{"id":4085,"date":"2012-11-19T15:58:06","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T23:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/?p=4085"},"modified":"2012-11-20T02:00:44","modified_gmt":"2012-11-20T10:00:44","slug":"was-pearl-jam-really-named-after-a-peyote-concoction-made-by-eddie-vedders-great-grandmother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2012\/11\/19\/was-pearl-jam-really-named-after-a-peyote-concoction-made-by-eddie-vedders-great-grandmother\/","title":{"rendered":"Was Pearl Jam Really Named After a Peyote Concoction Made by Eddie Vedder’s Great-Grandmother?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about music and whether they are true or false. Click here<\/a> to view an archive of the music urban legends featured so far.<\/p>\n

MUSIC URBAN LEGEND<\/span><\/u>: Pearl Jam was named after a peyote concoction that Eddie Vedder’s great-grandmother Pearl used to make.<\/p>\n

The band Pearl Jam was one of the most popular bands of the 1990s, and were a major part of the mass of great bands who came out of the Pacific Northwest during the late 80s and early 90s. <\/p>\n

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When the band first formed in the middle of 1990, their name was Mookie Blaylock, after the then-current NBA player of the same name.<\/p>\n

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However, when the band signed with Epic Records (which happened soon after their first gig – their demos were very impressive, as they already had a number of their most popular early songs), the record company felt that there were too many trademark issues with naming a band after a current NBA player, so they had the band pick a new name.<\/p>\n

Although, amusingly enough, Pearl Jam’s first album is called Ten, which was Mookie Blaylock’s uniform number…<\/p>\n