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Space Needle, Pike Place Market, and Mount Rainier may be the first places that come to mind, when you think of Seattle \u2013 and they are indeed very recommendable for all tourists visiting. But when you are a Pearl Jam fan, some other places are absolute Meccas to visit!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a list of the top 10 most exciting and historic Pearl Jam related places and experiences in the Emerald City:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n


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1. Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

325 5th Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98109<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MoPOP is an amazing building both inside and outside and a must-visit for all tourists in Seattle. It celebrates pop culture, especially (local) music with big exhibitions and workshops in modern and impressive design and art. From 2018 and through 2020 they have an exhibition called Pearl Jam: Home And Away<\/em>, where you can experience rows and rows of Pearl Jam memorabilia taken directly from the band’s own collections. Clothes, album art, music video artifacts, posters, instruments, and more from 30 years of living and rocking out \u2013 and even a poetic statue of Mother Love Bone\u2019s Andy Wood. When you are done with Home And Away<\/em>, go through the building and outside to enjoy MoPOP’s stunning architecture and the statue of Chris Cornell. Very near by MoPOP, you will also find Space Needle and Chihuly Garden And Glass, which are also highly recommendable, despite the lack of Pearl Jam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Pearl Jam: Home And Away exhibition in MoPOP.<\/em>
Photo by Jim Bennett.                                        <\/em>
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Inside MoPOP.
Photo by Sofie T. Pedersen.

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2. Easy Street Records <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4559 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA, 98116<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Easy Street Records is an absolute must for grunge fans \u2013 I can not stress it enough! The relatively small record store in West Seattle has been around since 1988 and celebrates the city\u2019s music history with a big, BIG passion. They do not only sell both well-known and rarer CDs and vinyls, the walls are also framed with creative artworks and photos of rock stars, and the store even named their caf\u00e9 foods and beverages jokingly after bands, songs, and musicians. Pearl Jam has a special place in the heart of Easy Street Records and even has a whole corner department dedicated to them. In 2005 they played an intimate concert in the caf\u00e9, and the concert was recorded as a bootleg, which is the record store\u2019s best selling item ever. Outside the building, Easy Street Records also celebrates grunge with murals of stunning and impressive graffiti of Chris Cornell and a new version of The Mother Love Bone Wall \u2013 the latter painted by none other than Jeff Ament! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Outside Easy Street Records.
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The Pearl Jam corner department as it looked in 2017.
Photo by Sofie T. Pedersen.


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3. London Bridge Studio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

20021 Ballinger Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98155<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the outside, this is not a very exciting place. It is far off from the center of Seattle in a pretty boring neighbourhood, and the building just looks like a white warehouse. But this studio is a very important place in music history, since many of the greatest grunge albums were recorded here;  most of the old Alice In Chains albums, Mother Love Bone\u2019s Apple<\/em>, Temple Of The Dog\u2019s self titled album \u2013 and last but not least Pearl Jam\u2019s Ten<\/em>. The studio offers limited tours with different themes, but not every day, so prepare your trip, book in advance and explore where and how Ten<\/em> and other amazing albums were made. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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London Bridge Studio from the outside …
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… and from the inside.
Photo by Aaron Anderson.


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4. Discovery Park and West Point Lighthouse<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3801 Discovery Park Blvd, Seattle, WA, 98199-1029<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discovery Park is where Temple Of The Dog filmed the music video for Hunger Strike<\/em> with Eddie Vedder in 1991. This combined park and beach area is larger than 2 km2<\/sup> and at the tip is the romantic white lighthouse and a beautiful and calming view of the lake and mountains. Take half a day off to walk or bike through the park and the beach and follow in the footsteps of the once young, long-haired guys while you let the sound of Hunger Strike<\/em> run through your mind either by fantasy or headphones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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