How did you become a Pearl Jam fan ?.

Tommy Guitar
Tommy Guitar Posts: 134
edited October 2009 in The Porch
This is my first post on here, BIG MOMENT :D
For me it was only 2 years ago, We were going to a concert * ACDC * and My uncle brought TEN with him, I absolute loved it form the moment i heard the song Porch, The song still has a special place with me. After the concert i bought TEN then VS and so on..
No other Band had such an effect on me as much as PJ did and they still continue to please my ears.
I am a young cub in the eyes of Pearl Jam fans :lol:
But i will be sure to grow and grow. But sadly :( I have never seen them live, Hopefully they will come to Ireland this year.

Thank you Pearl Jam :)
and hello EVERYBODY hope ye all have a great week.!!
DUBLIN~~22-6-10
BELFAST~~23-6-10

"Troubled souls unite, we got ourselves tonight,"
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  • InMyTree4
    InMyTree4 Posts: 1,239
    welcome to the board...

    i saw them in concert and thats what got me
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  • VINNY GOOMBA
    VINNY GOOMBA Posts: 1,828
    My friend Kevin made me a cassette of highlights from Ten, Vs., Vitalogy (which had just come out a few months prior), and some Nirvana stuff on it. Before that, I barely listened to music at all. After I heard "ONCE" I was blown away-- "REARVIEWMIRROR" sealed the deal.
  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,581
    My older brother just started playing SOLAT unplugged version loads and said check this out then i just went mad with them ;p
  • MC170228
    MC170228 Posts: 36
    I was twelve when Ten came out. It was the first C.D. that I ever purchased. For everyone that I went to school with, your first C.D. was either Ten or Nevermind. I fell in love with PJ instantly. I literally took the C.D. everywhere I went where I know I would have the ability to play it. I am now twenty nine and I think that I have owned Ten at least seven times. I now own the ultimate box set of Ten and consider it one of my most valued possessions. I have followed them ever since. I have been in love with them unconditionally until they gave more to people who bought their C.D. from Target, than the fans who got it off their web page.
  • Corduroyboy
    Corduroyboy Posts: 1,256
    I got sick of listening to gangster rap!

    Vitalogy, Merkinball, and college radio changed it all for me in the 90s!

    BTW, Vinny, I love your name!
  • LukinforPJ
    LukinforPJ Posts: 46
    Saw them at Jones Beach "its Ok" Show

    Got hooked! PHILLY with be my 22/23 show!
  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    welcome to the community, Ten IS amazing huh?

    My brother stole Ten froma mall, and I stole it from him after Hearing Garden and Why Go, I just got stuck in it and have never looked back. That is the very very short version by the way.. lol

    Have fun here.. there's alot of cool peeps on here, hope to see more of ya as ya grow with us and the band we all love..
  • spencer958
    spencer958 Louisville, KY Posts: 279
    I remember in '92-'93(I was 15)when the Even Flow video came on and the song rocked. Eddie was climbing up on stuff and jumping into the crowd. I thought it was the greatest thing I had ever seen. I bought the CD that weekend and have been a fan ever since!
  • firecrotch23
    firecrotch23 Posts: 586
    welcome to the bitching..err..board!
    mine has to be my brother and his friend showing me the MTV VMA with them playing Rockin in the Free World with Uncle Neil, been hooked ever since
    Small my table, seats just 3, its not crowded, its just lucky me
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    SOLD TO PEARL JAM AT BIRTH
    "...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.....”
  • mike-sizzle
    mike-sizzle Posts: 186
    I was in third grade when my brother's friend made us a copy of Ten and we traded a copy of Nevermind, it was a white and blue Maxwell cassette with pearl jam Ten scribbled across the top. And after waning through the late '90s and high school, I picked up the 2000 bootleg of the 11/06 show in Seattle and that was it, I was hooked.
    Uniondale - Apr 30, 2003 Camden - Jul 06, 2003 Holmdel - Jul 14, 2003 Boston - Sep 28, 2004 Montreal - Sep 15, 2005 Philly - Oct 03, 2005 East Rutherford Jun 03, 2006 MSG - Jun 24-25 2008 Philly Oct 27-31, 2009 Newark - May 18, 2010 MSG - May 20-21, 2010
    Alpine Valley - Sept 3-4, 2011 Philly - Sept 2, 2012 Brooklyn - Oct 18-19, 2013 Philly - Oct 21-22, 2013 LA - Nov 23-24, 2013 New York -Sept 26, 2015 Fort Lauderdale - Apr 8, 2016 Miami - Apr 9, 2016 Philly - Apr 28-29, 2016 MSG - May 1-2, 2016 Fenway - Aug 5-7, 2016
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  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    SOLD TO PEARL JAM AT BIRTH

    LMAO that's cute :lol:
  • meme
    meme Posts: 4,695
    I had always liked them. I remember my brother bringing home Vs., and I remember buying Yield on the first day. But oddly what really hooked me was reading a review of one of their live shows, then buying Riot Act and becoming obsessed :lol:
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,203
    listening to Vs on the ole sony walkman

    they almost lost me as a fan when they didnt tour for awhile

    then I went to Randalls 2 in 96

    nuff said
  • RGarabed21
    RGarabed21 Posts: 467
    Older sister put me onto them in 92
    MSG - 6/25/08 EV Solo Tower Theatre - 06/11/09
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    Philly 4 - 10/31/09
    Boston 1 - 05/17/10
    PruCenter - 05/18/10
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    MSG 2 - 05/21/10
    Alpine1 - 09/03/11 Alpine2 - 09/04/11
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    whispering hands wrote:
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    SOLD TO PEARL JAM AT BIRTH

    LMAO that's cute :lol:
    :D
    "...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.....”
  • davidtrios
    davidtrios Posts: 9,732
    My sister bought Ten in one of those deals where you buy 10Cds for 1 cent back in 1997 when I was 13 and I've been hooked ever since. The specific song that got me was Alive.
  • in_the_mud
    in_the_mud Calgary AB Posts: 494
    RGarabed21 wrote:
    Older sister put me onto them in 92
    That's exactly what happened to me :D I was 15 years old.
    Now I'm 32 and I can't imagine one day without PJ.
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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,703
    I always thought they were ok when they first emerged...they played the shit out of their videos on MTV

    I don't remember being blown away by Vs when it came out.....what snagged me was corduroy....after I heard that I bought Vitalogy, then bought Vs, then Ten....unfortunately I never knew about the 10c until like 2005...
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  • smithnic
    smithnic Posts: 1,565
    A friend gave me a tape of Ten to listen to on the way home from an amusement park after the van we were in broke down. I remember him giving me the tape and not being able to get past the first song because it was so good. This was in 1993.
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