Twenty five years ago yesterday, the members of Pearl Jam played their very first show together. Eddie Vedder came up to Seattle from San Diego, started recording with the band and just days later they played their first show at Seattle’s Off Ramp. The rest, as they say, is history, as Pearl Jam would spend the next 25 years cementing themselves as one of the greatest rock bands not just of their era, but of all time.

To mark the occasion, here are ten of the best rarer PJ tunes worthy of a spin one of these days.

Come Back

The Avocado record came at a rather musically uninteresting time in the band’s career, but Vedder found some lyrical inspiration following the passing of Johnny Ramone, producing “Life Wasted” and “Come Back,” both about the aftermath of his death in 2004. “Come Back” is just a terribly heartbreaking tune, sung out of complete, exhaustive desperation, which is where Vedder thrives vocally. While not the rarest tune in the bunch, the tune did disappear following heavy rotation during the 2006 album support tour. 

Hold On

“Hold On” is a Stone Gossard tune, and as the chairman of the Stone Gossard Songwriting Fan Club, “Hold On” is my bible. Pearl Jam absolutely flourishes as a unit when they’re all in on the rhythm and moving together through a song, much like they do here. And the words Eddie wrote for this song are simply incredible. 

Bugs

Is there anything creepier than “Bugs”? The answer is no, there isn’t. The tune has only been played three times, but that feels like more than enough given the bone-chilling gravity of the song. It’s like Wes Craven wrote a Pearl Jam song. RIP Wes. 

All Those Yesterdays

The Yield closer is just simply gorgeous. Thankfully, this song won’t qualify for any rarities list in the future as it appears to be making a comeback, slipping into sets more often lately. 

All or None

“To myself I surrender, to the one I’ll never please.” Kids, you gotta have someone knock your shit OVER before you experience hurt like this. 

Fatal

Pearl Jam is really, really good at writing songs that border on psychotic and “Fatal” is among the finest examples of that. 

Ghost

Musically, “Ghost” is a straightforward rocker but is interesting enough to warrant a slot. It ranks as one of the better tunes on a rather lame studio effort in Riot Act, and while that’s not saying much, there’s still value here. 

Rival

See: Gossard, Stone.

In the Moonlight

Admittedly, this performance is a little clunky due to Homme not being entirely on the same page as Vedder, but there’s something fairly entrancing about this song and the way it just methodically moves along. 

Undone

Again, the rhythmic, driving rock song is your friend. Do not fear it.