kind of off the subject, but not quite, today i picked up a local wellington (new zealand) music mag from 1989, it had a review of (early!) soundgarden and also of my best friends band (number nine) and i thought, wow, music was pretty exciting then...i remember we listened to the wailing ultimate a lot back then, which was a homestead compilation, green river got a mention in the liner notes but weren't on the album, shame. also that year we listened to loads of big black, rem, husker du, replacements, jimi...i was kindling for pj. there's no way i could NOT have loved them once i heard them.
I can still remember playing TEN for the first time and thinking that I didn't have the volume up enough because I couldn't hear the intro (Master/Slave) and then ONCE started and blew out my speakers. (Well, not literally, but it blew me away)
Since the beginning I've been following the band. Got the pre-Ten, Alive promo EP sent to me from Epic/Sony Records after writing a letter to them about Mother Love Bone. They also hooked me up with tix & backstage passes for my 1st show (plus the first Fan Club single, CBGB's tix, Mookey shirt, etc.). My son was born the same week that Ten was released and will be going with me to Hartford for his first Pearl Jam show.
11/05/91 Troy, NY (1st show & met the band!)
11/08/91 CBGB's FanClub Show
11/16/91 Roseland
04/08/92 Axis, Boston
05/09/92 Mesa, AZ
08/04/92 Lollapalooza '92 - Saratoga, NY
08/07/92 Lollapalooza '92 - Great Woods
09/08/92 Lollapalooza '92 - Phoenix, AZ
08/18/93 Toronto, Canada w/Neil Young, Soundgarden & Blues Traveler
11/06/93 Mesa, AZ - Benefit Show
11/07/93 Mesa, AZ - Benefit Show
04/07/94 Rochester, NY
04/10/94 Boston Garden
09/28/96 Randalls Island
09/13/98 Meadows Music Theatre
08/27/00 Saratoga, NY
04/29/03 Albany, NY
05/02/03 Buffalo, NY
06/29/03 Montreal, Canada
07/02/03 Mansfield, MA
07/03/03 Mansfield, MA
07/06/03 Camden/Philly
07/11/03 Mansfield, MA 3 1/2 hour show!
07/14/03 Holmdel, NJ
09/28/04 Boston
09/29/04 Boston
10/01/04 Vote For Change - Reading, PA
10/02/04 Vote For Change - Toledo, OH w/Neil Young
09/15/05 Montreal
09/16/05 Ottawa
09/28/05 Pittsburgh w/Stones
10/03/05 Philly
05/12/06 Albany, NY
05/13/06 Hartford
05/20/06 Cleveland
05/27/06 Camden/Philly
05/28/06 Camden/Philly
06/03/06 East Rutherford, NJ
08/05/07 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza 2008
I've been following PJ since I was a sophomore in high school in 1993. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see them live until 1998. I remember my mom got me the "Choices" T-shirt back in 94 and I wore the hell out of that shirt. I should have gone to see them in 1996 in Fort Lauderdale, but I wasn't too crazy about No Code, which is now my favorite album of theirs. That show in 1998 still gives me the shivers... last show of the Yield tour.... 4th row.... hurricane on the way (that never showed up, I might add), opening with Release... the ping pong match. I got the bootleg not too long after the show.
"I would love to see a forklift life a crate of forks. It would be so damn literal." - Mitch Hedberg
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kind of off the subject, but not quite, today i picked up a local wellington (new zealand) music mag from 1989, it had a review of (early!) soundgarden and also of my best friends band (number nine) and i thought, wow, music was pretty exciting then...i remember we listened to the wailing ultimate a lot back then, which was a homestead compilation, green river got a mention in the liner notes but weren't on the album, shame. also that year we listened to loads of big black, rem, husker du, replacements, jimi...i was kindling for pj. there's no way i could NOT have loved them once i heard them.
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I can still remember playing TEN for the first time and thinking that I didn't have the volume up enough because I couldn't hear the intro (Master/Slave) and then ONCE started and blew out my speakers. (Well, not literally, but it blew me away)
Awesome. I was 12.
11/05/91 Troy, NY (1st show & met the band!)
11/08/91 CBGB's FanClub Show
11/16/91 Roseland
04/08/92 Axis, Boston
05/09/92 Mesa, AZ
08/04/92 Lollapalooza '92 - Saratoga, NY
08/07/92 Lollapalooza '92 - Great Woods
09/08/92 Lollapalooza '92 - Phoenix, AZ
08/18/93 Toronto, Canada w/Neil Young, Soundgarden & Blues Traveler
11/06/93 Mesa, AZ - Benefit Show
11/07/93 Mesa, AZ - Benefit Show
04/07/94 Rochester, NY
04/10/94 Boston Garden
09/28/96 Randalls Island
09/13/98 Meadows Music Theatre
08/27/00 Saratoga, NY
04/29/03 Albany, NY
05/02/03 Buffalo, NY
06/29/03 Montreal, Canada
07/02/03 Mansfield, MA
07/03/03 Mansfield, MA
07/06/03 Camden/Philly
07/11/03 Mansfield, MA 3 1/2 hour show!
07/14/03 Holmdel, NJ
09/28/04 Boston
09/29/04 Boston
10/01/04 Vote For Change - Reading, PA
10/02/04 Vote For Change - Toledo, OH w/Neil Young
09/15/05 Montreal
09/16/05 Ottawa
09/28/05 Pittsburgh w/Stones
10/03/05 Philly
05/12/06 Albany, NY
05/13/06 Hartford
05/20/06 Cleveland
05/27/06 Camden/Philly
05/28/06 Camden/Philly
06/03/06 East Rutherford, NJ
08/05/07 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza 2008
Side Projects/Solo Shows: Brad 10/27/02, Eddie Vedder: 8/2/08, 6/8 & 6/9/09, 6/16/11 & 6/18/11.
9/23/98 WPB, 8/10/00 WPB, 4/11/03 WPB, 4/13/03 Tampa, 10/4/04 Kissimmee, 6/11/08 WPB, 6/12/08 Tampa
— Lao Tzu