New Stone interview in Billboard

demetrios

Suziemay wrote:

Beyond the already announced summer European tour and gigs at Florida's DeLuna Festival and Atlanta's Midtown Music Festival (both the weekend of Sept. 21), Gossard hints that there are more 2012 shows in the works. "We're going to try to play a little bit more this year… Not too much, but a few things."

:shock: :shock: :shock:

HELL YEAH!!!!

White Discussion

We only wish

mfc2006 wrote:

Texas! :corn:

dougfloyd

81 wrote:

Alpine 2012 is back on

Hehe, it was never off!

youngster

BE9456 wrote:

Would be nice if they played the West Coast more that every four years instead of the east coast every year.

I guess you slept through 2009.

shep

BE9456 wrote:

Would be nice if they played the West Coast more that every four years instead of the east coast every year.

Be grateful you get once every four.

those of us in the south are currently working on one every 10. :fp:

81 wrote:

lets not let facts get in the way

stupid facts...

pandora

I liked the pic

poor Ed
I pray he feels all better soon, that numbness is the pits ...
my temporary drop foot was so very strange to handle,
very scary when you are not right in your body.

Excited for the new album someday

thanks for posting!

Newch91

youngster wrote:

BE9456 wrote:

Would be nice if they played the West Coast more that every four years instead of the east coast every year.

I guess you slept through 2009.

And 2007

riotgrl

Glad I kept my AV reservations

josevolution

So from that article you guys get East Coast Tour & AV again ..

I thought i was the one smoking the white widow :P

Mamasan23

I do hope Alpine is still on...although my excuse for going to ATL will now be gone

Newch91

josevolution wrote:

So from that article you guys get East Coast Tour & AV again ..

I thought i was the one smoking the white widow :P

He mentioned AV?

BLACK35

Just read the article, sweet :thumbup: Be really nice to get some what of an idea Been holding out booking my vacation weeks in case they do something for the fall (besides the festivals)

josevolution

Newch91 wrote:

josevolution wrote:

So from that article you guys get East Coast Tour & AV again ..

I thought i was the one smoking the white widow :P

He mentioned AV?

No but some people here have

81

josevolution wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

josevolution wrote:

So from that article you guys get East Coast Tour & AV again ..

I thought i was the one smoking the white widow :P

He mentioned AV?

No but some people here have

it would be a slap in the face if they don't play alpine.....

dougfloyd

Newch91 wrote:

josevolution wrote:

So from that article you guys get East Coast Tour & AV again ..

I thought i was the one smoking the white widow :P

He mentioned AV?

Nope, just the fact that they'd like to do a few more shows this year. It's just wishful thinking on the AV idea.

bigmattk11

Just curious and I wanted to see what people's thoughts were on this:

If you break it down mathematically, ranging from TEN to Backspacer, the average span between albums is 2.25 years. I am taking into consideration that there was an extensive tour in 98, 2000, and the release of Riot Act in 2002. Even with all the touring, they found a way to record. I do not include writing in my thesis because I feel that Ed and the boys are always writing something (lyrically or musically) whether touring, on the road, at home, etc. Writing just comes to them.

With another extensive 2003 tour that lasted along time, a small VFC tour in 04, and a medium sized tour in 05 they still put out Lost Dogs and Rearviewmirror which was mostly new material granted a few songs.

So between Riot Act (Dec 02) and Pearl Jam (May 06) which was the longest between two studio albums, they still put of all of that "stuff."

Then 06 was a very large tour, 07 was 15 shows long and Into the Wild, and 08 was 13 shows and an Ed tour. From their last show in 08 to the release of Backspacer, that gave them 15 months. I am not sure when they first stepped into the studio for BS, but lets still say 15 months.

The toured the release of BS in 09 with a medium tour, then 2010 with a short U.S. tour and some festivals.

From there, Uke songs came out in May with an ED tour, and the next PJ event would be Alpine, Canada, and South America.

Now back to present day. Ed's hurt and pushes back solo tour, Brad is doing some shows, Mike is with Star Anna?

After all that analysis, when I should be writing a paper for finals, leads to one question. What is taking them so long to record? I have a few thoughts or quick reasons:

Not sure if everybody is married, but marriage
Kids
Side projects
Possibly older age?

The Stones are also my other favorite band and like PJ, am obsessed. The Stones had string of albums are linked right after each other. 67,68,69,71,72,73,74,76,78,80,81,83,86. Then after 86, Mick and Keith were always fighting and it looked as if the band was going to split. Mick, Keith, and Ron all had solo albums. The next 20 years they have slowed down. 89,94,97, and lastly 2005 was their last. *Also, when they do tours they can last up to 2 straight years.* Jokes aside, the Stones are 50 this year and I can see them for slowing down. They could have stopped 20 years ago if they wanted to, but they enjoy the music....back to PJ

That's my only old age reference I bring to the table for PJ.

Thoughts as to what is taking them so long?

NotoriousIMP

Pretty much the same interview as the one on TheWeeklyFeed.com as well as one from McCready.

primussucks

Another great job by Jessica Letkamann! More US shows coming and a song by Mike that sounds like Motorhead!!! Can't wait!!!

YLed2

Sweeeeeet. Holla!

GS163319

81 wrote:

it would be a slap in the face if they don't play alpine.....

Slap in the face? How? Please explain.