Absolutely INSANE show wasn't it?!?!!? "... more shoes... shoes for my friends..." I was never so scared.. that was some crazy shit, I was right up front got hit with severeal shoes, split my forehead open.. he he great show though go Pearl jam!!!
In August 1992 I got a £10 record voucher for my 14th birthday. I went out intending to purchase Lies by Guns N' Roses I think it was but when I got to the counter I automatically paid with cash. I then decided just to pick something at random from the Rock section, and Ten it was.
It's better than GN'R Lies.
All my favourite singers have stolen all of my best lines.
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My older cousin left a stack of vinyl behind when he went travelling with his girlfriend in the summer of 1989. I had a rummage through it and borrowed a couple of them.
I kept, ok stole, a few of them: Soundgarden's 'Screaming Life' ep because it was on blue vinyl, Sonic Youth's 'Daydream Nation' because I had never heard anything else like it in my life and Green River's 'Rehab Doll' because it completely blew me away.
I've followed everything that Jeff and Stone have done ever since that summer... not in a stalker way of course... well, maybe a little!...
“Do not postpone happiness”
(Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)
That's exactly what happened to me I was 15 years old.
Now I'm 32 and I can't imagine one day without PJ.
Agreed (about the PJ part, im only 25 ). I am taking her to the 10/28 show which will be her first (believe it or not). She's nowhere NEAR as pumped as I am but that's just because she has no idea what she's in for!
I was 18 at the time. I heard Jeremy on the radio (it was the Top Seven at Seven on 92 CITI FM in Winnipeg), and I was hooked. Then I saw the Even Flow video, and it blew me away. "Josh, turn those lights out! It's a f**king rock concert!".
It was the first time I had seen a band put out a video of a live performance for a single. It was awesome!
My life was never the same since. Pearl Jam was even included by my best man in his speech at my wedding!
Gimli 1993
Fargo 2003
Winnipeg 2005
Winnipeg 2011
St. Paul 2014
I was a big fan of Mother Love Bone, after andy passed, i followed on jeff and stones, next band, the first time i heard alive, i was totally hooked, i had to order ten from usa, because it wasn't released in the uk until feb '92.
they insantly became my fav band. up until then i couldn't see past Metallica.
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I had just finished my senior year of high school in 1993 when a close friend was killed in a car accident.
He was a huge PJ fan & as we all got together to mourn we listened to the music of Ten. I'd never heard of the band before then but the music & the lyrics & the emotion from the album were incredible. They played an excerpt from Even Flow at the service & the lyrics were on the memorial cards
Even flow, thoughts arrive like butterflies
Oh, he don't know, so he chases them away
Someday yet, he'll begin his life again
Life again, life again...
Even flow, thoughts arrive like butterflies
Oh, he don't know, so he chases them away
Someday yet, he'll begin his life again
Whispering hands, gently lead him away
Him away, him away...
There were hundreds of people in the procession to & from the cemetary & I'll never forget the scence of mourning teenagers driving slowyly away with Even Flow playing from their stereos. I've been a huge fan ever since; taking my friends sister to see them in concert a few months later. The band & their music has been the soundtrack to my life.
" first he was stripped and then he was stabbed
By faceless men, well, fuckers
He still stands"
Cleveland '94, Rochester '94, Pittsburgh '98, Cincinnati '00, Columbus '00, Milwaukee '06, Las Vegas '06, Mansfield '08
Vitalogy, Merkinball, and college radio changed it all for me in the 90s!
BTW, Vinny, I love your name!
I was a senior in high school working in the back room of "Jeans West" in a local mall and was sick and tired of the pop 40 rap crap. Started listening the "the rock avenue" on our local college radio station. Heard "Alive" one time and was hooked. Went the next day to buy the album only to be disappionted by the fact that it wasnt to be released for another two weeks. Saw them for the first time at Lallapalooza in 92 when I traveled to AZ. Scored 2nd row seats center stage! I've been a PJ groopie ever since!
Well, I got this letter in the mail one day in 1992 (sometime in November). It was from Stone Gossard, and he said "You better be a fan of my group Pearl Jam. We have a video on MTV called "Jeremy." We are so much better than Nirvana. If you're not a fan by Christmas (1992) then you're an idiot and I'll kill your cat." You see, it's all Stone's fault.
Somebody I met off a board recommended them to me. Took me a while to get around to listening to them, but when I did I bought Yield and was instantly hooked. Had all their albums within 2 months of buying Yield. Have never looked back with this band!
I was 13 (almost 14 at the time, late '91) and was basically listening to late 60's-70's rock 24-7. Zeppelin and Floyd were the be all and end all of music for me, then Nirvana came out and I was like "eh, pretty good", then PJ came out and I was blown away. I'll openly admit that once Vitalogy came out I kind of tuned out, but that was due to personal reasons not because of the music. My husband and I have been together since late '91 and had been saying for years "the next time PJ comes around we'll see them", unfortunately due to lack of funds it wasn't to be. But fate smiled upon us in '06 and we finally got to see them. Haven't stopped since! I swear they're like a drug! But one I'm not willing to give up, ever!
2006: Boston I, Camden II
2007: Chicago
2008: Hartford, Mansfield I & II, EV Boston
2009: Philly III & IV
2010: Boston
2011: PJ20
2012: Philly
2013: Worcester I & II, Brooklyn I & II
My brother got me in to Pearl Jam. Back when Ten came out he used to listen to it ALL THE TIME and would try to sing like Eddie (it was funny) so it was his influence that got me interested. Then, for my birthday he got me Live on Two Legs when it came out and I was in love with it! I didn't actually see Pearl Jam until the SPECTRUM '03 and ever since then I have been a fanatic! Can't wait to go to the Spectrum again - awesome place.
I knew they were one of my Dad's favorite bands so i figured i would give 'em a try. At the time I was listening to a lot of AC/DC. In January i was teacher's aide in one of my periods of school, and she was lenient on the iPods and such, so I randomly picked vitalogy to listen to. I HATED it (keep in mind, I was an AC/DC guy). And went home and bought Ten, just to give the band another try. I loved it (naturally), and barreled through the rest of the catalogue. Soon Vitalogy was my second favorite behind No Code, and Ten was my least favorite (that DOESN'T mean it's bad). It is remarkable how muched my musical tastes have changed in a mere ten months! I went from not knowing who Eddie Vedder was to singing on stage with him!
Stole my brothers copy of Vs. and was instantly hooked.
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15 years old 1999 - Last Kiss on the radio, #1 here, loved it, taped it from the radio, blasted it.
few years later, about 2003 bought Ten & Vs at the same time, loved them.
Over a year ago decided to listen to RVM greatest hits that I bought about 2004-05 and it was collecting dust, heard songs on downside disc I ignored and loved them, especially given to fly and wishlist.
Bought Live at the garden, no code and yield, and the rest is history.
So for me it was a gradual introduction, but became a hardcore fan with Live at the garden, No Code & Yield.
Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
My dad got into them when I was about 5 so I've always sort of listened to them. It wasn't until my Sophomore year of High School, June of 2003 I think...my dad gave me Yield and Live on 2 Legs. I heard In Hiding while riding home on the bus and I was hooked ever since.
"Well, I think this band is incapable of sucking."
-my dad after hearing Not for You for the first time on SNL .
i borrowed the cassette of Ten (yes, cassette) off a friend of mine and "accidentally" kept forgetting to take it back into school for him! I couldn't begin to imagine how many times i had to rewind that tape to get Black on again and again. Since then its been a downward spiral with my PJ addiction, no other music even comes slightly close to the love i have for them
It was August of '91 and I was visiting my brother who lives in Mukilteo, WA. I had the Mother Love Bone album and knew, from Rolling Stone, of a new band forming from their remnants. My brother had heard of a free show so we went down to the Mural Amphitheater and experienced their awesomeness. I was hooked.
Seattle 8/91, MPLS 3/92, St Paul 8/92, Denver 6/95, Missoula 6/98, MPLS 6/98, Albuquerque 10/00, Seattle 12/02, St Paul 6/03, Thunder Bay 9/05, DC 5/06, St Paul x2 6/06, Vancouver (EV) 4/08, DC 6/08, Chicago x2 8/09, KC 5/10, MPLS (EV) 7/11, Chicago 7/13, St Paul 10/14, Santiago 11/15, Missoula 8/18, Denver 9/22, Saint Paul 8/23, Saint Paul 9/23, Auckland, NZ x2 11/24
How did I become a PJ fan? Because back in 1994 (when I finally got enough money together to buy a copy of Vs) everything else sucked!
That may sound like a generalized statement (after all, this was the same year PJ released Vitalogy ) but the fact remains, music in 1994 was dominated by insignificant, commercially driven crap. A quick read of Wikipedia's article on music in 1994 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_in_music will leave you asking, who the hell were Redex, why the hell did we care about Mariah Carey, and why did Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting punish us with that song they did together?
This musical environment is what lead me to become a Pearl Jam fan.
To this day, when I (occasionally) listen to mainstream radio stations playing 'Alive' as a regular part of their play list, I laugh and think back to the days when these same radio stations avoided playing Pearl Jam, and tried to convince me that East 17 (amongst other insignificant, commercially driven crap) were the most important band in the world.
I had heard and loved their radio hits from Ten from the time it came out; I was 9 yrs old in '91. For the longest time I thought the Rolling Stones did "Black". Hey what can I say I was a child, my balls hadn't dropped yet. I was then shown most amazing harmony of Chris and Ed on the Temple of the Dog album when I was 15 and it was then I found out who Pearl Jam really was. I went out and bought every album and a 10C membership ever since.
October 11th 2004 Vote for change was my first experience of Pearl Jam.
I went to Washington to see the vote for change tour amongst others.
Im a BIG Bruce Springsteen fan.
Pearl Jam were on then a friend on that trip introduced me to the live in Benaroya Hall album and i was blown away...
And that was it..hooked
Best band ever !!
I live in Canada and I used to work for Sony of Canada in the late 80's and early 90s'. We used to get sampler CDs of various artists from Sony Music. Eash song had a little one-line comment below it on the sleeve, usually about the song itself. Remember, Pearl Jam had yet to release Ten at this point. One month one of the songs had a trivia question which asked a question about Stone and his first major band. The prize (you could send the answer to Sony music) said "win a PJ TP". Didn't know what a PJ TP was at the time b/c PJ was not really out yet to any large extent. Well, I asked a friend who Stone Gossard was and he told me so I sent the answer to Sony Music and a few months later, a PJ cassette tape (TP) showed up in the mail, obviously after the release of Ten. I took the tape to my local record store, traded it for the CD and listened to it that day. Turned out to be the greatest band in the world, IMO. The rest is history.
October 11th 2004 Vote for change was my first experience of Pearl Jam.
I went to Washington to see the vote for change tour amongst others.
Im a BIG Bruce Springsteen fan.
Pearl Jam were on then a friend on that trip introduced me to the live in Benaroya Hall album and i was blown away...
And that was it..hooked
Best band ever !!
Welcome to the nuthouse!
I was browsing in Virgin Records and there was this awesome song playing. I asked the spotty oik at the counter what it was. "New Pearl Jam album mate, out today". The song was Go. I bought the album, he went back to scratching his balls. That day started it all, loved them longer than my wife.
i met eddie in hawaii and he asked me to be the bands touring keyboardist. i have liked them ever since even though they don't let me play with them when they are on national tv.
i met eddie in hawaii and he asked me to be the bands touring keyboardist. i have liked them ever since even though they don't let me play with them when they are on national tv.
"...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.....”
It was 1993 ... I was doing my homework (I was in my third year of high school) watching MTV and I heard this powerful voice ... I looked at the TV and I saw this long hair guy climbing over the stage ... even flow ...
Love at first sight .... since then ... they've always been with me....
LOVE!!!!
My brother had always been a PJ fan, so I knew of them but never actually listened to them because i was pretty young. But one day i was doing chores and Even Flow started playing on my ipod, i didn't know what it was but i couldn't get the song out of my head for hours so I found out what the song was and then I started listening to PJ all the time. Still do.
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Absolutely INSANE show wasn't it?!?!!? "... more shoes... shoes for my friends..." I was never so scared.. that was some crazy shit, I was right up front got hit with severeal shoes, split my forehead open.. he he great show though go Pearl jam!!!
It's better than GN'R Lies.
I kept, ok stole, a few of them: Soundgarden's 'Screaming Life' ep because it was on blue vinyl, Sonic Youth's 'Daydream Nation' because I had never heard anything else like it in my life and Green River's 'Rehab Doll' because it completely blew me away.
I've followed everything that Jeff and Stone have done ever since that summer... not in a stalker way of course... well, maybe a little!...
(Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)
“Put yer good money on the sunrise”
(Tim Rogers)
Agreed (about the PJ part, im only 25
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It was the first time I had seen a band put out a video of a live performance for a single. It was awesome!
My life was never the same since. Pearl Jam was even included by my best man in his speech at my wedding!
Fargo 2003
Winnipeg 2005
Winnipeg 2011
St. Paul 2014
they insantly became my fav band. up until then i couldn't see past Metallica.
He was a huge PJ fan & as we all got together to mourn we listened to the music of Ten. I'd never heard of the band before then but the music & the lyrics & the emotion from the album were incredible. They played an excerpt from Even Flow at the service & the lyrics were on the memorial cards
Even flow, thoughts arrive like butterflies
Oh, he don't know, so he chases them away
Someday yet, he'll begin his life again
Life again, life again...
Even flow, thoughts arrive like butterflies
Oh, he don't know, so he chases them away
Someday yet, he'll begin his life again
Whispering hands, gently lead him away
Him away, him away...
There were hundreds of people in the procession to & from the cemetary & I'll never forget the scence of mourning teenagers driving slowyly away with Even Flow playing from their stereos. I've been a huge fan ever since; taking my friends sister to see them in concert a few months later. The band & their music has been the soundtrack to my life.
By faceless men, well, fuckers
He still stands"
Cleveland '94, Rochester '94, Pittsburgh '98, Cincinnati '00, Columbus '00, Milwaukee '06, Las Vegas '06, Mansfield '08
I was a senior in high school working in the back room of "Jeans West" in a local mall and was sick and tired of the pop 40 rap crap. Started listening the "the rock avenue" on our local college radio station. Heard "Alive" one time and was hooked. Went the next day to buy the album only to be disappionted by the fact that it wasnt to be released for another two weeks. Saw them for the first time at Lallapalooza in 92 when I traveled to AZ. Scored 2nd row seats center stage! I've been a PJ groopie ever since!
I'll have it all!
2007: Chicago
2008: Hartford, Mansfield I & II, EV Boston
2009: Philly III & IV
2010: Boston
2011: PJ20
2012: Philly
2013: Worcester I & II, Brooklyn I & II
Best. Night. Ever.
2009 - Philadelphia, PA x4
2010 - Newark, NJ, New York City, NY x2
2012 - Philadelphia, PA
2013 - Chicago, IL, Philadelphia, PA x2, Hartford, CT
2016 - Philadelphia, PA x2, New York City, NY 2, Fenway 2
few years later, about 2003 bought Ten & Vs at the same time, loved them.
Over a year ago decided to listen to RVM greatest hits that I bought about 2004-05 and it was collecting dust, heard songs on downside disc I ignored and loved them, especially given to fly and wishlist.
Bought Live at the garden, no code and yield, and the rest is history.
So for me it was a gradual introduction, but became a hardcore fan with Live at the garden, No Code & Yield.
-my dad after hearing Not for You for the first time on SNL .
That may sound like a generalized statement (after all, this was the same year PJ released Vitalogy
This musical environment is what lead me to become a Pearl Jam fan.
To this day, when I (occasionally) listen to mainstream radio stations playing 'Alive' as a regular part of their play list, I laugh and think back to the days when these same radio stations avoided playing Pearl Jam, and tried to convince me that East 17 (amongst other insignificant, commercially driven crap) were the most important band in the world.
Still have my yellow covered promo version with the different solo at the end, and the cover of I've Got A Feeling
Working in that shop was great, got all their CD's from that era that would be considered rare now
Hi im from Shropshire UK.
October 11th 2004 Vote for change was my first experience of Pearl Jam.
I went to Washington to see the vote for change tour amongst others.
Im a BIG Bruce Springsteen fan.
Pearl Jam were on then a friend on that trip introduced me to the live in Benaroya Hall album and i was blown away...
And that was it..hooked
Best band ever !!
I was browsing in Virgin Records and there was this awesome song playing. I asked the spotty oik at the counter what it was. "New Pearl Jam album mate, out today". The song was Go. I bought the album, he went back to scratching his balls. That day started it all, loved them longer than my wife.
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
Love at first sight .... since then ... they've always been with me....
LOVE!!!!