Stepping
into the 21st century with my final Pearl Jam instalment... // 1 & 2
were taken on 13th April 2000 in New York for NME, this trip is
particularly significant as it’s where I met Stevie Chick (we went on to
start Careless Talk Costs Lives & Loose Lips Sink Ships magazines
together) // 3 & 5 - Seattle - 19th & 20th May 2009 Backspacer
press shots session // 4 & 6 - 20th January 2009 at Pearl Jam’s
Seattle HQ for a Mojo magazine story (again with Stevie Chick)
Eddie
Vedder / Pearl Jam - Paramount Theatre, New York - 17th April 1994...
Kurt Cobain had just died, very upsetting & confusing times to put
it mildly. Melody Maker asked me to go to New York with editor Allan
Jones to get a Pearl Jam cover story (it turned into two) This sequence
gives you an idea of how the photo session developed... started
innocently in the bathroom & ended in Eddie decorating his & my
face with a burned cork... we agreed to keep the faces for the show... I
certainly got some strange looks but knew my appearance would be
validated when Eddie arrived on stage... the lights dip & out pops a
clean faced singer... bastard! HA!
Some
more Pearl Jam... such an exciting band... being down the front with a
camera when it was all kicking off was a real blast, we had a good laugh
off stage too... /// 1 - Eddie Vedder backstage at The Paramount in New
York... Kurt Cobain had just died, we were deranged - April 1994 /// 2 -
Eddie on stage at ULU, London - February 1992 /// 3 & 4 - Seattle
waterfront for a Melody Maker cover shoot, they were supposed to play a
show at the gasworks but it got pulled - May 1992 /// 5 - on stage at
The Borderline, their first London show - February 1992 /// 6 - CB’s NYC
- November 1991... the first time I saw them play /// 7 - In a Sony
records board room (same day as the CBGB show I think)
I
couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve photographed Pearl Jam, upon our
first meeting I was instantly drawn to EV’s intensity & passion - I
was particularly struck by his desperation to get the photos done so he
could get on stage, he didn’t want to keep the audience waiting...here’s
a bunch in colour from the early 90’s - 1 - In the bogs at CBGB, NYC -
November 1991 / 2 & 3 - Copenhagen, February 1992 / 4 - Seattle, May
1992 / 5 - backstage at Brixton Academy, London - March 1993 / 6 -
Paramount Theatre, NYC - April 1994
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