Who is Dirty Frank?
The inspiration for Dirty Frank was Pearl Jam’s tour bus driver in the early days. In an early interview, members of PJ described him as being just a bit odd. They would be driving all night to some gig and would find several empty cans of beer under the driver seat. The band members had an inside joke that he was probably some serial killer and psycho that ate people.. and thus the song Dirty Frank was born. This written around the same time they were on tour with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, hence the funky feel to the song as a sort of tribute to them..(This was explained during an interview with Guitar Player Mag in 1992).
