The band, then named Mookie Blaylock, entered London Bridge Studios in Seattle, Washington in March 1991 with producer Rick Parashar to record its debut album. Vedder was soon hired as the band's singer, and the group signed to Epic Records shortly thereafter. Vedder arrived on Octoand rehearsed with the band (now joined by drummer Dave Krusen) for a week, writing eleven songs in the process. Meanwhile, Vedder had written lyrics for 'E Ballad', retitled 'Black'. Gossard and Ament heard the demo with Vedder's vocals and lyrics, and were impressed enough to fly Vedder out to Seattle for an audition. 'Dollar Short' and 'Agytian Crave' were later retitled 'Alive' and ' Once', respectively. Vedder listened to the demo, went surfing, and wrote lyrics the next day for 'Dollar Short', 'Agytian Crave', and 'Footsteps'. San Diego musician Eddie Vedder acquired a copy of the demo in September 1990, when it was given to him by former Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons. Five of the songs recorded-'Dollar Short', 'Agytian Crave', 'Footsteps', 'Richard's E', and 'E Ballad'-were compiled onto a tape called Stone Gossard Demos '91 that was circulated in the hopes of finding a singer and drummer for the trio. The three then went into the studio for separate sessions with Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron and former Shadow drummer Chris Friel to record some instrumental demos. After a few months, Gossard started practicing with fellow Seattle guitarist Mike McCready, whose band Shadow had broken up McCready in turn encouraged Gossard to reconnect with Ament. Gossard spent his time afterwards writing material that was harder-edged than what he had been doing previously. Devastated, it took months before Gossard and Ament agreed to play together again. Mother Love Bone's career was cut short when vocalist Andrew Wood died of a drug overdose in 1990, shortly before the release of the group's debut album, Apple. Following Green River's dissolution in 1987, Ament and Gossard played together in Mother Love Bone during the late 1980s. Guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament had played together in the pioneering grunge band Green River. By June 2011, it had sold 9,869,000 copies, and remains Pearl Jam's most commercially successful album. The album has been certified diamond by the RIAA in the United States. While Pearl Jam was accused of jumping on the grunge bandwagon at the time, Ten was instrumental in popularizing alternative rock in the mainstream. The album produced three hit singles: ' Alive', ' Even Flow', and ' Jeremy'. Ten was not an immediate success, but by late 1992 it had reached number two on the Billboard 200 chart. Most of the songs began as instrumental jams, to which Vedder added lyrics about topics such as depression, homelessness, and abuse. Following the disbanding of bassist Jeff Ament and guitarist Stone Gossard's previous group Mother Love Bone, the two recruited vocalist Eddie Vedder, guitarist Mike McCready, and drummer Dave Krusen to form Pearl Jam in 1990.

Ten is the debut studio album by the American grunge band Pearl Jam, released on Augthrough Epic Records.

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