Did you see Vintage Pearl Jam? Pre-1995?

BigHub74

pjten77 wrote:

BigHub74 wrote:

8/93 Neil Young, Pearl Jam, and it was supposed to be Blind Mellon but Shannon Hoon had just died. It was the day after the MTV music awards that PJ and Neil Young did keep on rockin in the free world. They did it that magical night at Portland Meadows as well!

One of my favorite musicians of all time........Shannon Hoon died in October of 1995.

Also I didn't see PJ until 1996 at Maple Leafs Gardens in Toronto.

BigHub74

BigHub74 wrote:

pjten77 wrote:

BigHub74 wrote:

8/93 Neil Young, Pearl Jam, and it was supposed to be Blind Mellon but Shannon Hoon had just died. It was the day after the MTV music awards that PJ and Neil Young did keep on rockin in the free world. They did it that magical night at Portland Meadows as well!

One of my favorite musicians of all time........Shannon Hoon died in October of 1995.

Also I didn't see PJ until 1996 at Maple Leafs Gardens in Toronto.

Oops, I had my shows screwed up because I was late and missed Blind Melon. It was suicidal tendencies, and metallica, and Alice in chains. Candlebox took AIC's place at the last minute. Fuck that was a long time ago.

grizaham

First show march of 94 at the Murphy center in Nashville! I was 16. They opened with rearviewmirror playing the first half of it with the lights off. They closed with indifference. Life hasn't been the same since!
Can think of nothing else but October......

jjbudig

1991 - Off Ramp Cafe when they were still going by Mookie Blaylock. They opened for Alice in Chains. Then a few times at the RKCNDY in 91. At one of the RKCNDY shows Ed invited Chris Cornell up on the stage and they did 3 songs from Temple of the Dog - awesome. From Temple they played "Reach Down," "All Night Thing" and I think "Hunger Strike." Ed was climbing all around on the pipes hanging down from the ceiling. At one point he traversed over the mosh pit (on a hanging pipe about 10-15 feet above us) and jumped to the railing of the second level - crazy. Also in 91 at the Mural Amphitheater - outdoor show in Seattle Center. Then the free show at Magnuson Park - Drop in the Park. Oh yeah, and also 1992 Lollapalooza at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds. On a side note - I saw Mother Love Bone at Legends in Tacoma sometime in early 1990 right before Andrew died and Apple was released.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

jjbudig wrote:

1991 - Off Ramp Cafe when they were still going by Mookie Blaylock. They opened for Alice in Chains. Then a few times at the RKCNDY in 91. At one of the RKCNDY shows Ed invited Chris Cornell up on the stage and they did 3 songs from Temple of the Dog - awesome. From Temple they played "Reach Down," "All Night Thing" and I think "Hunger Strike." Ed was climbing all around on the pipes hanging down from the ceiling. At one point he traversed over the mosh pit (on a hanging pipe about 10-15 feet above us) and jumped to the railing of the second level - crazy. Also in 91 at the Mural Amphitheater - outdoor show in Seattle Center. Then the free show at Magnuson Park - Drop in the Park. Oh yeah, and also 1992 Lollapalooza at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds. On a side note - I saw Mother Love Bone at Legends in Tacoma sometime in spring 1990 right before Apple was released.

YOU ARE A SUNUVABITCH!!!

jjbudig

paulonious wrote:

jjbudig wrote:

1991 - Off Ramp Cafe when they were still going by Mookie Blaylock. They opened for Alice in Chains. Then a few times at the RKCNDY in 91. At one of the RKCNDY shows Ed invited Chris Cornell up on the stage and they did 3 songs from Temple of the Dog - awesome. From Temple they played "Reach Down," "All Night Thing" and I think "Hunger Strike." Ed was climbing all around on the pipes hanging down from the ceiling. At one point he traversed over the mosh pit (on a hanging pipe about 10-15 feet above us) and jumped to the railing of the second level - crazy. Also in 91 at the Mural Amphitheater - outdoor show in Seattle Center. Then the free show at Magnuson Park - Drop in the Park. Oh yeah, and also 1992 Lollapalooza at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds. On a side note - I saw Mother Love Bone at Legends in Tacoma sometime in spring 1990 right before Apple was released.

YOU ARE A SUNUVABITCH!!!

Well it certainly helped living in Seattle during that time and being hooked into the music scene. Just in the right place at right time.

Demps

WindowPaine wrote:

4/6/94 Springfield, MA

i was 14. $85 a piece for a floor ticket (parents bought me 2, one for a now ex gf). it was more than unbelievable for me and less than 10min from my house!

some one posted earlier about this show and they were WAY off. Mudhoney opened this show. another highlight for me. and ed never threw a chair leg or anything off the stage. i think spin the black circle was played for the first time this night. one of the first times not for you was played as well, i think.
in two days it will have been 14 years. crazy.

This was my first show as well and yeah, Mudhoney definitely opened. Went with a bunch of friends but we all sat separately because you could only buy two tix at a time from Tickemaster for whatever reason. We were seated towards the back in the first bowl of the Springfield Civic Center (which was small anyway) and as soon as the lights went low what looked like hundreds of kids rushed the floor. My friend Josh wanted to do the same, but I just wanted to hang back and listen (mostly because we also had floor seats in Boston the next week and I figured we'd be going ballistic there - before I realized The Garden wouldn't do general admission). In retrospect, we shoulda hit the floor. When we caught up with all of our friends later on in the parking garage we found out that everyone else hit the floor and my friend Matt actually walked out with Eddie's guitar stand (I've posted that story before). So I'm not sure if he was throwing stuff off the stage, but at the very least he gave a couple of souvenirs to the crowd.

I think it was Boston the next week when Dave threw his snare into the crowd, but I guess that coulda been this show. 90% sure it was Boston on 4/11/94 though.

Demps

morgie2 wrote:

craigrcollins wrote:

Spring 1994, Five Against One tour
Boston Garden
Coming back from for the first encore, Eddie broght out some geen basketball hightops and holds them up "look what i found..." This being the old Boston Garden, the place goes batshit crazy, "YYYYEEEEAAAHH!!! Woo Woo!!!" Then Eddie goes, "I picked them up up in Chicago... CHEAP!" All those cheers turned into "BBBBBBBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO's" in a half second! Then eddie said like he was just kidding and he loved Boston and was gonna rock this town. Place was super pumped up after that.

Anyway, what I also remember is that me and my friends had an extra ticket because one of the group bailed at the very last second. Everyone was trying to get a ticket, scalpers, biz types. I sold the extra at face value to some dude who looked he like would enjoy the show.

Tonight, 15 years later, I'm on my way to Shepherd's Bush without a ticket hoping that karma comes around and I'm able to get a ticket.

I believe that's from April 11, 1994. Funny how I remember every little detail about various PJ shows, but can never remember this kind o stuff from other shows I've been too. Strange. Anyway, good luck tonight!!

Not sure about that. He definitely did the shoe schtick on 4/11/94, but I don't remember the Chicago joke. I do remember him saying something like "I haven't had white sneakers since I was fucking 10 years old" so I think he pulled out the Bird home sneakers on 4/11. I have an extremely crappy boot of that show, I'll have to check it out and try to jog my memory.

Lauri

April 11, 1994, Boston Garden.

bearfoot61

bigshasha wrote:

4/8/94 at the Patriot Center Fairfax VA

It was my first PJ show, I was 12 years old. Vs. had just come out. They opened with Release in complete darkness, and closed with RITFW with the house lights on, and they played everything in the middle. They even played brand new songs Corduroy and Not For You. I vividly remember them playing footsteps, you could hear a pin drop in the arena. But the reason I will remember this show forever is because it was the day that the body of KC was found. I did not know. EV talked about the incident and dedicated a song to him. I was confused, and the person next to me told me he died that day. I believe the song that was dedicated was "Go," but I am not 100% sure. If anyone knows which song was dedicated, please let me know.

This was also my first show. As I was getting ready to leave my house in Frederick, it was announced on TV that they had found Kurt. There was a great deal of speculation in the parking lot before we went in whether the show would be cancelled. Those were the days when Eddie rarely looked out past his hair and they all jumped around like the young men they were. Phenomenal event, I still have the t-shirt with the Freak on it. I've been hooked ever since.

Renee33

starmap3333 wrote:

I saw them in Ithaca in 91, saratoga on lolla in 92, and rochester in april of 94.

Yes! at the Haunt in Ithaca (Nov 91) for a meager $5 bucks! whats more - sitting in a car at the seven eleven waiting for my buddy and who comes out with steamed dogs and sodas but the entire band themselves...! If I only knew then what I know now...

Wobbie

11/30/93 – Aladdin Theater: Las Vegas, NV [90m]
attendance: 7,000
support act: Mudhoney
set: Even Flow, Once, Deep, Jeremy, Dissident, Daughter/(Instant Karma)/(Across the Universe), Go, Animal, State of Love and Trust, Tremor Christ, Black, Blood, Alive
enc 1: Rearviewmirror, Whipping, Leash, Porch/(Tearing)
enc 2: (Green River reunion): Swallow My Pride, Ain’t Nothing to Do, My Way

notes: The show was originally scheduled for the Sands Hotel. ‘Tremor Christ’ premieres. An apparent Beatles tribute is the ‘Daughter’ outro, with a series of tunes ended with Ed whispering “Get Back” at the very end. In a near Green River reunion, Mudhoney’s Mark McLaughlin and Steve Turner join PJ (with Urge Overkill’s drummer, Chuck Treece) for ‘Swallow My Pride’ and ‘Ain’t Nothing to Do.’ ‘Swallow My Pride’ and ‘My Way’ (written by Paul Anka, featuring Terry Presley, an Elvis impersonator assisting on vocals) are recorded to be released as one of the ‘95 fan club singles.

Wasn't super impressed at the time but I now listen to the boot and think "damn, that was a good show!" (I left encore 2 off the disc ). My date that night is now my wife and has been for 13 years. She only went to be with me . When she finally went to her 2nd show in 2006, she understood. No way is she missing Seattle!!

LiteTheMatch

I saw Pearl Jam in Milwaukee in 1995, but I was only 8 years old at the time, so I can't remember much.

wave

Wow. I was there in MA in 92' as well. we drove up in a stupid 80's Cadillac that you had to use a screw driver to open the trunk. we had a bunch of screw drivers in the car as the beer was in the truck. i remember the vibe at the parking areas in the grass - in the dirt. I had gotten the TEN cd that winter. i was blown away instantly. the vibe at the show as you mentioned was electric. I remember being way up front and the whole mosh thing was happening - I am big so i was not too bothered by it but never really cared too much for it, was more into the music - and Eddie climbed all the way up the scaffold - which he's done 7000 times since - but i remember thinking this was insanely cool! i think he jumped off and landed a few feet from where i was standing. everyone ushered him back up on stage etc. i agree that show is burned into my memory for ever. a few other things are as well but that's more related to the casual use of some mind influencing agents. ps just realized this string ended in August.... you can see how much i post :shock: well it was fun to post and remember it anyway

PJFAN_seattle

haha my parents went to the Gorge to see PJ open for neil young when i was a baby! My mom also scored free tickets for a secret PJ show via 10club. They should do that again.