I would love to say Pearl Jam but with all the Phishheads I hear about following them to EVERY show on EVERY tour.....I have to digress and say Phish has a bigger fanbase. I don't think there are many, if any, Pearl Jam fans that follow them to every city on a tour.
i've done a few pj tours and phish tours and run into a lot of the same people who have a mutual love for each band. for me pearl jam and phish are by far the two most important bands that have stood the test of time.
I'd like to think its Pearl Jam, but its probably Phish.
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the 2 biggest bands of the 90s are pearl jam and radiohead.... maybe nirvana, too. not only are they the 2 (3) biggest bands, but the most important, also.
phish can suck it.
i've done a few pj tours and phish tours and run into a lot of the same people who have a mutual love for each band. for me pearl jam and phish are by far the two most important bands that have stood the test of time.
there is only 1 band that has stood the test of time....that my friend is the Grateful Dead...neither have come close to the amount of shows that the Dead have played 2318 shows then add the 15 years of shows Bobby and Phil have played.Pearl Jam by far is the best band out there on the road today,but my 1st love will always be the Grateful Dead.I hope Eddie and the crew are rockin in there 70's.
I would love to say Pearl Jam but with all the Phishheads I hear about following them to EVERY show on EVERY tour.....I have to digress and say Phish has a bigger fanbase. I don't think there are many, if any, Pearl Jam fans that follow them to every city on a tour.
Phish doesnt tour like pearl jam though and there are actually a lot of people who follow pearl jam just because people dont call them pearl jam heads is the reason you dont hear about it as often as you hear about phishheads.
the 2 biggest bands of the 90s are pearl jam and radiohead.... maybe nirvana, too. not only are they the 2 (3) biggest bands, but the most important, also.
phish can suck it.
You are probably right, but I'll take Phish over Radiohead's canned live shows and Thom Yorke's annoying brooding manbitchery any time.
I knew that Phish fans had to be high to like their music, but you must have some really good shit to think that they were one of the two biggest bands of the nineties. Be more specific as to what you are getting at because I can think of several dozen bands that were bigger in most every conceivable way. If you are referring to the bands that had the most fans see at least 20+ shows each tour then congratulations, we have a winner.
My wife and i took a bus from NYC to Bangor Maine to visit her parents years go, not realizing there was a 3 Phish day festival, the bus was packed, with all these laid back hippie kids, it was like getting on a bus in 60's or something. Not into Phish, but there fans are pretty cool and obsessive. 14 hour ride, during one of the stops some freind from one bus ran into one from another, but every seat was taken, all of a sudden some lone kid, got up and was like "here take mine, all catch the next one" they were like cool dude, catch u at the festival. Don't see that kind of fellowship in NYC ever. Not into Phish but i think there fans got us beat. Ofcouse if Pearl Jam were to have 3 day festival in the north east, shit i'd be there!!!
My wife and i took a bus from NYC to Bangor Maine to visit her parents years go, not realizing there was a 3 Phish day festival, the bus was packed, with all these laid back hippie kids, it was like getting on a bus in 60's or something. Not into Phish, but there fans are pretty cool and obsessive. 14 hour ride, during one of the stops some freind from one bus ran into one from another, but every seat was taken, all of a sudden some lone kid, got up and was like "here take mine, all catch the next one" they were like cool dude, catch u at the festival. Don't see that kind of fellowship in NYC ever. Not into Phish but i think there fans got us beat. Ofcouse if Pearl Jam were to have 3 day festival in the north east, shit i'd be there!!!
I agree about the fellowship amongst the fans. It's very cool to see in a world where most are so concerned about their own successes. As for their shows... I actually hated them, and went with some friends strictly to shut them up about Phish. Truthfully.. between the brilliant light show, and the phenomenal (and LONG) show, I was immediately sold. I'd go as far as saying whereas a Pearl Jam show is a great show - a Phish show is an incredible all-around experience. The fans turn it into something special.
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the 2 biggest bands of the 90s are pearl jam and radiohead.... maybe nirvana, too. not only are they the 2 (3) biggest bands, but the most important, also.
phish can suck it.
You are probably right, but I'll take Phish over Radiohead's canned live shows and Thom Yorke's annoying brooding manbitchery any time.
canned live show? Obviously totally different experiences, but I think Radiohead shows are setup pretty similar to PJ.
good question, those of us in the States know about the strong following that Phish has, but I've never seen evidence that they are as strong overseas as Pearl Jam is. After viewing youtube live clips from Europe, South America and those cool countries down under...I con't imagine Phish having as strong following outside the US as Pearl Jam.
What do y'all think?
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i agree!!! these are my two favorite bands in the world for many many many years now
pj is first in my heart but ive seen phish about 50 times more than pj cause its just easier to do so
here are my quick thoughts. as far as touring bands go they were both pretty huge in the 90s. if jerry didnt die in 95 this might not be the case
album sales def do not qualify phish as "huge" by any means, but i bet they have more boots circulating than any other band of the 90s
and pj fans shoudlnt hate on phish so much. stop and think about how yuo feel when someone bashes pj just because its something they arent into and they dont understand why you like it so much and they just decide to deride eddie and you and the whole thing. if they dont like it they should just shut up about it. and if you dont like phish thats fine but why go out of your way to trash them to those of us who love them so much?
oh and i work, very hard. own my own biz. most phish fans i know have matured, got great jobs, laid of tha drugs (sorta ) and are raising beautiful families
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the 2 biggest bands of the 90s are pearl jam and radiohead.... maybe nirvana, too. not only are they the 2 (3) biggest bands, but the most important, also.
phish can suck it.
You are probably right, but I'll take Phish over Radiohead's canned live shows and Thom Yorke's annoying brooding manbitchery any time.
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I can't stand Phish I didn't mind them until I went to one of their concerts I hated it Nothing but annoying hippies it was the slowest most dreary concert I have ever been to. Phish is a joke compared to Pearl Jam the reason they have such a big following is the Grateful Dead fans didn't want to have to go back to work! LOL Scum bag fans.
By the way I don't get this comparison?
It's like comparing Elvis to Pantera ??????????????????
I can't stand Phish I didn't mind them until I went to one of their concerts I hated it Nothing but annoying hippies it was the slowest most dreary concert I have ever been to. Phish is a joke compared to Pearl Jam the reason they have such a big following is the Grateful Dead fans didn't want to have to go back to work! LOL Scum bag fans.
By the way I don't get this comparison?
It's like comparing Elvis to Pantera ??????????????????
I can't stand Phish I didn't mind them until I went to one of their concerts I hated it Nothing but annoying hippies it was the slowest most dreary concert I have ever been to. Phish is a joke compared to Pearl Jam the reason they have such a big following is the Grateful Dead fans didn't want to have to go back to work! LOL Scum bag fans.
By the way I don't get this comparison?
It's like comparing Elvis to Pantera ??????????????????
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phish can suck it.
Phish doesnt tour like pearl jam though and there are actually a lot of people who follow pearl jam just because people dont call them pearl jam heads is the reason you dont hear about it as often as you hear about phishheads.
You are probably right, but I'll take Phish over Radiohead's canned live shows and Thom Yorke's annoying brooding manbitchery any time.
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canned live show? Obviously totally different experiences, but I think Radiohead shows are setup pretty similar to PJ.
Phish doesn't have the middle of road fans, like PJ, to boost their numbers.
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good question, those of us in the States know about the strong following that Phish has, but I've never seen evidence that they are as strong overseas as Pearl Jam is. After viewing youtube live clips from Europe, South America and those cool countries down under...I con't imagine Phish having as strong following outside the US as Pearl Jam.
What do y'all think?
arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to
slide in sideways, BBQ sandwich in one hand, cold beer in the other,
body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "Woo Hoo what a
ride"!
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oh we are not "phisheads", we prefer Phans .
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pj is first in my heart but ive seen phish about 50 times more than pj cause its just easier to do so
here are my quick thoughts. as far as touring bands go they were both pretty huge in the 90s. if jerry didnt die in 95 this might not be the case
album sales def do not qualify phish as "huge" by any means, but i bet they have more boots circulating than any other band of the 90s
and pj fans shoudlnt hate on phish so much. stop and think about how yuo feel when someone bashes pj just because its something they arent into and they dont understand why you like it so much and they just decide to deride eddie and you and the whole thing. if they dont like it they should just shut up about it. and if you dont like phish thats fine but why go out of your way to trash them to those of us who love them so much?
oh and i work, very hard. own my own biz. most phish fans i know have matured, got great jobs, laid of tha drugs (sorta
and fuck me if you only hear what you wanna hear
fuck me...if I care...but im not leavin here
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By the way I don't get this comparison?
It's like comparing Elvis to Pantera ??????????????????
at least pantera wrote their own songs.
Phish has played Europe SEVERAL times and are playing there this summer, the have also played Japan more than once.
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exactly, except pantera kicks elvis' ass.