Pearl Jam – MTV 1993 Concert “On the Road” (Broadcast that never was)

This is a simulation of what could have been an MTV “On the Road” video broadcast.



Although similar footage has been around from these sources for some time, this specific footage has never been uploaded or seen up until this point.

Mercer Arena - Seattle, Wa - 12.07.93 - Kiro TV Footage
1. Intro…
2. Go* (Audio 11.05.93 Indio, Ca)
3. Animal
4. Why Go
5. State of Love & Trust (partial)

Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA - 10.28.93 - MTV Footage
6. Blood* (Audio 12.08.93 Seattle, Wa)
7. Evenflow* (Audio 11.30.93 Las Vegas)
8. Dissident * (Audio 11.30.93 Las Vegas)

Mesa Amphitheater - Mesa, Az - 11.06.93 – MTV Footage
9. Glorified G
10. Daughter
11. Once

Mesa Amphitheater - Mesa, Az - 11.07.93 – MTV Footage
12. Leash* (partial) (Audio 7.16.93 Rotterdam)

* Audio source used is different show than video source.



I have been playing with this same video footage on and off for almost a year now. It is my absolute favorite time period for Pearl Jam or for any band for that matter. This footage is highly manipulated to create the most enjoyable viewing experience for me. It is from a time period that has a very limited amount of high-quality footage. Any of the stuff I edit, I do it for me! If you guys like how it turns out, GREAT! if not that’s ok, too. In this version I attempted to simulate what would have been an MTV “On the Road” Concert video broadcast. I addressed many small details from the MTV logos, the fonts used, to labeling the songs and city / date the way it was broadcast in 1993 etc.… (I often think of the MTV Live & Loud broadcast that Nirvana played in December of ’93. PJ was slated to play and pulled out at the last moment because Ed was sick. This Seattle footage is a week from when that would have been.) I suppose that may have been the idea for starting this project.

More importantly, the concert footage has been changed a bunch from its original form. There is added crowd footage, re-used parts to create a more professional multi-cam feel, different audio used than the video source in some places. In those cases, some audio would require speed and pitch changes. All of the audio is soundboard. Most of the video footage used is from leaked MTV clips used for “MTV News” and “This week in Rock”. The footage for the Seattle songs are from Kiro-TV Seattle, and filmed by Jan Kuwahara. They archived three songs on the Kiro-TV website. After more digging I was able to find a 1-minute clip of “State of Love & Trust used as an outro during one of their nightly news broadcasts the week of the show.