bands you'd rather see live

mookie9999

laudenum wrote:

so is ben harper,
brad was great live,and hovercraft,mudhoney etc

Ben Harper is many wonderful things, but more intense than Pearl Jam? As far as Hovercraft, it was fun as a concept, but after seeing them three times I could definitely go with never seeing them again (if they still existed). Agree with Brad and Mudhoney!

Gmoney

you know i have a great job and have seen nearly every band ive ever wanted to see, except all the cool old ones, jimi, led zep, ect... i'd have to say that the best other live bands I've seen are Rage, 311, and The Roots.

laudenum

mookie9999 wrote:

Ben Harper is many wonderful things, but more intense than Pearl Jam? As far as Hovercraft, it was fun as a concept, but after seeing them three times I could definitely go with never seeing them again (if they still existed). Agree with Brad and Mudhoney!

my mistake.....i thought other than pj. yes will agree pj is perhaps the best live band going.
i do wish i knew what happened to hovercraft though.excellent musicians.
they must still be involved in music some way?

spintheblack37

Wilco

StevenC

A totally different mental and musical experience but just as incredible live would be Tool. Similiar in one sense to Pearl Jam in that they have some truly dedictated fans that will fight tooth and nail against any "grenade throwers"...

Peace.

Hmmmm, 5 years ago I would have agreed, but have you seen them on their latest tour?? Talk about going through the motions...

Boston MA

PROSPECT HILL "Break Down"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g_3pKBNUzs

STATE RADIO "Camillo"
A song about a friend of the band an Iraq war vet who decided not to go back.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7BkvRnUZJys

ROADSTEAMER
Boston comedy rock act. Lead singer Robby Roadsteamer is becoming quite a local legend. He almost interviewed PEARL JAM on WBCN 104.1 FM where he is a part time personality but something I think the station had second thoughts and wanted to protect the band! Haha. He mocks everything and all especially himself and people he likes but recently has become a nicer guy and made truces and those people more popular locally that he picked fights with. Check him out, always funny.
http://myspace.com/robbyroadsteamer

I've seen hundreds and hundreds of new local mostly on indie or unsigned acts in last couple of years. There really is lots of good music. This stuff is a little more commercial but most of you still won't have heard of them. Watch all three blow up. It is already happening.

Pegasus

bovy_j wrote:

I'd much rather travel 2 hours to go see Pearl Jam than any other band that is 10 minutes away.

no question there..you can make it 5 hours (and that's flying).

plenty of bands I'm happy to see again (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Ben Harper, Cold War Kids, Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal, Chris Cornell all seen this year, several times for some..and others I caught at festivals and happy to go check out on their own..State Radio one of hem)...but NONE above Pearl Jam.

No other band I know will make me fly to another continent, rarely even another country.

Pegasus

StevenC wrote:

Hmmmm, 5 years ago I would have agreed, but have you seen them on their latest tour?? Talk about going through the motions...

yes, last tour being this year, every show...no idea what you're talking about: Munich, London, Düsseldorf, Hurricane, Copenhagen, The Vic to name just the highlights? what motions?

Gmoney

Pegasus wrote:

yes, last tour being this year, every show...no idea what you're talking about: Munich, London, Düsseldorf, Hurricane, Copenhagen, The Vic to name just the highlights? what motions?

he was talking about tool i believe...

soulsinging

PJammer4life wrote:

Way to self promote......

exactly what i was thinking... gotta be his own band.

anyway, pearl jam is pretty unbeatable live. but if we're talking bands still playing more intimate venues... brand new and the hold steady are a blast in concert. id also love to see silverchair... their 45 minutes at lolla were not nearly enough. they are so good live.

rambo

pearl jam= best live band ever

Lifted

there's no show i'd rather be at than a pearl jam show. but there are some bands that are up there........

my morning jacket
red hot chili peppers

and i've never seen these bands but would love too....

arcade fire
wilco
roger waters
sonic youth
flaming lips
of montreal

BetterManningNYG

i'll take pearl jam live over anyone else.

tool is definitely second on my list of active live acts, but i would never skip pearl jam to see tool if both bands were touring at the same time. part of the reason for this is because tool plays the same setlist every night, so i could just pick out a tool show (or two) that didn't interfere with any of pearl jam's shows. i wouldn't really be missing anything by doing this.

one of the advantages of living in the northeast is that there are almost always multiple dates to choose from.

Strangest Tribe

Right now at small venues, Kings of Leon, BRMC, MMJ, Modest Mouse, QOTSA all great live.
Tool and White Stripes for the somewhat larger venues.

I can't say that I'd rather see any of these bands over PJ right now. Although Tool, Modest Mouse and KOL I would not pass on if they came close. My favs my opinion.

Strangest Tribe

Band of Horses...just saw them open for Modest Mouse. They had several songs they played off their new album coming out in October. I believe they are going to be quite popular pretty soon. Great live band.

righteousbabe

maybe the doors(with morrison) or blind melon. but that is never gonna happen. fucking grim reaper.

hiding103006

well quite honestly there isn't one band i'd rather see right now...

but if i could go back in time i would enjoy the following:

AC/DC '79 (right before Bon Scott died)
Led Zeppelin '79
Stones in their prime
The Who in their prime
Neil Young Harvest tour
Jimi Hendrix would be phenomenal
Stevie Ray Vaughan prior to his death
Steve Miller Band, prime
MOTHER LOVE BONE!! (this one's a little bittersweet, for obvious reasons)
Alice in Chains prior to Layne Stayley's death
I guess The Beatles just to say I did, not a huge huge fan though..
Nirvana prior to Kurt Cobains death
Chili Peppers before they became generic...
Metallica back around Master of Puppets
Traffic, now that's going back a ways...
Aerosmith, prior to the drug problems... they were on drugs when they were the best, but it wasn't exactly a problem at the time lol..

... man i could go on, but you get the idea

UpSideDown

this post does not make sense in my head.

there is no other band i would rather see. ever

i am a target

i wish i was in the bronx. and believe me that if i was this would be the last place on the internet i would come to promote my band. i've been reading this board for five years or more now and at times i find myself ashamed to be a pearl jam fan simply because i'm afraid that i might be associated with the likes of some of you. i truly hope none of the band members visit here. but if they did they would see middle aged dogmatic hippies stinking of pretense and self righteousness.

a perfect example is the thread involving someone who says he doesn't like neil young. because if eddie loves it then you better love it too!

somebodyelsessky2020

zeppelin with bonham or blind melon with hoon would be the only two bands i'd have to consider seeing instead of pearl jam if on the same night and maybe jane's addiction. it would be a really realy hard decision though i'd probably choose zeppelin. blind melon could open, fuck that would be a dream show.