I LOL'd at this review of an early PJ show.

Dogman3

http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19901224&slug=1111163

I believe it was their second show too.

"Ironically enough, Alice in Chains gave a better representation of the Seattle Sound than those that should have: opening band Mookie Blaylock. It features Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament, who were in another seminal grunge band, Green River. Gossard and Ament were also members of Mother Love Bone, the Seattle band recently thought most likely to succeed before the heroin overdose death of singer Andy Wood earlier this year. However, the music leaned more towards bad '70s country rock (Bad Company comes to mind) than the punk-metal angst of Green River or the flamboyant grooves of Mother Love Bone. Not even a cameo appearance by Soundgarden's Chris Cornell and Matt Cameron made Blaylock interesting."

IWillLiveForeve

Dogman3 wrote:

http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19901224&slug=1111163

I believe it was their second show too.

"Ironically enough, Alice in Chains gave a better representation of the Seattle Sound than those that should have: opening band Mookie Blaylock. It features Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament, who were in another seminal grunge band, Green River. Gossard and Ament were also members of Mother Love Bone, the Seattle band recently thought most likely to succeed before the heroin overdose death of singer Andy Wood earlier this year. However, the music leaned more towards bad '70s country rock (Bad Company comes to mind) than the punk-metal angst of Green River or the flamboyant grooves of Mother Love Bone. Not even a cameo appearance by Soundgarden's Chris Cornell and Matt Cameron made Blaylock interesting."

I did not LOL. Not quite humor on a grand scale.

PJamGrunge10

Ha! If only they knew

pjfan31

And that was the last article Phil West ever wrote......

i like matt.c

Hahahahahaha.

IWillLiveForeve

pjfan31 wrote:

And that was the last article Phil West ever wrote......

Not exactly going out on a high note.

pjtradeking

Dogman3 wrote:

http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19901224&slug=1111163

I believe it was their second show too.

"Ironically enough, Alice in Chains gave a better representation of the Seattle Sound than those that should have: opening band Mookie Blaylock. It features Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament, who were in another seminal grunge band, Green River. Gossard and Ament were also members of Mother Love Bone, the Seattle band recently thought most likely to succeed before the heroin overdose death of singer Andy Wood earlier this year. However, the music leaned more towards bad '70s country rock (Bad Company comes to mind) than the punk-metal angst of Green River or the flamboyant grooves of Mother Love Bone. Not even a cameo appearance by Soundgarden's Chris Cornell and Matt Cameron made Blaylock interesting."

It would be funny to ask the guy if he remembered writing it, and what he thinks NOW? Who knew they would become one of the GREATEST bands in music history...Oh wait....I did....:D

Blind3

Phil who ?

dharma69

Well I certainly wasn't there but who's to say that they weren't less than amazing back then? Lots of legendary bands didn't start out at the level that ride at today. I'm over it already.

They probably were forgettable; hell, they might even agree with the reviewer.

MakeMeCry43

Yeah I get what dharma69 is saying, they were just starting out and maybe didn't find their sound yet or weren't polished enough because they were just new, there are several reasons to why the critic said what he said, but pff, I'd like to hear a review from now . Also it's true about that many amazing and legendary bands don't get the praise they always do at the start, Like Led Zeppelin, I read that there was some harsh music critic or something and he told Robert and the boys that they'll never make it and that they'll drop in the music biz like a led bullet, (hence the name ) and I mean now look at what Zeppelin accomplished through the years and how they're like Rock'n'Roll Gods! Same thing about Creedence Clearwater Revival, John Fogerty and the gang were performing and a security guard said that their sound won't get them anywhere unless they play right and John said "I'll show you." or something like that and now look...CCR became a legends in rock'n'roll as well.....Lol I think you guys already got the point!