Stickman or Alive Guy?

HughFreakingDillon · June 2015

giventofly69 said:
I've never heard it called Alive guy until this thread. Always stickman.

(Side note: Wouldn't Jeremy be more appropriate than Alive guy ... Arms raised in a V).

yes, for sure, but it was the art for the alive single, and the art has the word "alive" in between the feet.

2-feign-reluctance · June 2015

Slick man.

Vitalogensia · June 2015

Never heard "Alive Guy" before. But now in my head I'm singing Alice in Chains's "Sickman" as "Stickman."

JustaPJFan · June 2015

on2legs said:
Touch me I'm stick.

Citizen Stick.

Just seen this post, made me laugh all over the place. Haha

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KC138045 · June 2015

Art Vandelay

ceska · June 2015

Now if we're talking baseball here's the real "Stick" man.

PJ_Soul · June 2015

I've never ever heard it called Alive Guy until now (and I don't like it - Stickman it is

).

Vedd Hedd · June 2015

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Jeeva1 · June 2015

PJ_Soul said:
I've never ever heard it called Alive Guy until now (and I don't like it - Stickman it is ).

When the illustration first appeared, and was on the cover of the alive single, fans didn't have a official name for it. So it was known as the "Alive guy".

InBetweenIsMne · June 2015

Jeeva1 said:

KP_McMinn said:
dude...its most definitely Alive guy. At least in the 90's and early 2000's. Stickman?
Finally. Someone who knows. Officially they might call it stickman, but it's always will be the "alive guy"
The name Stickman has no reference to pearl jam. Alive guy references the song Alive and the the feeling of Pearl jams music

If it is "officially" called Stickman...isn't it "officially" Stickman?

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills, people!

My vote, for what it matters, is STICKMAN. Officially speaking, of course.

PJ_Soul · June 2015

I guess this whole argument tells us that there is no room for thinking maybe "Alive Guy" could also be "Alive Chick" or Stickwoman.

Suziemay · June 2015

I always called it Stickman but because of this thread, I will now refer to it as Jeremy cuz you know, his arms...

MedozK · June 2015

On page 57 of the PJ20 book:

Jeff Ament: I drew the stickman the night after Kelly Curtis told me that we needed artwork for the giveaway cassette for "Alive." The "art" really just represents how I was feeling at the time, playing in the best band I'd ever been in, and all of us were in such a creative zone. It really didn't have anything to do with the song.

So I guess, according to Jeff Ament, "Alive Guy" would be totally wrong.

Last-12-Exit · June 2015

PJ_Soul said:
I guess this whole argument tells us that there is no room for thinking maybe "Alive Guy" could also be "Alive Chick" or Stickwoman.

My dad begs to differ!

Jeeva1 · June 2015

MedozK said:
On page 57 of the PJ20 book:

Jeff Ament: I drew the stickman the night after Kelly Curtis told me that we needed artwork for the giveaway cassette for "Alive." The "art" really just represents how I was feeling at the time, playing in the best band I'd ever been in, and all of us were in such a creative zone. It really didn't have anything to do with the song.

So I guess, according to Jeff Ament, "Alive Guy" would be totally wrong.

No it didn't have to do with the song, but it was on the single. And since people had no name for it they referred to it as the alive guy because it was on the alive single. "Oh that's the alive guy"

Jeeva1 · June 2015

PJ_Soul said:
I guess this whole argument tells us that there is no room for thinking maybe "Alive Guy" could also be "Alive Chick" or Stickwoman.

I always saw the bottom of the face as having a soul patch which the band members had in those days. But still technically it still could be a female.

MedozK · June 2015

Jeeva1 said:

MedozK said:
On page 57 of the PJ20 book:

Jeff Ament: I drew the stickman the night after Kelly Curtis told me that we needed artwork for the giveaway cassette for "Alive." The "art" really just represents how I was feeling at the time, playing in the best band I'd ever been in, and all of us were in such a creative zone. It really didn't have anything to do with the song.

So I guess, according to Jeff Ament, "Alive Guy" would be totally wrong.
No it didn't have to do with the song, but it was on the single. And since people had no name for it they referred to it as the alive guy because it was on the alive single. "Oh that's the alive guy"

Well, the people I have been around since the beginning always called it what it looked like... a stickman. So in my experience.... since people had no name for it they referred to it as the stickman because that's what it was.

But you can call it whatever you want... "dude on the Alive single", "Alive Guy Thingy", George, Bill, Jose, doesn't really matter.

Poncier · June 2015

We can just call him "Ralph the Alive Stickman" and everyone is satisfied.

on2legs · June 2015

I definitely referred to him as alive guy when the album first hit. I'm not sure if that's something I came up with in my own head or heard from someone else. Not until I discovered the internets around 1995 or so did I see people calling him stickman and that's what I've called him since then.