Its lyric suggests an incestuous affair between the hero and his mother, while its hookline, “I’m still alive”, was intended as a rueful statement of fact from the homicidal/suicidal teen. Alive is the first chapter in this trilogy ( Once, off Pearl Jam’s debut album Ten, and the early B-side Footsteps tell the rest of the story). A lifelong fan of Pete Townshend, he concocted a song-cycle, Mamasan, telling the story of a troubled young man whose traumatic discovery that his supposed birth father was actually his stepfather (a Tommy-esque drama drawn from Vedder’s own life) sends him on a killing spree, for which he is ultimately executed. The band has not yet officially announced beneficiaries or specific amounts.A serious-minded, humble surfer dude – in many ways Wood’s antithesis – Vedder’s first contribution to this new project was to write lyrics for a demo tape of Gossard riffs. Learn more here.Ĭorrection: An earlier version of this story included news reports that Pearl Jam will donate their proceeds to 40 organizations.
Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder will be a headliner at the Global Citizen Festival Mandela 100, in proud partnership with the Motsepe Foundation, on Dec. "Art not only breaks down barriers, but can also be a means to heal the trauma that can be caused by experiencing homelessness,” - more about the x #PearlJam #TheHomeShows poster collaboration: /jyo9hBxli4
"It really has reunited our community and reinvigorated people." "I think folks were feeling like, 'Oh my gosh, there’s nothing that can be done,' but I feel this surge of this enthusiasm for these concerns," said Lauren McGowan, senior director for ending homelessness and poverty at United Way of King County, which is a key Home Shows partner, along with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Schultz Family Foundation, according to Mashable. The band’s philanthropic spirit also spilled over into area restaurants in Seattle, with more than 80 establishments donating a portion of proceeds from Wednesday evening to the band’s Home Fund.Īccording to the McKinsey Report, roughly 12,000 people are homeless on any given night in King County, which includes Seattle. Mary’s Place is a nonprofit organization that provides temporary housing to women, children, and families in the homeless community. “Literally, bring more people home, out of those cars, out of those tents, up off the sidewalk and give them a safe space to be and get them into their forever home. “This is what those ‘Home Shows’ can do,” Marty Hartman, director of Mary’s Place, told KOMO NEWS. Take Action: Enter to Win VIP Tickets to Pearl Jam in Boston Meanwhile, it also lured local companies, including Starbucks, Nordstrom, and the Seattle Mariners, to contribute to the effort, noted Mashable. The band, along with other members of the community, committed to matching donations (up to $960,000) to a new fundraising campaign called the Home Fund. "You can’t not see the increasing numbers of people who need help." "It was the simple fact that we all live here, and like anyone else who’s lived here for awhile - not to mention their whole lives, like some of us - we’ve seen the changes happening in our community," Stone Gossard, one of the band's guitarists, told Mashable in an email about what inspired the Home Shows. Take Action: Be the Generation to End Extreme Poverty 8 and 10, and will reportedly donate 90% of the $11 million proceeds to local organizations. The seminal grunge-rock outfit revisited their old stomping grounds for the first time in five years with a pair of benefit concerts dubbed the Home Shows at the city’s Safeco Field and a day of volunteerism between the performances on Aug.
Pearl Jam raised millions of dollars for Seattle’s homeless after playing two sold-out shows in their hometown, reported NME. Take action with us here and help us fight the causes of poverty. But behind every statistic is a human being with their own unique story. More than 12,000 people in Seattle are homeless or living in inadequate housing.
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