Young fans?

samnation
samnation Los Angeles, CA Posts: 277
edited May 2008 in The Porch
Pardon my n00b status, but I was curious if anyone had any idea if Pearl Jam was getting any newer, young fans coming into the fold. I'm mid-30s and have been listening to the band for years of course, but are "kids today" getting into quality music like PJ at all? I'd like to think the band's fanbase is still growing.
Sam
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  • SomethingCreative
    SomethingCreative Kazoo, MI Posts: 3,415
    I'm 20 (does that make me a kid still?) I know very few people younger than me that have even heard of PJ....its a damn shame... I try to speard the jam as much as I can
    "Well, I think this band is incapable of sucking."
    -my dad after hearing Not for You for the first time on SNL .
  • CHANGEinWAVES
    CHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    my cousin is 16..and I have schooled her in the ways of Pearl Jam....she has other friends around her age who also like PJ...so there is hope out there :)
    "I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
  • RyeGuy
    RyeGuy Posts: 215
    i'm 20
    "Makes much more sense to live in the present tense." Ed Ved

    "No one cares about climbing stairs, Nothing at the top no more." Chris Cornell
  • einatshaul
    einatshaul Posts: 2,219
    I was very happy to see so many teens come all the way from Israel to see them in Europe last summer... Yeah, so young and know what's good for them... More and more joining the Israeli PJ club all the time... Take that Stone!
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  • Murderers.
    Murderers. Posts: 1,382
    I'm 17.
    What the fuck is this world?
  • bovy_j
    bovy_j Posts: 1,008
    I'm 19. :)
  • Doodah972
    Doodah972 Posts: 146
    im 16, and most of my friends like pearl jam.
    "I changed by not changing at all"
  • samnation
    samnation Los Angeles, CA Posts: 277
    Thanks! That's good to hear.

    One more question, there is a lot of talk in the media about how the younger generation has ditched CDs in favor of downloads and digital media. Do you think PJ would get more of a younger crowd if they had a larger digital operation? I don't know what that would be exactly but I wonder if that is an essential part of today's music biz. Not overdoing it of course, but just something more substantial.

    It's just kinda weird to think that the band and even myself are moving into what might be considered an "older crowd" and old media category.
    Sam
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    i'm an old fart but have the mentality of a 15 year old.....if that helps


    hehehehehehe......:D
  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    samnation wrote:
    Pardon my n00b status, but I was curious if anyone had any idea if Pearl Jam was getting any newer, young fans coming into the fold. I'm mid-30s and have been listening to the band for years of course, but are "kids today" getting into quality music like PJ at all? I'd like to think the band's fanbase is still growing.


    My 14 yr old nephew told me today that he likes Pearl Jam.

    Huge smile on my face. :D
  • Got Some If You Need It
    Got Some If You Need It Posts: 435
    i'm 19 most people i know hate pearl jam. got my 14 year old brother into them big time though. younger people ALL like last kiss and betterman though
    PJ: Hartford 6/27/08 Mansfield 6/30/08 Philly 3 Oct. 30 2009
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  • JaneNY
    JaneNY Posts: 4,438
    I homegrew one and started taking her to shows when she was 8. She is now almost 14 - she'll go with me to MSG and Hartford. I don't know if she'd have discovered them herself though - they're all busy listening to MCR and Paramore. My older offspring likes them too and will be going with me to Camden (she's 18).
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  • EddiesGuitarGirl
    EddiesGuitarGirl Posts: 96
    im 17, been a fan since i was about 13.
    most people that i know only like evenflow and thats because its on guitar hero. then they say otherwise pearl jam sucks. its funny because theyve never even heard the best stuff.
    Adge
    12.9.06= Rockin In The Free World
  • Murderers.
    Murderers. Posts: 1,382
    wilmack88 wrote:
    i'm 19 most people i know hate pearl jam. got my 14 year old brother into them big time though. younger people ALL like last kiss and betterman though
    I don't like Last Kiss.
    What the fuck is this world?
  • odyssey1013
    odyssey1013 Posts: 35
    17 here. I've been into Pearl Jam ever since I can remember. A lot of my friends have heard of them but they're too engrossed with the contemporary rock stuff like Panic at the disco and whatever else is on MTV and Fuse. (blegh)
  • triangleman12
    triangleman12 Posts: 193
    Great to see all you "kids" into Pearl Jam! Here's a laugh for you. I was at a bar last night watching your typical alterna-rock cover band with a friend and his stepson who recently turned 21. The band started singing "Everlong" and the kid turns to me and says, "Isn't this by that Foo Fighter band?" :)
  • TT98
    TT98 Posts: 137
    odyssey1013 wrote:
    17 here. I've been into Pearl Jam ever since I can remember. A lot of my friends have heard of them but they're too engrossed with the contemporary rock stuff like Panic at the disco and whatever else is on MTV and Fuse. (blegh)

    yea im 21 and just about everyone I know thats around my age or younger are into that music. When I got Eddie Vedder tickets I Had to ask 4 people before someone didnt say "Whos eddie vedder?" And when I say hes lead of PJ the only song they can think of PJ doing is last kiss. Its all MTV's fault in my mind.
  • triangleman12
    triangleman12 Posts: 193
    Turcotte98 wrote:
    Its all MTV's fault in my mind.

    . . . and commericial radio! Two words . . . Nickel Back! Wait, that's one word . . . how about Nickelback and Creed :)
  • finnannie
    finnannie Posts: 1,186
    I'm 21 - and I've been a fan for few years now. Hopefully next year I can fianlly go and see them live for the first time. :D I live in Finland..
    Won't let the light escape from me.
    Won't let the darkness swallow me.
  • MILKwasAbadChoice
    MILKwasAbadChoice Posts: 285
    I am 23 and have been to a crap ton of shows. luckily i have really cool parents who took me to shows in 98 and then we travelled for shows in 2000 when I was 16. Great times. good memories. looks like the hartford show on the 27th will be my 25th show.
    98- 9/8.9/10.9/11
    00- 8/3, 8/4, 9/1.9/2
    03- 4/28. 7/8. 7/9. 7/14
    04- 10/1
    05- 10/3
    06- 5/4!!!!, 5/12. 5/13. 5/27, 5/28, 6/1, 6/3
    08- 6/19, 6/20, 6/22, 6/25, 6/27, 8/4

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