Stone Gossard says he doesn’t have any “personal relationships” with anyone else from the grunge scene: “It would be interesting to have a conversation”

If by some chance Dave Grohl or Billy Corgan is reading this: Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard wants to chat about all things grunge with you.

Pearl Jam are currently amid touring in support of their 12th record, Dark Matter, just as similar grunge-era greats are also out on the road, such as the Foo Fighters and the Smashing Pumpkins.

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Speaking to NME about the longevity of such bands and what keeps them going, Gossard admits he would love to have a conversation with others from the same era and pick their brains about their shared experiences.

“I still feel excited about creative endeavours. I still feel excited about not knowing what we’re going to do next,” he begins. “Everyone in the band still has a lot of creative energy about what they want to do.”

Asked about fraternity among other artists who grew alongside them, he replies, “As far as personal relationships and hanging out, not for me personally. But you can’t have come through the same thing – Smashing Pumpkins or Foo Fighters – and not think that it would be interesting to have a conversation or reflect about what are the things that we appreciate about each other or not. That’s interesting to me, but it’s not currently happening.”

Pearl Jam’s Dark Matter landed back in April this year. The band worked with producer Andrew Watt to bring it to life. “I think it will end up being an impactful record – looking back at some point this record will be significant,” Gossard says of the release.

“Working with Andrew Watt was effective for us. In a sense, he was going back in time and saying, ‘You did this so well, just do this’. It makes me think ‘OK, we did that, now what’s the opposite of that? Let’s lean in the other direction’.”

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