Jeff Ament

At the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament literally wore his influences on his sleeve.

The turn of the millennium found grunge icons Pearl Jam in a very introspective state.

If there's a lesson to be learned from Pearl Jam's antagonistic 2006 album, it's that sometimes you have to be angry before you can ever be happy.

Ament revealed in a recent interview that the band's 25th anniversary agenda could include recording a new album.

“We were up for the challenge of leaving our comfort zones," Ament said. "That’s pretty exciting for a musician 30 years down the line, to be in a place where everything feels fresh and new.”

“We will announce tour dates first part of the year,” Pearl Jam manager Kelly Curtis said during a Twitter Q&A.

Pearl Jam were reconfiguring themselves as a band whose ambitions transcended traditional measures of success, and that meant making a record on their own shifting terms.

Adrift in mid-career doldrums, Pearl Jam grappled with devastating loss and political angst by releasing one of their most muscular and weird albums.