State of Love & Trust: A Pearl Jam Podcast

Jason and Paul welcome Soundgarden co-founder and guitarist Kim Thayil to the show to discuss his new memoir 'A Screaming Life: Into the Superunknown with Soundgarden and Beyond.' Kim candidly speaks about discovering punk and his early years of music, coming to terms with identity, songwriting for Soundgarden, the loss of Chris Cornell, and what's to come with the final Soundgarden album.

Jason and Paul are joined by singer/guitarist Jamie Stephen Hall of Tigercub. We dive into Jamie's musical roots in Sunderland...to Brighton, his songwriting process, exposing too much, and how Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard helped sharpen his skills. Tigercub's new record Nets to Catch the Wind is as heavy as it is beautiful.

Jason and Paul welcome Sheehan Perera (Concertpants) back to the show to discuss the latest ruling against Ticketmaster and Live Nation. A jury decided the concert mega-company is, in fact, a monopoly having broken anti-trust laws. So now what? We discuss what the sentencing might be including the possibile separation of the two companies. Plus, what does the ruling mean for venues, promotors, artists, and music fans?

Jason and Paul welcome back to the show 90s and 2000s rock aficionado, content creator, and Smashing Pumpkins superfan Jacob Givens back to the show to discuss the five most influential Smashing Pumpkins songs. Across 35 years, 13 studio albums, soundtracks and more, the Smashing Pumpkins are one of the most influential bands of the 90s and have evolved record after record through the genius of Billy Corgan. Like him or not...you cannot deny how prolific a songwriter he is. This was a difficult challenge to say the least.

Jason and Paul celebrate 20 years of Pearl Jam's self-titled record by shrinking it from an LP...to an EP. It's always a difficult task...especially so with 🥑. Plus, Lyric and Live Cut of the Week return with a track from Dark Matter - Waiting For Stevie.

Jason and Paul celebrate the 35th anniversary of the lone Temple of the Dog record by reviewing it...retroactively. In the wake of Andrew Wood's death, Chris Cornell sought to mourn through music...writing music to honor his friend who'd died of a drug overdose. In doing so he convinced Wood's former Mother Love Bone bandmates, Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard, to help him flesh out and record the music along with Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron...and lead guitarist Mike McCeady (who'd been recently jamming with Ament and Gossard in a new project which would eventually become Pearl Jam). This is that record and this is our review of it...35 years later.