The Yield closer is just simply gorgeous. It’s like Wes Craven wrote a Pearl Jam song.

The tune has only been played three times, but that feels like more than enough given the bone-chilling gravity of the song. Is there anything creepier than “Bugs”? The answer is no, there isn’t. And the words Eddie wrote for this song are simply incredible. Pearl Jam absolutely flourishes as a unit when they’re all in on the rhythm and moving together through a song, much like they do here. “Hold On” is a Stone Gossard tune, and as the chairman of the Stone Gossard Songwriting Fan Club, “Hold On” is my bible. While not the rarest tune in the bunch, the tune did disappear following heavy rotation during the 2006 album support tour. “Come Back” is just a terribly heartbreaking tune, sung out of complete, exhaustive desperation, which is where Vedder thrives vocally. The Avocado record came at a rather musically uninteresting time in the band’s career, but Vedder found some lyrical inspiration following the passing of Johnny Ramone, producing “Life Wasted” and “Come Back,” both about the aftermath of his death in 2004. To mark the occasion, here are ten of the best rarer PJ tunes worthy of a spin one of these days. The rest, as they say, is history, as Pearl Jam would spend the next 25 years cementing themselves as one of the greatest rock bands not just of their era, but of all time. Eddie Vedder came up to Seattle from San Diego, started recording with the band and just days later they played their first show at Seattle’s Off Ramp. Twenty five years ago yesterday, the members of Pearl Jam played their very first show together.

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