Kind of going sideways on this, but I also find it funny that he says the he is a Beatles, Stones and Kinks kind of guy, when the Beatles in particular were essentially the first boy band being marketed to young girls. Their early stuff was extremely commercial and while they get a lot of credit for their later experimental music, they were basically just popularizing sounds that were big in the underground at the time. As far as grunge/alternative and metal music goes, the Kinks are probably underappreciated compared to the Beatles. If they were good looking guys, they probably would have been bigger IMO.
It's funny though, because in retrospect, it almost seems Pearl Jam's original promoters were trying to do a "grunge boy band" thing. They took a couple of relatively well known Seattle grunge musicians (at least well known in that scene), and then recruited Eddie Vedder to sing. When I watch some of their older videos, especially Oceans, it seems like they were totally trying to sell an image. To be fair, I think Pearl Jam evolved into more than that and they musicians are honest about the music, but at the time I think corporate rock was still the only way to break through.
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