In which circumstances did you discover Pearl Jam ?

marilor

Hey Jammers,
I remember it was a very long time ago...I was 15 and at school, during a german lesson, a friend of mine gave me a tape with Dissident on it... just magical, I couldn't believe it, this voice seemed so unreal...!
After the lesson, i went seeing my friend to ask her if she knew more things about them... she showed me a photo of EV...(Really funny and awesome on it ...never see it anymore... ( )
At the end of the week, i had my Vs tape... (i lived in countryside in the time)

I still love the guys... don't speak german at all... and i'm sure i've made mistakes in this post ! Sorry for my bad English ">

So please let me know in which circumstances did you discover PJ, which song did you listen first...thanks !

nickburrows14

I was watching 120 Minutes on MTV and Alive came on.

weeble

Hah exactly the same - 120 Minutes and Alive. I loved MTV back then. Used to tape all the PJ videos and interviews on VHS and edit them together using two VCRs! Lol I was probably 17 at the time. Ran to the local record shop and purchased a 12" fold-out poster of Alive. Still have it, although its a little worse for wear now!

JP33

marilor said:

Hey Jammers,
I remember it was a very long time ago...I was 15 and at school, during a german lesson, a friend of mine gave me a tape with Dissident on it... just magical, I couldn't believe it, this voice seemed so unreal...!
After the lesson, i went seeing my friend to ask her if she knew more things about them... she showed me a photo of EV...(Really funny and awesome on it ...never see it anymore... ( )
At the end of the week, i had my Vs tape... (i lived in countryside in the time)

I still love the guys... don't speak german at all... and i'm sure i've made mistakes in this post ! Sorry for my bad English ">

So please let me know in which circumstances did you discover PJ, which song did you listen first...thanks !

RIght after that guy with blonde hair saying" Hello Hello"

The Waiting Trophy Man

Even Flow music video my sister taped.

i_lov_it

Heard Even Flow on the Radio

PJForceofNature

I didn't discover PJ til 4 years ago, so I guess I am a newbie! I was at Bridge School in 2010, and as soon as PJ took the stage and EV began to sing, that was it for me. My life has never been the same!

milan

Eddie walked on stage with The Who in London in 2000 and sang I'm One - blew me away. Bought the albums very quickly after that and now have so many bootlegs will never be able to listen to them all

stoppler_pj

Alive video on Much Music.

EarlWelsh

Either caught one of the first couple of videos on MTV or stumbled across the Ten cassette whilst looking for my older brother's porn.

giventofly69

The movie "Singles"

rummy

In early 1992, just after they came into the mainstream with Nirvana. However, it was their performance if "Alive" on SNL that got me hooked.

2-feign-reluctance

MTV - 120 minutes when I was 12 years old. Staying up way too late on a school night.

rollings

I borrowed "Yield" from the Library.

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open68

I read about them in RIP magazine. There was a little article "Life After Love Bone." Since I was a big Mother Love Bone fan, I ran out and bought Ten. I liked Ten but didn't become a fanatic until vs. and I saw them in concert my first time December 7, 1993.

open68

Did a little google search...here's the Life After Love Bone article

http://www.fivehorizons.com/archive/articles/rip1291.shtml

Zod

I don't really remember. I remember the first time I heard Nirvana. I was hanging out with a friend and it came on the radio at his place. I think my exposure to PJ was much more gradual. I was at lolla '92 and they impressed me, but I knew a few of their songs before the show, so I didn't learn about them at the show. It's a shame really. I don't remember how I got introduced to Pearl Jam. Most likely on the radio.

nooram

It was August of '91 and I was visiting my brother who lives in Mukilteo, WA. I had the Mother Love Bone album and knew, from Rolling Stone, of a new band forming from their remnants. My brother had heard of a free show so we went down to the Mural Amphitheater and experienced their awesomeness. I was hooked.

iammine16

"Alive" on Saturday Night Live

PJ_Soul

I don't remember specifics at all. I just know that in 1991 some musician friend of mine who was on top of what was new in music bought the tape the day it was out and I heard it and fell immediately in love. I do recall it being in some car and actually hearing the music and being fucking blown away by the entire album. I know that we sat there in a parking lot, smoking, and just listening. But I can't remember who exactly it was or where we were. Weird how all details besides the music itself and how i felt hearing it have been erased from my memory (although chances are good that I was high, lol, so maybe not that weird).

diamond_marmalade

I was at a friends house in around 2001 and his brother was playing Binaural in the kitchen. I liked what I heard and asked my friend who it was. His brother was kind enough to lend me the album and then I started to go back and listen to their earlier work. I then moved on to the bootlegs and have never looked back.