Pearl Jam plays first show (as Mookie Blaylock) on Oct. 22, 1990. Photo by Karen Mason-Blair.
10/22/90 – Off Ramp Café, Seattle, WA
Soundcheck: Even Flow
Setlist: Release, Alone, Alive, Once, Even Flow, Black, Breath
Encore: Girl
Born in Reggio Emilia in 1980. He created pearljamonline.it in 2001 and wrote the first edition of “Pearl Jam Evolution” in 2009 along with his wife Daria. Since 2022, he is behind 2 podcasts: “Pearl Jam dalla A alla Z” and “Fuori Orario Not Another Podcast”. He has collaborated with Barracuda Style, HvsR, Rolling Stone, Rockol and Il Fatto Quotidiano. He continues relentlessly to try to find “beautiful melodies that say terrible things”.
Favorite song: Present Tense
Favorite album: No Code
Favorite bands/artists other than PJ: Tom Waits, Soundgarden, Ramones, Springsteen, IDLES, Fontaines D.C., Mark Lanegan, Cat Power, R.E.M.