New Stone interview in Billboard

100 Pacer

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

The same people will be disappointed when the additional dates are announced.

kjw818

Where do you suppose they will be?

samjam

I'm a fan of hearing there will be more live shows

bootlegger10

bigmattk11 wrote:

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?

My thought is they have their side projects that they enjoy more. It is probably natural after a band has been around to slow down after 20 years. I honestly believe that making a PJ record is pretty low on their priority list. Hopefully after the kids are grown the band will have a re-awakening and be like Bruce Springsteen who is at the top of his game still at 62.

mattcoz

Motorhead?! :shock:

Face prepared to be melted!

And I guess I'll be holding off on getting the Atlanta tickets, hopefully they don't wait too long to announce the dates.

riotgrl

100 Pacer wrote:

josevolution wrote:

[quote="Newch91So 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 [/quote]

The same people will be disappointed when the additional dates are announced.[/quote]

Disappointed? With more dates? Nah, as long as they play the US its all good

100 Pacer

riotgrl wrote:

100 Pacer wrote:

The same people will be disappointed when the additional dates are announced.

Disappointed? With more dates? Nah, as long as they play the US its all good

Disappointed if they're expecting dates at Alpine Valley or anything resembling a tour, mini-tour, etc.

Dr. Delight

I'll just be happy with a solid album.

Indifference71

100 Pacer wrote:

Disappointed if they're expecting dates at Alpine Valley or anything resembling a tour, mini-tour, etc.

Why will people be disappointed? Stone said pretty clearly that they are looking at playing more shows. Obviously it won't be anything too crazy, but it's better than nothing!

dougfloyd

Indifference71 wrote:

100 Pacer wrote:

Disappointed if they're expecting dates at Alpine Valley or anything resembling a tour, mini-tour, etc.

Why will people be disappointed? Stone said pretty clearly that they are looking at playing more shows. Obviously it won't be anything too crazy, but it's better than nothing!

Yep. I think the people that will be upset are the ones that have already booked their festival travel arrangements and then find out later about a show closer to them. Or maybe they will be happy that now they get to go to 2 shows instead of 1

100 Pacer

Indifference71 wrote:

100 Pacer wrote:

Disappointed if they're expecting dates at Alpine Valley or anything resembling a tour, mini-tour, etc.

Why will people be disappointed? Stone said pretty clearly that they are looking at playing more shows. Obviously it won't be anything too crazy, but it's better than nothing!

Just to reiterate: the folks expecting Alpine Valley dates or a mini-tour will be disappointed. Otherwise, yes there's a reason to be excited about the upcoming additional dates. Unfortunately the shows likely won't offer 10C tickets.

That's all I'm saying.

pandora

Dr. Delight wrote:

I'll just be happy with a solid album.

:thumbup:

really excited for this!

Stardog3..

Mamasan23 wrote:

Riffs that sound like Motorhead??!!! YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My thought process when I read that: :shock: :shock: :shock: and then :-D :-D :-D .

Newch91

Stardog3.. wrote:

Mamasan23 wrote:

Riffs that sound like Motorhead??!!! YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My thought process when I read that: :shock: :shock: :shock: and then :-D :-D :-D .

Hoping for a killer solo to go along with that song.

Stardog3..

Newch91 wrote:

Stardog3.. wrote:

Mamasan23 wrote:

Riffs that sound like Motorhead??!!! YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My thought process when I read that: :shock: :shock: :shock: and then :-D :-D :-D .

Hoping for a killer solo to go along with that song.

Aren't we all??

Indifference71

100 Pacer wrote:

Just to reiterate: the folks expecting Alpine Valley dates or a mini-tour will be disappointed. Otherwise, yes there's a reason to be excited about the upcoming additional dates. Unfortunately the shows likely won't offer 10C tickets.

That's all I'm saying.

Shouldn't we be expecting a bit of a mini-tour?? What kind of other shows besides the 2 festivals already announced do you think they will be playing that wont offer 10c tickets?

Newch91

Stardog3.. wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

Stardog3.. wrote:

My thought process when I read that: :shock: :shock: :shock: and then :-D :-D :-D .

Hoping for a killer solo to go along with that song.

Aren't we all??

Good point.

grjammer

100 Pacer wrote:

Indifference71 wrote:

100 Pacer wrote:

Disappointed if they're expecting dates at Alpine Valley or anything resembling a tour, mini-tour, etc.

Why will people be disappointed? Stone said pretty clearly that they are looking at playing more shows. Obviously it won't be anything too crazy, but it's better than nothing!

Just to reiterate: the folks expecting Alpine Valley dates or a mini-tour will be disappointed. Otherwise, yes there's a reason to be excited about the upcoming additional dates. Unfortunately the shows likely won't offer 10C tickets.

That's all I'm saying.

The fact that 10c tickets won't be offered would seem to give some credibility to the Central Park rumors as there would be no reason to offer 10c tickets for a GA show in Central Park. Perhaps they are planning a few shows like this with the Foo Fighters in select locations?

coco butter

100 Pacer wrote:

Indifference71 wrote:

100 Pacer wrote:

Disappointed if they're expecting dates at Alpine Valley or anything resembling a tour, mini-tour, etc.

Why will people be disappointed? Stone said pretty clearly that they are looking at playing more shows. Obviously it won't be anything too crazy, but it's better than nothing!

Just to reiterate: the folks expecting Alpine Valley dates or a mini-tour will be disappointed. Otherwise, yes there's a reason to be excited about the upcoming additional dates. Unfortunately the shows likely won't offer 10C tickets.

That's all I'm saying.

Why is that all you're saying? If you know something you should let us know. I remember last year when someone on the board had hard evidence that the PJ20 destination shows were not going to be at Alpine for a couple months but wouldn't say where it would be and in the end they were wrong. If you know something why the secret? Has PJ's management contacted you telling you to keep quite until they can release the details. If you know someone with info but don't want them to get in trouble why do you even post that you have info?

Give us some info if you have it!

IgotshitID

mattcoz wrote:

Motorhead?! :shock:

Face prepared to be melted!

And I guess I'll be holding off on getting the Atlanta tickets, hopefully they don't wait too long to announce the dates.

I cant wait to hear this Motorhead song