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Is Pearl Jam classic rock?

Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,910
edited January 2020 in The Porch
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Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, Green River, Screaming Trees, Mother Love Bone, Malfunkshun & more - The alternate rock / grunge movement of the late 80s / early 90s changed the musical landscape. The Seattle Sound revolutionized the musical world, bringing punk to the masses. Today, the musical landscape is changing again as alternative rock / grunge bands are being included on classic rock radio stations.
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  • JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,341
    Yes
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  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,601
    Yes
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  • sparky_frysparky_fry Posts: 760
    Both current and classic. I was only 3 when ten was released and now I have my own baby. I would consider it classic rock.

    But, they have a new album coming out and are still gaining new fans so they are still a current rock band as well.
  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 16,094
    No.  Classic rock is the 60’s and 70’s.  

    Yes.  If classic rock is just stuff that is over 20 years old.
  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,601
    I used that same evaluation.  When I first listened to classic rock it was 80s and 90s and the music was from 60s and 70s.
    That timeline makes PJ classic rock at this point 
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  • aurelgugusaurelgugus France & Luxembourg Posts: 499
    Yes. 
    Regarding bands from the 80s/90s, Sonic youth is one of the few that I would still consider Alternative.
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  • MisterEtake2MisterEtake2 Posts: 403
    Only Better Man is classic rock.
  • pearljammr78pearljammr78 Posts: 1,613
    Their sound is classic. Meaning it sounds just as good now as it did then. So yes, classic rock 🤘🏽
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  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 28,746
    Definitely classic rock.  The 90's was along time ago at this point!
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  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 16,094
    edited January 2020
    Does the moniker “classic rock” refer to age or to a certain style?    I will always view classic rock as 60’s and 70’s.  Everything else after is just “rock”.  100 years from now will 2080 music be classic rock when rock is 150 years old at that point?    


  • on2legson2legs Posts: 15,424
    mcgruff10 said:
    Definitely classic rock.  The 90's was along time ago at this point!
    Agreed. We were closer to the release of Led Zeppelin's first album when Ten came out than we are now to the release of Ten.

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  • JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,341
    We can't define classic as coming from two particular decades. Time marches on and beloved things that were once new get older and become classic. Think of cars. Pearl Jam has definitely become classic. 
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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,404
    The more important question is does Pearl Jam drink Coke Classic?
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  • KusyKusy Posts: 351
    100% yes
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  • tdawetdawe Posts: 2,091
    Short answer: yes.

    Long answer: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062657135/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
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  • JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,341
    edited January 2020
    It was jarring to hear Pearl Jam on WZLX in Boston for the first time, but it very quickly came to feel totally natural. They blend in perfectly and it just works. 
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  • handreads7-30handreads7-30 Posts: 329
    Yes....also “dad rock”
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  • bbiggsbbiggs Posts: 6,955
    bootlegger10 said:
    No.  Classic rock is the 60’s and 70’s.  

    Yes.  If classic rock is just stuff that is over 20 years old.
    This.

  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,567
    no classic rock is the 60s and 70s.
  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 16,094
    JimmyV said:
    We can't define classic as coming from two particular decades. Time marches on and beloved things that were once new get older and become classic. Think of cars. Pearl Jam has definitely become classic. 
    I don’t think classic necessarily means old.   New classical music is being made now and would be considered classical the day it is made.  I view classic rock as a style of its own versus rock that is more than 220 years old.    

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  • mookieblalockmookieblalock Posts: 3,395
    I barely remember the 90’s. Definitely classic, just like us!
  • SmallestOceansSmallestOceans Posts: 13,542
    handreads7-30 said:
    Yes....also “dad rock”
    Came into say this haha
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  • 1ThoughtKnown1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    handreads7-30 said:
    Yes....also “dad rock”
    With Jerry Cantrell? 😂

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  • kaseylilykaseylily Michigan, USA Posts: 259
    Yes...From back in the 19 hundreds lol
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,345
    Classic rock is a radio format and one where, depending on where you live, plays Pearl Jam.
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  • darthvedderdarthvedder Posts: 2,604
    Is Billie Eilish alternative?
  • Lost In OhioLost In Ohio Posts: 7,064
    A radio station in my area used to be "Classic Rock." They'd play bands like the Eagles, Stones, The Who, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Guns n Roses, etc.

    Over the past few years, they've slowly added stuff from the early 90s on a lighter rotation than the previous bands. They'll play STP, Temple of the Dog, Pearl Jam, etc...but maybe only one or two of those bands per hour...and when they do, it's early 90s stuff.

    They now call themselves "Iconic Rock."
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  • rummyrummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,458
    edited January 2020
    Probably. Hey, it's better to be a "classic" than simply forgotten.
    Just curious (as I don't listen to much radio anymore)...what PJ songs get played on these stations? I assume the "big 4" from Ten, maybe Daughter and Small Town, and definitely Better Man...and (gasp) Last Kiss, I suppose. Anything else? RVM? Corduroy? Given To Fly?????
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  • Lost In OhioLost In Ohio Posts: 7,064
    rummy said:
    Probably. Hey, it's better to be a "classic" than simply forgotten.
    Just curious (as I don't listen to much radio anymore)...what PJ songs get played on these stations? I assume the "big 4" from Ten, maybe Daughter, and definitely Better Man...and (gasp) Last Kiss, I suppose. Anything else? RVM? Corduroy? Given To Fly?????

    It's basically Jeremy, Even Flow, YLed and Alive. Maybe Daughter or Betterman if they're feeling a bit wild.

    Can't Deny Me got some play on the modern rock stations last year.
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  • rummyrummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,458
    Of course! How did I forget Yellow Ledbetter?!?
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