What's the average age of PJ fans?

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  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    44. First heard PJ in 1991
  • aidt17aidt17 Posts: 610
    32. Started in like grade 8 so around 18 years ago, I think,and now I've got my 5 year old daughter really into the PJ music!! Hopefully they tour for a while longer so she can make a show
    Hamilton 05, 11, Cleveland 06, Toronto 09, 16, Buffalo 10,13, London 13, Seattle 13, Detroit 14, Milwaukee 14, Ottawa 16, Fenway 1, Wrigley 1
    Seattle 1 & 2, Missoula, Wrigley 1 & 2

  • RYMERYME Wisconsin Posts: 1,904
    39, Been a fan since the first time I heard them in 91. So since I was 14.
    I washed dishes in a restaurant, and one of the cooks stormed in one day and said ok bitches, we are listening to this today. He stuck his brand new Pearl Jam 10 cd in the kitchen boombox, and the rest is history.
    I rushed to local box store immediately after work & got my own.
    We had that on every day.
    So I basically have grown up with this band.
  • rbhesterrbhester Posts: 212
    34. My oldest brother (6 years my senior), whom I always tried to emulate, brought home a CD copy of Ten in late 1991. I heard it on his stereo that night and laid in the floor of his room and listened to the whole thing with him. I asked him to make me a copy on cassette for my Walkman and the next day he gave me an "original" cassette he went and got from the record store instead as well as 'Nevermind' since my mom wouldn't buy it for me due to the cover art. Been going strong ever since!
  • KICK7071KICK7071 In My Tree, ON Posts: 712
    46 and first heard PJ while watching Singles, never been too far away from my cassette, CD, iPod or record player since!
    Toronto 10-05-2000 / Toronto 06-28-2003 / Toronto 09-19-2005 / Toronto 05-09-2006 / Buffalo 05-10-2010 / Toronto 09-11-2011 /
    Hamilton 09-15-2011 / London - Canada 07-16-2013 / Buffalo 10-12-2013 / Ottawa 05-08-2016 / Toronto 05-10-2016 / Toronto 05-12-2016
    Amsterdam 06-12-2018 / Amsterdam 06-13-2018 / Chicago 08-18-2018 / Boston 09-02-2018 / Boston 09-04-2018 / Quebec City 09-01-2022 / Ottawa 09-03-2022 / Hamilton 09-06-2022 / Toronto 09-08-2022 / New York City 09-11-2022 / Chicago 09-05-2023 / Chicago 09-07-2023 / Austin 09-18-2023 / Austin 09-19-2023
  • 25 and started listening to PJ regularly in high school - so around the Pearl Jam album in 2006. Got addicted from there. Have since seen them about 5 times, and Eddie solo as well. Looking forward to adding some more shows to the list in 2018!
  • I'm 22 and feel young as fuck at shows
    I feel ya there. Went to my first show at 18 and felt like one of the youngest people there. Wish more people around my age were into them but I'm fine going to shows and meeting new people regardless of age.
  • adams145 said:
    25 and started listening to PJ regularly in high school - so around the Pearl Jam album in 2006. Got addicted from there. Have since seen them about 5 times, and Eddie solo as well. Looking forward to adding some more shows to the list in 2018!
    I caught on pretty soon after Backspacer was released. Not because of that album specifically, just how the timing worked out. I’m 21 now and I have 4 shows under my belt 
    Pittsburgh 2013
    Cincinnati 2014
    Greenville 2016
    (Raleigh 2016)
    Columbia 2016
  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 15,490
    36.  Started listening to the band (and rock music) when I was 15.  Merkinball was the first new release that came out after I got into them.  I heard the last 30 seconds of I Got Id on the radio and without even hearing Eddie's vocal I thought..."that was Pearl Jam's new song".  I was sucked in from the beginning though.  I remember going to Best Buy and buying Ten and the Oceans single as my first ever music purchases.  Almost bought a Journey album as it was in the PJ section and I didn't know any better about packaging and such.  
  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 27,739
    40 next week.  bought ten in 8th grade.  been one hell of a ride.  
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • I put together some numbers, these are the results. Of course they are not exact, considering this thread is a year old.

    83 people gave their age.
    38 years old is the average.
    16 is the youngest.
    64 is the eldest
    group ages:
    10-20: 5 
    21-30: 19
    31-40: 30
    41-50:22
    51-60: 5
    61+: 2

    I`m just above the average  ;)


  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 15,490
    Nice work!
  • ShynerShyner Posts: 1,226
    I'm 44 been listening since 18
  • PJNBPJNB Posts: 12,625
    36 years old

    I have been listening to them ever since they were on the radio. My wife and I met in high school and a passion for Pearl Jam was a one of those things that we had in common. One of my fondest memories in high school would be listening to Pearl Jam and talking on the phone with her. I would always pick the slower songs. Parting Ways (damn typewriter), Release, Indifference, Immortality to name a few. I really never gave there whole catalogue a shot until the later years and regrettably never made a live show until 2013. Hearing Fatal and Otherside played in Worcester blew my mind and I started to listen to everything that this band had to give. 
  • deadendpdeadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    44. 
    2014: Cincinnati
    2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
  • dudemandudeman Posts: 2,962
    I'm 175 years old. Be 176 next year.

    Been a fan since 1991.
    If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done. - EV
  • bbiggsbbiggs Posts: 6,926
    36...closing in on 37.  I got into rock at a very young age.  I remember getting Appetite for Destruction on cassette in 3rd grade, which I look back at now and think it probably wasn't appropriate for an 8 year old lol.  Got Nevermind on cassette at age 10 and played the shit out of it. Then came Ten. Got it on CD and couldn't get enough of it.  Great memories! 
  • Way to skew the stats!!! I am going on 360 myself ;)
  • Foriginal SinForiginal Sin Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 1,743
    edited November 2017
    37. My dad got me a CD player for christmas 1992 and got me my first 3 CDs, the two I wanted  Metallica Black and Boyz to Men (I was 12!) and 1 I didn’t ask for, Pearl Jam Ten (which he was told was the hottest band out by the kid at Best Buy). 
    joined the 10Club in 1999 after being introduced to the internet in my tiny town (thanks my older brother desperately searching for a certain Pamela Anderson video and willing to PAY for AOL).
    Post edited by Foriginal Sin on
    Chicago 6/29/98, Alpine Valley(EV) 6/13/99, Alpine Valley 10/08/00, Chicago 10/09/00, Phoenix 10/20/00, Orlando 4/12/03, Tampa 4/13/03, San Diego 6/05/03, Vegas 6/06/03, Phoenix 6/07/03, Chicago 6/18/03, Alpine Valley 6/21/03, Orlando 10/08/04, D.C. 10/11/04, Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, LA 7/12/08, Chicago 8/23/09, Chicago 8/24/09, LA 10/07/09, San Diego 10/09/09 (Front Row Center, Finally), Phoenix(EV) 11/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Phoenix 11/19/13, Denver 10/22/14, Wrigley 8/20/16, Wrigley 8/22/16
  • 42 here. I also still remember where and when i first heard Ten. On a cassette in my friends little car. Wow 91 seems a lifetime ago. Saw them on the vs tour 93  started my obsession. All these later im divorced and met my partner at a ed solo show. We both fell in love and now have a little pj baby girl. 3 months old. Both are beautiful. And pearl jam  made our paths cross. Eternally grateful
    brixton 93
    astoria 06
    albany 06
    hartford 06
    reading 06
    barcelona 06
    paris 06
    wembley 07
    dusseldorf 07
    nijmegen 07

    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • HobbesHobbes Pacific Northwest Posts: 6,377
    deadendp said:
    44. 
    Whoa! :open_mouth:
  • RoleModelsinBlood31RoleModelsinBlood31 Austin TX Posts: 6,136
    37 here
    I'm like an opening band for your mom.
  • 58 & still counting!
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    What You Giving

    I suggest you step out on your Porch.
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  • 37
  • HobbesHobbes Pacific Northwest Posts: 6,377
  • 100 Pacer100 Pacer Toronto, ON Posts: 8,449
    Turned 37 in June.

    I knew I was an old fart when we got excited about who reserved at the closest parking lot for the RRHOF induction at the lowest rate.
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  • ZodZod Posts: 9,945
    40.  I feel like I am the average age.  Lots of people seem to be my age, give or take 5 years at the shows.  I think I've listened to the band since around '92.  I remember having a picture of the band in my locker in grade 9.  So I know I was into the band before the Spring of '92 which would of been before I turned 14.  That puts me at 13.   That seems so young... lol.   They solidified themselves as my favourite band after I saw my first headlining gig at Missoula in '98 (previously only having seen them do a short but powerful set at Lolla '92). 
  • JojoRiceJojoRice Kennesaw, GA Posts: 3,873
    34 here
    "I got memories, I got shit"

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  • EarlWelshEarlWelsh Buffalo, NY Posts: 1,103
    35 years old, 36 in a couple months.
    Started listening at age 10-11 with many years off the wagon in between. I know, I know....
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