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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,260
    I had heard Jeff was leaving during the spring tour.  Didn’t believe it.
  • JK109224
    JK109224 Posts: 644
    Jeff would've been my prediction for "first member to leave".
    Come to send, not condescend...
  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    THEBIBLEISTEN said:
    After listening to Dark Matter, a lot of the lyrics are about fractured relationships, breaking up and wonder if they are about Matt? Wreckage, Scared of Fear, Setting Sun, upper hand, got to give. Makes sense if Matt made the decision before they started recording DM.
    There was a lot of speculation when the album came out that the songs meant that Ed's marriage was falling apart, and I was very skeptical. I'm even more skeptical that Ed wrote a half-dozen songs about the drummer leaving the band.


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  • THEBIBLEISTEN
    THEBIBLEISTEN Posts: 2,002
    BF25394 said:
    THEBIBLEISTEN said:
    After listening to Dark Matter, a lot of the lyrics are about fractured relationships, breaking up and wonder if they are about Matt? Wreckage, Scared of Fear, Setting Sun, upper hand, got to give. Makes sense if Matt made the decision before they started recording DM.
    There was a lot of speculation when the album came out that the songs meant that Ed's marriage was falling apart, and I was very skeptical. I'm even more skeptical that Ed wrote a half-dozen songs about the drummer leaving the band.


    It’s possible some of the lyrics are about Matt leaving. It makes sense knowing what we know now. I thought it was about his relationship with his wife too when I first heard them. Just my 2 cents. 
  • Lerxst1992
    Lerxst1992 Posts: 7,939
    DM282158 said:
    THEBIBLEISTEN said:
    After listening to Dark Matter, a lot of the lyrics are about fractured relationships, breaking up and wonder if they are about Matt? Wreckage, Scared of Fear, Setting Sun, upper hand, got to give. Makes sense if Matt made the decision before they started recording DM.
    Hmmmmmm. I for one have always taken DM as a concept album. Interesting. 
    Matt retiring is more of a circle of life type of thing. We are all subject to it and I think they are pretty aware of that and when the second member says it’s time to retire then it’s time to be scared, unless we want a path to Foreigner Seattle..


  • JG242853
    JG242853 Posts: 233
    Lerxst1992 said:
    DM282158 said:
    THEBIBLEISTEN said:
    After listening to Dark Matter, a lot of the lyrics are about fractured relationships, breaking up and wonder if they are about Matt? Wreckage, Scared of Fear, Setting Sun, upper hand, got to give. Makes sense if Matt made the decision before they started recording DM.
    Hmmmmmm. I for one have always taken DM as a concept album. Interesting. 
    Matt retiring is more of a circle of life type of thing. We are all subject to it and I think they are pretty aware of that and when the second member says it’s time to retire then it’s time to be scared, unless we want a path to Foreigner Seattle..


    Reading "circle of life" I can only hear this

    Circle Of Life GIFs Tenor
    Randall's Island, NY 9/29/1996, Randall's Island, NY 6/8/1997 (Ed and Mike), Jones Beach, NY 8/23/2000, Los Angeles, CA  7/10/2006, Hartford, CT 6/27/2008, Los Angeles, CA 10/6/2009, San Diego, CA 11/21/2013, Los Angeles, CA 11/24/2013, MSG, NY 5/1/2016, Seattle, WA 8/10/2018, Los Angeles, CA 5/6/2022, Los Angeles, CA 5/7/2022, Camden, NJ 9/14/2022, St Paul 8/31/2023, St Paul 9/2/2023, Las Vegas 5/18/24, MSG NY 9/3/24, Philadelphia PA 9/9/24, Ohana CA 9/27/24, Atlanta, GA 4/29/25, Pittsburgh, PA 5/16/25, Pittsburgh, PA 5/18/25
  • AndySlash
    AndySlash Posts: 3,287
    JG242853 said:
    Lerxst1992 said:
    DM282158 said:
    THEBIBLEISTEN said:
    After listening to Dark Matter, a lot of the lyrics are about fractured relationships, breaking up and wonder if they are about Matt? Wreckage, Scared of Fear, Setting Sun, upper hand, got to give. Makes sense if Matt made the decision before they started recording DM.
    Hmmmmmm. I for one have always taken DM as a concept album. Interesting. 
    Matt retiring is more of a circle of life type of thing. We are all subject to it and I think they are pretty aware of that and when the second member says it’s time to retire then it’s time to be scared, unless we want a path to Foreigner Seattle..


    Reading "circle of life" I can only hear this

    Circle Of Life GIFs Tenor

  • JG242853
    JG242853 Posts: 233
    AndySlash said:
    JG242853 said:
    Lerxst1992 said:
    DM282158 said:
    THEBIBLEISTEN said:
    After listening to Dark Matter, a lot of the lyrics are about fractured relationships, breaking up and wonder if they are about Matt? Wreckage, Scared of Fear, Setting Sun, upper hand, got to give. Makes sense if Matt made the decision before they started recording DM.
    Hmmmmmm. I for one have always taken DM as a concept album. Interesting. 
    Matt retiring is more of a circle of life type of thing. We are all subject to it and I think they are pretty aware of that and when the second member says it’s time to retire then it’s time to be scared, unless we want a path to Foreigner Seattle..


    Reading "circle of life" I can only hear this

    Circle Of Life GIFs Tenor

    I truly resisted the urge to post that gif 
    Randall's Island, NY 9/29/1996, Randall's Island, NY 6/8/1997 (Ed and Mike), Jones Beach, NY 8/23/2000, Los Angeles, CA  7/10/2006, Hartford, CT 6/27/2008, Los Angeles, CA 10/6/2009, San Diego, CA 11/21/2013, Los Angeles, CA 11/24/2013, MSG, NY 5/1/2016, Seattle, WA 8/10/2018, Los Angeles, CA 5/6/2022, Los Angeles, CA 5/7/2022, Camden, NJ 9/14/2022, St Paul 8/31/2023, St Paul 9/2/2023, Las Vegas 5/18/24, MSG NY 9/3/24, Philadelphia PA 9/9/24, Ohana CA 9/27/24, Atlanta, GA 4/29/25, Pittsburgh, PA 5/16/25, Pittsburgh, PA 5/18/25
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,759
    Lerxst1992 said:
    DM282158 said:
    THEBIBLEISTEN said:
    After listening to Dark Matter, a lot of the lyrics are about fractured relationships, breaking up and wonder if they are about Matt? Wreckage, Scared of Fear, Setting Sun, upper hand, got to give. Makes sense if Matt made the decision before they started recording DM.
    Hmmmmmm. I for one have always taken DM as a concept album. Interesting. 
    Matt retiring is more of a circle of life type of thing. We are all subject to it and I think they are pretty aware of that and when the second member says it’s time to retire then it’s time to be scared, unless we want a path to Foreigner Seattle..


    Unless you are the stones. Play til it's over. No real reason to end it.
    But what do i know. Just my outsider fan opinion.
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,894
    JimmyV said:
    1STmammal2wearPants said:
    JimmyV said:
    Love Matt, but I too am relieved it was not Mike. 
    I feel like they'd almost have to retire - his guitar is the soul of the band 
    Agree. They could bring someone in but it would never be the same. 
    I'd assume if any of the core four hang it up that would spell the end of the band.
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  • TheGhost
    TheGhost Posts: 540
    Why is it taking so long for news about the future of the band? Who needs the suspense! LOL Anyone have a guess at why we're not getting any info? 
    KORITFW
  • BrainofBGA
    BrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,558
    TheGhost said:
    Why is it taking so long for news about the future of the band? Who needs the suspense! LOL Anyone have a guess at why we're not getting any info? 
    There’s nothing to tell at the moment. They’ll let us know in due course 
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  • TheGhost
    TheGhost Posts: 540
    BrainofBGA said:
    TheGhost said:
    Why is it taking so long for news about the future of the band? Who needs the suspense! LOL Anyone have a guess at why we're not getting any info? 
    There’s nothing to tell at the moment. They’ll let us know in due course 
    I'd like to think the future of PJ is not completely unknown at this point, but maybe it is! They could easily reassure us that they intend to carry on. 
    KORITFW
  • Shaindli1
    Shaindli1 MA Posts: 2,412
    TheGhost said:
    BrainofBGA said:
    TheGhost said:
    Why is it taking so long for news about the future of the band? Who needs the suspense! LOL Anyone have a guess at why we're not getting any info? 
    There’s nothing to tell at the moment. They’ll let us know in due course 
    I'd like to think the future of PJ is not completely unknown at this point, but maybe it is! They could easily reassure us that they intend to carry on. 
    They did in their understated way in the announcement they released after Matt released his.
    #Grievance2025 
  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,381
    TheGhost said:
    BrainofBGA said:
    TheGhost said:
    Why is it taking so long for news about the future of the band? Who needs the suspense! LOL Anyone have a guess at why we're not getting any info? 
    There’s nothing to tell at the moment. They’ll let us know in due course 
    I'd like to think the future of PJ is not completely unknown at this point, but maybe it is! They could easily reassure us that they intend to carry on. 
    Yeah, I wish they would say something more. At least something like “we are in the process of finding someone but have every intention of moving forward”. 🤷🏼‍♂️
  • nicknyr15
    nicknyr15 Posts: 9,264
    Abe Froman said:
    TheGhost said:
    BrainofBGA said:
    TheGhost said:
    Why is it taking so long for news about the future of the band? Who needs the suspense! LOL Anyone have a guess at why we're not getting any info? 
    There’s nothing to tell at the moment. They’ll let us know in due course 
    I'd like to think the future of PJ is not completely unknown at this point, but maybe it is! They could easily reassure us that they intend to carry on. 
    Yeah, I wish they would say something more. At least something like “we are in the process of finding someone but have every intention of moving forward”. 🤷🏼‍♂️
    Wrong band. Communication isn’t really their specialty 
  • pmcgrath5
    pmcgrath5 Posts: 84
    If we all believe they knew about this for a while at least since Pittsburgh they had every chance to just say they are done when Matt announced. If we learn they found out more recently than most think then I would be worried. 
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,546
    As a fanbase we haven't exactly been gracious with things like "big, bold, and free" or "Ole from the forthcoming album" so (amongst other reasons) I'm sure we'll hear more once there is something to actually report
  • TheGhost
    TheGhost Posts: 540
    Abe Froman said:
    TheGhost said:
    BrainofBGA said:
    TheGhost said:
    Why is it taking so long for news about the future of the band? Who needs the suspense! LOL Anyone have a guess at why we're not getting any info? 
    There’s nothing to tell at the moment. They’ll let us know in due course 
    I'd like to think the future of PJ is not completely unknown at this point, but maybe it is! They could easily reassure us that they intend to carry on. 
    Yeah, I wish they would say something more. At least something like “we are in the process of finding someone but have every intention of moving forward”. 🤷🏼‍♂️
    pmcgrath5 said:
    If we all believe they knew about this for a while at least since Pittsburgh they had every chance to just say they are done when Matt announced. If we learn they found out more recently than most think then I would be worried. 
    Does anyone actually know when this decision was made? It's all just a rumors, right? . It could have happened the day of the announcement for all we know.Messages easily could have been written by some PR pro to make everything sound vague. Or maybe I'm over-thinking it! lol
    KORITFW
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,600
    I'd honestly be surprised to learn Pearl Jam was actively looking for a new drummer right now. All indications were they planned to take a break after the tour. My bet is they are doing just that. 

    The drummer issue will be handled down the road when the foursome comes back together. They may not even know at this point how they plan to proceed with the search, nevermind who they will target. 
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