Pearl Jam, Stone Gossard and Deaf Charlie – a new group with Jeff Ament and John Wicks – are among the artists featured on Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy: Volume Two.
The collection will be available on Friday for 24 hours only as part of the Bandcamp Fridays series. The album features the new Pearl Jam song Get It Back, as well as Something Real from Deaf Charlie and Near from Stone Gossard.
Good Music To Avert The Collapse Of American Democracy, Volume 2 is a compilation made up entirely of previously-unreleased recordings from some of the most important names in music today. The album features never-before-heard new songs, covers, remixes, live versions, and unreleased demos from incredible artists across many genres.
100% of the net proceeds from the album’s sales will go to Voting Rights Lab, a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) organization that brings state advocacy, policy, and legislative expertise to secure, protect, and defend the voting rights of all Americans.
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, Bruce Springsteen, IDLES, Fontaines D.C., The Murder Capital, Dead Kennedys, Mark Lanegan, Cat Power, R.E.M.