That didn't keep the filmmakers from putting together a pretty good piece that traces the band's origins through a nexus to Seattle bands Green River, Mother Love Bone and Shadow with commentary from insiders like journalist Greg Prato, former Rolling Stone editor Joe Levy and Kurt Cobain biographer Charles Cross.

Intelligent analysis, performance and interview snippets and lots of Pearl Jam factoids are woven into this well-edited and quick-moving documentary that covers the band's career through 2008.