Pearl Jam

"Crown of Thorns" ('PJ20' soundtrack version)

BY Gabrielle DomanskiPublished Aug 15, 2011

As previously reported, essential grunge act Pearl Jam are celebrating their 20th anniversary with a bunch of reissues, a book and, of course, the Cameron Crowe-directed film Pearl Jam Twenty. To help keep the anticipation up, a song from the film's soundtrack has now been revealed.


Pearl Jam's cover of Mother Love Bone's "Crown of Thorns" will be making an appearance in the career-spanning documentary. And rightfully so, considering the track has been a mainstay of the band's live set, as well as an homage to Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard's time spent in Mother Love Bone.

You can listen to the song below, which comes from Pearl Jam's gig at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas back in 2000.

PJ20 will screen at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10 and hit select theatres on September 20. You can pre-order the soundtrack here.

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