Meeting The Band

23scidoo

I met Eddie in Taormina this summer..we shake hands and i thanked him for everything..he was cool and kind..
Olivia she wasn't..lol..

ComeToTX

I've met Ed twice.  Once before a solo show on the street in Nashville.  He was very nice and gave me a pick and shook my hand.  I've met everyone else once and it was pretty quick.

dimitrispearljam

met mike in milan 14..funny part is i said to him,nice to meet u and turn to leave and  he asked me to take a pic together!1haha

as for eddie..we have some short of communication..lol

PJ_Soul

I met Jeff. He was in a really terrible mood because it was at the end of a tour and he was bagged and cranky for the whole show anyway, but he'd also just had his RNDM mask stolen by some asshole about 2 minutes before I approached him, so was extra pissy. I was drunk, some other drunk people (autograph hounds I think) encouraged me to crash the green room, so I did, and then I accidentally interrupted a conversation he was having and then I just started babbling. It wasn't great. He did still sign my RNDM album though. He could have just as easily told me to fuck off. So yeah, good guy.

helplessdancer

drakeheuer14 said:

If I ever meet him I pray on everything holy that Ed does not give me guitar picks. It just seems gimmicky almost or just very weird to do out in public. Yes, I get overall its a kind gesture and in a show setting it would be awesome, but not on the streets. I would so much rather just a handshake or a few words exchanged.

nah yer wrong. ed handing out picks on the street is ok by me. it's not like he's carrying them around everywhere he goes...right?

Stickman24

You guys/gals are so
lucky.  My wife asked me one year what do you want for Xmas? Me: have a beer with Eddie Vedder. (I'm buying) 

Shyner

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JH6056

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drummerboy_73

Met Ed twice - once mid show in Osaka, Japan 1995 during the Porch "jam". He had climbed up into the upper balcony and I actually helped pull him up and get through the crowd. The crowd was going nuts and he was trying to calm people down and just hang out in the crowd. I was in the military at the time and at the show with my buddy. There were a couple of other Americans near us, and when Ed saw them and heard us speaking English, took a moment to shake our hands and we walked with him down the hall until security escorted him back to the stage to finish out the song. Was my first PJ show, that was obviously kind of a "freak-out" moment! Also met him in L.A. in 2011 after a solo show.

I also got to meet Matt in Las Vegas in 2001 after a Wellwater Conspiracy show (that's where my profile picture is from.) It was interesting because there were a couple of local opening bands, which it seemed most of the local people were there for, because it was pretty packed, but by the time Wellwater came on around 1 a.m., there were maybe 50 people left. It was a small local bar which closed several years ago, and I imagine most of the early crowd didn't even know who Wellwater was. After the show, I introduced myself to Matt, we talked drumming for a little while, and John McBain took the picture of us. I even helped them load their van afterwards.

Washed

Been lucky enough to meet everybody but Ed and they were all very cool. Just shook their hands, told them I was a big fan, thanked them for the music and moved along. Mike was after a show in Seattle and he was on the street signing for a bunch of people when I met him so I got his signature. Everybody else was in Chicago last year before the Wrigley shows. I got a lot out of just getting to shake their hands, look them in the eye and say thank you for producing the soundtrack of my life.

HughFreakingDillon

GummiBeer said:

I met Uncle Neil back in 09 when he did a complete Canadian tour. I actually had Mirror Ball playing in my car, seen him and his tour manager walking up Queens road here in St. John's. Myself and my wife stopped the car to say hi, he stuck his head in and laughed and said good taste in music...hehe. He asked us to go for a walk with him, so had to take him up on the offer. Talked everything of the love of cars, to his Linconvolt, other artists, to the upcoming shows. He must have asked 5 times if we had tickets to the shows, with every response that we had GA's for both. He is very chill but did get annoyed easy with the amount of attention he was getting from star gazers

so I guess your favourite Neil track is "Walk With Me"? 

HughFreakingDillon

met Matt at a SG show back in 96. Me, my buddy, and Matt all laughing at Ben running around the parking lot trying to get run over by the tour busses. talked for like 20 minutes. super regular cool guy. 

my dream/nightmare would be to meet Ed (wouldn't know what to say). 
my dream would be to meet Jeff. 

friend of mine who used to frequent these boards has met Ed SIX TIMES. 

H.Chinaski

Lived in Seattle for ages and met them all at one point or another. Ed a few times at shows. He bummed a cigarette off me after i said hello at a Sonic Youth show. I would see Mike jogging around my old neighborhood of Capitol Hill. Stone was a an art show in Ballard. Always cool guys and super chill. Maid me like the band even more.

LukinFan

I met Ed after one of his Ft. Lauderdale solo shows a few years back.  Just shook his hand and told him how important his music is to me.

TJ25487

HughFreakingDillon said:

met Matt at a SG show back in 96. Me, my buddy, and Matt all laughing at Ben running around the parking lot trying to get run over by the tour busses. talked for like 20 minutes. super regular cool guy. 

my dream/nightmare would be to meet Ed (wouldn't know what to say). 
my dream would be to meet Jeff. 

friend of mine who used to frequent these boards has met Ed SIX TIMES. 

Hugh, I resemble those meeting Ed and Jeff statements. I met Ed after a solo show in LA and could hardly talk and met Jeff in the Vegas airport right before Binaual came out and chatted him up for several minutes like we were old pals. It was pretty cool as he was giving me insights into Binaural before it got released. I felt pretty special. 

jpdannabelle

I met Mike in Boston 2006. Me and a few buddies were having lunch on a patio the day of the show when one of my buddies started smacking the table like he was having a seizure. He called out “Mike!” I turned around and Mike was walking towards us. I must say the rest was kind of a blur because I got star struck, but he asked us our names and talked for a couple minutes. When he left he said nice to meet you Sean..........my name is John. But I didn’t hold it against him.   

mace1229

During the Wrigley '13 show my wife and I were forced in the VIP tunnel for the storm. Jam packed like sardines, there was several storage boxes for Matt's gear with his name and Pearl Jam written all over it. I leaned up against them, took some pictures and posted on facebook I met with the band as a joke. To my shock, everyone bought it, like I'd pose with the gear instead of the band.
But that was as close as I got.

2-feign-reluctance

Met & hung with Stone after a Brad show in WA in 2003 at a dumpy ass bar called Settlers Tavern in Margaret River.

HughFreakingDillon

I always thought I'd like to meet Jeff, being a bass player, but honestly, and to his own admission, sometimes he can be kind of moody and/or private, whereas I picture Stone always being up for a casual conversation. Kinda like Mike. 

2-feign-reluctance

HughFreakingDillon said:

I always thought I'd like to meet Jeff, being a bass player, but honestly, and to his own admission, sometimes he can be kind of moody and/or private, whereas I picture Stone always being up for a casual conversation. Kinda like Mike. 

Stone was very chatty. My wife and I sat at the bar with him for a few hours, along with other members of BRAD. I asked him a thousand questions about WTDP and Riot Act of course.