Vitalogy

Pearl Jam is an American rock band that formed in 1990. The songs Nothingman and Better Man are from the band’s third studio album released in 1994, Vitalogy. This essay will focus on and determine the band’s gender representations through structure and language features in the two songs, Nothingman and Better Man. The two verses in Better Man illustrates the difficulties faced by a woman in an abusive relationship with her male partner. The first verse uses imagery and rhyme to show the female’s

Pearl Jam is an American rock band that formed in 1990. The songs Better Man and Nothingman are from the band’s third studio album released in 1994, Vitalogy. This essay will focus on and determine the band’s gender representations through structure and language features in the two songs, Nothingman and Better Man. The two verses in Better Man illustrate the difficulties faced by a woman in an abusive relationship with her male partner. The first verse uses imagery and rhyme to show the female’s

Anyone familiarized with grunge music can agree that the genre skyrocketed in popularity in the 90’s, due to bands such as Radiohead, Nirvana, and most importantly Pearl Jam. From the beginning of Seattle’s early grunge scene rose a band that would go on to make multi-platinum albums, tour the world, and use their platform to express their own beliefs. Pearl Jam, in spite of their fame, prefer to use their art to reflect their values and use their platform to convey their activist beliefs. Starting