason that Mother Love Bone worked, members Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament ended the group then and there, opting to keep their legacy where it was. After the scene came together to support them, Gossard started to shop tapes around for singers for a new project before making a tribute record to Andy with his former roommate Chris Cornell.
Midway through the sessions of what would become Temple of the Dog, a young hopeful from San Diego named Eddie Vedder got ahold of Stone's tape and came through with the skeletons of what would become Pearl Jam's Alive. Quickly getting in touch with Ament afterwards, Gossard got in touch with Ed and formed Pearl Jam shortly afterward, which would go on to explode once Ten hit store shelves. Even though death is a hard hurdle for any band to get through, this is the tale of redemption that everyone wants to see.