Doc Martens: 50 Years of Butt-Kicking Style

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Jeremy Spoke in Class — and He Said, 'Doc'
The Seattle music scene of the early 1990s gifted the world bed-headed singers and guitar gods who partied hard on air-cushioned soles. Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder was never far from his Docs, even sporting them on the cover of the band's 1991 breakthrough album, Ten.

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