So old are you?

fenceface
fenceface Posts: 37
edited March 2011 in The Porch
So when did you first listen to pearl jam?

18, I was born in 89, I was first aware of them with the song daughter in 93, but to be real honest the ones that had my interest were NIRVANA,Soundgarden, and Meat Puppets.

well what can I say I was a young kid with a music and i could not digest all of thoses at the sametime lol. around 97 when grunge was actually considered dead thats when i was all cought up with the rest of the scene lol.

edited: yeah my dad was in the 20's and was into that music at the time so thats how I know everything lol.
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  • Dr. Delight
    Dr. Delight Posts: 11,210
    I started masturbating around 1989.
    And so you see, I have come to doubt
    All that I once held as true
    I stand alone without beliefs
    The only truth I know is you.
  • NYbenben
    NYbenben Posts: 1,020
    WOW... i first saw them when you were 3! i have been a fan since 91 but saw them in 92 for the same time. i am now 37 yrs old...
    4/12/92, 8/11/92, 9/28/96, 9/11/98, 8/23/00, 8/24/00, 7/9/03, 4/30/03, 10/1/04, 10/3/05, 12/9/05, 5/12/06, 5/17/06, 5/28/06, 6/3/06, 12/9/06, EV LA 4/12-4/13/08, 6/12/08, 6,19,08, 6,20,08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 7/1/08

    and still jonesing for another show....
    "the waiting drove me mad..."
  • fenceface
    fenceface Posts: 37
    thats cool, and haha at the one with the jerking off remark lol.
  • Pegasus
    Pegasus Posts: 3,754
    Dr. Delight wrote:
    I started masturbating around 1989.
    kids :rolleyes:
    I started Uni, got my driving licence and the right to vote in 1989! (been drinking, legally, for a lot longer though :p)
  • Westernsky
    Westernsky Posts: 363
    I started highschool 88/89 and saw my first show when I was seventeen... I think you were 3.

    Fuck, I'm old. :D
  • GraySaturday
    GraySaturday Posts: 2,878
    I first got into PJ when I was 10/11ish..

    Vs. was released on Oct 19th, 1993, which was my 10th birthday.

    I'm 24 now
  • SPALMA
    SPALMA Posts: 2,279
    1994.. I was 37,
    "I don't want to hear any splatty tongues!"
    J.M., Jr. High Band Teacher

    I raise my Freak Flag High!!
  • SomethingCreative
    SomethingCreative Kazoo, MI Posts: 3,412
    fenceface wrote:


    edited: yeah my dad was in the 20's and was into that music at the time so thats how I know everything lol.


    same here...except I'm 20...I went through a pop punk phase and my dad got sick of it and bought be live on 2 legs for christmas...been totally hooked ever since
    "Well, I think this band is incapable of sucking."
    -my dad after hearing Not for You for the first time on SNL .
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    i got into PJ sometime in 1991-92. i remember seeing the "Alive" video and thinking to myself, "this is important, i need to buy this". i was around 11 at the time. side note: this is before the "Jeremy" craze started because i know for a fact i owned the cassette when i saw the premire on MTV.

    buying Ten sorta led me to other big artists at the time.. i have to give MTV alot of credit too. w/out them i would never have listened to some of the stuff i got into later on.

    i bought every PJ album the day it was released ever since regardless of where i was or what i was doing. the day a new PJ record comes out is a big day for me. i remember requesting off work, it is an event for me.

    quick edit: my dad raised me on The Who, Neil Young and Springsteen so it was sorta cool that i could talk to my dad about my favorite band and cite their influences... you know, point them out in interviews and show it to him. i love Pearl Jam.
  • wolfbear
    wolfbear Posts: 3,965
    I got into PJ when Ten first came out. Loved all the music then after not too much of the late 70's and early 80's. I was 36 then and 52 now. :)
    "I'd rather be with an animal." "Those that can be trusted can change their mind." "The in between is mine." "If I don't lose control, explore and not explode, a preternatural other plane with the power to maintain." "Yeh this is living." "Life is what you make it."
  • fenceface
    fenceface Posts: 37
    awesome keep the stories coming.
  • Mrs.Vedder78
    Mrs.Vedder78 Posts: 4,585
    I saw them for the first time in 1991, I was 13 and had no clue as to who they were and had never heard of them before, I saw them one night on vacation in NY and my cousins were sneaking me in the club that night :D

    When I heard Ed sing Garden... he put his spell on me.... so doing the math that was 16 years ago :) and you were two I believe, that just made me realize Im getting old!!!!! :( - LOL!
    "Without the album covers, where do you clean your pot?" - EV
  • nuzpaper
    nuzpaper Posts: 211
    I'm 30 next sunday

    I remember when 10 was released I wasn't really a fan. I was into heavier stuff like slayer and still riding the Gun n Roses train. When vs was release i started to take a listen. Once I saw them live it sealed the deal and haven't looked back since. Best live band I've ever seen!!
    Toronto 96, Barrie 98, Toronto 00, Toronto 03, Ottawa 05, Toronto 05, Toronto 06, Toronto 06, Denver 06, Denver 06, Chicago 07, New York 08, New York 08...I'm just getting started
  • Mrs.Vedder78
    Mrs.Vedder78 Posts: 4,585
    fenceface wrote:
    So when did you first listen to pearl jam?

    18, I was born in 89, I was first aware of them with the song daughter in 93, but to be real honest the ones that had my interest were NIRVANA,Soundgarden, and Meat Puppets.

    well what can I say I was a young kid with a music and i could not digest all of thoses at the sametime lol. around 97 when grunge was actually considered dead thats when i was all cought up with the rest of the scene lol.

    edited: yeah my dad was in the 20's and was into that music at the time so thats how I know everything lol.

    I'm 29 years old...

    I can totally see a kid so young into that kind of music...
    My sons are 8, 6 and 3 and they all sing Pearl Jam songs, know every band member name, and are inquisitive about the music we love..
    "Without the album covers, where do you clean your pot?" - EV
  • fenceface
    fenceface Posts: 37
    Mrs_Vedder78 wrote:
    I can totally see a kid so young into that kind of music...
    My sons are 8, 6 and 3 and they all sing Pearl Jam songs, know every band member name, and are inquisitive about the music we love..

    wow, cool thanks, i know some older nirvana fans act like jerks when i tell that story about me and nirvana.
  • skinnylegs
    skinnylegs Posts: 112
    Yes, old I is.
    "Those who dance are called insane by people who don't hear the music."
  • Dylan Stone
    Dylan Stone Posts: 1,145
    skinnylegs wrote:
    Yes, old I is.

    Noooooooooooooo..... :)
  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,119
    I became a fan in 96 when I saw them for the first time and I'm 30.
    www.RLMcDaniel.com

    1996: Ft Lauderdale
    1998: Birmingham
    2000: Charlotte, Tampa
    2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
    2004: Kissimmee
    2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
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  • tremorvoid
    tremorvoid Posts: 528
    fenceface wrote:
    So when did you first listen to pearl jam?

    18, I was born in 89, I was first aware of them with the song daughter in 93, but to be real honest the ones that had my interest were NIRVANA,Soundgarden, and Meat Puppets.

    well what can I say I was a young kid with a music and i could not digest all of thoses at the sametime lol. around 97 when grunge was actually considered dead thats when i was all cought up with the rest of the scene lol.

    edited: yeah my dad was in the 20's and was into that music at the time so thats how I know everything lol.

    ummm...yeah...you were 4 years old when you got into pj....okay. and you were 8 when you got into the grunge scene...okay. stop trying to be older than you are man. but thanks for the laugh
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  • daryl jam
    daryl jam Posts: 104
    born '75
    heard e-flo in '91 at age 15
    saw them live first in '05 at age 30
    now 32 and awaiting my next PJ show very patiently
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