Pearl Jam Chooses To Wait While Eddie V Does It Solo

When you spot a bunch of long hauling "Radio" jocks huddled up at an all you can eat bar, professional football game or shaking hands and kissing babies at grand opening celebrations; the one thing listener's miss is the raw jock talk about where everything's going. If you aren't Howard Stern, Bob and Sheri or Elvis Duran, 75% of what's pumping energy through your stale smelling car is an on-air performance repeating the 6:00 AM hour or hashed out prewritten liner cards dictated by a ratings craving Program Director convinced that he's the next speaker thumping Messiah. Once outside those 6 by 20 foot tilted studio glass windows and twelve inch sound proofed padding...Jocks find no fear in being the path maker's of "Realties" bite. Visionaries! Vocal Poet's that non-radio family members and friends draw swords against late into the night like Catholic Priests chasing Exorcisms. The Hip Hop sing-a-long crunch that's been punching the inside of desk top speakers this decade hasn't been designed by unexplained circumstances but rather Music Directors addicted to listener's likes, dislikes, panting behaviors and push aways. In July I hooked up with 1065 The End PD Jack Daniel whose grip on hot, hip and flipping awesome has been methodized by a well polished passion to paint the future before it arrives. When asked about how lazy Rihanna, Black Eyed Peas, Flo-Rida and Bieber were becoming to station chasing fans of music; I was introduced to the seeds of Industrial meeting New Rock. Not Metal, Grunge or Nickelback driven lyrics that stick to the roof of your ears faster than an addiction to power drinks and 5 Hour shots. But...Industrial locates a guitar amp. Seriously, when was the last time New Rock got to talk? Massive appeal! Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains? The 90's! Which might explain why Rollingstone Magazine's stalking studios hiding tomorrow's vibes worth riding. What they've found is a missing chunk of the New Music crown: Pearl Jam. RS reports that despite rumors about Pearl Jam working on the followup to their 2010 album Backspacer, guitarist Mike McCready says the band is currently in a "holding pattern," according to Spin. The band has paused while singer Eddie Vedder readies a solo tour and drummer Matt Cameron returns to Soundgarden. "We're just kind of sitting around, writing songs. We have about seven ideas so far that we did last year and we're just kind of sitting on those right now," said McCready. McCready is also working with former Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan – a high school classmate – and Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin in a new band. "It's all in its infantile stages right now, but we hope to have somebody sing over it some day," McCready says of the music, which he compares to Led Zeppelin. The unnamed group has already written nine songs. McCready recently scored Matthew Lillard's directorial debut, Fat Kid Rules The World. Pearl Jam is set to play the Jay-Z curated "Made In America" festival in Philadelphia on September 1st and 2nd.