1. Pearl Jam by far no other band comes close. Not just the band, the whole crowd vibe, no matter where I've seen them or how many times.
2. Patty Smith: a great live act .
3. Radiohead: Quite possiblly the only other band I'd consider touring with, though not sure if the live show can equal the recordings.
4. Queen: This goes way back, but 2 nights at the forum were incredible.
5. Talking Heads: Again back in the 80's, a tremendous live act.
Honorable mention
Stones
Who
U2
X
Hole
STP
Clash
Neil Young
DMB (great band, bad songs)
I enjoy many types of music and there are sooooo many great bands... bands that I listen to way more than Pearl Jam, and bands that I enjoy listing to more than PJ.
But, with all that said, I have to put PJ at #1 on my list because they are the reason I started to delve into music in the early 90's.
then in no order:
Metallica
Led Zeppelin
My Morning Jacket
Explosions IN The Sky
then
Flloyd/NIN/LIVE/Soundgarden/Coldplay/Train/Guns and Roses/Bem Harper/AIC (with Layne)/Beatles/Marley/
Numero Uno - Pearl Jam
2 Eddie vedder (into the wild)
3 Taylor Swift - oh shit... I mean Rage Against The Machine / Michael Jackson / 10,000 Maniacs
4 Bad Religion/Social D/ Counting Crows
5 Guns and Roses / Morrissey/The Smith / Farinelli (sound track at least)
1. Pearl Jam
2.Led Zeppelin
3. The Doors
4.Tool
5. Alice in Chains
Because I cant leave them out: Pink FLoyd, RHCP, Guns n Roses, NIN, NIrvana,Metallica, Faith No More, Blind Melon, Rolling Stones,Fleetwood Mac, Green Day, Oasis, Pantera, Foo Fighters, The Who
If a man speaks in a forest and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
1. Tom Waits
2. Pearl Jam
3. Radiohead
4. Genesis (Peter Gabriel Era)
5. The Police
6. Morphine
7. The Black Crowes
8. The Talkingheads
9. The Who/Led Zeppelin/Soundgarden
10. Morphine
11. Living Colour
12. Robert Johnson
13. Bo Diddley/Buddy Holly
1. Tom Waits
2. Pearl Jam
3. Radiohead
4. Genesis (Peter Gabriel Era)
5. The Police
6. Morphine
7. The Black Crowes
8. The Talkingheads
9. The Who/Led Zeppelin/Soundgarden
10. Morphine
11. Living Colour
12. Robert Johnson
13. Bo Diddley/Buddy Holly
1 - Zep dont think they can be undervalued in their importance
2 pearl jam awesome for sure and in 20 years might be more important than zep but i doubt it
3 radio head, perfect jazz/electronica weird shit that some how rocks
4 Murder by Death amazingly creative young band that is ahead of their time
5 Nine Inch Nails - Trent . . . enough said
that’s right! Can’t we all just get together and focus on our real enemies: monogamous gays and stem cells… - Ned Flanders
It is terrifying when you are too stupid to know who is dumb
- Joe Rogan
1 PJ
1.5 AIC
2 Headstones (Hugh F**kin' Dillon, baby!)
3 Tea Party/The Armada/Jeff Martin live shit (his solo studio album sucked)
4 Queens of the Stone Age/TCV
5 Days of the New (listening to some of the tracks off "Purple" right now!)
Gimli 1993
Fargo 2003
Winnipeg 2005
Winnipeg 2011
St. Paul 2014
1 PJ
1.5 AIC
2 Headstones (Hugh F**kin' Dillon, baby!)
3 Tea Party/The Armada/Jeff Martin live shit (his solo studio album sucked)
4 Queens of the Stone Age/TCV
5 Days of the New (listening to some of the tracks off "Purple" right now!)
ah, shit, how could I forget about Nirvana and the Pumpkins? And Thornley? And STP? And VR?
Gimli 1993
Fargo 2003
Winnipeg 2005
Winnipeg 2011
St. Paul 2014
1. U2
2. Radiohead
3. Beatles
4. Pearl Jam
5. My Morning Jacket
Don't consider Neil Young, Springsteen "bands" or things would be different.
My Pearl Jam Road: 10/22/90 Seattle | 12/22/90 Seattle, Moore Theater | 9/29/92 Seattle, Magnusson Park, Drop in the Park | 9/5/93 The Gorge, with Neil Young and Blind Melon | 7/20/06 Portland, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall with Sleater-Kinney | 7/22/06 The Gorge, 10/21/06 Mountain View, Shoreline Ampitheatre, Bridge School Benefit | 9/21/09 Seattle | 9/22/09 Seattle | 9/26/09 Portland, OR | 7/14/2011 Eddie Vedder, Portland, OR | 11/29/13 Portland, OR
1. Pearl Jam- Have been since I first heard them in 92.
2. Bruce Springsteen
large gap after these 2
3. Radiohead
4. KOL
5. Anything with Neil Finn
6. Faith No More
7. Paul Kelly -Freak!!
6 and 7 had to have a number(couldn't just be an Honourable mention)
Honourable mention- Beatles, Zep, Oasis, Powderfinger(until their last 2 albums), Neil Young, RATM, Arcade Fire, Sigur Ros, Silverchair, AIC, Sepultura(with Max)
I'll ride the wave where it takes me
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1995
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1998
*BEC, Brisbane, November 2006
*QSAC, Brisbane November 2009
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane March 10 and 12 2011
*Big Day Out, Gold Coast, 19 Jan 2014
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane, 22,23 & 25 Feb 2014
1. PEARL JAM
2. Depeche Mode
3-4-5. Green Day - Metallica - Muse
Budapest.Budapest.Arnhem.Antwerpen.Vienna.Madrid.Katowice.Nova_rock.Nijmegen.Rotterdam.Berlin.Dublin.Belfast.London.Venice.Prague.Stockholm.Copenhagen.Vienna.Leeds.Milton_keynes.Padova.Prague.Seattle1.Seattle2.Chicago1.Budapest.Cracow.Vienna..>>>LONDON.BERLIN1.BERLIN2 Eddie: Dublin & London
2. Genesis (with Peter Gabriel, up to and including ... And then there were three)
3. The Police
4. U2 (but not Zooropa and Pop)
5. The Tragically Hip (especially Fully Completely)
6. Peter Gabriel
7. Marillion (with Fish)
8. Rush
9. John Mellencamp
10. Green Day
I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me.
Montreal 20/06/03, Montreal 15/09/05, Ottawa 16/09/05. Montreal 1 (EV) 09/08/08; Albany 2 (EV) 09/06/09.
Toronto 21/08/09; Cleveland 9/05/10; Buffalo 10/05/10. Montreal 7/09/11; Toronto 11/9/11; Toronto 12/9/11; Ottawa 14/9/11.
London 16/07/13; Pittsburg 11/10/13; Buffalo 12/10/13. Moline (No Code) 17/10/14, St Paul 19/10/14, Milwaukee (Yield) 20/10/14.
Quebec City 5/5/2016, Ottawa 8/5/2016; Toronto (Binaural) 10/5/2016, Toronto 12/5/2016 (Completed Ten, finally got Oceans). London 18/7/2018, London 19/7/2018 :(, Boston 2/9/2018. Quebec City 1/9/2022; Ottawa 3/9/2022; Hamilton 6/9/2022, Toronto 8/9/2022.
Comments
1. Pearl Jam by far no other band comes close. Not just the band, the whole crowd vibe, no matter where I've seen them or how many times.
2. Patty Smith: a great live act .
3. Radiohead: Quite possiblly the only other band I'd consider touring with, though not sure if the live show can equal the recordings.
4. Queen: This goes way back, but 2 nights at the forum were incredible.
5. Talking Heads: Again back in the 80's, a tremendous live act.
Honorable mention
Stones
Who
U2
X
Hole
STP
Clash
Neil Young
DMB (great band, bad songs)
Overrated
Bruce (sorry NJ)
Metallica
But, with all that said, I have to put PJ at #1 on my list because they are the reason I started to delve into music in the early 90's.
2. Black Crowes
No particular order: Beatles, Scorpions, Queensryche
2 Pearl Jam
3 any band with former members of the Dead,,,Ratdog/PL&F/Furthur
4 Neil Young
5 U2
U2
Van Halen
Godsmack
AC/DC
Pearl Jam
then in no order:
Metallica
Led Zeppelin
My Morning Jacket
Explosions IN The Sky
then
Flloyd/NIN/LIVE/Soundgarden/Coldplay/Train/Guns and Roses/Bem Harper/AIC (with Layne)/Beatles/Marley/
R.E.M. (a distant but much loved 2nd)
Led Zeppelin
Neil Young
The Rolling Stones
2 Eddie vedder (into the wild)
3 Taylor Swift - oh shit... I mean Rage Against The Machine / Michael Jackson / 10,000 Maniacs
4 Bad Religion/Social D/ Counting Crows
5 Guns and Roses / Morrissey/The Smith / Farinelli (sound track at least)
2. cat power
3. fur patrol
4. crowded house
5. bright eyes
5b. the dears
5c. liam finn
what in the fuck is "cat power" & "fur patrol"?!?!?!?!
they sound like episodes of Josie and the pussycats!
2) Smashing Pumpkins
3) Radiohead
4) White Stripes
5) Nirvana
Others include: Led Zepplin, The Who, Sublime, The Strokes, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, and The Doors
It's an inside job today
2. Them Crooked Vultures(currently)
3. The Beatles
4. Led Zeppelin
5. Bob Marley
2. RHCP
3. alice in chains
4. the who
5. counting crows
sacramento , 10/30/00
- bridge schools-
san francisco, 7/15/06
(berkley #1 - 4/7/08)- Ed tour
universal city, 2009
(oakland #1- 7/11/11) -Ed tour
2.Led Zeppelin
3. The Doors
4.Tool
5. Alice in Chains
Because I cant leave them out: Pink FLoyd, RHCP, Guns n Roses, NIN, NIrvana,Metallica, Faith No More, Blind Melon, Rolling Stones,Fleetwood Mac, Green Day, Oasis, Pantera, Foo Fighters, The Who
cat power!!!??? chan marshall. eddie sings on her album "you are free"? she's amazing dude. amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZVqNnqEDO8 (not 1 of the ed songs, but from the same album).
and fur patrol are a band from nz, currently 2/3 of which are living in australia..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK85-wvw2Zc
happy to educate
PJ has remained in my top 3 for a long time while others have come and gone.
No order:
Pearl Jam
Soundgarden
Neil Young
Radiohead
RHCP
Led Zeppelin
1. Tom Waits
2. Pearl Jam
3. Radiohead
4. Genesis (Peter Gabriel Era)
5. The Police
6. Morphine
7. The Black Crowes
8. The Talkingheads
9. The Who/Led Zeppelin/Soundgarden
10. Morphine
11. Living Colour
12. Robert Johnson
13. Bo Diddley/Buddy Holly
2 pearl jam awesome for sure and in 20 years might be more important than zep but i doubt it
3 radio head, perfect jazz/electronica weird shit that some how rocks
4 Murder by Death amazingly creative young band that is ahead of their time
5 Nine Inch Nails - Trent . . . enough said
It is terrifying when you are too stupid to know who is dumb
- Joe Rogan
1.5 AIC
2 Headstones (Hugh F**kin' Dillon, baby!)
3 Tea Party/The Armada/Jeff Martin live shit (his solo studio album sucked)
4 Queens of the Stone Age/TCV
5 Days of the New (listening to some of the tracks off "Purple" right now!)
Fargo 2003
Winnipeg 2005
Winnipeg 2011
St. Paul 2014
ah, shit, how could I forget about Nirvana and the Pumpkins? And Thornley? And STP? And VR?
Fargo 2003
Winnipeg 2005
Winnipeg 2011
St. Paul 2014
2. Radiohead
3. Beatles
4. Pearl Jam
5. My Morning Jacket
Don't consider Neil Young, Springsteen "bands" or things would be different.
2. Bruce Springsteen
large gap after these 2
3. Radiohead
4. KOL
5. Anything with Neil Finn
6. Faith No More
7. Paul Kelly -Freak!!
6 and 7 had to have a number(couldn't just be an Honourable mention)
Honourable mention- Beatles, Zep, Oasis, Powderfinger(until their last 2 albums), Neil Young, RATM, Arcade Fire, Sigur Ros, Silverchair, AIC, Sepultura(with Max)
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1995
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1998
*BEC, Brisbane, November 2006
*QSAC, Brisbane November 2009
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane March 10 and 12 2011
*Big Day Out, Gold Coast, 19 Jan 2014
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane, 22,23 & 25 Feb 2014
by the way my top list ever
1. PEARL JAM
2. Depeche Mode
3-4-5. Green Day - Metallica - Muse
Eddie: Dublin & London
2. The Strokes
3. Interpol
4. Kings Of Leon (Old school Kings Of Leon, not that new crap)
5. Arctic Monkeys
5A. Bloc Party
2) biffy clyro loved them from the begining in the good old blackend sky days!
3) the who
4) led zepplin
5) soundgarden
2. Led Zeppelin
3. The Beatles
4. Counting Crows
5. Gaslight Anthem
Cat Power has a sweet voice...not to mention she's hot as hell
all the rest
Then further down the list
2. Genesis (with Peter Gabriel, up to and including ... And then there were three)
3. The Police
4. U2 (but not Zooropa and Pop)
5. The Tragically Hip (especially Fully Completely)
6. Peter Gabriel
7. Marillion (with Fish)
8. Rush
9. John Mellencamp
10. Green Day
Montreal 20/06/03, Montreal 15/09/05, Ottawa 16/09/05. Montreal 1 (EV) 09/08/08; Albany 2 (EV) 09/06/09.
Toronto 21/08/09; Cleveland 9/05/10; Buffalo 10/05/10. Montreal 7/09/11; Toronto 11/9/11; Toronto 12/9/11; Ottawa 14/9/11.
London 16/07/13; Pittsburg 11/10/13; Buffalo 12/10/13. Moline (No Code) 17/10/14, St Paul 19/10/14, Milwaukee (Yield) 20/10/14.
Quebec City 5/5/2016, Ottawa 8/5/2016; Toronto (Binaural) 10/5/2016, Toronto 12/5/2016 (Completed Ten, finally got Oceans).
London 18/7/2018, London 19/7/2018 :(, Boston 2/9/2018.
Quebec City 1/9/2022; Ottawa 3/9/2022; Hamilton 6/9/2022, Toronto 8/9/2022.