Manager, Ten Club - Pearl Jam's Official Fan Organization Tim Bierman has managed the Ten Club since 1998. In those years, he
has taken an enthusiastic, start-up fan club and steered it toward a
fiscally viable example of what a fan organization can be in today's
volatile music industry climate.
Bierman began his career in music at the age of 14, playing in bands
and hustling gigs in suburban St. Louis. At 18, he left the midwest and
headed to Montana for college. There he found his place on the staff -
and later as an owner of - Rockin Rudy's Records. Bierman spent the next
seventeen years there as buyer and manager. After a brief stop in San
Francisco at Amoeba Records, he moved to Seattle to help his old Montana
friend, Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament, find a new direction for the Ten
Club. Along the way, Bierman has directed the launch of pearljam.com
and developed the proprietary infrastructure that runs one of the
industry's most successful sites. Bierman has been instrumental in
developing Pearl Jam's legendary bootleg programs and oversees
production for Pearl Jam's Monkey Wrench record label. Ten Club has been the official Pearl Jam fan organization since the 1991 release of the band's seminal debut album, Ten.
An extension of the band's gratitude to its passionate fan base, Ten
Club's priority has always been to take care of the fans first. Through
providing up to the minute information on the band's music, tour
schedules, side projects, philanthropic endeavors, etc., Ten Club has
grown into a successful, interactive fan club model that is highly
regarded throughout the music industry. In addition to being a resource for all things "Pearl Jam." Ten Club
has also built an exclusive merchandising and ticketing arm that
provides members with access to limited edition collectibles, digital
bootlegs and priority pre-sale ticketing to Pearl Jam engagements.
Starting out as a mail-order "paper" fan club, Ten Club has continually
evolved to meet the fans' needs and become what it is today. |