I was thinking in the lens of contemporary music, but yes, I like the Beatles as equally as Pearl Jam. That would be the only band though to match. (Radiohead up there).
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So, as we learned from Joe Dirt.. Van Halen not Van Hagar... Apologies, couldn't resist..
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Ha, good one... but I have some bad news for you, that's no meteor... it's a frozen chunk of shit..the peanut is a dead giveaway...
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Pearl Jam and TOOL are my top 2...then Black Crowes...DMB...in no particular order.
Love the Black Crowes mention! Until their recent demise the Crowes were a close second as far as my passion for their music and total number of shows I've attended. Currently I'm at 36 shows and counting for PJ (39 if you count EV solo) and the Crowes were probably around 25+ shows. After those two bands I would say Ben Harper, Wilco and Lukas Nelson & POTR round out my top five artist.
i will never understand, or be able to relate to, any music fan who only loves one band it makes no sense to me at all
I love many bands, but the question wasn't whether or not we love other bands, it was whether we love other bands as much. I will take days off from work and pay for flights and hotels without blinking for Pearl Jam. There's no other band/musician I do that with so therefore I don't think I can say I love another band as much.
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i will never understand, or be able to relate to, any music fan who only loves one band it makes no sense to me at all
I love many bands, but the question wasn't whether or not we love other bands, it was whether we love other bands as much. I will take days off from work and pay for flights and hotels without blinking for Pearl Jam. There's no other band/musician I do that with so therefore I don't think I can say I love another band as much.
100% agree, well said
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Alice in Chains (with Layne) at the same time as Pearl Jam, as far as now there isn't anyone yet, but I've gotten into Nothing More (saw them open for Chevelle) which is an up and coming band that I would go see
Awesome Dave, my buddy is a MMJ freak too. he won tix to the album release show in Lexington. I bet you guys have crossed paths without even knowing it. and so cool with BOH too. I use to run into Tyler all the time in Asheville. quiet guy but really nice. tell him I said Hello when you see him again. I haven't run into him in years. he has played with everyone in the Asheville scene.
There are 2 responses.. Who else gonna be honest???
Phish is head and shoulders above everybody else with PJ being 2nd. For me its those 2 and Springsteen as the top 3 live acts of the last couple of decades.
That being said, I have traveled for several bands throughout my life in clusters (several shows on tours) many, many times. I have several bands I enjoy a great deal and have met and traveled to see, but I also think that they have time periods in their career that I really would be willing to get into the time machine for... Some of them I just kind of shut down after those time periods. I still go back to all of the live material and listen to it daily and weekly. With some of them the bands don't exist or they have changed styles or sounds or singers to where I just don't have the same passion for them anymore. With Pearl Jam it has always been a constant..
Pearl Jam (ALWAYS!!!) Stone Temple Pilots (93 - 2002) (2008 -2009) Chris Cornell (Anytime) Jane's Addiction 90 - 2009 Alice In Chains 90- 1994 Soundgarden 1992-1996 & Present Day The Black Crowes 1990-1995 (Up to Amorica) Porno For Pyros 1993 -1997 (Anything) Nirvana 1993 (In Utero in Miami Front Row was sick) Red Hot Chili Peppers 1994 - (Until John's Departure)
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DMB, U2, Springsteen, Tom Petty, and RHCP are my hardcore interests other than PJ. Zeppelin honorable mention but will never see them live unfortunately.
i was all black crowes from 95 to 05, some DMB in there had a pretty strong pencilgrass obsession along the way there too then i did The White Stripes for a few years - still feel they are the best live act of modern era. and now, well, here i am, posting in a pearl jam forum counting down days to MSG and Fenway
A new band I really dig is Kaleo - from Iceland, now residing in Austin
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I love many bands, but the question wasn't whether or not we love other bands, it was whether we love other bands as much. I will take days off from work and pay for flights and hotels without blinking for Pearl Jam. There's no other band/musician I do that with so therefore I don't think I can say I love another band as much.
fair enough but as an old person how do i simply dismiss what happened before PJ? how do those old bands become less relevant as time goes on, just because they don't tour now. PJ are a new band. they are touring right now. many of my fave bands aren't touring these days and if they were of course i would judge them with the same level of fandom as i do PJ now
Rival Sons is getting close. I have traveled multiple times to see them and I can't see that slowing down. They kick ass and they keep putting out great music, next album is due in May. So excited I get a PJ tour and a Rival Sons album for my birthday.
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I'm just as big a fan of Neil Young as I am of PJ. For a start, he's the only other artist that I have to buy everything on vinyl and cd! I've been a Neil fan for over 30 years, ever since my dad first played me After the Goldrush sometime in the early 80s, so he's been part of my life for longer than PJ.
My first Neil gig was also my first PJ gig (Finsbury Park 93), and my second Neil gig was Reading 95 with most of PJ on the Mirrorball tour so the 2 have always been connected.
Very, very, very close behind would be Mark Lanegan, Afghan Whigs (and all things Dulli), and R.E.M.
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I'm just as big a fan of Neil Young as I am of PJ. For a start, he's the only other artist that I have to buy everything on vinyl and cd! I've been a Neil fan for over 30 years, ever since my dad first played me After the Goldrush sometime in the early 80s, so he's been part of my life for longer than PJ.
My first Neil gig was also my first PJ gig (Finsbury Park 93), and my second Neil gig was Reading 95 with most of PJ on the Mirrorball tour so the 2 have always been connected.
Very, very, very close behind would be Mark Lanegan, Afghan Whigs (and all things Dulli), and R.E.M.
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That being said, I have traveled for several bands throughout my life in clusters (several shows on tours) many, many times. I have several bands I enjoy a great deal and have met and traveled to see, but I also think that they have time periods in their career that I really would be willing to get into the time machine for... Some of them I just kind of shut down after those time periods. I still go back to all of the live material and listen to it daily and weekly. With some of them the bands don't exist or they have changed styles or sounds or singers to where I just don't have the same passion for them anymore. With Pearl Jam it has always been a constant..
Pearl Jam (ALWAYS!!!)
Stone Temple Pilots (93 - 2002) (2008 -2009)
Chris Cornell (Anytime)
Jane's Addiction 90 - 2009
Alice In Chains 90- 1994
Soundgarden 1992-1996 & Present Day
The Black Crowes 1990-1995 (Up to Amorica)
Porno For Pyros 1993 -1997 (Anything)
Nirvana 1993 (In Utero in Miami Front Row was sick)
Red Hot Chili Peppers 1994 - (Until John's Departure)
2016: Greenville Columbia
had a pretty strong pencilgrass obsession along the way there too
then i did The White Stripes for a few years - still feel they are the best live act of modern era.
and now, well, here i am, posting in a pearl jam forum counting down days to MSG and Fenway
how do those old bands become less relevant as time goes on, just because they don't tour now.
PJ are a new band. they are touring right now. many of my fave bands aren't touring these days and if they were of course i would judge them with the same level of fandom as i do PJ now
You never really had to begin with.
Sometimes it's not the song that makes you emotional it's the people and things that come to your mind when you hear it.
My first Neil gig was also my first PJ gig (Finsbury Park 93), and my second Neil gig was Reading 95 with most of PJ on the Mirrorball tour so the 2 have always been connected.
Very, very, very close behind would be Mark Lanegan, Afghan Whigs (and all things Dulli), and R.E.M.
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