Why are Pearl Jam not very 'heavy' anymore?

muppet

Ghost Of K. wrote:

It's called maturity, and without it we wouldn't have songs like Thumbing My Way, Parting ways, Love boat Captain, Wishlist, Parachutes, Unemployable, Army Reserve, Down, Other Side, Sleight of Hand, I Am Mine, Can't Keep, or the Into The Wild soundtrack.

I think some of you are missing my point - I'm not equating heaviness with quality. I'm just interested in why they've chosen to change their sound, especially considering that they perform some all out rockers, like Comatose and World Wide Sucidie, for instance.

U R A Crazy Breed

they ain't heavy....they're my..brotherrrrs!!!

Thoughts_Arrive

I hope their new album has heavy songs like on Vs.
As well as good mellow tracks thrown in the mix!
A bit of both

Darius

i think they're fuckin heavy like an elephant. how could you think they aren't? just because they're not jumpin off the stage into the crowd or screamin their vocal cords to shreads?

keeponrockin

Red Burrito wrote:

"It's Evolution Baby"...I just think they have evolved in every aspect of their lives. Ideas, beliefs, style, technique, priorities, everything...so with it changes their approach to playing music.

I know that if I created a piece of music 15-17 years ago, I am postive that I would play it much differently now.

I play music I wrote 2 months ago differently! Things evolve!

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muppet wrote:

They're still loud. But I'm listneing to the Atlanta 94 boot and the band sounds incredibly heavy, particuarly on songs like Deep and Once. I don't hear this 'heaviness' anymore - nowdays, although still amazing, the guitars sound a bit weak and the drums sound flat. I'm talking more about the band than Vedder. Obviously that guy can't keep screaming the same way he did back in 94 (although he's still got a great set of pipes on him)

Is it just a case of the band maturing? They still make angry songs such as World Wide Suicide...

i think a lot of it has to do with the style of matt camerons drumming. its a thin sound compared to jack and dave. their sound was heavier. stone and mike probably use a different distortion, too.

muppet

Darius wrote:

i think they're fuckin heavy like an elephant. how could you think they aren't? just because they're not jumpin off the stage into the crowd or screamin their vocal cords to shreads?

No offense but have you bothered to read the thread?

bertan

i would love to know where all this "heavy = bad" shit is coming from. nobody is saying the new albums are bad, but some of us just prefer the old guitar tones.

while i agree with the post about matt's style, i also think it's partly because they use telecaster guitars much more these days. tele's never seem to give the edgy-funky tones strats or les paul's give. that is one thing they're doing different than the early days.

Pappas

agreed with the drummer comments. i think probably eddie encourages matt to play like this, there was a thread a couple years ago on this topic (matts drumming not being utilized to its best and not being loud enough). Because Matt can be so much more i rekon (look at songs like soundgardens 'like suicide')

i think they don't sound as heavy live these days beacuse they don't use as much heavy distortion, and use a more 'cleaner' distortion if you get what i mean