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Suppose it is 2019 and Stone/Jeff have quit the band.....

JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,724
edited January 2010 in Given To Fly (live)
Would you still go see the band live, or would you walk away, and just remember the old days?

(Assume the remaining members still call themselves Pearl Jam)
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  • loopjdloopjd Posts: 121
    You just broke my brain.
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  • pjamaholicpjamaholic Posts: 1,225
    Well it wouldnt be PJ at all without Jeff and Stone. So the band would break up, and the boys would all go their separate ways, and then we'd have 5 bands to follow instead of one. Which I would do.
  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    well if there kids take over... immagine if one of ed's daughters becomes a rock star someday. :P
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    yes,couse my membership will expire at 2050,so ill get 10c tix
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  • BeerBaronBeerBaron Toronto-ish Posts: 4,097
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    yes,couse my membership will expire at 2050,so ill get 10c tix
    And you wonder why people confuse you and Demetrios???? :lol:
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  • i_lov_iti_lov_it Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,007
    NO Jeff and Stone = NO Pearl Jam... ;)
  • satansbedsatansbed Posts: 2,139
    if they got kicked out no, if they died or just werent up to it maybe
  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    Would you still go see the band live, or would you walk away, and just remember the old days?

    (Assume the remaining members still call themselves Pearl Jam)


    Well... I miss the way they play music before they let Dave go... and I still come to shows, so I guess I would still go. Then some people who started listening to the band post-Stone/Jeff would tell me how Stone/Jeff were overrated, and how their new members are better, and that I should "get over" Stone and/or Jeff. 8-)
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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    BeerBaron wrote:
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    yes,couse my membership will expire at 2050,so ill get 10c tix
    And you wonder why people confuse you and Demetrios???? :lol:
    + we have the same name just write it different :D
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  • BALLBOYBALLBOY Australia Posts: 1,032
    You can only change drummers, they are epitome of that.
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  • wash_wash_ Posts: 1,073
    BALLBOY wrote:
    You can only change drummers, they are epitome of that.

    I reckon bass players are quite interchangable.

    I don't think the band would go on without Jeff/Stone, considering that Ed thinks of Jeff as the leader and Jeff probably does a lot for the band behind the scenes.

    I do think they'd continue without Mike and maybe have guest guitarists to fill his shoes.
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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,430
    wash_ wrote:
    BALLBOY wrote:
    You can only change drummers, they are epitome of that.

    I reckon bass players are quite interchangable.

    I don't think the band would go on without Jeff/Stone, considering that Ed thinks of Jeff as the leader and Jeff probably does a lot for the band behind the scenes.

    I do think they'd continue without Mike and maybe have guest guitarists to fill his shoes.

    The secret to every great band is a great bassist.

    Agree.... After the drummer, Mike is the most replaceable.
  • shades are RAISEDshades are RAISED Posts: 54
    wash_ wrote:
    BALLBOY wrote:
    You can only change drummers, they are epitome of that.

    I do think they'd continue without Mike and maybe have guest guitarists to fill his shoes.




    I can get behind this statement. When introducing the band members at shows, Ed usually phrases things like: "We're so lucky to have Mike/Matt play with us" That's not to say he is "replaceable" merely that it seems more likely he would go his own way, and that finding a substitute would be an acceptable way for the band to continue. My feeling, not so much founded in fact, as it is a vibe, is that Ed, Stone and Jeff would continue Pearl Jam with whoever wanted to play with them.

    I know I'm overusing the comparison, but I predict that things will end up for PJ likely the way they did for the Grateful Dead. It will take tragedy to break these guys up. When or if that happens, any permutations of the band will still be in the spirit and honor of the original. Bob Weir and Rat Dog aren't fooling themselves. Fans see them to relive what a Dead show was like. I know that which ever way Ed, Mike, Stone, Jeff, Matt or even Boom go, we will follow them because we love Pearl Jam. We're going to see pieces of what we remember from what we love about the band.


    but I hope (don't think) any of that will be for a long long time.
  • hrd2imgnhrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,903
    If Stone and Jeff are not in the band it is no longer anything resembling Pearl jam
  • KloddzKloddz Posts: 2,573
    I would get ready for the Boom Gaspar 2020 World Tour!
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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    Kloddz wrote:
    I would get ready for the Boom Gaspar 2020 World Tour!
    :lol:
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  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    as long as Eddie breathes I am there
  • shades are RAISEDshades are RAISED Posts: 54
    Kloddz wrote:
    I would get ready for the Boom Gaspar 2020 World Tour!


    hahaha topped off by a stop in Pistoia, Italy to play that organ from Immagine In Cornice
  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Let me ask you this,

    If Ed, Mike and Matt did a side project and played in your town, would you not want to see them?
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    Let me ask you this,

    If Ed, Mike and Matt did a side project and played in your town, would you not want to see them?
    nice idea... :)
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  • i_lov_iti_lov_it Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,007
    CJMST3K wrote:
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    Would you still go see the band live, or would you walk away, and just remember the old days?

    (Assume the remaining members still call themselves Pearl Jam)


    Well... I miss the way they play music before they let Dave go... and I still come to shows, so I guess I would still go. Then some people who started listening to the band post-Stone/Jeff would tell me how Stone/Jeff were overrated, and how their new members are better, and that I should "get over" Stone and/or Jeff. 8-)

    Dave A...or Dave K? lol...BECAUSE "IMO" i think that Dave K...that's Right! was Better ;)
  • ChrisileinChrisilein Vienna/Austria Posts: 3,905
    That would break my heart!!! I cannot imagine a life without PJ.... :cry:
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