St. Vincent covered Pearl Jam’s “Tremor Christ” backstage before a concert in Asheville last night. St. Vincent is a huge Pearl Jam fan, having discussed the band in a 2016 NPR interview. She also performed with the band in 2013.
“When I was 10, Pearl Jam ‘Ten’ came out. The first time I heard it, I remember being at my friend’s house, and MTV was on. I saw the video of Jeremy, you know, heard the song for the first time. That would’ve been fourth grade. And then it was like OK, I know what I want to do.”
“I was just completely obsessed with Pearl Jam. When I was first playing guitar when I was 12 and writing my own songs, I was doing an Eddie Vedder impression. Like, that’s how I was learning to sing.”
“I mean, everybody liked Pearl Jam at that time. Everybody liked Nirvana. Everybody even liked, you know, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and it was just like that was the wave, you know? I always felt like, oh, you like Pearl Jam? Oh, well, do you know this B-side? Do you know this rarity? Because I have all those tapes. You know, it’s like you’re a kid, and you finally have something that expresses that which you don’t know how to express. And you have this way to construct your identity.”
Watch video below of the cover.
