Bought Ten summer of 93 at Best Buy in La Crosse. Been hooked ever since and bought evry album the day of release ever since. In fact could tell ya where I bought every album to.
Vs. - Dick's Supermarket Prairie du Chien, WI.
Vitalogy -Pamida York, Nebraska
No Code-Target Delafield, WI.
Yield-Best Buy Brookfield, WI.
Binaural-Shopko Watertown, WI.
Riot Act-Best Buy Madison, WI. (East Town)
Lost Dogs-Best Buy Madison, WI.
Avocado-For some reason can't remember this one
ITTW-Best Buy Delafield, WI.
Summerfest 7/8/95 Missoula 6/20/98 Alpine Valley 6/26/98 & 6/27/98 Alpine Valley 10/8/00
Champaign 4/23/03 Alpine Valley 6/21/03 Missoula 8/29/05
Chicago 5/16 & 17/06 Grand Rapids 5/19/06 Summerfest 6/29/06 & 6/30/06
Tampa 6/12/08
Chicago 8/23/09
Indy 5/7/10 Alpine Valley x2 2011 Wrigley 2013 Milwaukee 14 Telluride 16
I fell in love with PJ after seeing the video for Jeremy in the fall of 93, they've been my favourite band ever since.
Toronto 96 - Barrie 98 - Toronto 00 - Toronto 03 - Montreal 03 - Vancouver 05 - Calgary 05 - London 05 - Hamilton 05 - Gorge I 06 - Gorge II 06 - Seattle I & II 09 - Vancouver 09 - Portland 09 - LA III & IV 09 - San Diego 09 - Kansas City 10 - St Louis 10
It's hard to remember... I think I heard them for the first time late in '91 while I was finishing high-school, everyone was all about Nirvana and Seattle and I was emerging from a very heavy Doors & Jim Morrison phase. I guess I became a fan more or less straight away, there was so much great music around, I was 18, out of school and trying to figure out what the hell I was going to do.
I remember watching the 3 hours of MTV, that we had broadcast on Channel 9 on Friday and Saturday nights in Australia, and watching footage of Lolla in '92 and so desperately wanting to be there... PJ, RHCP and Soundgarden. I finally got to Lolla 15 years later and it was great!
So, the Chili Peppers held the #1 spot for me early in '92 but they gave way to Pearl Jam sometime mid '92... the only artist that came close to having a crack at their position was Jeff Buckley, but really I don't believe anyone will ever take their place for me. They have been my favourite band for 17+ years and I don't see that changing.
Glaciers melting in the dead of night and the superstars sucked into the supermassive.
First time I heard evenflow on mtv. It changed my life forever. I love PJ sooo much!
Ten was my first tape I asked for from my parents to buy me for xmas....i had no money
I'll never forget hearing them that day and listening to the whole tape in my room thinking wow this is amazing!
mtv...jeremy video ,and i see after the mtv unplugged,,,after that end my favorite band search....
"...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
When I was a freshman in college in the fall of '91 I was tired of the hairbands and was looking for music with an edge, I was just getting into the underground scene, went to school with a couple Fugazi CDs and looked for others that had the same tastes in music. And boy did I meet some people with some great taste in music (Red Hot Chili Peppers, NIN, Jane's Addiction, Rollins Band, etc). So to stay on top of things and be the first to find a new band and build some "cred" I would tape 120 minutes (An Alternative Music Video show) on MTV to find new music. Yes MTV used to play music before it became RTV (Reality Television)!! I saw the Alive video and got hooked. Went down to Record Revolution, luckily Mansfield had a record store, and talked to the sales clerk and he sold me a promo copy of Ten cheap. Needless to say I got my money's worth from that CD. I ended up having to buy a couple copies of Ten because it was played at the parties too much and would get scratched. I can remember the sing a longs we would have at the top of drunken lungs with some great friends. And since college is where I sort of grew up, Pearl Jam has been the soundtrack of my adult life and keeps me young. I have and always will be a little kid when a new PJ album drops. My friends don't necessarily understand my geekness when it comes to PJ, but that is alright, I have come to meet a lot of great friends over the years going to concerts and now have my group of friends that I geek out with when my PJ meter hits a frenzy.
My first PJ show was in '96 at Merriweather Post in Md, incredible time. After that I kind of fell off the map regarding concerts, not until State College 2003 did I start becoming a huge concert fanatic and since then I try not to miss a local show and now even travel for shows when vacation allows. So now my family and friends just smile and shake their heads when I tell them that I am heading to Chicago to see Pearl Jam, they know better then to ask why.
I was in my mid 20’s when Ten was released. Being a teenager in the 80’s I really didn’t listen to much current music. Couldn’t enjoy hair metal and no internet back then to find those good under the radar bands. So I mostly listened to 60’s rock and didn’t give much thought to current music. One night I caught the video for Alive on TV and thought “WOW. This is what rock music should be”. Bought Ten loved it and then Vs when it was released. I am ashamed to admit that I kind of lost track of Pearl Jam for the next 10 or so years after those two albums. Life happened and stuff like that. I still liked them just didn't follow them. Then last year while following the Bonnaroo festival read lots of good stuff about the Pearl Jam performance. I bought the bootleg one thing led to another found other bootlegs (thanks to this forum) and bought all the albums. Now I am completely hooked. Look I am posting on a forum...a first for me! I thought maybe I am too old to attend a Pearl Jam concert but after seeing Eddie Vedder in Baltimore I have decided I am going when they play DC again.
They were on an ABC Friday Night music show (I think it was called "Friday Night"?) in early '92, I think (I'm a CRS sufferer). I really liked what I saw and went out and bought 10.
I enjoyed 10, but what really turned me into a fan was seeing them at the '92 Bridge School Benefit. Their power wasn't diminished at all in an acoustic setting, and the show really blew me away.
PJ:
11/1/1992 Mountain View (Bridge School) // 10/1/1994 Mountain View (Bridge School) // 6/24/1995 San Francisco // 11/4/1995 San Jose // 10/19/1996 Mountain View (Bridge School) // 11/19/1997 Oakland (opening for Rolling Stones) // 6/30/1998 Minneapolis // 9/11/1998 New York // 10/30/1999 Mountain View (Bridge School) // 10/31/2000 Mountain View // 10/21/2001 Mountain View (Bridge School) // 6/1/2003 Mountain View // 6/6/2003 Las Vegas // 10/26/2003 Mountain View (Bridge School) // 5/12/2006 Albany, NY // 7/15/2006 San Francisco // 7/16/2006 San Francisco // 10/22/2006 Mountain View (Bridge School) // 7/12/2008 Los Angeles (VH1 Rock Honors The Who) // 8/28/2009 San Francisco (Outside Lands) // 10/1/2009 Los Angeles // 10/24/2010 Mountain View (Bridge School) // 11/26/2013 Oakland // 10/19/2014 St. Paul // 10/26/2014 Mountain View (Bridge School) // 5/12/2022 Oakland // 5/13/24 Sacramento
I first heard PJ in 1998. I was born in 1990, so I pretty much missed out on their heyday.
My dad had a copy of Ten, and I was just looking through his CDs and found it. I immediately loved it and searched some more, finding my dad's copy of No Code (I think he was a pretty casual fan who loved Ten, then stumbled across No Code later and thought he'd give it a try. At first, I wasn't too fond of No Code, either).
I listened to Ten constantly over the next 9 years, going through many musical phases (classic rock to alt rock to classic rock to pop to classic rock to alt rock, etc.)
This is where I became a fan: It was my english teacher who told me about Vs. and Yield, two years ago. I was casually discussing music with him when he expressed his love for these albums. I immediately bought Vs. online and loved it. Then I found Yield and Avocado at a Best Buy. Great! Over the last 2 years I have bought everything PJ that I could, and I hope to go to my first concert this year...
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Mid-October 2008, nearly 25 years old. I bought Vitalogy and live Mansfield boot on November 1st and have been super hooked ever since. I know not much time as a fan, but whatever!!
Formerly Brew Crew Tix “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
I beacame a proper fan in about 1997 when a friend transferred Rearviewmirror and State of Love and Trust from his minidisc player to my PC. I'm 27 now and was 15 at the time. Before then I was a casual fan at best, probably only really knowing the hits off of Ten... I was already massivly in to NIrvana, Soundgarden, Led Zep, Hendrix etc. so it was pretty easy getting properly in to PJ!
Whatever year I heard Jeremy on the radio for the first time. 91 or 92 i dunno, look at my siggy. We happened to have cable that year. When I first saw Eddie I couldn’t figure it out. Gave me something new to obsess about. Was he scary, or sexy? Lol!
Ten was totally did not go with what I liked at the time. I got my first cd player and went to buy three albums. It’s a strange three now that I think about it. Amy Grant, Black Crowes shake your moneymaker, and Ten. I didn’t think I’d like PJ so got the cassette.
BIG MISTAKE!
I wore the tape out like in 6 months.
I was 13.
*~Pearl Jam will be blasted from speakers until morale improves~*
I thought maybe I am too old to attend a Pearl Jam concert but after seeing Eddie Vedder in Baltimore I have decided I am going when they play DC again.
I'm probably a good ten years older than you, and if I'm not too old to go to a Pearl Jam concert, then you're definitely not too old! Just take some Advil afterwards for those aching muscles!
My friend Dave gave me the TEN album and told me to listen to BLACK...then my brother's girlfriend who worked at a radio station in San Francisco sent be a live cassette of them playing in Italy
Been hooked (badly) ever since.......
"No way to save someone who won't take the rope,and just lets go..."
I guess I heard Them first time in '91 on MTV. It was Alive video. Then I listened Guns'n'Roses stuff etc. But this song was different. I recorded it on my video tape between G'n'R vids... Aaa! And I heard Hunger Strike. incredible! And Chris was so sexyy... but anyway. I rather wanted to get Temple in my hands. It wasn't easy - there were no legal tapes that time in my country. And in 92, in my 17th I got TOTD (of course illegal). But probably I was too stupid or young - i didn't understand the music. It had to wait a year. Then I wanted to refresh my memory about Pearl Jam and my friend gave me Ten tape. So - there was no return for me from that moment .
And i can tell You where I bought albums too:) - tapes before cd:
Ten - illegal - my home town, small music shop in the centre
Vs-Riot Act - Music Corner, Cracow
cds:
Avocado - EMPIK Katowice
and others cds - Music Corner, Cracow (sentiment...)
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I was shopping at Dingleberry's Records (yeah, laugh it up) in Dayton, Ohio in the fall of '91. It was a slow day apparently so the clerk made a suggestion to "check these guys out" and handed me Ten (In cassette, thank you very much). Bought it, popped into the car stereo...hooked. Then proceeded to either turn or turn away all of my friends. Wonder whatever happened to those that turned away?
I thought maybe I am too old to attend a Pearl Jam concert but after seeing Eddie Vedder in Baltimore I have decided I am going when they play DC again.
I'm probably a good ten years older than you, and if I'm not too old to go to a Pearl Jam concert, then you're definitely not too old! Just take some Advil afterwards for those aching muscles!
Thanks for the encouragement Catwoman1!!! I loved your original post and it made me feel even less hesitant about going to my first Pearl Jam show. Now just getting anxious for the tour to be a reality. I can't even imagine how much more hooked I will be after seeing them live
I listened to PJ just like I did every other alternative artist in the early 90s. But I didn't really "HEAR" PJ until i went to the second night of the H.O.R.D.E. festival at Summerfest in 1995. I have been a Pearl Jam evangelist ever since. I can still remember Porch buzzing in my head for days afterward. Was an amazing set, the way they ended with Porch is still ringing in my ears to this day.
First heard them when I was 8. "Jeremy" was storming the airwaves, as well as TV. My friends' older brother threw it in our faces 24-7 (I think he was 13 at the time). I got so sick of it in my face, I couldn't stand hearing PJ anymore (although I liked the song, it was too overkill). A year and a bit later, I heard "Daughter," and I had "discovered PJ for myself." I was hooked after that. First show in 1998 when I was 16. It was heaven. Highlight of that show? "Jeremy."
1998: Barrie 2000: Toronto 2005: Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Toronto 2006: Toronto 1&2, Paris, Milan, Torino, Pistoia 2009: Calgary, Vancouver 2011: Canada 2013: London, Wrigley, Philly 1&2 2014: St. Louis, ACL 1, Detroit 2016: Lexington, Quebec, Ottawa, Toronto 1&2, Fenway 1&2, Wrigley 1&2 2017: EV - Louisville 2018: London1&2, Milan, Padova, Rome, Prague, Krakow, Berlin, Wrigley 1&2, Fenway 1&2 2020: Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton2021: London 1&22022: Hamilton, Toronto 2023: Chicago 1&2, Noblesville2024: Seattle 1&2, Noblesville, Wrigley 1&2
I believe it was 1998. I grew up in a very small town in the U.P. of MI (graduating class of 11) I was a junior in high school. I wasn't really even into music that much. I remember driving around town with my best friend and his oldest brother. His brother put in a mixed pearl jam tape in and we drove around jamming to it. I remember listening to Jeremy and thinking "damn these guys are good. I bought Ten soon after and then Binaural in 2000. I remember getting tickets to Cincy in 2000, I was excited because it was my first concert and it was a f-ing pearl jam concert. After that.... hooked! Thanks Mark!
first time was when i was 5 years old on the way to the mall with my older cousin... his gf worked at von maur(?) and we ran around the mall playing with a cap gun... probably wouldnt fly these days... i think the song i really remember was even flow... he made a point of drawing my attention to it... its funny looking back at old family photos and seeing him rock the stickman tee back then
hes the reason i investigated the band again when i was 14 (2002)... there was alot of indifference and bad taste in music between 5 and 14 but thats to be expected... and i finally found my way to PJ
got the albums more or less in order over a span of 2 months... i can remember buying vs. before a roadtrip to DC and NYC... and then i got no code, yield, and binaural at the same time... wish i can remember what it was like to be overwhelmed by THAT MUCH amazing music all at once! i gotta say thats the one benefit to getting into PJ so late in their career... i didnt have to endure the wait between each album... waiting for riot act, pearl jam, and now the newest is PAINFUL!
i was about 8/9 years old, my brother was a huge PJ fan, and also 8 years older than me. I thought he was the coolest guy on earth! (still do!) i used to sit outside his room and listen to his music from behind the door, i didnt know it was Pearl jam he was listening to, then when he was like 18 he moved to Canada and i stole all his tapes and listened to them to remind me of him, i knew it was Pj cause it said so on the tape, but they were all bootlegs and recording off of the radio, so i never really knew any song names, or album names, and the copy of Ten he had was so wore out that you couldnt read the tracklisting on it anymore! when i was old enough to buy my own stuff i went out and tryed to get as many albums as i could, none of my friends liked them and i had noone to shared the passion with! then when i was 16 they announced they were playing in Glasgow!! i manged to find someone to go with me, and as we waited outside the venue...some bastard stole our tickets! right from our hands! we chased them of course, but never got them back.....next chance i got was 7 years later....and i swear it was one of the best days of my life! the minute they started i was just in tears! it was overwhelming!
A new guy at work had just moved from Seattle late '91. He not only instantly became very welcome in my circle of friends but he got us all hooked on the Seattle scene before it got really big here on the East Coast. He insisted we play Ten at least a couple times when we'd get together on the tape player and got us all hooked...while we got him into the Grateful Dead. It was a fair trade off.
First heard PJ - 1991 - 1st week of Sr. year of high school in my buddy Tony's Datsun 240z...he loved Black and Release and brainwashed us daily with them on the way to school (on cassette)...liked TEN, but I was still way into Zep, Who, Cream, metal, Public Enemy & NWA to go full fledge crazy for PJ...thought they rocked enough to stand in line at midnight at Tower Records in October of 93 to pick up Vs...still my all time favorite album to this date...became a HUGE fan...then I saw them a month later at the end of November at the Aladdin (went to school at UNLV) and was HOOKED big time! Haven't missed a tour/CD/DVD/book/solo project, etc... since.
Great thread - been fun to read people's when's ...
Long may the Jam spread!
Peace!
It was back in '91 when a friend of mine from the Seattle area sent me cassette copy of Ten and I happened to notice they were playing with the Chili Peppers Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic tour which were in smaller venues and one was in Pittsburgh at a college gym. Since my parents lived there I drove down for this show since it was easier to get tix there than fighting NYC venues. They were the opening act along with the Smashing Pumpkins who got booed off the stage. Seats got ripped out of the pit area - pretty wild ride. From what I recall, a very good time was had by all and PJ rocked it out. Think they may have played CBGB's too but that one's a bit hazy so I could be wrong. Caught them the following year twice in August, once at Jones Beach and a week later at an amphitheatre in Pittsburgh - tix were cheap and it only cost me turnpike fees and gas to get there. IMO they reminded me of the many bands and artists that were really great live that I saw in the 1970's and worth the price to get there and whatever family member or friends couch I could grab. Have been a fan ever since taking some time off from shows to raise a child who's now a teen. He popped his PJ cherry seeing them last summer in DC. Phew sorry got carried away.
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i was about 8/9 years old, my brother was a huge PJ fan, and also 8 years older than me. I thought he was the coolest guy on earth! (still do!) i used to sit outside his room and listen to his music from behind the door, i didnt know it was Pearl jam he was listening to, then when he was like 18 he moved to Canada and i stole all his tapes and listened to them to remind me of him, i knew it was Pj cause it said so on the tape, but they were all bootlegs and recording off of the radio, so i never really knew any song names, or album names, and the copy of Ten he had was so wore out that you couldnt read the tracklisting on it anymore! when i was old enough to buy my own stuff i went out and tryed to get as many albums as i could, none of my friends liked them and i had noone to shared the passion with! then when i was 16 they announced they were playing in Glasgow!! i manged to find someone to go with me, and as we waited outside the venue...some bastard stole our tickets! right from our hands! we chased them of course, but never got them back.....next chance i got was 7 years later....and i swear it was one of the best days of my life! the minute they started i was just in tears! it was overwhelming!
That really sucks about your tickets getting stolen right out of your hands. I wouldn't have thought that something like that would happen in Scotland. I liked that you listened to them when you were very young. The same thing happened to me with the Beatles -- I was only 9 when I first heard them, and I was hooked! Music became my life after that, and still is. And how sweet that you stole your brother's tapes to remind yourself of him. Did you ever tell him that?
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Vs. - Dick's Supermarket Prairie du Chien, WI.
Vitalogy -Pamida York, Nebraska
No Code-Target Delafield, WI.
Yield-Best Buy Brookfield, WI.
Binaural-Shopko Watertown, WI.
Riot Act-Best Buy Madison, WI. (East Town)
Lost Dogs-Best Buy Madison, WI.
Avocado-For some reason can't remember this one
ITTW-Best Buy Delafield, WI.
Missoula 6/20/98
Alpine Valley 6/26/98 & 6/27/98
Alpine Valley 10/8/00
Champaign 4/23/03
Alpine Valley 6/21/03
Missoula 8/29/05
Chicago 5/16 & 17/06
Grand Rapids 5/19/06
Summerfest 6/29/06 & 6/30/06
Tampa 6/12/08
Chicago 8/23/09
Indy 5/7/10
Alpine Valley x2 2011
Wrigley 2013
Milwaukee 14
Telluride 16
I remember watching the 3 hours of MTV, that we had broadcast on Channel 9 on Friday and Saturday nights in Australia, and watching footage of Lolla in '92 and so desperately wanting to be there... PJ, RHCP and Soundgarden. I finally got to Lolla 15 years later and it was great!
So, the Chili Peppers held the #1 spot for me early in '92 but they gave way to Pearl Jam sometime mid '92... the only artist that came close to having a crack at their position was Jeff Buckley, but really I don't believe anyone will ever take their place for me. They have been my favourite band for 17+ years and I don't see that changing.
Ten was my first tape I asked for from my parents to buy me for xmas....i had no money
I'll never forget hearing them that day and listening to the whole tape in my room thinking wow this is amazing!
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
My first PJ show was in '96 at Merriweather Post in Md, incredible time. After that I kind of fell off the map regarding concerts, not until State College 2003 did I start becoming a huge concert fanatic and since then I try not to miss a local show and now even travel for shows when vacation allows. So now my family and friends just smile and shake their heads when I tell them that I am heading to Chicago to see Pearl Jam, they know better then to ask why.
I enjoyed 10, but what really turned me into a fan was seeing them at the '92 Bridge School Benefit. Their power wasn't diminished at all in an acoustic setting, and the show really blew me away.
My dad had a copy of Ten, and I was just looking through his CDs and found it. I immediately loved it and searched some more, finding my dad's copy of No Code (I think he was a pretty casual fan who loved Ten, then stumbled across No Code later and thought he'd give it a try. At first, I wasn't too fond of No Code, either).
I listened to Ten constantly over the next 9 years, going through many musical phases (classic rock to alt rock to classic rock to pop to classic rock to alt rock, etc.)
This is where I became a fan: It was my english teacher who told me about Vs. and Yield, two years ago. I was casually discussing music with him when he expressed his love for these albums. I immediately bought Vs. online and loved it. Then I found Yield and Avocado at a Best Buy. Great! Over the last 2 years I have bought everything PJ that I could, and I hope to go to my first concert this year...
Los Angeles 10.7.2009
“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
I remember being mesmerized by the lead singer....
Ten was totally did not go with what I liked at the time. I got my first cd player and went to buy three albums. It’s a strange three now that I think about it. Amy Grant, Black Crowes shake your moneymaker, and Ten. I didn’t think I’d like PJ so got the cassette.
BIG MISTAKE!
I wore the tape out like in 6 months.
I was 13.
I'm probably a good ten years older than you, and if I'm not too old to go to a Pearl Jam concert, then you're definitely not too old! Just take some Advil afterwards for those aching muscles!
My friend Dave gave me the TEN album and told me to listen to BLACK...then my brother's girlfriend who worked at a radio station in San Francisco sent be a live cassette of them playing in Italy
Been hooked (badly) ever since.......
And i can tell You where I bought albums too:) - tapes before cd:
Ten - illegal - my home town, small music shop in the centre
Vs-Riot Act - Music Corner, Cracow
cds:
Avocado - EMPIK Katowice
and others cds - Music Corner, Cracow (sentiment...)
halszka123@op.pl
....seemed like MTV played that more than jeremy.
hunger strike was always on!
'oh look, he's singing in the tall grass now......very interesting.' ha!
Thanks for the encouragement Catwoman1!!! I loved your original post and it made me feel even less hesitant about going to my first Pearl Jam show. Now just getting anxious for the tour to be a reality. I can't even imagine how much more hooked I will be after seeing them live
seeing them live is like going pass the point of no return.
hes the reason i investigated the band again when i was 14 (2002)... there was alot of indifference and bad taste in music between 5 and 14 but thats to be expected... and i finally found my way to PJ
got the albums more or less in order over a span of 2 months... i can remember buying vs. before a roadtrip to DC and NYC... and then i got no code, yield, and binaural at the same time... wish i can remember what it was like to be overwhelmed by THAT MUCH amazing music all at once! i gotta say thats the one benefit to getting into PJ so late in their career... i didnt have to endure the wait between each album... waiting for riot act, pearl jam, and now the newest is PAINFUL!
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Great thread - been fun to read people's when's
Long may the Jam spread!
Peace!
7.9.03~9.28.04~10.1.05~5.12.06~5.13.06~5.27.06~5.28.06
8.5.08(EV)~10.9.09~5.21.10~6.20.11(EV)~7.5.11(EV)~7.9.11(EV)
11.21.13~8.27.16(EV)~11.14.16(TOTD)~4.13.20~9.27.20~9.26.21~10.2.21
2.15.22 (EV)~2.25.22 (EV)~2.27.22 (EV)~5.3.22~5.7.22~9.17.24~9.29.24
"What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal." Albert Pine.
That really sucks about your tickets getting stolen right out of your hands. I wouldn't have thought that something like that would happen in Scotland. I liked that you listened to them when you were very young. The same thing happened to me with the Beatles -- I was only 9 when I first heard them, and I was hooked! Music became my life after that, and still is. And how sweet that you stole your brother's tapes to remind yourself of him. Did you ever tell him that?