Pearl Jam is one of the most-documented bands of the last 30 years\u2026even before the internet came along, fans were obsessive about cataloguing everything the band did\u2026tour schedules, setlists, bootleg recordings, news stories\u2026\nPearl Jam encouraged this, too\u2026a big part of their long-lasting appeal has been this relationship\u2014this covenant\u2014they\u2019ve had with their fans about collecting and archiving stuff\u2026\nThe band understands this because they\u2019re collectors, too\u2026all you have to do is look at the 20th anniversary box set for the \u201cTen\u201d album that came out in 2009\u2026it came with things like a replica of Eddie\u2019s notebook at a cassette designed to be just like the one Eddie used to audition for the band back in 1990\u2026\nThe band\u2019s stories have been told many times, but you get the sense that the history of Pearl Jam is so deep that there still must be more to learn about theme\u2026imagine what it might be like for a fan to dig through all kinds of Pearl Jam emphera to see what unusual things can be found there\u2026\nThat\u2019s been done\u2026and i\u2019m here to report back\u2026\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices