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Pearl Jam (1991 – Current)

aNiMaLaNiMaL Posts: 7,117
edited October 2008 in The Porch
Seventeen years later with over 60 million records sold worldwide and numerous awards and accolades, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder and Matt Cameron continue to break new ground through music and innovative business practices. With nine studio releases, four concert DVDs, hundreds of cd and digital bootlegs and live recordings, Pearl Jam is going strong towards its 20th year.
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  • aNiMaLaNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    This is from Stone's bio. In a world of uncertainty and unknown, it is comforting to read the above and to know that after all these years, one thing is still consistent and we can look forward to something new from the band we all love.
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,392
    aNiMaL wrote:
    Seventeen years later with over 60 million records sold worldwide and numerous awards and accolades, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder and Matt Cameron continue to break new ground through music and innovative business practices. With nine studio releases, four concert DVDs, hundreds of cd and digital bootlegs and live recordings, Pearl Jam is going strong towards its 20th year.

    the most under-appreciated rock band in recent history

    dare I say it, but PJ is the best rock band since led zeppelin
  • HermanBloomHermanBloom Posts: 1,764
    Get_Right wrote:
    the most under-appreciated rock band in recent history

    dare I say it, but PJ is the best rock band since led zeppelin
    yes
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  • TheDecline13TheDecline13 Posts: 990
    Get_Right wrote:
    the most under-appreciated rock band in recent history

    dare I say it, but PJ is the best rock band since led zeppelin

    Of all time, no body, I mean nobody can top this band, In the studio or on stage!
    Tour with fucking NOFX
  • aNiMaLaNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    Get_Right wrote:
    the most under-appreciated rock band in recent history

    dare I say it, but PJ is the best rock band since led zeppelin
    I think, that after almost 20 years as a continual band, that is a very fair statement!!
  • PJPATPJPAT Posts: 399
    aNiMaL wrote:
    Seventeen years later with over 60 million records sold worldwide and numerous awards and accolades, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder and Matt Cameron continue to break new ground through music and innovative business practices. With nine studio releases, four concert DVDs, hundreds of cd and digital bootlegs and live recordings, Pearl Jam is going strong towards its 20th year.


    3 more years until HOF? or is is 25 to get in?

    When do we start asking for tickets to the induction ceremony?
    "All the money you make will never buy back your soul" Bob Dylan

    "I need honesty, I need truth, and I need hope...I need it! That's what music means to me." EV
  • tonadaxtonadax Posts: 594
    Most of us and many many people agreed with that statement, but if you open a internet poll most people around the world will vote for bands like: Metallica, R.E.M, guns and roses, AIC, u2, Nirvana, or Iron maiden.
  • LizardLizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    I got lucky when THIS band infected me!!! :D
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • Stone Is GodStone Is God Posts: 1,331
    PJPAT wrote:
    3 more years until HOF? or is is 25 to get in?

    When do we start asking for tickets to the induction ceremony?

    I think it's 25.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me.
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,392
    tonadax wrote:
    Most of us and many many people agreed with that statement, but if you open a internet poll most people around the world will vote for bands like: Metallica, R.E.M, guns and roses, AIC, u2, Nirvana, or Iron maiden.

    U2 and REM are the only two out of that list that belong in the conversation

    and both are arguably "pop" bands as opposed to "rock"
  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    OCTOBER 22nd is APPROACHING!!! 17 years strong. PEARL JAM is the best.
    Van '98, Sea I+II '00, Sea '01, Sea II '02, Van '03, Gorge, Van, Cal, Edm '05, Bos I+II, Phi I+II, DC, SF II+III, Port, Gorge I+II '06, DC, NY I+II '08, Sea I+II, Van, Ridge , LA III+IV' 09, Indy '10, Cal, Van '11, Lond, Van, Sea '13, Memphis '14, RRHOF '17, Sea I+II '18, Van I+II, Vegas I+II '24
  • veddermanvedderman Posts: 801
    restlesssoul wrote:
    OCTOBER 22nd is APPROACHING!!! 17 years strong. PEARL JAM is the best.

    it will be 18 years on october 22nd. pearl jam started in 1990.
    2000 Ljubljana
    2006 Vienna, Zagreb
    2007 Munich
    2009 Berlin
    2010 Dublin, Belfast, Berlin, Venice
    2011 Montreal, Toronto 1&2
    2012 Manchester 1&2, Amsterdam 1&2, Prague, Berlin 1&2, EV Manchester
    2013 Worcester 1&2, Brooklyn 1&2
    2014 Amsterdam 1&2, Manchester 1&2, Milano, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin
    2017 EV Firenze, Taormina 1&2
    2018 Amsterdam 1&2, Padova, Prague, Krakow, Berlin
    2019 EV Firenze
  • aNiMaLaNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    vedderman wrote:
    it will be 18 years on october 22nd. pearl jam started in 1990.
    Yeah, I am not sure why Stone has it listed as 1991 - unless he (or whoever wrote that piece) onoly count from the time Ten was released. But I agree with you, Oct 22nd 1990 was their first live appearance and that is what I considered to be their anniversary as a band.
  • 2LightYears2LightYears Posts: 69
    It was mentioned above, but don't discount R.E.M. - they were absolutely groundbreaking in paving the way for "alternative" bands (and here I mean in attitude, not in musical style - nonconformist and uncompromising) to make it in mainstream music and retain creative control. They played everywhere they could - no bar too small or seedy - for years, creating (along with Black Flag) the sort of national underground scene that gave local bands a place to gain their chops. I saw an interview with Henry Rollins once, where he commented to that effect, noting that for several years, his band and R.E.M. would chase one another around this circuit, one playing for a few nights just before the other, then vice versa.

    Also, like Pearl Jam, some of their recent albums have been treated extremely unfairly by music critics - just because they've been evolving and haven't released "Automatic For The People II."

    How's this for a new sig, speaking of? :
    Do the world a favor: beat up a Rolling Stone critic today, before he can trash another great band!
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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    vedderman wrote:
    it will be 18 years on october 22nd. pearl jam started in 1990.

    DUH!
    Van '98, Sea I+II '00, Sea '01, Sea II '02, Van '03, Gorge, Van, Cal, Edm '05, Bos I+II, Phi I+II, DC, SF II+III, Port, Gorge I+II '06, DC, NY I+II '08, Sea I+II, Van, Ridge , LA III+IV' 09, Indy '10, Cal, Van '11, Lond, Van, Sea '13, Memphis '14, RRHOF '17, Sea I+II '18, Van I+II, Vegas I+II '24
  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    Get_Right wrote:
    the most under-appreciated rock band in recent history

    dare I say it, but PJ is the best rock band since led zeppelin
    absolutely.
    Look Alive,
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  • BetterThanYouBetterThanYou Posts: 853
    TheDecline13 wrote:
    Of all time, no body, I mean nobody can top this band, In the studio or on stage!

    can't agree with you on this one. i've seen far too many bands live, and a handful have better live shows. i'm not saying pearl jam sucks live, but that there are other bands out there that give a better live performance.

    and as far as in the studio.......i think this band peaked with 'yield'. everything after, for me at least, has lacked. again, not saying the studio albums aren't any good, but to say nobody is better is a very bold statement.
    "Have you ever.........pooped a balloon?"
    ~D.K.S.
  • not for me?not for me? Posts: 501
    Get_Right wrote:
    the most under-appreciated rock band in recent history

    dare I say it, but PJ is the best rock band since led zeppelin
    Speaking of Zeppelin, I just opened up my Spanish reprint of Zeppelin 1 to find the vinyl to be purple. :)
    Nathan
  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    I can't believe the first time i heard pearl jam I didn't understand what was all the hype about it... but 17 years later now I'm 31 and I can't remember a day without at least a single dose of Pearl Jam, I know it's weird but I fell PJ more like a good friend always by my side.

    Thanks for all the incredibles years and for all the years to come!
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    Neil deGrasse Tyson

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  • BonnarooJamBonnarooJam Posts: 155
    Stone Is God wrote:
    I think it's 25.
    it is
    "I can't hear you, you're trailing off and did I catch a niner in there? Were you calling from a walkie-talkie?"

    "No, it was cordless."
  • walkthamilewalkthamile Posts: 349
    Get_Right wrote:
    the most under-appreciated rock band in recent history

    dare I say it, but PJ is the best rock band since led zeppelin

    Amen
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  • walkthamilewalkthamile Posts: 349
    BetterThanYou wrote:
    can't agree with you on this one. i've seen far too many bands live, and a handful have better live shows. i'm not saying pearl jam sucks live, but that there are other bands out there that give a better live performance.

    and as far as in the studio.......i think this band peaked with 'yield'. everything after, for me at least, has lacked. again, not saying the studio albums aren't any good, but to say nobody is better is a very bold statement.

    Nobody, damn it!
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  • CitizenRickCitizenRick Posts: 1,079
    BetterThanYou wrote:
    can't agree with you on this one. i've seen far too many bands live, and a handful have better live shows. i'm not saying pearl jam sucks live, but that there are other bands out there that give a better live performance.

    and as far as in the studio.......i think this band peaked with 'yield'. everything after, for me at least, has lacked. again, not saying the studio albums aren't any good, but to say nobody is better is a very bold statement.

    Better live? Nah...equal never better.

    Studio? I can see your point on this one.
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  • bigbadbillbigbadbill Posts: 1,758
    vedderman wrote:
    it will be 18 years on october 22nd. pearl jam started in 1990.
    But what month/day in 1990 did they officially become a band (Mookie Blaylock)?
    I know after Andy Wood died that March, after the mourning period, Jeff and Stone finally got this band together. Wasn't it in the summer of 1990?
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  • pjamaholicpjamaholic Posts: 1,225
    BetterThanYou wrote:
    can't agree with you on this one. i've seen far too many bands live, and a handful have better live shows. i'm not saying pearl jam sucks live, but that there are other bands out there that give a better live performance.

    and as far as in the studio.......i think this band peaked with 'yield'. everything after, for me at least, has lacked. again, not saying the studio albums aren't any good, but to say nobody is better is a very bold statement.

    I don't agree. I've seen plenty of live bands and are probably older than you, and believe me PJ are the best live band I've seen. This includes bands like U2 and Pink Floyd. Who the hell are these bands that "give a better live performance". Back up your statements. I want to know in what way these bands are better live than PJ, do tell! I get sick of people like you criticising PJ and saying their later albums aren't up to scratch. It seems nothing they do after Yield is going to please you, I think you're very hard to please but for me PJ can do no wrong.
  • prodacakeprodacake Posts: 319
    pjamaholic wrote:
    I don't agree. I've seen plenty of live bands and are probably older than you, and believe me PJ are the best live band I've seen. This includes bands like U2 and Pink Floyd. Who the hell are these bands that "give a better live performance". Back up your statements. I want to know in what way these bands are better live than PJ, do tell! I get sick of people like you criticising PJ and saying their later albums aren't up to scratch. It seems nothing they do after Yield is going to please you, I think you're very hard to please but for me PJ can do no wrong.

    I agree pearl jam put on the best live show i have seen, the first time i saw pj live they blew my ming amazing, no other band have ever come close in creating the energy and feeling you get at a pj gig
  • angryyoungmanangryyoungman Medford, NY Posts: 1,028
    pjamaholic wrote:
    I don't agree. I've seen plenty of live bands and are probably older than you, and believe me PJ are the best live band I've seen. This includes bands like U2 and Pink Floyd. Who the hell are these bands that "give a better live performance". Back up your statements. I want to know in what way these bands are better live than PJ, do tell! I get sick of people like you criticising PJ and saying their later albums aren't up to scratch. It seems nothing they do after Yield is going to please you, I think you're very hard to please but for me PJ can do no wrong.
    +1. . .although i do believe they can do wrong (rock around barack? wtf?)
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