I'm glad I summoned the urge to resist buying more than one, as after you frame them, it's as expensive of a hobby as going to shows (minus the travel).
Though someday when I have more disposable income and room to hang them, I may be kicking myself!
Many, including myself, rush to judgement here. This is a fair comment to make that you have made. And a very respectful one at that.
If there were no Oakland or Seattle posters... posters such as the Pitt one or the Portland one would not be 'special'. I'd have still bought those posters if I was at either of those shows. I bought Lamb boy, framed it, put it up in our house- not in a very visible spot mind you.
I never framed 'smoking-moose-with-plaid shirt' though. I'm not sure what I'll do with that one? Trade it for an Emek maybe.
Last night's Vancouver one is underrated. It's 'flattening' in my living room right now. I'll be framing it. The ink that Ken Taylor used might be killing any pests that have sought refuge inside our house from the bitter cold.
I'm glad I summoned the urge to resist buying more than one, as after you frame them, it's as expensive of a hobby as going to shows (minus the travel).
Though someday when I have more disposable income and room to hang them, I may be kicking myself!
Many, including myself, rush to judgement here. This is a fair comment to make that you have made. And a very respectful one at that.
If there were no Oakland or Seattle posters... posters such as the Pitt one or the Portland one would not be 'special'. I'd have still bought those posters if I was at either of those shows. I bought Lamb boy, framed it, put it up in our house- not in a very visible spot mind you.
I never framed 'smoking-moose-with-plaid shirt' though. I'm not sure what I'll do with that one? Trade it for an Emek maybe.
Last night's Vancouver one is underrated. It's 'flattening' in my living room right now. I'll be framing it. The ink that Ken Taylor used might be killing any pests that have sought refuge inside our house from the bitter cold.
LOL on the Lamb Boy comment...talk about unique! Yeah, that one would be good for a basement bathroom or something.
I've got 'Scary Skeleton Guy' from Indy 2010 and it's in my garage. Tough if i had a proper room in my house, I'd talk the wife into letting me hang it!
19 Pearl Jam shows and still searching for Deep! 1998 (2) - East Lansing & Auburn Hills; 2000 (2) - Tampa & Noblesville; 2003 (2) - Lexington & Noblesville; 2006 (1) - Cincinnati; 2007 (1) - Chicago (Lollapalooza); 2008 (Ed in Milwaukee); 2009 (1) - Chicago; 2010 (1) - Noblesville; 2013 (3) - San Diego & Los Angeles I & II; 2016 (Temple of the Dog in Los Angeles); 2017 (Ed at Ohana in Dana Point); 2021 (3) - Dana Point I, II & III; 2022 (3) - San Diego & Los Angeles I & II; 2025 - Southern U.S. Tour Please!
I thought we had great variety this tour...fresh faces...leading to diverse posters. I think it's one if their best tours overall in a long time. Emek finally puts out a worthy PJ/EV print after waiting years following Charlotte 96. I'm usually not a fan of munk but his two prints were terrific.
My standouts:
Portland emek
Pittsburgh munk
Philly 2 Henry
Vancouver Taylor
Spokane faile
Pittsburgh
Calgary (any one of the variants)
Brooklyn 1
Brooklyn 2
Hartford
PHX red/white
Spokane
Charlottesville
LA 2
Worcester 2
San Diego
Portland
Philly 2
Charlotte
Baltimore
NOLA
Phily 1
Dallas
and then
Calgary (WAY too clowny for my taste...)
Worcester 1
Buffalo
Oakland
LA 1
OKC
Vancouver
Seattle
but but if someone cant see the different level of Portland and Pittsburgh from the rest..
well.i dont know what to say from there..
those 2 are in different level from the rest..
"...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
1.
Portland EMEK Poster
Number one because the Emek name
2.
Phoenix AZ Poster
the most coolest and the most original poster on the tour
3.
Pitt Poster
4.
Philly 2
5.
Calgary Ames Bros. Poster
6.
Vancouver Ken Taylor Poster
(I have to see it in person could be 4 or 5)
7.
San DIego CA Poster
CAN'T KEEP CRAZY MARY IN MY TREE NO WAY NOT FOR YOU. ALL THOSE YESTERDAY JEREMY is ALONE, SAD with RATS & BUGS it's HARD TO IMAGINE a JEREMY a BETTER MAN.
LIFE WASTED, BLOOD on the PORCH, LAST KISS is a WISHLIST DEEP DOWN NOTHING AS IT SEEMS WHY GO COME BACK ALIVE SPIN THE BLACK CIRCLE and SMILE.
1.
Portland EMEK Poster
Number one because the Emek name
2.
Phoenix AZ Poster
the most coolest and the most original poster on the tour
3.
Pitt Poster
4.
Philly 2
5.
Calgary Ames Bros. Poster
6.
Vancouver Ken Taylor Poster
(I have to see it in person could be 4 or 5)
7.
San DIego CA Poster
I would agree with this list if you take freaky cowboy out of there. It's a decent Ames' effort, but on another level artistically than the rest of the posters you imaged.
but but if someone cant see the different level of Portland and Pittsburgh from the rest..
well.i dont know what to say from there..
those 2 are in different level from the rest..
Funny, as I was thinking the same thing:
Art is subjective but come on, Pitt and Portland should be in a museum.
Overall, I prefer the posters that have big areas of the same color contrasting other big areas of a different color PHX red/white, Pittsburgh, Charlottesville, or LA 2 or Worcester 2 OR the just a simpler more graphic design, like the Brooklyn 1/2, Hartford, Calgary Variants (cover that clown face up...). You'd think I would like the Seattle poster but I don't, it looks mailed in to me.
Some are just too busy for my taste, way too much goin' on. LA1, OKC, Buffalo, Baltimore.
I am having my Portland poster framed because it is so artistically beautiful.
But I have to say I thought the Seattle poster was crap till I saw it in person and I hate to admit that I like the Seattle poster the best because it is straight to the point. The turquoise skeleton hand mixes well with the orange red spray paint. And the metallic dots adds just the right background spec. I will also have it framed because people will come over and they will KNOW that they are looking at a poster from the best band ever!!
Digitmckee
Too many shows to list: From my first show in Hawaii when they opened for RHCP to upcoming 2016 MSG and Wrigley. Seen them in every continent except Africa and Antarctica.
1. Pittsburgh (just pops! So good)
2. Vancouver (what can I say I like skulls)
3. Portland (beautiful piece of art)
4. Calgary (Its just cool!)
5. Spokane (cool theme and well done)
6. San Diego
7. Charlottesville
8. Philly 1
9. New Orleans
10. Philly 2
1996: Ft Lauderdale
1998: Birmingham
2000: Charlotte, Tampa
2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
2004: Kissimmee
2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
2010: MSG2
2012: Music Midtown
2014: Memphis
2016: Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Jacksonville, JazzFest 2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1 2022: Nashville 2023: Ft. Worth II
"FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
bronze-
charlotte
worcester 1
new orleans
baltimore
phoenix
calgary
okc
LA 1
sd
vancouver
The whole world will be different soon... - EV
RED ROCKS 6-19-95
AUGUSTA 9-26-96
MANSFIELD 9-15-98
BOSTON 9-29-04
BOSTON 5-25-06
MANSFIELD 6-30-08
EV SOLO BOSTON 8-01-08
BOSTON 5-17-10
EV SOLO BOSTON 6-16-11
PJ20 9-3-11
PJ20 9-4-11
WRIGLEY 7-19-13
WORCESTER 10-15-13
WORCESTER 10-16-13
HARTFORD 10-25-13
1. Pittsburgh
2. Spokane (first Faile gig poster?)
3. Portland
4. Charlotte
5. New Orleans
SEA 9/20/92, SEA 12/7/93, SEA 12/31/94 (MS), SEA 11/5/00, SEA 11/6/00, SEA 12/8/02, SEA 12/9/02, BEN 10/22/03, GOR 9/1/05, SD 7/7/06, LA 7/10/06, LA 7/12/06, LA (EV) 4/12/08, LA (EV) 4/13/08, LA 7/12/08, LA 9/30/09, LA 10/7/09, SEA 12/6/13, SEA 8/8/18
6/27/98 - East Troy, WI
6/29/06 - Milwaukee, WI
9/25/11 - Vancouver, BC
11/4/12 - (Eddie Vedder) Phoenix, AZ
11/1/13 - New Orleans, LA
11/19/13 - Phoenix, AZ
11/21/13 - San Diego, CA
10/12/14 - Austin, TX
10/22/14 - Denver, CO
8/22/16 - Chicago, IL (Wrigley 2)
I think Charlotte and Baltimore are the most over rated. Charlotte is not offensive and for someone from Charlotte I can understand the symbolism but it's a hornets nest. So what? As for Baltimore - same city symbolism but those eyes are 2nd only to that Kozik one. They're not even freaky/creepy/scary or whatever is trying to be done there. They are just....weird.
I think Worcester 2 is the most under rated. The pendulum, glow like look and the connection to the album I think connected with the band and the tour better than any other print on the tour. Don't think it is appreciated enough.
Like others have said - art wise regardless of lack of direct connection to the band Portland, Pitt and Philly 2 are the best. Obviously there are some allusions to the album and maybe city but they are really cool art on a PJ poster and not really PJ art per se. I'd put them top 3 based solely on the art. But I would put the Klausen Pendulum top overall just because it is good art if a notch or 2 below these while connecting to the album the tour is promoting.
Sorry. The world doesn't work the way you tell it to.
Comments
Many, including myself, rush to judgement here. This is a fair comment to make that you have made. And a very respectful one at that.
If there were no Oakland or Seattle posters... posters such as the Pitt one or the Portland one would not be 'special'. I'd have still bought those posters if I was at either of those shows. I bought Lamb boy, framed it, put it up in our house- not in a very visible spot mind you.
I never framed 'smoking-moose-with-plaid shirt' though. I'm not sure what I'll do with that one? Trade it for an Emek maybe.
Last night's Vancouver one is underrated. It's 'flattening' in my living room right now. I'll be framing it. The ink that Ken Taylor used might be killing any pests that have sought refuge inside our house from the bitter cold.
LOL on the Lamb Boy comment...talk about unique! Yeah, that one would be good for a basement bathroom or something.
I've got 'Scary Skeleton Guy' from Indy 2010 and it's in my garage. Tough if i had a proper room in my house, I'd talk the wife into letting me hang it!
1998 (2) - East Lansing & Auburn Hills; 2000 (2) - Tampa & Noblesville; 2003 (2) - Lexington & Noblesville; 2006 (1) - Cincinnati; 2007 (1) - Chicago (Lollapalooza); 2008 (Ed in Milwaukee); 2009 (1) - Chicago; 2010 (1) - Noblesville; 2013 (3) - San Diego & Los Angeles I & II; 2016 (Temple of the Dog in Los Angeles); 2017 (Ed at Ohana in Dana Point);
2021 (3) - Dana Point I, II & III; 2022 (3) - San Diego & Los Angeles I & II; 2025 - Southern U.S. Tour Please!
My standouts:
Portland emek
Pittsburgh munk
Philly 2 Henry
Vancouver Taylor
Spokane faile
2 Portland
3 Pitt
4 Worcester 1
5 Dallas
Charlotte NC 2013
Greenville SC 2016
Wrigley 1 2018
Calgary (any one of the variants)
Brooklyn 1
Brooklyn 2
Hartford
PHX red/white
Spokane
Charlottesville
LA 2
Worcester 2
San Diego
Portland
Philly 2
Charlotte
Baltimore
NOLA
Phily 1
Dallas
and then
Calgary (WAY too clowny for my taste...)
Worcester 1
Buffalo
Oakland
LA 1
OKC
Vancouver
Seattle
2. Pittsburgh
3. Philly 1
4. Worcester 1
5. Baltimore
vancouver
pittsburgh
the rest
seattle
but but if someone cant see the different level of Portland and Pittsburgh from the rest..
well.i dont know what to say from there..
those 2 are in different level from the rest..
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
2. Portland
3. Charlotte
4. Worcester #1
5. LA #2
2 - Pitt
3 - The Whale’s Vagina
4 - Spokane
5 - LA 1
06.26.2006 • St. Paul
11.30.2012 • Fort Lauderdale [EV]
10.29.2013 • Charlottesville
Portland EMEK Poster
Number one because the Emek name
2.
Phoenix AZ Poster
the most coolest and the most original poster on the tour
3.
Pitt Poster
4.
Philly 2
5.
Calgary Ames Bros. Poster
6.
Vancouver Ken Taylor Poster
(I have to see it in person could be 4 or 5)
7.
San DIego CA Poster
LIFE WASTED, BLOOD on the PORCH, LAST KISS is a WISHLIST DEEP DOWN NOTHING AS IT SEEMS WHY GO COME BACK ALIVE SPIN THE BLACK CIRCLE and SMILE.
"...I changed by not changing at all..."
I would agree with this list if you take freaky cowboy out of there. It's a decent Ames' effort, but on another level artistically than the rest of the posters you imaged.
Funny, as I was thinking the same thing:
Art is subjective but come on, Pitt and Portland should be in a museum.
EXFrickinZACTLY.
2. Portland
3. San Diego
Overall, I prefer the posters that have big areas of the same color contrasting other big areas of a different color PHX red/white, Pittsburgh, Charlottesville, or LA 2 or Worcester 2 OR the just a simpler more graphic design, like the Brooklyn 1/2, Hartford, Calgary Variants (cover that clown face up...). You'd think I would like the Seattle poster but I don't, it looks mailed in to me.
Some are just too busy for my taste, way too much goin' on. LA1, OKC, Buffalo, Baltimore.
just my opinion though
But I have to say I thought the Seattle poster was crap till I saw it in person and I hate to admit that I like the Seattle poster the best because it is straight to the point. The turquoise skeleton hand mixes well with the orange red spray paint. And the metallic dots adds just the right background spec. I will also have it framed because people will come over and they will KNOW that they are looking at a poster from the best band ever!!
Digitmckee
From my first show in Hawaii when they opened for RHCP to upcoming 2016 MSG and Wrigley. Seen them in every continent except Africa and Antarctica.
2. Vancouver (what can I say I like skulls)
3. Portland (beautiful piece of art)
4. Calgary (Its just cool!)
5. Spokane (cool theme and well done)
6. San Diego
7. Charlottesville
8. Philly 1
9. New Orleans
10. Philly 2
2. Portland
3. Pitt
1996: Ft Lauderdale
1998: Birmingham
2000: Charlotte, Tampa
2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
2004: Kissimmee
2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
2010: MSG2
2012: Music Midtown
2014: Memphis
2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
2022: Nashville
2023: Ft. Worth II
Portland, Pittsburgh, Philly 2, LA 2, and Worcester Pendulum Klausen
Good:
Baltimore, Buffalo, Dallas, OKC
Meh, could do without:
Voodoo, Charlotte, Phoenix, Vancouver, Philly I
Bad:
Oakland hurts my eyes to look at. Calgary too clowny
Poor:
Hartford, Brooklyns, and Seattle
portland
pittsburgh
silver-
philly 2
spokane
worcester 2
bronze-
charlotte
worcester 1
new orleans
baltimore
phoenix
calgary
okc
LA 1
sd
vancouver
RED ROCKS 6-19-95
AUGUSTA 9-26-96
MANSFIELD 9-15-98
BOSTON 9-29-04
BOSTON 5-25-06
MANSFIELD 6-30-08
EV SOLO BOSTON 8-01-08
BOSTON 5-17-10
EV SOLO BOSTON 6-16-11
PJ20 9-3-11
PJ20 9-4-11
WRIGLEY 7-19-13
WORCESTER 10-15-13
WORCESTER 10-16-13
HARTFORD 10-25-13
2. Spokane (first Faile gig poster?)
3. Portland
4. Charlotte
5. New Orleans
OKC, LA2, Charlottesville, Phoenix red are good ones for me. In general the US Tour posters were amazing much better than previous tours
Charlotte
Dallas (reminds me of The Dark Tower: The Wolves of the Calla)
LA1
I dislike Philly 1, Worchester 1, Vancouver and Seattle.
Yeah.
6/29/06 - Milwaukee, WI
9/25/11 - Vancouver, BC
11/4/12 - (Eddie Vedder) Phoenix, AZ
11/1/13 - New Orleans, LA
11/19/13 - Phoenix, AZ
11/21/13 - San Diego, CA
10/12/14 - Austin, TX
10/22/14 - Denver, CO
8/22/16 - Chicago, IL (Wrigley 2)
I think Worcester 2 is the most under rated. The pendulum, glow like look and the connection to the album I think connected with the band and the tour better than any other print on the tour. Don't think it is appreciated enough.
Like others have said - art wise regardless of lack of direct connection to the band Portland, Pitt and Philly 2 are the best. Obviously there are some allusions to the album and maybe city but they are really cool art on a PJ poster and not really PJ art per se. I'd put them top 3 based solely on the art. But I would put the Klausen Pendulum top overall just because it is good art if a notch or 2 below these while connecting to the album the tour is promoting.