I guess GQ has an article on PJ and this was posted on TOOBOARD.
Found it amusing. Some def. work others not so much.
Ten Reasons Pearl Jam is the New Grateful Dead
1. They sell out arenas in two minutes and you cant name any of their last five albums.
2. Their voluminous collection of live recordings, allowing fans to bicker over which version of "Brain of J" was better- Ljubljana 6/19/00 or Sacramento 10/30/00.
3. Sounds great in a Volvo S60.
4. Odd NBA connections. Dead had Bill Walton as a superfan; PJ briefly called themselves Mookie Blaylock and named their ffirst album Ten, after Blaylock\'s number.
5. Love to cover Bob Dylan.
6. Played with Neil Young.
7. Quirky side projects- Jerry Garcia had New Riders of the Purple Sage, and Bob Weir had Ratdog, PJ\'s Mike McCready has the Rockfords, Stone Gossard has Brad, and Jeff Ament has Three Fish.
8. A lot better than Phish.
9. Generally bad hair.
10. Two words: shorts onstage.