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Was your first pearl jam show an infamous one?

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I just happened to be looking at a recent thread, and saw one user, @HailHailVitalogy , had the Uniondale show as their first one, which I think would be a hell of an introduction to pearl jam shows! I’d love to hear your stories if you’ve been to one of these shows. Obviously, the Long Island one would be perceived as a “negative” infamous example, but I’m all about the positive so crazy setlists, surprise guests - my definition of infamous can stretch to encompass lots of shows 😊 For example Halifax would def qualify as it’s the only time pearl jam were in the Maritimes, and that’s where Ed discovered our Alexander Keith’s 8 pack of beer.


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  • CROJAM95CROJAM95 Posts: 9,870
    i brought 2 friends as their 1st PJ Shows......they were blown away that night, great show regardless of People who were proven WRONG over time.....they find those WMD's yet?  ;)
  • jwhjr17jwhjr17 Posts: 2,000
    Mine was not, but brought a friend to his first show that just happened to be Moline :open_mouth:
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  • YourDirtisMyfoodYourDirtisMyfood Posts: 4,644
    Mine was Hartford 1996 when a barricade got tipped over. It was the year that they had the bumper sticker tickets instead of Ticketmaster tix due to the feud. Saw a burning car on the way home.
  • seanwonseanwon Posts: 471
    Yep. Randall's Island 2.
    1996: 9/29 Randall's Island 2,  10/1 Buffalo                  2000: 8/27 Saratoga Springs
    2003: 4/29 Albany,  5/2 Buffalo,  7/9 MSG 2                   2006: 5/12 Albany,  6/3 East Rutherford 2
    2008: 6/27 Hartford                 2009: 10/27 Philadelphia 1              2010: 5/15 Hartford,   5/21 MSG 2
    2013: 10/15 Worcester 1,  10/25 Hartford                       2014: 10/1 Cincinnati
    2016: 5/2 MSG 2,   8/5 Fenway 1,  11/7 Temple of the Dog MSG
    2018: 9/2 Fenway 1
    2020: 3/30 MSG             2022: 9/11 MSG            2023: 9/10 Noblesville
    2024: 9/3 MSG 1, 9/4 MSG 2 , 9/15 Fenway 1, 9/17 Fenway 2
  • nautical_disasternautical_disaster Posts: 303
    YourDirtisMyfood said:
    Mine was Hartford 1996 when a barricade got tipped over. It was the year that they had the bumper sticker tickets instead of Ticketmaster tix due to the feud. Saw a burning car on the way home.
    My first pearl jam bootleg! I still laugh at the hilarious banter from Ed when he sings "That's what you get when you push and shove"

    (2000) Mansfield I, Mansfield II (2003) Montreal (2005) Montreal, Ottawa (2006) Albany (2008) Montreal I + II (EV) (2022) Québec City


  • CROJAM95CROJAM95 Posts: 9,870
    mine was 9/11/98 MSG
  • yosiyosi Posts: 3,038
    Uniondale was my first show. Listening to that boot on repeat all summer is what turned me into an obsessive. The band was incredible. The moment at the end was one more confirmation that Long Island does not agree with me…
    you couldn't swing if you were hangin' from a palm tree in a hurricane

  • nautical_disasternautical_disaster Posts: 303
    That's the Breath one right? 

    (2000) Mansfield I, Mansfield II (2003) Montreal (2005) Montreal, Ottawa (2006) Albany (2008) Montreal I + II (EV) (2022) Québec City


  • ZoSoTimZoSoTim Posts: 1,058
    No but my 2nd & 3rd were the Let’s Play Two shows at Wrigley. Ran into Jeremy Allen White at a dive bar after the first show. Quite a legendary night for me. 
    Dallas, TX (November 15, 2013)
    Chicago 1 (August 20, 2016)
    Chicago 2 (August 22, 2016)
    Ft. Worth 1 (September 13, 2023)
    Ft. Worth 2 (September 15, 2023)
  • bigbiggzybigbiggzy Posts: 764
    Show #1: Columbia, MD 09/18/1998 (Merriweather)

    Show #2: Washington DC 09/19/1998 (DAR Constitution Hall)

    They used one or two of those songs on Live on 2 Legs (Daughter…I believe a few others).
  • bigbiggzybigbiggzy Posts: 764
    That Yield Tour…. 🤯🫠
  • RD81760RD81760 Posts: 127
    Randalls Island 1 96, followed by 9/11/98 MSG
  • KV4053KV4053 Posts: 1,503
    Got kicked in the head by Ed while he was crowd surfing.  

    https://youtu.be/aLFhcpTEdYk?si=IoEFpbEjBW2DFkZX

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  • bigbiggzybigbiggzy Posts: 764
    Sweet
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,168
    Yes because it was the first time EV wore shorts in many years :lol:

    It was like 100 degrees
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  • BenzBenz Posts: 118
    Berlin 96 because of the radio/recording Ed interview afterwards i`d say yes!
  • 1STmammal2wearPants1STmammal2wearPants Posts: 2,938
    edited April 4
    Infamous is a bad word to describe this one I guess, but does Mansfield III 2003 count? Acoustic Pearl Jam before Sleater-Kenney before Electric Pearl Jam? Maybe infamous because I believe they paid some curfew fines for these (non-repeated-songs) shows.
    2003 Mansfield III 
    2004 Boston I 
    2006 Boston I 
    2008 Bonnaroo, Hartford, Mansfield I 
    2010 Hartford 
    2013 Worcester I, Worcester II, Hartford 
    2016 Bonnaroo, Fenway I, Fenway II 
    2018 Fenway I, Fenway II 
    2021 Sea.Hear.Now
    2022 Camden
    2024 MSG I, Fenway I, Fenway II
  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,501
    seanwon said:
    Yep. Randall's Island 2.
    Same! Still my top show along with msg 2 98.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • pbultimatepbultimate Posts: 612
    Toledo 96. Obtaining tickets was infamous!
  • darwinstheorydarwinstheory Posts: 6,459
    Chicago 98 - the poster is a big one. I still want it.
    "A smart monkey doesn't monkey around with another monkey's monkey" - Darwin's Theory
  • washed in blackwashed in black Posts: 880
    Not infamous, but I did see Crazy Mary as the opening song at my first show - Spectrum 4.28.03. Per livefootsteps, that happened one other time.
    2003 Spectrum, Camden 2, Holmdel 2004 Reading, PA 2005 Philly 2006 Hartford, Camden 1&2, E. Rutherford 1&2 2008 Camden 1&2, MSG 1&2  2009 Spectrum 1,2,3,4  2010 Hartford, Newark, MSG 1&2 2013 Wrigley, Pittsburgh, Brooklyn 1&2, Philly 1&2,  Baltimore 2014 Leeds, Cincinnati  2015 GCF  2016 Sunrise, Miami, Hampton, Philly 1&2, MSG 1&2, Fenway 1&2  2017 RHoF Induction 2018 Seattle 1&2 Fenway 1&2 2021 Sea Hear Now 2022 Hamilton, Toronto, MSG, Camden 2023 Indy 2024 Indy, MSG 1&2, Philly 1&2, Baltimore

  • seanwonseanwon Posts: 471
    washed in black said:
    Not infamous, but I did see Crazy Mary as the opening song at my first show - Spectrum 4.28.03. Per livefootsteps, that happened one other time.
    I was at the other one, MSG 2003 I think.
    1996: 9/29 Randall's Island 2,  10/1 Buffalo                  2000: 8/27 Saratoga Springs
    2003: 4/29 Albany,  5/2 Buffalo,  7/9 MSG 2                   2006: 5/12 Albany,  6/3 East Rutherford 2
    2008: 6/27 Hartford                 2009: 10/27 Philadelphia 1              2010: 5/15 Hartford,   5/21 MSG 2
    2013: 10/15 Worcester 1,  10/25 Hartford                       2014: 10/1 Cincinnati
    2016: 5/2 MSG 2,   8/5 Fenway 1,  11/7 Temple of the Dog MSG
    2018: 9/2 Fenway 1
    2020: 3/30 MSG             2022: 9/11 MSG            2023: 9/10 Noblesville
    2024: 9/3 MSG 1, 9/4 MSG 2 , 9/15 Fenway 1, 9/17 Fenway 2
  • washed in blackwashed in black Posts: 880
    seanwon said:
    washed in black said:
    Not infamous, but I did see Crazy Mary as the opening song at my first show - Spectrum 4.28.03. Per livefootsteps, that happened one other time.
    I was at the other one, MSG 2003 I think.
    We tried so hard to get tix to those shows at MSG in July, but could not. Ended up getting tix to Holmdel in a drop.
    2003 Spectrum, Camden 2, Holmdel 2004 Reading, PA 2005 Philly 2006 Hartford, Camden 1&2, E. Rutherford 1&2 2008 Camden 1&2, MSG 1&2  2009 Spectrum 1,2,3,4  2010 Hartford, Newark, MSG 1&2 2013 Wrigley, Pittsburgh, Brooklyn 1&2, Philly 1&2,  Baltimore 2014 Leeds, Cincinnati  2015 GCF  2016 Sunrise, Miami, Hampton, Philly 1&2, MSG 1&2, Fenway 1&2  2017 RHoF Induction 2018 Seattle 1&2 Fenway 1&2 2021 Sea Hear Now 2022 Hamilton, Toronto, MSG, Camden 2023 Indy 2024 Indy, MSG 1&2, Philly 1&2, Baltimore

  • mpedonempedone Posts: 1,947
    YourDirtisMyfood said:
    Mine was Hartford 1996 when a barricade got tipped over. It was the year that they had the bumper sticker tickets instead of Ticketmaster tix due to the feud. Saw a burning car on the way home.

    Mine too! Nearly had to leave from the pepper spray fumes wafting down to our seats.
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  • maximumlawmanmaximumlawman Posts: 228
    Mine was in Frankfurt 3/12/1992, my only PJ-Club show, attendance about 400 in sold out Batschkapp. So different from all the others. 
  • CarryTheZeroCarryTheZero Posts: 2,897
    edited April 4
    My sister’s boyfriend’s first show was the Philly Ten show. Wow.

    Not an all time great, but my first show was Charlotte ‘96. I remember it being completely awesome.
  • TheJayManTheJayMan Posts: 14
    Montreal ‘98. Front row in front of Mike with my brother(first show Saratoga ‘92). Got a hand slap from Ed and Mike plus a setlist and Mike’s pick. 
  • elvistheking44elvistheking44 Posts: 4,409
    Soldier field 
  • A Compliment For UsA Compliment For Us Posts: 217
    edited April 4
    First show was Virginia Beach '98.  Not infamous.  Notable b/c they played No Way for the third time that tour and then took it out of the rotation for 11 years before playing it again in 2009.  Got played a few times up 'til 2014 and re-entered hibernation it seems.

    Edited to say that Black from Live on Two Legs came from the VB '98 show so there's that.
    Post edited by A Compliment For Us on
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    2022 Nashville ~~ St. Louis ~~ Oklahoma City ~~ 2023 St. Paul 1 & 2 ~~ Austin 1 & 2 ~~
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  • AB285441AB285441 Posts: 201
    nautical_disaster said:

    I just happened to be looking at a recent thread, and saw one user, @HailHailVitalogy , had the Uniondale show as their first one, which I think would be a hell of an introduction to pearl jam shows! I’d love to hear your stories if you’ve been to one of these shows. Obviously, the Long Island one would be perceived as a “negative” infamous example, but I’m all about the positive so crazy setlists, surprise guests - my definition of infamous can stretch to encompass lots of shows 😊 For example Halifax would def qualify as it’s the only time pearl jam were in the Maritimes, and that’s where Ed discovered our Alexander Keith’s 8 pack of beer.


    Uniondale was my first show as well, they put on an amazing show - forget the naysayers - they composed themselves very well
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