Classic Rock Magazine - Pearl Jam 'Ten' special

boyo79 · May 2011

I don't know if anyone has already mentioned this but in this months Classic Rock mag there is a free special mag "Pearl Jam 20th Anniversary Special: The Making Of Ten"

http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news ... le-now-14/

Kloddz · May 2011

Cool, will have to pick that mag up somewhere! Sounds like a good read for my 3 hour train ride tonight.

PilateOfTheStorm · May 2011

aaaah looks like a good issue

will have to get it, some great stuff in there
thanks for sharing

boyo79 · May 2011

A friend told me yesterday, he'd bought the mag but didn't want the PJ mag with it so asked did I want it Then I saw the mag in HMV today. Its a fiver

tremors · May 2011

boyo79 wrote:

A friend told me yesterday, he'd bought the mag but didn't want the PJ mag with it so asked did I want it Then I saw the mag in HMV today. Its a fiver

Brilliant - I'll look out for that. Thanks

tremors · May 2011

Picked this up today from WHSmiths

Have just skimmed through so far, but looks very very cool! They've gone to some trouble - much better than most of the crap I've seen on Pearl Jam in music magazines here in the last number of years.

I'm not the world's best photographer, but have taken some snaps to give the impression - would be quite hard for me to photo the whole thing for people to read - I think it's about 20 pages.

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titchinello · May 2011

thanks for the heads up, will check it out next week

Owl · May 2011

I'd gladly send some money in if any of you, kind British people bought one copy for me, please.
I'd really like to have one of those. Anybody willing to do so?

tremors · May 2011

Owl wrote:

I'd gladly send some money in if any of you, kind British people bought one copy for me, please.
I'd really like to have one of those. Anybody willing to do so?

pm me your address, I'll get you one. That makes two orders now - I think that's my limit though!

PilateOfTheStorm · May 2011

oooh that looks cool, thanks for posting pictures tremors

will pick that up, hopefully the rest of the mag is good too

dimitrispearljam · May 2011

tremors wrote:

Owl wrote:

I'd gladly send some money in if any of you, kind British people bought one copy for me, please.
I'd really like to have one of those. Anybody willing to do so?

pm me your address, I'll get you one. That makes two orders now - I think that's my limit though!

tremors · May 2011

PilateOfTheStorm wrote:

oooh that looks cool, thanks for posting pictures tremors

will pick that up, hopefully the rest of the mag is good too

There's quite a lot of writing, and quite a few pictures of Eddie looking hot for you

. I've not had the chance to read it through yet - I think you need to read the story from start to finish for it to make sense.

The whole main 14 page piece is written by Mick Wall, who if I remember right has done at least one book on Pearl Jam, which I have definitely read, but probably about 15 years ago - so I can't remember much about it. I seem to remember it was one of the better books around back then, could be wrong though - you have probably read it, and more recently than me PilateOfTheStorm!

tremors · May 2011

dimitrispearljam wrote:

tremors wrote:

Owl wrote:

I'd gladly send some money in if any of you, kind British people bought one copy for me, please.
I'd really like to have one of those. Anybody willing to do so?

pm me your address, I'll get you one. That makes two orders now - I think that's my limit though!

See, us Brits do have our uses Dimi.

I will try and read through the whole thing tomorrow, and give you my verdict - it's pretty nice to pick up such a substantial piece on Pearl Jam in the mainstream UK music media though - really can't remember the last time that happened. PJ20 is obviously making some sort of impression.

Mikee J · May 2011

I'm gonna be in the UK the weekend of 4/5 June, recon it will still be in the shops then?

tremors · May 2011

Mikee J wrote:

I'm gonna be in the UK the weekend of 4/5 June, recon it will still be in the shops then?

Is possible - I don't know when it came out, but it is a monthly magazine and they have weird cycles don't they?

I was trying to think of where I knew the name of the writer Mick Wall from, and then remembered he was quite a prominent writer for magazines - writing about grunge, including Pearl Jam in the early 90s I think. I swear his name used to pop up a lot. Seems he is also the editor of Classic Rock magazine now. I will have to give his thing a proper read - I doubt it will say much that is not known to the rabid Pearl Jam fans here - but is probably a good thing to read for people who are not so obsessed with the band as we are!

SG Ghaz · May 2011

tremors wrote:

I was trying to think of where I knew the name of the writer Mick Wall from

GN'R - Get In The Ring

Anyway, I subscribe to CR, and it's a good read. Haven't gotten this issue yet, tho. And you can buy their issues here: http://www.myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/music/classic-rock-magazine-back-issues/Classic-Rock-Jul-11.html

tremors · May 2011

ScottRose wrote:

tremors wrote:

I was trying to think of where I knew the name of the writer Mick Wall from

GN'R - Get In The Ring

I googled him, I swear he used to write pieces about Pearl Jam for some of the US magazines too, like Rolling Stone, but I couldn't find much about that.

This is from his own website bio though, which I found funny:

1993 - 95
... RAW magazine, where I am roundly loathed by all the staff (bar the editor, my old mucker Jon Hotten) for daring to write stories that help the magazine sell enough copies to keep them all in jobs. They are all music fans and think they are somehow in the music business. They are not. They are in the magazine business - just.

Newch91 · May 2011

I'll have to check to see if Barnes and Noble got this. Thanks for posting this!

pdalowsky · May 2011

Mikee J wrote:

I'm gonna be in the UK the weekend of 4/5 June, recon it will still be in the shops then?

For sure, it only came out this week

pdalowsky · May 2011

As for the British press I was pretty stunned to see very very positive reviews in 4 magazines of ukulele songs - including kerrang and Q. Seems the writer of both has a huge respect for Eddie

danny · May 2011

its alright!

tremors · May 2011

Yeah, I read this last night - and whilst it was a pretty good read, and nice to read something 'in-depth' about Pearl Jam coming in the mainstream media, which is positive about the band and takes their legacy seriously, I had a few reservations.

Firstly, I think the title 'The Making of Ten' is a bit misleading - it is really a story about the band's formative years, coming together, going on to record Ten, and describing some of the experiences around that time - it doesn't really provide any new insights into the actual making of the album. It is probably not a bad thing to read for people who have an interest in Pearl Jam, but may not have read much about the formative years.

Secondly, I couldn't help thinking that in telling this story, it can't really compete with this amazing history from twofeethick: '1990: The Making of Pearl Jam' - a tft mini book.

http://www.twofeetthick.com/2010/10/199 ... mini-book/

So overall, my verdict is I am pleased to see something lengthy and atmospheric about Pearl Jam on the newstands - that is great - and it was an atmospheric read. People interested in this period though can find a lot of great stuff out there in the non commercial internet writing within the Pearl Jam website networks - not least this tft mini book above.

Good fun though

tremors · May 2011

pdalowsky wrote:

As for the British press I was pretty stunned to see very very positive reviews in 4 magazines of ukulele songs - including kerrang and Q. Seems the writer of both has a huge respect for Eddie

Yeah it's funny how the media here seem to go in waves - of falling in and out of love with Pearl Jam - and their reactions don't always seem to have much to do with the quality of the music at that time. I'm not saying that is the case here - I will look out for some of those reviews. I'm always pleased though when the British press give Pearl Jam and Eddie a fair shot - having been so hostile at certain times in the band's career.

Owl · May 2011

tremors wrote:

Owl wrote:

I'd gladly send some money in if any of you, kind British people bought one copy for me, please.
I'd really like to have one of those. Anybody willing to do so?

pm me your address, I'll get you one. That makes two orders now - I think that's my limit though!

Thanks a lot for your generous offer, tremors!
PM just sent

tremors wrote:

Secondly, I couldn't help thinking that in telling this story, it can't really compete with this amazing history from twofeethick: '1990: The Making of Pearl Jam' - a tft mini book.

http://www.twofeetthick.com/2010/10/199 ... mini-book/

That reminded me I had submitted my email to receive one of those and never seen anything.
Fortunately, the pdf file is still available.
Thanks a lot for your review and suggestions

boyo79 · May 2011

If anyone wants an extra copy PM me and I will pick it up tomorrow when I go to get Ed's album & dvd

titchinello · May 2011

just picked mine up yesterday, but just wanted to say also, in the main magazine did anyone spot the eddie vedders song, think it was dream a little dream is number 3 on their heavy rotation playlist. nothing important, just wanted to say.

morello · June 2011

Hey so is this the June mag? I went into the mag shop here today & the latest mag they had was May I think & jeez, I can't remember what it had on the cover but it was like in a cardboard envelope & there wasn't a bonus mag. I guess it might take a couple of weeks to get here, I'll check again later.

tremors · June 2011

morello wrote:

Hey so is this the June mag? I went into the mag shop here today & the latest mag they had was May I think & jeez, I can't remember what it had on the cover but it was like in a cardboard envelope & there wasn't a bonus mag. I guess it might take a couple of weeks to get here, I'll check again later.

According to the cover it is the 'July 2011' mag. It has Maiden on the cover, and comes in a sealed bag, which has PJ references quite prominently. You'll know it when you see it!

morello · June 2011

tremors wrote:

morello wrote:

Hey so is this the June mag? I went into the mag shop here today & the latest mag they had was May I think & jeez, I can't remember what it had on the cover but it was like in a cardboard envelope & there wasn't a bonus mag. I guess it might take a couple of weeks to get here, I'll check again later.

According to the cover it is the 'July 2011' mag. It has Maiden on the cover, and comes in a sealed bag, which has PJ references quite prominently. You'll know it when you see it!

Ah cool. Thnx.

PilateOfTheStorm · June 2011

i read it last night

he got eddie's birthday wrong!

but it was a cool read, some cool pictures too

demetrios · June 2011

*ordered!!!

Classic Rock Magazine - Pearl Jam 'Ten' special

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