EV and Jeff will be on Bill Simmons podcast

cp3iverson

We cracked up at Ed’s reaction to Bill saying “4 or 5 drummers”.   
He seemed to rib him at a few things lol. “Bill, You sounded really surprised that this album was good!” Lol

nicknyr15

Is ed still smoking!! Wtf dude. Lol. It has to be his zippo that keeps opening up during the interview right?

Ryan_WFC

This was fucking awesome

GuitarEnthusiast

Listening now. This is great!

RatherStarved

This was a good listen.  The part where Bill dropped off and Ed and Jeff continued was so perfect.  It was so classy at the end when Bill was about to thank them and Ed turned it around and thanked Bill.  Nobody does that.

on2legs

I got a kick out of Bill asking Ed when he thought the band sounded their best and Ed responded “yesterday “.  😀

apsuhead42

Great podcast! Love the sports talk. I was a big Bulls fan and Ed’s story about him and Rodman flying out late to Vegas to watch a Jane’s Addiction show while the Bulls were in Seattle was great ...

Poncier

Ed remembers the quarter rant show.

mfc2006

Really enjoying this

CantKeepmedown

Poncier said:

Ed remembers the quarter rant show.

That's funny, because as he was trying to remember I was like "how can he NOT remember that?"  I forget that we're all PJ freaks and can pick out songs from specific shows and certain banter and whatnot.  And he initially mixed up the acoustic set from 2003 as the show Bill was talking about.  After 1000 shows you have to assume that they do indeed run together a bit.

I really liked Ed's answer to when Bill said something about giving advice to his younger self.  Paraphrased "don't be so upset when your picture is on a billboard or a radio station uses your lyric. It's not a big deal"

on2legs

I thought it was pretty amazing that Ed revealed that Neil Young bailed on doing the Rock HOF induction because he didn’t want to present in front of such a large audience.  If my memory is correct it was only put out that Neil was sick so he couldn’t appear and I never heard there was another reason for him not appearing. 

jmbethony

Gigatron 

cp3iverson

I would probably remember someone throwing a bunch of quarters at me. You can even hear them hit the guitar/mic on the bootleg

ComeToTX

woke up at 6am and put it on to go for a walk.  ended up walking for the whole 2.5 hours.  ha...7 miles!  now i need a nap.  really good talk and i learned quite a bit.

WW187806

To anyone on the fence about listening. Carve out some time and take the whole thing in. Simmons was very prepared for the interview. Ed was in good spirits. Jeff didnt say too much, could def tell he was on the phone. Ed must've had some kind of higher quality connection setup bc it sounded like he was there. Simmons got disconnected bc his earbuds lost power, so he ran and stole his daughters! Ed and Jeff just continued on without him! Simmons comes back and is like ahhh what did I miss! Overall nothing really political or real heavy. Topics were so broad from early 90's to wtf happened from 2010 to 2020, one record! I feel like I have read every interview I could find. Been to 50 ish shows. So, I've heard alot of rants, and stories. They unveiled some deep stuff. I was shocked they got into Nirvana. Simmons also really tried to press them on the mid 90's regarding a possible break up. They stonewalled them, but they Merkinball came up, and Eddie went thats right! We worked with Neil and he showed us how you make a record! Won't ruin it for everyone by going through all the tidbits, but it was loose and comprehensive. They did try to end a couple times, but like when your with a good friend either Ed or Simmons kept it going for at least another 15 minutes. I love how they didnt just go track by track.... once it got going it felt a lil like you were having a beer at a bar and were eavesdropping on Ed, Jeff, and Simmons doing an interview. Ed ribbing him was good btw. He was like Bill, you seemed surprised that the album was good, there was a little high pitch added to your voice like its actually GoOd. Very funny. Thats it! Listen up ladies and gents, 2+ hours of gold!

Pap

I'm going to listen to it right now!

Tim Simmons

Pretty good interview.

nicknyr15

I’m the only one who is annoyed with how many cigarettes Ed smokes during the interview!!!!? Lol 
hopefully it was a joint. 

SVRDhand13

I usually dislike Simmons but I’m enjoying this so far

RP112579

Really enjoyed this.

Travels With

on2legs said:

I thought it was pretty amazing that Ed revealed that Neil Young bailed on doing the Rock HOF induction because he didn’t want to present in front of such a large audience.  If my memory is correct it was only put out that Neil was sick so he couldn’t appear and I never heard there was another reason for him not appearing. 

I believe Letterman said Neil swallowed his harmonica.  

ComeToTX

nicknyr15 said:

I’m the only one who is annoyed with how many cigarettes Ed smokes during the interview!!!!? Lol 
hopefully it was a joint. 

It has been mentioned plenty. 

BF25394

Bill Simmons ranks Gigatron right up there with his other favorite Pearl Jam albums Tent, Not Code, Bintaural, Riot Tact and Backspacter.

PJALK

Buenos Aires evolution story was awesome. 

Hi!

Totally related to Ed when he was talking about the end of the Jordan era Chicago Bulls. 

“Phil (Jackson) was my favorite player in the NBA.” Ed
”Isn’t this relaxing?” Dennis Rodman at a Janes Addiction concert.

paul_jam

I remember wishing Ed would do a Bill Simmons interview after listening to his interview of Grohl.  Wish granted.  It was a great listen.

Pap

PJALK said:

Buenos Aires evolution story was awesome. 

Loved the rest of that story as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0ol11qHnng

Tim Simmons

Loved Ed talking up the greatness of Billie Eilish.

cp3iverson

Tim Simmons said:

Loved Ed talking up the greatness of Billie Eilish.

Yep

Ledbetterman10

Bret The Hitman Hart wrote a glowing review of Vitalogy in an early 1995 issue of WWF Magazine.