Burdened by the pressures of success, Pearl Jam decided to decrease the level of promotion for its albums, including refusing to release music videos.

Following Abbruzzese's exit in 1994, original Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons joined the band.

The band once again changed drummers in 1998, with Irons being replaced by Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron, who had previously worked with the members of Pearl Jam in the Temple of the Dog project and had drummed on the band's first demos.

After a one-record deal with J Records in 2006 for the distribution of their eighth studio album, Pearl Jam, the band started releasing through self-owned label Monkeywrench Records, starting with their ninth studio album, Backspacer, in 2009.

[8][9][10] Pearl Jam released their eleventh studio album, Gigaton, on Monkeywrench Records/Republic Records on March 27, 2020, in the US.

[109][110] Packaged alongside the yearly holiday singles, "Analog" members also received a copy of the band's magazine, Deep.

The majority of the tracks on the albums are either covers and/or live versions of songs, though some included previously unreleased material.