Bridge Benefit 1994, San Francisco 1995, San Diego 1995 1 & 2, Missoula 1998, Los Angeles 2000, San Diego 2000, Eddie Vedder/Beck 2/26/2002, Santa Barbara 2003, Irvine 2003, San Diego 2003, Vancouver 2005, Gorge 2005, San Diego 2006, Los Angeles 2006 1 & 2, Santa Barbara 2006, Eddie Vedder 4/10/08, Eddie Vedder 4/12/08, Eddie Vedder 4/15/08, 7/12/2008, SF 8/28/09, LA 9/30/09, LA 10/1/09, LA 10/06/09, LA 10/07/09, San Diego 10/09/09, Eddie Vedder 7/6/2011, Eddie Vedder 7/8/2011, PJ20 9/3/2011, PJ20 9/4/2011, Vancouver 9/25/2011, San Diego 11/21/13, LA 11/24/13, Ohana 9/25/21, Ohana 9/26/21, Ohana 10/1/21, EV 2/17/22, LA Forum 5/6/22, LA Forum 5/7/22, EV 10/1/22, EV 9/30/23
I figured this is worth mentioning here since we’re getting into the meaning of he Stickman. Like many others, I have the Stickman as a tattoo. It was my first tat and I got it as a reminder. I was going through depression as many teenagers do and snuck out one night. Roaming my small Wisconsin town I came across the train tracks figuring I would end it all right there. I waited about an hour and nothing but the wind n silence came through. Within that time frame I figured trains must not come through after 1am, so I figured it wasn’t my time yet. As I begin to walk away, not even 5ft off the tracks, I hear a train horn blasting. If I had waited a couple more minutes I’d been gone for good. Around this time I was in the start of heavily listening to Pearl Jam. Come to the first time I listened to “Alive” after that, it took on a whole other meaning. In short, that simple Ament drawing stands for “I’m still alive” as much as it possibly can to me. It cancels out any self conscious thoughts of “but all the other Pearl Jam obsessors have one” or “it’s been done so many times before”.
Glad you're still here, depression sucks
Thank you kindly, dude, and yup! But there’s a balance in life I suppose. With pain comes beauty and yada yada, but for real it can do some good.
Hey nanana ain't that somethin PJ Chi 2--08-24-2009 SG Chi 1--01-23-2013 PJ Wrigley--07-19-2013 CCornell Chi--10-06-2015 PJ Wrigley--08-20 & 22 2016 PJ Wrigley--08-18 & 20 2018 Denver— 09-22-2022
Don't know If someone posted it here before but there's a post about it in Jeff Ament's Army page in Facebook:
"I drew the #Stickman the night after Kelly Curtis told me that we needed artwork for the giveaway cassette for 'Alive.' The 'art' really just represents how I was feeling at the time, playing in the best band I'd ever been in, and all of us were in such a creative zone. It didn't really have anything to do with the song." #JeffAment
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ain't that somethin
PJ Chi 2--08-24-2009
SG Chi 1--01-23-2013
PJ Wrigley--07-19-2013
CCornell Chi--10-06-2015
PJ Wrigley--08-20 & 22 2016
PJ Wrigley--08-18 & 20 2018
Denver— 09-22-2022
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