S2E9a - Grunge: Part I, Pearl Jam (Overrated) - with Ryan Schaff

Joined by Ryan Schaff, host of The Broken Record Player podcast, we took such a deep dive into grunge that we broke up the episode into two parts.

In this first section, we ponder one of grunge's biggest successes, Pearl Jam. Ryan is a big fan - who has never seen them live - and he's here to convince Babs & Fran - who are not big Pearl Jam fans despite both of them having seen them live - to reconsider. 

Through an eclectic playlist, we discuss their wide-ranging lyrical themes, the relationship between music and driving, as well as whether Pearl Jam truly fall into the category of grunge - and what grunge actually means. Ryan will be back in Part II to talk about his underrated pick, L7.

Listen to Ryan's music podcast The Broken Record Player podcast. Babs previously guested on Ryan's podcast where they discussed PJ Harvey's debut album Dry in GREAT depth.

You can find the playlist for this episode on Spotify - it includes all songs from our playlists, plus bonus ones from other artists we've discussed during the episode.

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