Stone on Eddie and Matt from 2003

ontheroad

Random, especially w/ all the bitching...i'm sure it sucked, but sometimes reading posts I wonder if some forget how lucky we are to be fans of this amazing band. And despite some flaws, and incredibly giving fanclub.

Anyway, I was messing around a bit tonight and came across this quote from a NYT review of Riot Act:

The interview was done in two sessions, first with the guitarists Mr. Gossard and Mr. McCready. At a penthouse suite at the SoHo Grand Hotel, they lounged on a couch, looking not one bit like rock stars, no long hair or funky clothes. Asked how the band had managed to stay together through everything, Mr. Gossard replied: ''We've got a great drummer and a great singer. Those are the key positions. Mike and I, we're not terrible. But within a mile of here, there are probably 100 great guitar players. When you find a singer and a drummer this good, you don't leave them.''

The second session was with the rest of the band, Mr. Vedder, the bassist Jeff Ament and the drummer Matt Cameron. They sat at a picnic table on a rooftop patio, and discussed the art of career deceleration. ''You go to a show and you know the crowd is there because they like the music, not because everybody else was going,'' Mr. Ament said. ''That's a good feeling. You look out there and you know, these are our people.''

That got me fired up for some PJ shows...

PJamGrunge10

Well I enjoyed that.

Jam10

Thanks for that post. I really enjoyed reading that. It's cool to see that all the band members appreciate each other and us the fans!

einatshaul

I heard Mike say: "Guitar players are a dime a dozen, but a good bass player and a good drummer - those you hang on to"

restlesssoul

cool, youve warmed this heart.

i like matt.c

Awesome.:)Do you have the rest of the interview?

Fifthelement

i like matt.c wrote:

Awesome.:)Do you have the rest of the interview?

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06E1D8133EF933A25752C1A9649C8B63


Cheers!

Pegasus

ontheroad wrote:

[...] ''You go to a show and you know the crowd is there because they like the music, not because everybody else was going,'' Mr. Ament said. ''That's a good feeling. You look out there and you know, these are our people.'' .

I could hug Jeff right now