Nightwish

It has also sold triple platinum in Finland, platinum in Germany and reached #1 on the Greek, German and Norwegian album charts. Pearl Jam (1991-present):. A new album entitled Once was released on the June 7, 2004, along with their first single, Nemo, from that album. Once is their second album to feature a full length song in Finnish (Kuolema tekee taiteilijan). Temple of the Dog (1990-1991):. These rumours have been proven to be false, as they have played an entire year of gigs and released a new album since. Mother Love Bone (1988-1991):. Tarja also got married during the summer of 2003, and there were rumours abound that the band was about to split up. The group has also made the obligatory promotional appearances on television shows, such as The Late Show with David Letterman and Saturday Night Live.

In 2003, Nightwish released a second DVD, entitled End of Innocence. Vedder is the president of the official Ramones fan club. It set a record on the Finnish album charts as well; never before had the second been so distant from the first place. He also lists Neil Young as one of his greatest musical influences. Century Child was certified gold two hours after its release, and platinum two weeks afterwards. Eddie Vedder is a huge fan of The Who, and has appeared several times on stage with Pete Townshend. The main difference from previous albums is the use of a live orchestra on many songs, to get a stronger feeling of classical music. In 2004, the band explicitly withdrew its support for Nader, with members appearing in Rolling Stone to promote the candidacy of John Kerry, and on the Vote for Change tour.

In 2002 Nightwish released Century Child, and the singles Ever Dream and Bless the Child. Pearl Jam was an outspoken supporter of Ralph Nader's presidency run in 2000. Hietala left Sinergy to join Nightwish, however, he is also a part of the band Tarot. The band was also awarded a Grammy for best hard rock performance for this track. Shortly afterwards, Sami Vänskä left the band for personal reasons, and Marco Hietala from Sinergy joined the band. "Spin the Black Circle", a track on Vitalogy, serves as their homage to the traditional vinyl format. All of these were entitled From Wishes to Eternity. And only their first two albums, when they had little clout, were released in the standard CD jewel case.

They also released a VHS, DVD and CD with live material. No Code, for example, includes a collection of Polaroids taken by the band. Together with a couple of new songs and a remake of an old one, this was released as the EP Over the Hills and Far Away. Pearl Jam has, since their genesis, expended more than the normal effort on liner notes, producing some of the most original in the industry. In 2001 Nightwish recorded a cover of Gary Moore's Over the Hills and Far Away. Pundits say if Pearl Jam's move is successful, it may be the death knell of the music industry as it is known today. Wishmaster was, despite long-awaited releases from Iron Maiden and Bon Jovi, at the same time declared album of the month in the German magazine Rock Hard. Pearl Jam states it has "no interest at this time" of signing with another label and is "excited about our freedom".

During those three weeks it was certified gold. This move is viewed a something of a coup and has been described as "...one institution leaving another, the most popular and important American rock band of the '90's, voluntarily rejecting the grandest label heritage...". It went straight to first position in the Finnish album charts, and stayed there for three weeks. In June 2003, the band announced they were officially leaving their label of twelve years, Epic Records. In May they released the album Wishmaster. However, the main concept for the album is love. They won the public televoting, but the jury overruled. In this album, the band makes numerous political statements.

They ended up in third place. On the group's 2002 release, Riot Act, the band continued innovating and refused commercialize their music. In 2000 Nightwish participated in the Finnish qualification for the Eurovision song contest with the song "Sleepwalker". Some controversy arose over who was responsible for the accident, after Pearl Jam was blamed in the official investigation. Oceanborn was certified gold in August. The two remaining dates of the tour were cancelled, and the band seriously considered retiring after this event. This single sold 15.000 copies during the first month in Germany alone. Nine people died, and the band stopped playing when they realized what was happening.

In 1999 they recorded the single Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads of the Eclipse), for the eclipse in Germany. Unfortunately, the 2000 European tour ended when on June 30 a tragic accident happened at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark, where fans were crushed and suffocated as the surging crowd left them no chance to escape. This album did better than anyone expected. A further 72 albums were released from the 2003 tour, and they continue releasing more of these "bootlegs" to this day. The single from that album, Sacrament of Wilderness, went straight to the first place of the Finnish single charts. All totalled, they released 72 albums, most of them double, and set a record for most albums to debut in the Billboard top 200 at the same time. It reached position 5 on the Finnish album charts. Pearl Jam released all of the albums in record stores as well as through their fan club.

This album was a little heavier than the previous one. They originally intended to release these official bootlegs only to fan club members, but their record contract prevented them from doing so. This year they released the album Oceanborn. After the release of Binaural, and the resulting tour of Europe and North America, the band hit upon a unique idea. Noting the popularity of illegal bootleg recordings, and the desire of fans to own a copy of the shows they attended, Pearl Jam hatched a plan to professionally record each and every show on their tour. In 1998 Sami Vänskä joined the band to play bass guitar. It seems that by this time, grunge was irrevocably dead. A single entitled The Carpenter had been released beforehand, and it reached position 8 on the Finnish singles chart. Yield, upon release, was proclaimed as a return to the band's early, straight-forward-rock sound, but it failed to sell as well as their earlier albums.

Angels Fall First was released in November, and reached position 31 on the Finnish album charts. Brad, Gossard's side project, was formed around this time. In May the same year, they were signed onto the Finnish record label Spinefarm Records for two records. No Code is the primary example, as is Vedder's collaboration with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan on the Dead Man Walking soundtrack. These songs can be found on the limited edition of Angels Fall First. Also, at this time, Eddie Vedder began to steer the group in a non-commercial direction, and the music began to re-earn its alternative label. In April they went into the studio and recorded seven songs. But over the next few years, their popularity declined, in part because of their unwillingness to record videos and because of a lawsuit alleging a Ticketmaster monopoly which stifled the launch of supportive tours.

The acoustic guitar was replaced with an electric one. Pearl Jam's first three albums were huge, commercially and critically. In early 1997 Jukka Nevalainen joined the band, to play drums. Their only professional video, "Jeremy", was huge hit on Mtv and won several video music awards. The name Nightwish came from one of the songs on their very first acoustic demo ("Nightwish", "The Forever Moments" and "Etiäinen"). Their first album produced three smash hits that propelled them into the music scene (Evenflow, Alive, and Jeremy). At this time there were three band members: Holopainen, Turunen and Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen (guitar). Their debut albumTen, contains eleven tracks, many of them dealing with melancholic issues like depression, suicide, loneliness, and murder.

It started out as Holopainen's experiment using keyboards, acoustic guitar and the operatic voice of Tarja Turunen. (See Green River). Nightwish's formation officially took place in Kitee, Finland in July of 1996. Kurt Cobain at one point angrily attacked the group because he saw them as commercial "sell outs"; however Kurt and Eddie Vedder later reconciled and reportedly became friends. The recent commercial success of Nightwish has made certain power metal elitists label their music pop metal. Pearl Jam became a key member of the Seattle grunge explosion, along with Nirvana, Alice in Chains, and Soundgarden. Tuomas Holopainen once described their music as "melodic heavy metal with a female voice". Keeping Blaylock in mind, the band decided to honor him by using his jersey number as the title of their debut album.

The musical style of Nightwish has been described as epic metal, power metal, opera metal, symphonic metal, and goth metal, amongst others. The name Pearl Jam was an inside joke having to do with a hallucinogenic, peyote-laced jam that Eddie's grandmother Pearl was known for. In recent songs, Marco Hietala, the bass player, has started to sing as well. The band later changed its name to Pearl Jam after being signed to Epic. These are performed by Tarja Turunen, who has studied classical singing in the Finnish Sibelius Academy, and currently studies opera singing in Germany. Eddie and the band hit it off and, with the addition of Dave Krusen on drums, Mookie Blaylock was formed. While the songs are mostly written by the band's keyboard player, Tuomas Holopainen, their success is also widely attributed to the vocals. He sent the tape with his vocals back to the band and they were so impressed that they had Vedder fly to Seattle to try out for the band.

Nightwish is a Finnish goth/power metal band, formed in 1996. They formed a story of incest, madness, and murder that became known to fans as the "Mamasan trilogy". Within Temptation. He rushed back home and in one flurry of creativity recorded the vocals to three songs (Alive, Footsteps, and Once). The songs were what Eddie would later describe as a mini-opera. Visions of Atlantis. While he was out in the water, the music played in his head and the lyrics came to him. Tristania. Eddie listened to the tape shortly before going surfing.

Theatre of Tragedy. This tape made it to ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons, who passed it on to Eddie Vedder during one of their hiking trips. Stratovarius. Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament recruited guitarist Mike McCready and recorded a 3 song demo tape. Sonata Arctica. The album was a moderate success, and the remaining members soon formed Pearl Jam. Epica. Eddie Vedder appeared as guest vocalist on the track "Hunger Strike".

Elis. As a tribute to Wood, Ament and Gossard, with old friends Matt Cameron and Chris Cornell (both of Soundgarden), released Temple of the Dog (also the name under which they played together). Edenbridge. Mother Love Bone's EP, Shine (1989 in music) and the album, Apple (1990 in music) were released posthumously, and the band decided to discontinue the name. After Forever. He was found dead of an overdose before he could quit. End of Innocence (2003). Wood checked himself into a rehab center in order to defeat a painful heroin addiction.

From Wishes to Eternity (2001). They signed to Polygram and began recording and touring. Tales from the Elvenpath (2004). In addition to Green River's Ament, Gossard, and Bruce Fairweather (guitar), the band also featured Andrew Wood (lead singer, piano), and Greg Gilmore (drums). Kuolema tekee taiteilijan (2004). The band Mother Love Bone formed in 1988 out of the ashes of Green River, and immediately created a buzz among critics (see 1988 in music). Wish I Had an Angel (2004). Before their mainstream success as "Pearl Jam", certain members had recorded successfully as Mother Love Bone and Temple of the Dog.

Nemo (2004). Pearl Jam was one of the most popular bands of the grunge music era in the early 1990s. Bless the Child (2002). 2002 "I am Mine" #26 UK. Ever Dream (2002). from "Riot Act"