Want do you think is the best and worst decision the band has made over their career?

2-feign-reluctance

Go Beavers said:

Mike's Stevie Ray Vaughn hat phase was a bad idea.

Iconic IMO. I'll always love those early years and the hodge podge of styles. 

demetrios

HughFreakingDillon said:

pbultimate said:

Best: fan club tickets tied with varying setlists. Finishing Wrigley 2013. 

Worst:  maybe I’m a homer, but there’s not much I can criticize. Most decisions don’t effect me and the ones that have, have been positive. (Raleigh cancelled resulting in travel hiccups, but I ended up with band signed tickets). 

cool. do tell! 

Pretty much everyone who had 10club tickets to the Raleigh show received their tickets shipped by 10club in the mail signed by the whole band. Both pair of 10club tickets were signed.

1ThoughtKnown

2-feign-reluctance said:

Go Beavers said:

Mike's Stevie Ray Vaughn hat phase was a bad idea.

Iconic IMO. I'll always love those early years and the hodge podge of styles. 

100%

HughFreakingDillon

demetrios said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

pbultimate said:

Best: fan club tickets tied with varying setlists. Finishing Wrigley 2013. 

Worst:  maybe I’m a homer, but there’s not much I can criticize. Most decisions don’t effect me and the ones that have, have been positive. (Raleigh cancelled resulting in travel hiccups, but I ended up with band signed tickets). 

cool. do tell! 

Pretty much everyone who had 10club tickets to the Raleigh show received their tickets shipped by 10club in the mail signed by the whole band. Both pair of 10club tickets were signed.

wicked! 

helplessdancer

bmurray06 said:

I'm going to switch it up and give my most under appreciated decision in the history of the band.... Eddie taking a break and going on tour backing up Mike Watts along with Dave Grohl. After all the craziness with Kurt dying and the attention getting too overwhelming on Eddie and co., we ended up with a more relaxed Eddie, an amazing start to one of my favorites 'Habit', and obviously the start of the Foo Fighters during that Mike Watts Van Tour. Also, if anyone hasn't listened to Ball-Hog of Tugboat? just yet, do it now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVroZFSYP00

wow. thanks for posting that. killer

pbultimate

demetrios said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

pbultimate said:

Best: fan club tickets tied with varying setlists. Finishing Wrigley 2013. 

Worst:  maybe I’m a homer, but there’s not much I can criticize. Most decisions don’t effect me and the ones that have, have been positive. (Raleigh cancelled resulting in travel hiccups, but I ended up with band signed tickets). 

cool. do tell! 

Pretty much everyone who had 10club tickets to the Raleigh show received their tickets shipped by 10club in the mail signed by the whole band. Both pair of 10club tickets were signed.

You sure?  I’m aware of 1 other person that received them signed. 

HughFreakingDillon

mike watt is legendary, and i'd love to see these 3 play, but man, as a bass player, his bass tone just pains me. it sounds like a giant fart coming out of an amp. 

Go Beavers

2-feign-reluctance said:

Go Beavers said:

Mike's Stevie Ray Vaughn hat phase was a bad idea.

Iconic IMO. I'll always love those early years and the hodge podge of styles. 

I was sort of kidding because I think Mike has made some comment that he went a little far there. Being 21 in 1991, I do like seeing the old photos and remembering the don't give a shit style that contrasted with the 80s. I even grew my hair out for a bit of an attempt at Chris Cornell hair. I figured I should grow it while I have it!

on2legs

pbultimate said:

demetrios said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

pbultimate said:

Best: fan club tickets tied with varying setlists. Finishing Wrigley 2013. 

Worst:  maybe I’m a homer, but there’s not much I can criticize. Most decisions don’t effect me and the ones that have, have been positive. (Raleigh cancelled resulting in travel hiccups, but I ended up with band signed tickets). 

cool. do tell! 

Pretty much everyone who had 10club tickets to the Raleigh show received their tickets shipped by 10club in the mail signed by the whole band. Both pair of 10club tickets were signed.

You sure?  I’m aware of 1 other person that received them signed. 

The signed tickets were randomly inserted for people who requested the stubs to be mailed.  They also included the sticker from the cancelled show. 

demetrios

on2legs said:

pbultimate said:

demetrios said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

pbultimate said:

Best: fan club tickets tied with varying setlists. Finishing Wrigley 2013. 

Worst:  maybe I’m a homer, but there’s not much I can criticize. Most decisions don’t effect me and the ones that have, have been positive. (Raleigh cancelled resulting in travel hiccups, but I ended up with band signed tickets). 

cool. do tell! 

Pretty much everyone who had 10club tickets to the Raleigh show received their tickets shipped by 10club in the mail signed by the whole band. Both pair of 10club tickets were signed.

You sure?  I’m aware of 1 other person that received them signed. 

The signed tickets were randomly inserted for people who requested the stubs to be mailed.  They also included the sticker from the cancelled show. 

Ah!

Lost In Ohio

It would have been really cool if they signed for a $X donation to Vitalogy Foundation with money donated to a equality/equity organization.

They probably could have raised a ton of money.

WishfulThinking

Best-Attempting to play their entire catalogue over a four night run in Philly ‘09. Together as a whole those shows are legendary.

Worst-Playing large Stadiums. Intimacy was lost.

bmurray06

HughFreakingDillon said:

mike watt is legendary, and i'd love to see these 3 play, but man, as a bass player, his bass tone just pains me. it sounds like a giant fart coming out of an amp. 

Calling Mike Watt out on his bass flatulence? Now you just sound like a Jackass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aDIud_1hH4

HughFreakingDillon

meh. i've been called worse. 

fall by the wayside

Best decision: getting as many tickets as they can for the Ten Club

Worst decision: sticking with Brendan O’Brien for too long. I don’t think we get an album like Gigaton without mixing it up and using a guy like Josh Evans. I’d love to know what they could have made had they done that 10 years earlier.

DM282158

fall by the wayside said:

Best decision: getting as many tickets as they can for the Ten Club

Worst decision: sticking with Brendan O’Brien for too long. I don’t think we get an album like Gigaton without mixing it up and using a guy like Josh Evans. I’d love to know what they could have made had they done that 10 years earlier.

My biggest “fly on the wall” situation in my life is what happened with the Can’t Deny Me/Brendan O’Brien/Forthcoming Album. Even above the Belichick/Brady/Malcolm Butler/2017 fallout. (New England fans will know what in alluding to.) 

HughFreakingDillon

fall by the wayside said:

Best decision: getting as many tickets as they can for the Ten Club

Worst decision: sticking with Brendan O’Brien for too long. I don’t think we get an album like Gigaton without mixing it up and using a guy like Josh Evans. I’d love to know what they could have made had they done that 10 years earlier.

i was actually going to say the same thing about BOB. then i looked back and realized, while he produced the albums at the bottom of my favourite lists, he also produced some of the top ones. 

igotid88

fall by the wayside said:

Best decision: getting as many tickets as they can for the Ten Club

Worst decision: sticking with Brendan O’Brien for too long. I don’t think we get an album like Gigaton without mixing it up and using a guy like Josh Evans. I’d love to know what they could have made had they done that 10 years earlier.

We had Binaural, Riot Act, and Pearl Jam even though he was involved somewhat on those records. He also was involved in Gigaton 

OceansJenny

fall by the wayside said:

Best decision: getting as many tickets as they can for the Ten Club

Worst decision: sticking with Brendan O’Brien for too long. I don’t think we get an album like Gigaton without mixing it up and using a guy like Josh Evans. I’d love to know what they could have made had they done that 10 years earlier.

I agree re: BoB but they needed a producer to help them push themselves out of their comfort zone? Really after 30 yrs they couldn’t see it for themselves? Or maybe they did and made the call.

bmurray06

HughFreakingDillon said:

meh. i've been called worse. 

Just went through a Mike Watt youtube rabbit hole last night, and now I hear the noise fluctuance....in a surprising good way.