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Pearl Jam Faces an Epic Crossroads
By STEVE HOCHMAN
Pearl Jam is finishing mixing and mastering its next album and will be gearing up for the scheduled Nov. 19 release.
At the same time, the band, or at least its management, has been engaged in another kind of activity--looking for a new contract.
The new album will be the last under the Seattle band's current deal with Epic Records and the group has been exploring what kind of deal might be available from other companies.
So what are Eddie Vedder and company worth these days?
That depends, say most label executives contacted by Pop Eye. Some of them have met with band manager Kelly Curtis, who did not return a call for comment, as well as others who plan to meet with him.
The biggest questions have to do with the band's intent. Several prominent A&R executives, who asked that their names not be used because it could affect their potential dealings with Pearl Jam, pointed to the band's well-known aversion to the pop spotlight--no videos, few interviews and so on.
This, they say, is a band that could be as big as U2 but has chosen not to be, as reflected in sales of its last few albums. The most recent, 2000's "Binaural," sold about 700,000 in the U.S.--healthy but shy of mega-star, or mega-contract, status.
Still, the band has recorded solid sales from its unprecedented 2000 and 2001 release of more than 40 complete concert recordings, each of which has sold between 25,000 and 30,000 copies for a total topping more than a million worldwide.
That bespeaks the kind of rabid fan base that cannot be discounted.
"They would have to demonstrate that they're willing to do the work that Bruce Springsteen and U2 are willing to do," one executive says. "It's hard to find groups that have the magic that they do, and if they wanted that [stature], it would be like the MasterCard commercials--they would be priceless."
Numerous references were made to R.E.M.'s 1996 contract with Warner Bros. that was worth an estimated $80 million, which many believe did not pay off for the company. Especially with the shaky state of the music business today, the consensus is that the same kind of deal is not out there waiting for Pearl Jam.
Three scenarios are deemed most likely:
* The band stays with Epic. The fact that Epic retains Pearl Jam's valuable catalog gives both the band and the company extra incentive to continue working together.
* Pearl Jam goes to DreamWorks Records to rejoin executive Michael Goldstone, who originally signed the band at Epic and supervised its biggest hits.
* Pearl Jam goes independent. The most intriguing option is supported by several A&R executives, but although many have discussed this route, no act at its level has ever done so.
"This would be the perfect band to go indie," one executive says. "They could do a direct deal where they could get $7 an album and still sell half a million with even minimal promotion. If I were them, that's what I'd do. I don't know that a major label adds value for them."
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