Pearl Jam - greatest modern day live act?

Hi I just joined the 10 Club - I have been looking on this forum for a while though. I have yet to see Pearl Jam live yet, but from youtube footage and bootlegs I can tell that they are very consistent and are a great band to see. A lot of bands can be very inconsistent (such as Guns N' Roses - where Axl's voice can vary from show to show), but I have never heard a bad Pearl Jam concert. Eddie, Stone, Jeff, Mike, and whatever drummer they have at the time always seem to be at the top of their game!
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Go see PJ. No excuse man.
You got to spend it all.....
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Toronto 2003 · Boston I, 2004 · Kitchener 2005 · London 2005 · Hamilton 2005 · Toronto 2005 · Toronto I, 2006 · Toronto II, 2006 · Mansfield I, 2008 · Mansfield II, 2008 · Philadelphia III, 2009 · Philadelphia IV, 2009 · Cleveland 2010 · *Buffalo 2010* · PJ20 ALPINE VALLEY 2011 · Toronto I, 2011 · Toronto II, 2011 · Hamilton 2011 · London (ON) 2013 · Buffalo 2013 · Toronto I, 2016 · Toronto II, 2016 · Chicago I, 2018 · Chicago II, 2018
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"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
I saw the Dead Weather last year in LA. They were amazing! I am seeing them again next month. Even though Jack White plays drums mostly in the Dead Weather, Alison is a fantastic lead singer, and the rest of the band always plays really tight
Actually Matt Cameron has been the band's drummer for 12 years.
I saw The White Stripes at Blackpool at The Empress Ballroom (the same venue that they recorded Under Blackpool Lights). It's a very small venue, so the atmosphere was incredible. To be stood 15 feet away from Jack White going mental on the guitar takes some beating. I went away a very happy chappy for a few days and that was that.
Pearl Jam was at the MEN in Manchester and the strange thing about it was that, although immensely enjoyable as it was being at the gig, it was only the following day that it had a major impact on me. As soon as a heard a song that they'd played, it took on a whole new meaning and I wanted to be back at the gig re-living it again.
Looking back, I don't think I was ready for the gig - how does a band connect with 20,000 people on an intensely personal level? This is what Pearl Jam do, though. It's stunning to be part of and leaves you a changed person. It's not just about "we're the band and you're the audience", it's a very collective, friendly feeling - both feeding of the emotions of the other. I've never had before.
It's pretty special.
I have seen the Dead Weather, and am going to see them for the second time on July 21st. But I have yet to see Pearl Jam :(
You hit the nail on the head it's a very special felling you get at a pj gig, no one can touch them in my eyes best live band around, they change your out look on live music