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MFC9289MFC9289 Posts: 144
edited November 2008 in The Porch
Was there any reason Eddie had short hair and absolutely no facial hair back in like 2002/2003? I heard somewhere it was a support the troops sort of thing. Comments? I think it's just not him.
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    youngsteryoungster Boston Posts: 6,574
    The facial hair is fairly new. I think it started in 04 or so. He had it for a little bit in 2000 but not long and I don't ever remember seeing him with facial hair in the 90's. But the short hair was a surprise at the time. The other guys can get away with it but it seems the long hair works on Eddie. Facial hair optional.
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    mbangel10mbangel10 Posts: 548
    He had short hair because he had to shave his head post mohawk.
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    LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    MFC9289 wrote:
    Was there any reason Eddie had short hair and absolutely no facial hair back in like 2002/2003? I heard somewhere it was a support the troops sort of thing. Comments? I think it's just not him.
    Is there any reason any of us have short hair?

    There's your answer..


    He cut his hair short right after the 2000 tour (see Neil Finn 2001 video), so I doubt it had anything to do with the war.
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    smile05smile05 Posts: 600
    MFC9289 wrote:
    Was there any reason Eddie had short hair and absolutely no facial hair back in like 2002/2003? I heard somewhere it was a support the troops sort of thing. Comments? I think it's just not him.

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    Back_PedalBack_Pedal Posts: 1,171
    He wanted to look like a middle-aged bowler instead of a kick ass rocker.
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    MFC9289MFC9289 Posts: 144
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    Is there any reason any of us have short hair?


    Well he had never had short hair before...and grew it back out long afterwards, so i thought there could be a possibility that he did it for a reason...


    and i read in an interview somewhere that he was explaining something, and he said "hence the haircut" but i don't recall his reason. i might be making that up too.
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    LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    MFC9289 wrote:
    Well he had never had short hair before...and grew it back out long afterwards, so i thought there could be a possibility that he did it for a reason...


    and i read in an interview somewhere that he was explaining something, and he said "hence the haircut" but i don't recall his reason. i might be making that up too.
    He cut it fairly short in '97 after No Code tour. http://pearl-jam.com/pictures/evbw2/evbwbust.jpg
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    MFC9289MFC9289 Posts: 144
    Back_Pedal wrote:
    He wanted to look like a middle-aged bowler instead of a kick ass rocker.

    Hahaha, you hit the nail on the head, I was trying to figure out what it is he looked like.
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    LiteTheMatchLiteTheMatch Posts: 1,179
    There's an interview I read, he says that he had the mohawk because he didn't want to give the impression in society that he was okay with the indiscriminate bombings that took place after september 11, 2001.





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    I wanted even strangers on the street who didn't know who I was to have that reaction. I felt I wanted to act out on some kind of rebellion."




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    Sexy2aFaultSexy2aFault Posts: 388
    He was going through his Dead Kennedy's phase. He looked just like that dude.

    The Mohawk was due to the war. He said that at the Ramones HOF induction
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    LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Sexy2aFault wrote:
    He was going through his Dead Kennedy's phase. He looked just like that dude.

    The Mohawk was due to the war. He said that at the Ramones HOF induction
    But he had the mohawk before the war. The war started during the '03 tour... I think it was, like said above, due to 9/11.
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    vedderfan10vedderfan10 Posts: 2,497
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    He cut it fairly short in '97 after No Code tour. http://pearl-jam.com/pictures/evbw2/evbwbust.jpg

    That's a wig (according to Lance Mercer)....looks like he was doing a Keith Moon sort of thing, with the yellow pant suit...

    I think the real reason he got the mohawk was personal... ;)
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    mavimavi Posts: 941
    I think I don't care.
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    HatredThrownDownHatredThrownDown Posts: 292
    mavi wrote:
    I think I don't care.
    i know i dont care.
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    GmoneyGmoney Posts: 1,618
    eddie has always had cool hair. even the blonde look was semi cool.
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    MFC9289MFC9289 Posts: 144
    mavi wrote:
    I think I don't care.

    Then don't post on the thread. No one's asking you to.
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    TallGuyCMTallGuyCM Posts: 328
    Gmoney wrote:
    eddie has always had cool hair. even the blonde look was semi cool.

    I really didn't care for the blonde, just didn't seem like him. It's ironic that Eddie put on one of the best shows of his career (Santa Barbara '03) with the worst hair choice of his career!
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    3days3days Posts: 1,152
    cropduster82 wrote:
    The facial hair is fairly new. I think it started in 04 or so. He had it for a little bit in 2000 but not long and I don't ever remember seeing him with facial hair in the 90's. But the short hair was a surprise at the time. The other guys can get away with it but it seems the long hair works on Eddie. Facial hair optional.
    He might've had it earlier, but the first time that I recall seeing him with facial hair was throughout the '00 Binaural tour. I saw him in '99 at the Tibetan Freedom Concert, and opening for The Who, and he didn't have facial hair then. His hair was also blonde in '99... we were surprised when he walked out on stage.
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    BinGnarlyBinGnarly Posts: 508
    My guess as to why Eddie changes his hair probably has something to do with the fact that he's human. I dont know just thought i'd throw that crazy idea out there.
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    youngsteryoungster Boston Posts: 6,574
    3days wrote:
    He might've had it earlier, but the first time that I recall seeing him with facial hair was throughout the '00 Binaural tour. I saw him in '99 at the Tibetan Freedom Concert, and opening for The Who, and he didn't have facial hair then. His hair was also blonde in '99... we were surprised when he walked out on stage.

    Yeah, the first time I saw the beard was on the TB 2000 DVD.
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    mavimavi Posts: 941
    MFC9289 wrote:
    Then don't post on the thread. No one's asking you to.
    Wow, slow down, feisty one. All the previous posts started with "I think" and I thought it was kind of funny, so I was just making a joke... not everybody has the same kind of humor, I guess.
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    OkOk Posts: 2,144
    mavi wrote:
    Wow, slow down, feisty one. All the previous posts started with "I think" and I thought it was kind of funny, so I was just making a joke... not everybody has the same kind of humor, I guess.

    All this hostility over Ed's hair...(ha ha ha)...can't we all just get along...he would get a kick out of this I think...
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    iamicaiamica Chicago Posts: 2,628
    It did seem odd for him to have short hair during the '03 tour. They all looked like middle aged computer programmers.
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    so-much-clearerso-much-clearer Posts: 303
    I liked the short hair. Since 2000 it's been my favorite look of his. Maybe if he got rid of the beard now I'd like his longer hair more... Ed, don't cover up your face so much!
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    finnanniefinnannie Posts: 1,186
    iamica wrote:
    It did seem odd for him to have short hair during the '03 tour. They all looked like middle aged computer programmers.

    hahhhhahahhh :D lmao

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    HatredThrownDownHatredThrownDown Posts: 292
    i wonder if ed shaves his sak.
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    FatalFatal Posts: 821
    cropduster82 wrote:
    Yeah, the first time I saw the beard was on the TB 2000 DVD.

    Isn't Ed sporting a beard in one of the No Code album pics? I think that was the first time i saw a pic of him with the beard.
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    Rjonesrm20Rjonesrm20 Posts: 380
    HatredThrownDown wrote:
    i wonder if ed shaves his sak.


    that made me laugh so f'n hard.....nice!
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    yellowled24yellowled24 Posts: 3,118
    BinGnarly wrote:
    My guess as to why Eddie changes his hair probably has something to do with the fact that he's human. I dont know just thought i'd throw that crazy idea out there.
    thats probably the most ridiculous theory I have ever heard. ;):D
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    SpencerSpencer Posts: 867
    Ed's looked like a homeless dude begging for change since 2005; the long-straggly hair on balding, time-weathered rocker isn't such a great look...

    He just can't pull off the longer hair anymore, I'm afraid. He's definitely receding at his temples and he just looks like some middle-aged dude trying to be hip.

    He should definitely go short again, 2003-style. That's when he looked his best in the last five years.
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