Athletes/Celebs who are PJ fans?

Nixon in Detroit

Kirk Maltby of the Detroit Redwings had said a couple of times that Pearl Jam was his favorite band. I know Ed an Chris Chelios are friends back from when they both lived in San Diego. I also so Chris at the Detroit show in 06 Ed sang comeback and dedicated it to Chris.

South of Seattle

I think Marcus Trufant from the Seahawks was sitting a few rows behind me at the 1st Gorge show.

itshim79

Warney!

JackisBack

jurasica wrote:

Patrick Rafter (off topic - the most beautiful tennis player ever) - I think I read smwhr he never missed PJ show if he was around...

You're correct. Pat Rafter is/was a huge fan! He was defending his title at the U.S. Open and was asked by the press if he was concerned about the pressure. He said something like..."not really, if I happen to lose early it'll be fine because then I'll get to join Pearl Jam on their tour." Btw, he went on to win the tournament. Also, I remember seeing Stone in the locker room and in the stands with Ben Harper.

I was fortunate enough to get invited to Rafter's after-party. It was awesome! The restaurant/bar blasted Pearl Jam for most of the night. There were quite a few Aussies at the party and needless to say they were going nuts to the music .

pjcowgirl

I haven't trawled thru the whole thread, so sorry if he's been mentioned before: Daniel Chick, very spunky Aussie Rules football player from the mighty West Coast Eagles. MMMmmmm Chicky Babe...

yowza57

BRENT BARRY, San Antonio Spurs
"I'm more into the indie rock scene. I think my five years in Seattle really spoiled me. My favorite band, obviously, is Pearl Jam. I'm also a big fan of Arcade Fire. They have a new album, Neon Bible, out that's pretty sweet."
Playlist: "I like 'Go and Alive' by Pearl Jam. Go back to the old school."
http://www.usaweekend.com/07_issues/070422/070422basketball.html

Trevor Hoffman (close for the San Diego Padres) was at a San Diego show and hung out backstage, I read in a newspaper article he was a big fan.

bluerockgirl

Seth Wescott. When asked if he was a fan he replied:
"ever since ten. i love pearl jam! in fact they were a big part of the
mix i was listening to the morning i won the olympics."

my2hands

david bell ~ baseball

macci

xkevvx wrote:

If you're counting wrestlers, Matt Hardy loves Pearl Jam. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=152686889

Matt and Jeff Hardy talk about Pearl Jam often in interviews. I've seen pictures of Joey Mercury/Matthews wearing Pearl Jam shirts. Shannon Moore also.

Yeah, Matt has a story on his myspace about meeting the band!

yellow ledvedder10

Andy Roddick is also a fan. For some reason PJ is popular with tennis players.

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/10345/Roddick+rocks+on+

stew2310

not sure if he counts but John Buccigross an ESPN anchor and huge hockey fanatic is a giant PJ fan has used many songs and lyrics in his columns. And I live in Pittsburgh and have seen Ryan Doumit out in town many a nights he is def a huge PJ fan.

pjfan85

Don't know if he's been listed, but, Rick DiPietro of the New York Islanders sings Pearl Jam during games to maintain his concentration.

pjfan85

Yellow Bedwetter wrote:

u dont think Even Flow is just a really popular song that maybe Chelios knew the words to?
lol

Chelios and Eddie are good friends. Chelios told a story on ESPN.com about meeting Eddie when he played in Chicago. He was at a nightclub and said "hey, don't I know you?" and Eddie was like "Maybe, I'm lead singer for Pearl Jam". Chelios knew Pearl Jam's songs, but that's not how he knew him. Later that night, Chelios said "Hey, you worked at a gas station in San Diego, right?" Eddie and Chelios worked at gas stations that were across the road from each other. Both had a similar childhood, splitting time between Chicago and San Diego. Chelios brought Eddie to his first NHL game in Vancouver, although Eddie isn't a fan or anything.

pjfan85

Rob Conway, pro wrestler, lists Led Zeppelin and Pearl Jam as his favorite bands.
Edge is also a fan.
Colorado Avalanche goaltender Jose Theodore is a fan. I remember him playing "Corduroy" on the TV show "Be a Player" years ago, which the host, former NHL'er Brett Lindros instantly recognized.
Doug Gilmour is a HUGE fan. Eddie autographed a guitar for him.

rage against tm

Todd Heap tight end for the baltimore Ravens football team gave them a shout out in an interview with the balt sun last year... i love to listen to my favorite band Pearl Jam!

pjfan85

Jocelyn Thibault is another fan.

Ute Lew

gobrowns19 wrote:

I think 1B Sean Casey of the Detroit Tigers is....his walk up music has been Even Flow for quite some time.

The Mayor is with the Red Sox now!

GO SOX!

LOVEBOATCAPT0226

Jeremy Shockey was at one of the shows , If I remember correctly.

LONGRD

ryan198 wrote:

Also heard an interview he did on a local NE radio station where they asked what he had in his CD player, and he said I have Pearl Jam in Japan...I almost spit out my soda when I heard that. Plus he does that concert for Jimmy Fund with Theo and Bronson every year where they play a handful of PJ covers.

Gammons also released a compilation CD in '03 or '04 and it featured Bu$hleaguer in the tracklist

UKpearljammer

ryan198 wrote:

Lyle Overbay - Brewers/Blue Jays 1B plays song pre-AB
Roger Clemens/David Wells - P one of them used to warm up to Evenflow
David Wright - 3B Mets had 3/4 songs on his AB warm-up voting list earlier this year
Pete Sampras - Was at Jones Beach 2
Dennis Rodman - Obvious
Jack McDowell - Former P for NYY/ChW/Ana obvious again
Dante Calabria - Former UNC point guard
Bill Simmons/Peter Gammons - Sports Writers
Theo Epstein - GM Red Sox see below + Boston 2 2006
Kevin Millar - 1B Orioles see below
Bronson Arroyo - P Reds was hired by Epstein because he could play black on guitar then befriended Millar doing the same thing

I'm blanking, but I know there are more

Nice to see someone thought of a list to make reading this thread a little easier