nope.
i don't see bands that are no longer bands, even if they insist on calling themselves such. seriously. you want to keep playing? go for it! just CHANGE YOUR NAME. simple. you obviously can still play the music from your previous band if you so desire, but i for one find it a bit disrespectful to continue onwards w/o integral members. so yes.....no stones, who for me. and there'd be no more live pearl jam for me either. without ed, or really any of em at this point, they'd not be pearl jam for me. i would happily support them in other bands, solo, what have you...but no, not as pearl jam. sacralige!
My answer is Yes. Pearl Jam to me is not just Eddie. And it's like that for most bands I listen to. To be honest, I think the PJ music is what drew me in before Ed's voice.
I mean...Inside Job is my favorite song off of ST and it's not Ed's.
If the singer sucked though, that would be a different story.
I always disagreed with the people who, a year or so ago, when Duvall first started with AiC and they kept the name, were furious. I guess I can sorta see where they are coming form, but to me AiC wasn't just Layne. Cantrell was probably a bigger part of what AiC was, for me at least. He wrote a big portion of the songs, lyrics, and even did a lot of vocals. I think it's his right to keep the band going and it's name.
What bothers me, like some other people were saying, is to most people the music is just about the singer/voice. You never see anyone complaining when one of the other guys in the band dies/leaves/gets kicked off.
"Would I rather be feared or loved? Um... Easy, both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me." -Michael Scott
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i don't see bands that are no longer bands, even if they insist on calling themselves such.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
i absolutely hate scott stapp.
with a passion
and if he replaced eddie,
id probably disown the whole band.
haaa.
Wha? If Stone or Jeff left there would be no pearl jam. Ed is not Pearl Jam. Pearl Jam is Pearl Jam
can we invite Steve Turner? it would be like kinda green river...
"Chartreuse Stream"
I mean...Inside Job is my favorite song off of ST and it's not Ed's.
If the singer sucked though, that would be a different story.
I always disagreed with the people who, a year or so ago, when Duvall first started with AiC and they kept the name, were furious. I guess I can sorta see where they are coming form, but to me AiC wasn't just Layne. Cantrell was probably a bigger part of what AiC was, for me at least. He wrote a big portion of the songs, lyrics, and even did a lot of vocals. I think it's his right to keep the band going and it's name.
What bothers me, like some other people were saying, is to most people the music is just about the singer/voice. You never see anyone complaining when one of the other guys in the band dies/leaves/gets kicked off.
Jeff and Stone would be good to see, and Mike would still melt your face off - even without Ed.
I'm not counting on Matt, since he and Ed are a couple and all...;)
Eds voice would be the most recognisable attribute of the band (besides his look)