During their early formative period, Pearl Jam was not incredibly popular at first. However, as they toured
excessively in 1991-1992, first in the United States and then in Europe and elsewhere, their popularity slowly grew,
and their songs started appearing on the radio. After a little while, the first commercial posters starting appearing in
shops and stores, as is atypical for any admired band. These initial posters that were made for the band were often kind
of cheap in a way; usually just a simple picture of the band and maybe a logo, often looking hastily done, and almost
always produced in very large quantities. Usually the band's music label will work with the poster designers to produce
these works, first as a form of promotion, and secondly to meet the demand of the public, who wanted a visual reminder of
the band and to perhaps fill up some wall space.
In this section, our goal is to display all the known commerical and promotional posters for Pearl Jam that started
distribution after their first album "Ten", and up to their second album "Vs.", and in no real particular order. This also
includes promotional posters that were for a range of cities as well. There is not really a lot to say about most of
them individually...just the stuff that was usually found tacked up on fans' walls across the world (hopefully many are still there).
NOTE: There is definitely a fine line in sometimes trying to decide what "album era" some of these posters should be
placed in (i.e. the "Drop in the Park" Seattle show occurred in 1992, but posters based on photographs of this show more
than likely were not manufactured until into the "Vs." period.). So, if you disagree with placement, please state your opinion or
provide some evidence if you wish. But it probably does not really doesn't matter too much. =) Enjoy! And, of course,
feel free to contact us if we are missing something (but do note that we are not interested in "posters" from magazines)!
Last Updated: February 24th, 2003
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 (This was used in the UK to promote the Ten "Basketball" 12" vinyl and the Ten yellow Digipak cd) |
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  double-sided (front and back shown) |
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 supposedly was a Seattle "newspaper box" poster; printed on heavy cardboard stock |
 image also used for "Even Flow" single cover |
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 (also lists Feb. 1992 UK dates) |
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