Singing about backstage parties was suddenly uncool and my previously favorite bands were immediately irrelevant. The album instantly turned my previous rock star heroes into has-been zeros. This enabled me to keep listening to Ten during the game. Nursing an injured arm that day I watched my baseball team's game from the parking lot rather than the dugout. One spin of the CD through my Sony Discman, connected via cassette adapter to the stereo in my Mom's red 1989 Chevy Beretta, and I was hooked. The album was a musical shot of adrenaline that changed my life forever. On AugPearl Jam's debut album Ten was released. Stadiums and tour busses full of girls preoccupied my drifting mind rather than chemistry and history. The glamorous lifestyles portrayed on MTV and in Circus magazine were enough to make any fifteen year old dream of living the "good life". In 1990 I was listening to Def Leppard, Motley Crue, and Poison sing about decadence, drugs, and debauchery.
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