Best bands before Pearl Jam

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  • kenny olav
    kenny olav Posts: 3,319
    The only bands I remember listening to before PJ were...

    Van Halen
    Queen
    Def Leppard
    Aerosmith
    Guns n Roses
    Metallica
    Queensryche

    and also U2...

    and my parents' LPs and 8-tracks of The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, Cat Stevens, Bruce Springsteen
  • The Akkus
    The Akkus Posts: 1,095
    My favorite bands before I heard PJ for the first time were Guns n Roses, Skid Row and Slayer.... Alive changed everything.
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  • Katyz
    Katyz Posts: 838
    Pink Floyd
    Beatles
    Stones
    Who
    Rush
    Queen - they were showmen!
    Uncle Neil
    Three Crooked Hearts


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  • fox_mulderX
    fox_mulderX Posts: 1,134
    joy division, the replacements, the pogues, elvis costello, the jam, velvet underground
  • Staggering Genius
    Staggering Genius Posts: 169
    I love Pink Floyd.
    Well, fuckers, he still stands.
  • PJ88
    PJ88 Posts: 1,074
    The Doors, The Smiths, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Cure.
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,799
    Metallica
    Led Zeppelin
    Iron Maiden
    Beastie Boys
    REM
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    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
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  • 0omeadowo0
    0omeadowo0 Posts: 57
    janis joplin/big brother&the holding company

    the doors
    black sabbath
    the who
    bob dylan
    queen
    the cure
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  • PearlJamaholic
    PearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
    fox_mulderX wrote:
    joy division, the replacements, the pogues, elvis costello, the jam, velvet underground

    the mats. westerberg is so underrated.
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  • pink1969
    pink1969 Posts: 245
    add to the list

    sex pistols
    black flag

    but floyd was definetly my fav band before I first heard PJ.
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    The Beatles.

    I'll also throw in Led Zeppelin, The Who, U2, The Rolling Stones, and The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
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  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,129
    The Doors
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  • pjamaholic
    pjamaholic Posts: 1,225
    Queen. Zeppelin. Pink Floyd. U2. The Doors. And a band who made in big in the late 70s and early 80s - 10cc.
  • pjamaholic
    pjamaholic Posts: 1,225
    Another couple to add: Dire Straits and the Police.
  • Arthur Digby Sellers
    Arthur Digby Sellers Posts: 259
    I guess all the bands mentioned are great bands, but someone needs to put Fugazi on the list.
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  • crazygeo
    crazygeo Posts: 2,380
    The Beatles.

    I'll also throw in Led Zeppelin, The Who, U2, The Rolling Stones, and The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

    I kinda see it that way too.....
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  • stargirl69
    stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    Pink Floyd
    Rush
    Lynyrd Skynyrd
    U2
    R.E.M.
    The Smiths
    The Stone Roses
    The Clash
    Led Zeppelin
    Jimi Hendrix
    The Black Crowes
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  • crazygeo
    crazygeo Posts: 2,380
    Rush

    Agreed...see them all the time
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    • 2008-06-19• 2009-10-27 2009-10-28 •2009-10-30
    • 2009-10-31

    *Tres Mts 2011-03-23
    *Eddie Vedder 2011-06-25
    - 2013-10-21
    - 2013=10-22
    -2016 -04-28
    -2016 -04-29

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