If you look at old vintage Italian/French advertising posters, it kind looks like the artist was going for that look. But in no way does this look like a gig poster.
If you look at old vintage Italian/French advertising posters, it kind looks like the artist was going for that look. But in no way does this look like a gig poster.
Please, post the best "gig poster" youve seen from Pearl Jam. Im still confused by what makes a poster a gig poster or not.
Or are you talking about early 90s handbills? haha
"Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
Generally speaking, I like posters that depict something about the time and place I am attending. It can be topical, political, symbolic of the city, thats all perfect in my opinion.
And then, if you want to to actually look good on walls of peoples homes... NO SKULLS AS MANY EYES AS IT SHOULD HAVE NO DEAD ANYTHINGS
To me the best posters ever are the entire 96 tour and Moline, Pitt, Hartford.
People are still queuing hours for this terrible merch People would buy anything this band put out. I bet they laugh their ass off.
Maybe they’re trolling us with this tour’s merch, like it’s an experiment to see how awful they can make it and see if people will still queue for hours to buy it!
Wembley 00 (Night 1)Cardiff 00 Astoria 06 Jools Holland Recording 06 (I met Ed!)Reading 06 Katowice 07 Wembley 07 Shepherds Bush 09 O2 London 09 Hard Rock Calling 10 Manchester 12 Night 1 and 2
If you look at old vintage Italian/French advertising posters, it kind looks like the artist was going for that look. But in no way does this look like a gig poster.
Please, post the best "gig poster" youve seen from Pearl Jam. Im still confused by what makes a poster a gig poster or not.
Or are you talking about early 90s handbills? haha
My favorite hands down is Moline 2014. Ian Williams did a great job incorporating that rock feel and the rural/farm town feel of the venue.
2014: Moline, IL 2015: EV Solo (Metro Chicago) 2016: Philadelphia PA 1, Philadelphia PA 2, New York City NY- MSG 1, EV Solo (Metro Chicago), Boston MA Fenway 1, Wrigley 1, Wrigley 2 2017: EV Ohana Fest (Dana Point, CA), EV/Pete Townshend Quadrophenia Rosemont, IL 2018: Seattle WA 1, Seattle WA 2, Missoula MT, Wrigley 1, Wrigley 2, Boston MA Fenway 1, Boston MA Fenway 2 2019: EV Tempe, AZ 2020: PPD 2022: EV & Earthlings Chicago 1 & 2, Phoenix AZ, Camden NJ, Nashville TN, St. Louis MO 2023: EV Tempe, AZ, St Paul, MN 2, Chicago 1 & 2 2024: Noblesville, IN, Wrigley 1, Wrigley 2
If you look at old vintage Italian/French advertising posters, it kind looks like the artist was going for that look. But in no way does this look like a gig poster.
Please, post the best "gig poster" youve seen from Pearl Jam. Im still confused by what makes a poster a gig poster or not.
Or are you talking about early 90s handbills? haha
If i look at a long tour from the last fifteen years, there’s only 3 or 4 that i love from each tour. For these short tours theres maybe 1 i would frame on average. There’s going to be way more ugly ones than ones you would frame and hang. So far i like 1 of them this tour. People just like to freak out in the moment but this is nothing new. Its exciting when London Mumford shows up on the merch thread and floors everyone. Same with Pittsburgh 13.
its been twenty years since that tour where you wanted to own all of them.
Any glimpse of tomorrow night's poster during setup?
I guess it is all in the eyes of the beholder, but I like this snake. The other creatures not so much, but I really like this snake. I would just be happy with another gig in Australia, the merch, t-shirts and posters are always just a bonus for me.
Melbourne:
March 17 1995,
March 18 1995,
March 2 1998,
February 18 2003, November 13 2006, November 20 2009,
January 24 2014
If i look at a long tour from the last fifteen years, there’s only 3 or 4 that i love from each tour. For these short tours theres maybe 1 i would frame on average. There’s going to be way more ugly ones than ones you would frame and hang. So far i like 1 of them this tour. People just like to freak out in the moment but this is nothing new. Its exciting when London Mumford shows up on the merch thread and floors everyone. Same with Pittsburgh 13.
its been twenty years since that tour where you wanted to own all of them.
Every year has had misses. There are 96/98 ones that I don't care for. And funny enough, I think the Mumfords are good, but I don't think they would even crack my top 20 or 30. Don;t get the super hype about them. I've thought all of the Euro ones, until today, were decent and would have been pleased if they were for my show.
The double eyed animals on the other hand, they need to go.
...got a mind full of questions and a teacher in my soul...
If you look at old vintage Italian/French advertising posters, it kind looks like the artist was going for that look. But in no way does this look like a gig poster.
Please, post the best "gig poster" youve seen from Pearl Jam. Im still confused by what makes a poster a gig poster or not.
Or are you talking about early 90s handbills? haha
If you look at old vintage Italian/French advertising posters, it kind looks like the artist was going for that look. But in no way does this look like a gig poster.
Please, post the best "gig poster" youve seen from Pearl Jam. Im still confused by what makes a poster a gig poster or not.
Or are you talking about early 90s handbills? haha
Another one of the best:
In what say is that more a "gig poster" than the latest MIlan one...
"Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
When I buy a Pearl Jam poster, I buy it so I can have something that I can take with me, material wise, from the show. If it is not the best design I still buy it.
The key issue here is, they AREN'T gig posters. That's why they get these artists in to do them. They're merchandise. So surely then being aesthetically pleasing is their primary requirement. I just don't understand how any of this current batch is supposed to be desirable bar the "need" to own a memory for the gigs you attend.
When I buy a Pearl Jam poster, I buy it so I can have something that I can take with me, material wise, from the show. If it is not the best design I still buy it.
Me too, but I only hang the good ones. The rest live in the portfolio. Some day ill finish my basement, get a pool table, and COVER the walls with all of them. I kind of agree with the wife tho, skulls, dead things and anything seizure inducing cant go in the living room.
I think that might be the festival cap rather than a PJ specific cap
2010: London 2012: Manchester I, Manchester II, Manchester (EV) 2014: Milan, Leeds, Milton Keynes 2017: London II (EV) 2018: Amsterdam I, London I, Prague, London II 2019: London (EV) 2022: London I, London II, Budapest, Krakow, Amsterdam
If you look at old vintage Italian/French advertising posters, it kind looks like the artist was going for that look. But in no way does this look like a gig poster.
I think you nailed it here. Thats why this one works so well.
I like the illustration on the back in black & white but doesn't work for me so well in the actual color print.
Also does anyone think the artist was maybe going for a little bit of an homage to the skull/crown from some of the Riot Act stuff? I wouldn't be surprised if I was way off base though.
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Or are you talking about early 90s handbills? haha
And then, if you want to to actually look good on walls of peoples homes...
NO SKULLS
AS MANY EYES AS IT SHOULD HAVE
NO DEAD ANYTHINGS
To me the best posters ever are the entire 96 tour and Moline, Pitt, Hartford.
:P
I meant this one.
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/t6sAAOSwCfRbId1L/s-l300.jpg
2015: EV Solo (Metro Chicago)
2016: Philadelphia PA 1, Philadelphia PA 2, New York City NY- MSG 1, EV Solo (Metro Chicago), Boston MA Fenway 1, Wrigley 1, Wrigley 2
2017: EV Ohana Fest (Dana Point, CA), EV/Pete Townshend Quadrophenia Rosemont, IL
2018: Seattle WA 1, Seattle WA 2, Missoula MT, Wrigley 1, Wrigley 2, Boston MA Fenway 1, Boston MA Fenway 2
2019: EV Tempe, AZ
2020: PPD
2022: EV & Earthlings Chicago 1 & 2, Phoenix AZ, Camden NJ, Nashville TN, St. Louis MO
2023: EV Tempe, AZ, St Paul, MN 2, Chicago 1 & 2
2024: Noblesville, IN, Wrigley 1, Wrigley 2
its been twenty years since that tour where you wanted to own all of them.
The double eyed animals on the other hand, they need to go.
^^
I don't mind it either. But as someone else mentioned. Get rid of the MILAN as it is better suited at the bottom as is.
People out on the streets. They don't know who I am...
I think that might be the festival cap rather than a PJ specific cap
2012: Manchester I, Manchester II, Manchester (EV)
2014: Milan, Leeds, Milton Keynes
2017: London II (EV)
2018: Amsterdam I, London I, Prague, London II
2019: London (EV)
2022: London I, London II, Budapest, Krakow, Amsterdam
Also does anyone think the artist was maybe going for a little bit of an homage to the skull/crown from some of the Riot Act stuff? I wouldn't be surprised if I was way off base though.