Not only did Pearl Jam's inaugural effort sell millions of copies, earn them critical plaudits, and launch the career of one of rock music's most celebrated bands, but it also came sheathed in a picture of the greatest high five in music history. I like to think that they were all sort of hanging out in a pink room and someone, maybe bass player Jeff Ament, said, "Bros, I think we should form a band." Eddie was all mumbly and indecipherable in response but when he moved to the center of the room and extended his arm as high as he could, the rest of his band mates-to-be met him there with a 5-man high-flier. The rest, as they say, is history. In this historic five's wake, Mike McCready spontaneously learned to play guitar and they laid down the tracks that would become one of the greatest albums in rock history. Also, it's a little known fact that original drummer Dave Krusen was kicked out of the band a few months later when rhythm guitar player Stone Gossard looked closely at this picture and noticed that he wasn't fully extended.
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