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  • PJForceofNature
    PJForceofNature Posts: 3,087
    Neil Young, Springsteen and Wilco
    However, PJ are number one, and the only ones I would travel far to see! :D
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 51,736
    Joseph Arthur
    Fugazi
    Bob Dylan
    Led Zeppelin
    (I could add at least 3 more but it seems like overkill)

    Fortunately for my bank account, two of them aren't going to cost me concert ticket money, and the rest never come around anyway. :P Pretty sure that, unless I get rich, I wouldn't travel to see any other than PJ, just because I don't know of any good fan parties connected to the others. :D If it weren't for the parties and the people from the boards who I want to meet, there is no way I'd travel for PJ either.
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  • korn-1
    korn-1 Los Angeles, transplanted from Chicago Posts: 930
    I'd say these days PJ is my only real music obsession. I still follow a lot of bands and try to see them whenever I get the chance tho. Some of the bands I've been pretty crazy about in the past...
    Nine Inch Nails
    Korn
    Alice In Chains
    Everclear
    Marilyn Manson
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me
  • rockpants
    rockpants BC Posts: 838
    Matthew Good
    Manic Street Preachers
    The Catherine Wheel
    XTC
    Talk Talk
    "Weird Al" Yankovic
  • papa_pearls_jam.pj20
    papa_pearls_jam.pj20 Chicago USA Posts: 2,142
    I'd have to say the only "obsession" I have musically these days is Pearl Jam or any artist associated with PJ. I've got about sixty four days (+118GB) of music on my iPod and I listen to Pearl Jam almost exclusively, save for a couple of days when I just take a break.

    Here are my obsessions throughout the years.

    Pre-teen through early adolescent - The Beatles, KISS, Led Zeppelin, The Who

    Teenage through early adult - Rush, Yes, Kansas, Pink Floyd

    Middle adult - Counting Crows

    Now - Pearl Jam, EV, Mad Season, Brad, Neil Young, Rush, Gary Clark Jr., Stevie Ray Vaughn
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 51,736
    korn-1 wrote:
    I'd say these days PJ is my only real music obsession. I still follow a lot of bands and try to see them whenever I get the chance tho. Some of the bands I've been pretty crazy about in the past...
    Nine Inch Nails
    Korn
    Alice In Chains
    Everclear
    Marilyn Manson
    Yeah, NIN is awesome... hoping they announce a show for Vancouver. Maybe if I see them live I can upgrade them to my music obsession list.
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  • Brandon
    Brandon Posts: 157
    Jack White!
  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,292
    i could never decide who could/would be # 1 because it changes as time passes
    there could never ever be one overall winner
    i'm obsessed with all good music
    it's clearly out of control
  • PJStatTracker
    PJStatTracker Posts: 2,400
    I'm not about to make an app for any other band, but other bands I love:

    Arcade Fire
    Grandaddy
    Built To Spill
    old school Guns N Roses
    Radiohead

    bunch more, but I love pretty much anything by those guys
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  • Big Bank Hank
    Big Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    this would be a good thread to keep going and anytime we hear a song that we thing is cool to post it in this thread, here's one I heard the other night when I was seeing what else was on my XM, the lyrics are very Vedderesque even though it is Reggae, it is recorded from 7" Vinyl

    African Brothers - Hold Tight 1970
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZetKuR4aSuU
  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,234
    Brandon wrote:
    Jack White!
    ABSOLUTELY! :D
    Very addicted to JWIII, WS, and all things TMR!
  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    I've been listening to a lot of van morrison recently (as someone mentioned previously) and i've seen foo fighters, nin & soundgarden in concert in recent years, but none of it comes anywhere even remotely close to pj. I did recently get to see AWOLNATION in atlantic city, they put on a great show. They're a pretty new band so obviously it's nowhere near pj's caliber, but i think they have the potential to get there if they grow well. it's a similar energy as pj shows, where you can just sort of see that the majority of the crowd is really feeling it. a fight had broken out in the pit and the lead singer guy threatened to come down and kick their asses himself if they pulled some shit like that again lol. very entertaining, overall.
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  • Citizen Zack
    Citizen Zack Posts: 1,763
    I love lots of music, but the obsession level only reaches Pearl Jam and The Avett Brothers. Actually, if I'm being totally honest, the Avett Brothers are probably sneaking past PJ at this point. It's probably due to touring habits. I've seen the Avetts 4 times in the last year, all within driving distance of my home. I haven't seen PJ in 3 years and even then I had to fly across the country. I also discovered and fell in love with the Avetts alongside my wife. PJ is "my" band, but the Avett Brothers are "ours."

    PJ and The Avett Brothers are the only two bands who I would travel to see, talk about online, and collect stuff from.
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  • Big Bank Hank
    Big Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    My Morning Jacket is very cool, wish they would play them on Pearl Jam radio once and a while

    Ed Vedder & My Morning Jacket - "It Makes No Difference" [Live in Pistoia, Italy, 09/20/2006]
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_qV_099kAM&list=PL9A00F7314885A11C&index=85
  • korn-1
    korn-1 Los Angeles, transplanted from Chicago Posts: 930
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    Yeah, NIN is awesome... hoping they announce a show for Vancouver. Maybe if I see them live I can upgrade them to my music obsession list.

    I just got my friday ticket for Lollapalooza... Nails, QOTSA, and Band of Horses!
    I saw Nails back-to-back nights at the Aragon in Chicago a few years back, between shows I slept on the pavement in an alley between the venue and a bar to assure my self good positioning in the pit... so yeah I'd say I was a little obsessed.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me
  • YLed2
    YLed2 Posts: 5,534
    Nothing comes remotely close to the level of PJ, but some of the other artists and bands whose music I've related to and really gotten into:

    1.) Van Morrison (simply one of the most talented musicians and song writers of our time. A ton of songs and they are all great)
    2.) Rolling Stones (enough said)
    3.) Otis Redding (another extremely talented and gifted artist who some could argue broke the barrier back in the day for a lot of the artists we have seen today. Such a shame this world lost such a gifted talent at an early age. Dock Of The Bay easily one of the greatest songs of all time. Thank you Steve Cropper.)
    4.) Led Zeppelin (enough said)
    5.) Guns N Roses (say what you will about this band and Axl Rose, but talk about a band who changed the game. Listen to Appetite For Destruction and tell me you don't agree)
    6.) Incubus (used to listen to them a ton. Great stuff with an obscure sound and they've been around for a while now. Listen to their Morning View album, it's fantastic. Their first 3 albums are really good.)
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  • voidofman
    voidofman Posts: 4,009
    Metallica
    Wu-Tang Clan
    Link Wray
    rage against the machine
    Cypress Hill
    Soundgarden
    Alice In Chains
  • Massara133
    Massara133 Stettler AB Canada Posts: 433
    Tragically Hip
    Tool
    John Butler Trio
    Anything Jack White
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  • Suziemay
    Suziemay Posts: 11,168
    Anything Chris Cornell touches :D
  • mbangel10
    mbangel10 Posts: 548
    reflexive_trombone wrote:
    Mike Patton.

    I second this one. I can't think of any other artist remotely like him. His projects are so varied and no matter what genre of music he's working in, the results are usually pretty amazing.
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