Actually, I kind of disagree about the connection between Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. While it may be, and probably is, that many people who listen to one listen to the other, if someone came into your record shop and asked for a band that sounded like Pearl Jam, assuming that they weren't familiar with the popular music scene of the early 90s, I don't think that Soundgarden should be the first thing out of your mouth. Pearl Jam is a big 70s-rock soundalike and Soundgarden is heavy metal, despite the fact that they both got chunked into the grunge bandwagon. I think that that's more of a statistical anomaly than an accurate musical relationship. That's kinda like saying that if I like Eminem, then I'll like Britney Spears.

IMHO.