AFTER A GRUELING TOUR IN SUPPORT OF THEIR RIGHTEOULSY SUCCESFUL DEBUT ALBUM, TEN, THE SEATTLE BAND PEARL JAM NERVOUSLY DROPPED THEIR SECOND ALBUM VS. 30 YEARS AGO TODAY…. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO ALBUMS WAS PRETTY OBVIOUS AND THAT MAY HAVE BEEN IN PART TO A NEW PRODUCER AND IT WAS THEIR FIRST ALBUM WITH A NEW DRUMMER…ANY ANXIETY THE BAND HAD ABOUT THE ALBUM HAD TO HAVE SUBSIDED WHEN IN JUST 5 DAYS IT SOLD NEARLY A MILLION COPIES AND SPENT 5 WEEKS ON THE BILLBOARD 200…AND NEWS DROPPED TODAY THAT TO MARK THE PROJECT’S 30TH ANNIVERSARY, THE BAND IS REISSUING VS. STARTING ON NOVEMBER 17TH IN NEW VINYL AND CASSETTE EDITIONS…PICKING A FAVORITE SONG FROM VS. IS TORTURE FOR THIS GEN X GRUNGE LOVER…VS IS AN ALBUM I CAN LISTEN TO FRONT TO BACK AND IN REVERSE…AND DID JUST TODAY…SUCH A MOOD! THE SINGLE THAT I CHOSE IS ONE THAT ALWAYS LIFTS MY MOOD AND ENERGIZES ME…ANIMAL. ORIGINALLY THE ALBUM WAS TITLED FIVE AGAINST ONE…A LYRIC FROM “ANIMAL” TODAY’S ROXY’S ROCK REWIND ON 105.7 THE X
