fans over 40

RedMosquito22

I will be 40 in November. Still holding on to my 30's with a vengeance.

hvrsq

'Not 40 yet but 38 and have been there since the beginning. Heard "Alive" for the first time on what used to be our college radio station here in vegas wile working in the back room of a clothing store. Went to the local record store the next day only to find out the album haddent "dropped" yet. Saw them the next summer in '92 in AZ at Lalapalooza and have been a "groopie" since. Havent been to even close to as many shows as most of you have been, and its still a dream to follow them on a tour. Trying to raise the next generation of pearl jam fans too!

Catwoman1

PearlJain wrote:

dimitrispearljam wrote:

Brisk. wrote:

so far away

i suppose some people here have your parents age Brisk

My parents liked the Beatles. So therefore....I do, too. I think it's really awesome if some parents listented to Pearl Jam...and have spawned new PJ fans. Music will always be the one thing in common when it comes to "filling in" generational gaps. Just truly appreciate the music.

I loved the Beatles, and of course my kids do too. But I also introduced my kids to Pearl Jam, whom we all love. I totally agree with you about music filling in the generation gaps. It's so cool that I can share the music with my kids. But my parents could never have shared their music with me -- it was pre-rock & roll.

waterair

I'm 39 and 7 months...

letterscratcher

Jeff's 48 (and some of are, too).
First saw PJ in 1992, changed my life, and a fan ever since.
Come on over to FB and check out the newest arm of Wishlist.
There's no age limit or requirement, but we are all Jeff all the time.
https://www.facebook.com/JeffAmentsArmy

Lizard

hvrsq wrote:

'Not 40 yet but 38 and have been there since the beginning. Heard "Alive" for the first time on what used to be our college radio station here in vegas wile working in the back room of a clothing store. Went to the local record store the next day only to find out the album haddent "dropped" yet. Saw them the next summer in '92 in AZ at Lalapalooza and have been a "groopie" since. Havent been to even close to as many shows as most of you have been, and its still a dream to follow them on a tour. Trying to raise the next generation of pearl jam fans too!

your avatar is scawy!

PJamRocks

42 here. I'll be dating myself further... I got Ten on cassette when it was released and listened to it on my walkman in college. My memories of seeing them in 91 was a high energy show that got the whole (small)place into a frenzy. After the show we saw a U Haul backed up to some doors and a couple guys with their hair stuffed into stocking hats loading up guitars. My friends swore they were from the band so I approached them and got my cassette signed with a ball point pen. Still not sure if it was anyone from the band but is a good memory to cap off an awesome show. I should dig that cassette out one of these days.

KL40564

can I play? I am 40 in 2 months, yikes! I go all the way back to day one. I saw them three times on the ten tour. First time I saw them, hadn't heard of them. They opened for Chili Peppers and Nirvana (concert of a lifetime!). Within a year, I was at my third show, all in Phoenix, and a fan for life.

have never missed a show that was in my town, and done some drives as well.

coming up? New Mex Eddie shows. a 6 hour venture from Denver, which will be awesome!

also, your name was Pumpkin head, correct? Is that a reference to Smashing Pumpkins? am also a BIG fan of them. Interestingly, the tour I mentioned above... Smashing Pumpkins toured the first half of that tour, and Pearl Jam took over the second half. Nirvana were even openers, and Chili's headlined. They were at the height of their powers touring on Blood Sugar Sex Magic. God, what a time for music that was. What a great time to be in college.

KL40564

it is occurring to me that there are likely as many fans over 40 as under. I am at 39. Was 18 when Pearl Jam hit with Ten... which was the perfect time.

pumpkinhead

Yes you can play the game reserved for us youngsters Pumpkinhead is kinda my nickname cause well...I'm a pumpkinhead...and yes I love the smashing pumpkins but my aka has nothing to do with them..

KL40564 wrote:

can I play? I am 40 in 2 months, yikes! I go all the way back to day one. I saw them three times on the ten tour. First time I saw them, hadn't heard of them. They opened for Chili Peppers and Nirvana (concert of a lifetime!). Within a year, I was at my third show, all in Phoenix, and a fan for life.

have never missed a show that was in my town, and done some drives as well.

coming up? New Mex Eddie shows. a 6 hour venture from Denver, which will be awesome!

also, your name was Pumpkin head, correct? Is that a reference to Smashing Pumpkins? am also a BIG fan of them. Interestingly, the tour I mentioned above... Smashing Pumpkins toured the first half of that tour, and Pearl Jam took over the second half. Nirvana were even openers, and Chili's headlined. They were at the height of their powers touring on Blood Sugar Sex Magic. God, what a time for music that was. What a great time to be in college.

Bird889

Who Princess wrote:

In My Dreams wrote:

How does being over 40 make you old? WTF? Why are some people so surprised that we still like rock music? Gotta vent here, I've been hearing this crap since I turned 30. I don't believe personalities change as soon as a person reaches a certain age. If you take care of yourself you will not get old.

Wait till you hit 50. People act like its fuckin amazing that I still love to go to shows. :roll:

My wife and I went to a small club to see a Jessica Lea Mayfield live. She is young. But during her set another fan came up and asked if we were Jessica's parents? WTF.

PKTrekGirl

Bird889 wrote:

My wife and I went to a small club to see a Jessica Lea Mayfield live. She is young. But during her set another fan came up and asked if we were Jessica's parents? WTF.

Heh. I have had a sort of similar experience.

I am a fan of a band (Avenged Sevenfold) that a lot of teens like. And one of those teens is my closest girlfriend's 14 year old son.

The first time I engaged him in conversation about A7X, he looked at me really oddly, like he could not believe what he was hearing. And the next day, my girlfriend told me that later that night, he told her he 'couldn't understand' how I could like that band.

But why not? They are extremely talented. I couldn't care less that they are all in their late 20's/early 30's.

In truth, I think my friends' son was trying to decide if it would still be 'cool' to like A7X if one of his mom's friends liked them too.

riotgrl

PKTrekGirl wrote:

Bird889 wrote:

My wife and I went to a small club to see a Jessica Lea Mayfield live. She is young. But during her set another fan came up and asked if we were Jessica's parents? WTF.

Heh. I have had a sort of similar experience.

I am a fan of a band (Avenged Sevenfold) that a lot of teens like. And one of those teens is my closest girlfriend's 14 year old son.

The first time I engaged him in conversation about A7X, he looked at me really oddly, like he could not believe what he was hearing. And the next day, my girlfriend told me that later that night, he told her he 'couldn't understand' how I could like that band.

But why not? They are extremely talented. I couldn't care less that they are all in their late 20's/early 30's.

In truth, I think my friends' son was trying to decide if it would still be 'cool' to like A7X if one of his mom's friends liked them too.

I teach high school and we were learning about the Jazz Age and started talking about the types of music we all listen to and I certainly won over some of the boys when I told them I was a huge Metallica fan. Was kinda surprised at how hard they work in class now

dimitrispearljam

shit....its coming..

riotgrl

dimitrispearljam wrote:

shit....its coming..

What? 40? I turned 40 last year and I'm better at 40 than I was at 20 Like a really freakin great wine

dimitrispearljam

riotgrl wrote:

dimitrispearljam wrote:

shit....its coming..

What? 40? I turned 40 last year and I'm better at 40 than I was at 20 Like a really freakin great wine

old people....

PKTrekGirl

riotgrl wrote:

I teach high school and we were learning about the Jazz Age and started talking about the types of music we all listen to and I certainly won over some of the boys when I told them I was a huge Metallica fan. Was kinda surprised at how hard they work in class now

Now see, that's really cool! Anything to motivate kids is a good thing! And music is a huge opening, if, like you, the adult genuinely does like the music and can discuss intelligently, etc.

And I do think that I won a little street cred with my girlfriend's son when I could talk intelligently about A7X, their albums, their videos, the death of The Rev, etc. Although at the same time, I'm pretty positive that he has no idea what to make of me: "Is she a cool adult? Or is A7X not as cool as I thought?" I can see it on the kid's face - that's what he's mulling over.

But hey....gotta keep 'em guessing and just a wee bit off-kilter! And my girlfriend (who is a teacher too, btw) thinks it's hilarious - apparently, this has really fucked with the kid's head a bit...and she is very amused by this. :twisted:

I say, keep those Metallica tunes crankin! :P

dan46er

Will be 44 in July!

My 15 year old thinks Metallica is the end all be all of metal. I have had to let him know that is not the case... Introduced him to Iron Maiden! My wife and I have also gotten him into Pearl Jam.

PJ Sweden

Hey! 42 here, feels like yesterday when I got hooked on PJ on a bus from Sydney to Brisbane with my brother back in -92

beachbelle

I'm 46. And glad to say, not full of regrets.