20th Anniversary Plan - Need Your Help!
Hi all,
I am thinking of trying to compile a book/mag for the bands 20th anniversary next year. I have no experience in this field but want to do something to mark the date. I need your help with this. My idea is to give a few people a year to write about their and the bands experience from that year, high/low points, live experience, photos. I was also thinking that we could be pretty strategic, with people commenting on the year they started loving the band, people who'd been into the band for a while commenting on their love growing and why and so on. These comments could be one or two lines or concert reviews what they were personally going through and how the band/bands music helped them through or whatever.
We would need to get permission to publish photos etc but I personally would love to sit down and read through different peoples different experiences at different times.
This is just the first thoughts on this so I am looking for peoples feedback, is it a good/bad idea? Am I crazy cause it'll be an immense amount of work (for which I will be looking for lots of help from you guys)? I suppose its kinda taking the "Trading Stories..." idea and just trying to blow it up a bit to celebrate the band.
I don't know whether the band will come on board but I'd love to get a fans anthology together to celebrate what we have all been through together over the past 20 years! And who knows maybe some of the band members might want to share their experiences with the fans (although something like this is probably already being looked at by the band already).
As I say I dont know what shape this will take but I would love to have it all done for October time if possible so that gives us a bit of time to get working on it. I'll sent this directly onto 10C and see if they give a response.
So what do you think, who's in??
I am thinking of trying to compile a book/mag for the bands 20th anniversary next year. I have no experience in this field but want to do something to mark the date. I need your help with this. My idea is to give a few people a year to write about their and the bands experience from that year, high/low points, live experience, photos. I was also thinking that we could be pretty strategic, with people commenting on the year they started loving the band, people who'd been into the band for a while commenting on their love growing and why and so on. These comments could be one or two lines or concert reviews what they were personally going through and how the band/bands music helped them through or whatever.
We would need to get permission to publish photos etc but I personally would love to sit down and read through different peoples different experiences at different times.
This is just the first thoughts on this so I am looking for peoples feedback, is it a good/bad idea? Am I crazy cause it'll be an immense amount of work (for which I will be looking for lots of help from you guys)? I suppose its kinda taking the "Trading Stories..." idea and just trying to blow it up a bit to celebrate the band.
I don't know whether the band will come on board but I'd love to get a fans anthology together to celebrate what we have all been through together over the past 20 years! And who knows maybe some of the band members might want to share their experiences with the fans (although something like this is probably already being looked at by the band already).
As I say I dont know what shape this will take but I would love to have it all done for October time if possible so that gives us a bit of time to get working on it. I'll sent this directly onto 10C and see if they give a response.
So what do you think, who's in??
I need a coffee!
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Very ambitious but very worth while.
Funny you should mention that...I meant to put in that all proceeds would go to Wishlist Foundation (if there were any
This might end up being fanzine'ish...but we gotta aim high :twisted:
One of my friends did a similar thing for Metallica a few years back. Sadly no money was ever involved as it was a movie, but at least it aired and the band got a copy as well.
But I'd love to hear more as well.
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Sounds like a cool idea but as you said alot of work involved.
Maybe a few stories of peoples experiences at the gigs for every year would be the main plan.
I'd love to read something like that.
Lisbon '06 (x2)
Katowice '07
London '07 '09 (x2), '10
MSG NY '08 (x2)
Manchester '09 '12
Belfast '10
PJ20 Alpine '11 (x2)
Leeds '14
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I'm liking peoples enthusiasim so far tho. thanks.
Thanks
I'll give it a think when I have some more time (and the ability to focus). will be happy to help any way I can.
Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
"If I wanted you to understand, I would have explained it better"
Johan Cruijff
Course you can sweetie :twisted:
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They were crushed and dying in the dirt.
We tried to pick up the pieces,
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But they caught us at the state line,
And burned our cars in one last fight,
And left us running burned and blind,
Chasing something in the night.
Thanks a mil Kinsey...great reference for this project
Here's his website.
http://www.musicfoto.com/index.php
Keep us updated on progress!
They were crushed and dying in the dirt.
We tried to pick up the pieces,
And get away without getting hurt,
But they caught us at the state line,
And burned our cars in one last fight,
And left us running burned and blind,
Chasing something in the night.
I have the first, For You, and that's a great read. I must hurry and order Light In Darkness, it'll be a nice thing to read when the Darkness Box Set eventually arrives!
Any updates on this? I'm in the process of writing my book about my pj tours soon. Moving back to London next week to finish it off. You visiting any time soon?
Jason
Hey Jason, unfortunately I've had to put it on the backburner but I'm about to relight the fire baby
I'm definitely gonna need help compiling this information...so any and all assistance will be grateful people.
I think if maybe we put things into era's as opposed to years that might be a bit easier. So how about if we did:
Pre-1990 (anyone who so one or all of the bands previous bands and have an interesting story)
1990-1992 (Ten era and the start of the whole seattle movement)
1993-1995 (Vs & Vitalogy era, when the bands fame was probably at its height)
1996-1998 (No Code & Yield..when the band probably lost "fans" but yet they produced what many feel as their most complete album - I'm a Ten man meself
1999-2002 (The enigma of Binaural & Riot Act)
2003-2006 (The touring years and the "re-invention of Pearl Jam" with Avocado)
2007-present (The touring jougernaut continues to build and the bands "finest work in years" in Backspacer).
Obviously these are all open to be changed and others views will be accepted. There may be people out there willing to take on to co-ordinate a section (with help of course) and I'm quite happy to pull everything together. So anyone in particular want to take a certain section to co-ordinate? Please post your name here and also send me a pm please. I would be more than happy to take on the 1990-92 or 2007-present sections but if someone else REALLY wants to do either of these thats cool.
Thanks in advance
Oh and 10C, any correspondence or support would be gratefully received. Even an email replying to my email to say NO! Thanks