None Too Fragile: Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedder [Paperback]

Martin Clarke (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1998

In this major biography Martin Clarke investigates one of the most popular and influential bands of our time. He brings to life the group's tumultuous ascent to superstardom in 1991, and explores the toll which the pressures of fame took upon them - particularly on the fragile Eddie Vedder - before their triumphant return to form with the acclaimed album No Code and their best album to date, Yield.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Plexus Pub; 3 edition (February 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0859652572
• ISBN-13: 978-0859652575
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,572,579 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Looks good but not accurate., July 16, 2001

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This review is from: None Too Fragile: Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedder (Paperback)

I'm a huge Pearl Jam fan so I read this book a while ago hoping for some insight into the band. I was sadly dissappointed. While the book has lots of nice photographs, it's hardly worth reading. This book is full of misquotes and distorted facts. If you really like Pearl Jam I suggest you read the book "Five Against One" instead. It's a lot longer but well worth your time.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This book's best feature is its subject matter..., October 6, 2003

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This review is from: None Too Fragile: Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedder (Paperback)

I was excited to get this and start reading - hopefully find some insight into some things that I didn't previously know about one of favorite bands. Unfortunately, however, this book was little more than regurgitated facts easily found on the internet and quotes from other articles. I picked up a few unknown tidbits here and there, but nothing extraordinary. The author took a rather detached stance and didn't really ever allow the reader to know whether or not he actually LIKED Pearl Jam. The drummer history and early band history were both fairly interesting, but you can find out everything in those sections over at lukin.com. The most fun part of reading the book was coming across references to specific shows, then running to my bootleg folder to listen to the show. It's always cool to have some background to put the thing you're listening to in perspective. Except that, even this, is easily available on the web at Five Horizons. It's a decent "refresher-course", but I was looking for something that, when I was done, would make me want other people to read it. When I finished this, I was, instead, just rather ho-hum about the whole thing.

but... PEARL JAM ROCKS

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This book will tell you nothing you don't already know, January 7, 1999

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This review is from: None Too Fragile: Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedder (Paperback)

If you have followed the career of Pearl Jam for the past few years I do not reccommend purchasing this book. It seems the writer took all his information from magazine sources, newspaper articles and other media documents. Basically any fan who has followed the band should already know everything in the book.