haha wow. Well I mean impressive is the knowledge of Jphaser on this. Anyways I am going to say that i agree with him. Pearl Jam I wouldn't call flannel. I think the whole flannel thing started when they got all these imitations of Pearl Jam such as Seven Mary Three, Candlebox etc... I mean I like those bands too but I guess if you know the history you see all kinds of different music blended. I mean for crying out loud. Jack Irons recruited Eddie Vedder for Pearl Jam. Irons was in the Red Hot Chili Peppers and then in mid 90's became PJ's drummer. When he found Eddie, Eddie was in Cali in a band with Brad Wilk the drummer from Rage Against The Machine and now Audioslave with Chris Cornell from Soundgarden who was also in Temple of the Dog with Eddie Vedder. Yeah that sounds confusing but those guys all jammed together back then. They all had different styles. The whole PJ Nirvana feud was because Gossard and Ament were in Mother Love Bone which sounded 80's hair band like and had a flabuoyant singer Andrew Wood. However previous to that band those 2 were in Green River with Arm and Turner from Mudhoney. So thats how this all spilled out in the early 90's.