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  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    The No Code Tour that never happened...
    In the spring of 1997, Pearl Jam planned on more touring in support of No Code across the U.S. and Canada. Probably not too different in how they divided the Backspacer tour between 2009 and 2010. Anyways, the tour subsequently got pushed back to the summer of '97. Then, obviously, the whole thing got scrapped. The reason being Jack Irons wasn't mentally ready to tackle another tour. And we all know the rest of the story- they stayed home and took their time to record another album, with such hits as 'The Color Red' and 'Hummus.'
  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    Eddie's very first guitar was a Memphis Les Paul copy when he was 11 or 12, but his "first real guitar" was a Telecaster bought while working at a drugstore. It is now referred to as "EV Electric Uketar" because it's strung as a ukulele. You can hear it on Riot Act's "Can't Keep'" and Lost Dogs' "4/20/02".
  • TheGhost
    TheGhost Posts: 540
    I read somewhere that "Go" was inspired by Eddie's old truck failing on him. Always made me love the song more.
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  • aurynsdad
    aurynsdad Posts: 863
    TheGhost wrote:
    I read somewhere that "Go" was inspired by Eddie's old truck failing on him. Always made me love the song more.

    That actually makes a ton of sense.
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  • narnia
    narnia Posts: 635
    pleatherman wrote:
    Ever wonder the origin of the scar on Mike McCready's forehead? Came courtesy of Mr. EV!
    From an interview circa 2001

    MM: That was when Pearl Jam was playing in San Francisco about seven years ago and I was really high on mushrooms, and I went running into Eddie and we started tumbling and rolling around on the stage and he smacked me on the head with the mic.

    DA: On purpose?

    MM: He might have on purpose. I'm sure I was playing badly out of key that night. I got up and there was just massive blood coming down my face. I never really got it taken care of because I was tripping out.

    Wow! I'm surprised that didn't happen more often in the early days. I was just watching PinkPop and Ed was swinging the mic stand around and almost smashed Jeff. :o
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  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,995
    Matt Cameron was the first-ever drummer for Queens of the Stone Age
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  • TheGhost
    TheGhost Posts: 540
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    Matt Cameron was the first-ever drummer for Queens of the Stone Age
    Matt Cameron was in"Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" singing a song called.... what was it?.... something like "puberty blues"? Anyone?
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  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    Matt Cameron was the first-ever drummer for Queens of the Stone Age
    That's cool. And the first QOTSA album was on Stone's Loosegrove label.
    TheGhost wrote:
    I read somewhere that "Go" was inspired by Eddie's old truck failing on him. Always made me love the song more.
    I read that from a Dave A. quote in the book/hatchet job "Five Against One" after he asked Eddie what the song was about. Based on their relationship, I wonder if he was telling Dave the truth or not.
  • ceska
    ceska New York Posts: 1,137
    Guitarhero27 wrote:
    Owner of a Lonely Heart and another Beatles song (not I've got a Feeling) were also rehearsed and recorded during the infamous "1st week recording sessions" commonly referred to as the 10/13/90 demo tape.

    Well that explains the joke in the latest Deep newsletter, about what rare songs one guy in the band might want to play.
  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    Eddie Vedder introduced the world to Foo Fighters.
    No matter how it happened, Foo Fighters would have blown up regardless. But thanks to Eddie, the tidal wave hit early. So before Dave Grohl decided to make up a fake band name to try and avoid any preconceptions and attention a solo album (which is what the first FF record really was) from a former Nirvana drummer would receive, Eddie mentioned his song "Alone + Easy Tarrget" in an interview with Spin. At the time, those recordings had no commercial release and were just handed out to friends and such. Not long after, during the Self-Pollution radio broadcast, Ed premiered to the masses Grohl's new project by playing the cover song "Gas Chamber" and an original "Exhausted" (my favorite) a good 6 months before the single's release. As a result, the bidding war began. Suddenly, record labels were pretty much tripping over one another to sign him (or "them" once Grohl turned FF into a real band).
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  • ST279453
    ST279453 Posts: 195
    TheGhost wrote:
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    Matt Cameron was the first-ever drummer for Queens of the Stone Age
    Matt Cameron was in"Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" singing a song called.... what was it?.... something like "puberty blues"? Anyone?


    "Puberty Love"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsxwwhJ6GrY
  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    Matt Cameron has been drumming for Pearl Jam 15+ years, and yet it took about 4 years later until he became a full-fledged member. Despite being asked to permanently join back in 1998, Matt opted out and only committed for an album/tour cycle (this would be the Binaural era). As much as he enjoyed playing with them, he did not have much interest in being a constant part of another "big" band after Soundgarden broke up. He was a bit more content on a smaller scale with Wellwater Conspiracy. It wasn't until the time of Riot Act that it was announced he was the permanent drummer for PJ. And thank goodness for that!
  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    'Gimme Some Truth' was the song Eddie originally planned on performing for "America: A Tribute to Heroes" as a statement against the political climate post-9/11. In the end, however, he decided to take part in the healing process with 'Long Road.'
  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    For anyone that has never been completely won over by the song 'Bushleaguer', know this- that is not the original version! Before the spoken-word verses were recorded, there existed a different "singing" version with a strong vocal melody. Unfortunately, Eddie found it too catchy and it was unceremoniously dismissed in favor of what became the album track.
  • smanchac1
    smanchac1 Posts: 2,256
    pleatherman wrote:
    For anyone that has never been completely won over by the song 'Bushleaguer', know this- that is not the original version! Before the spoken-word verses were recorded, there existed a different "singing" version with a strong vocal melody. Unfortunately, Eddie found it too catchy and it was unceremoniously dismissed in favor of what became the album track.


    Anyone know where I can hear this??
  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    edited November 2013
    smanchac1 wrote:
    pleatherman wrote:
    For anyone that has never been completely won over by the song 'Bushleaguer', know this- that is not the original version! Before the spoken-word verses were recorded, there existed a different "singing" version with a strong vocal melody. Unfortunately, Eddie found it too catchy and it was unceremoniously dismissed in favor of what became the album track.


    Anyone know where I can hear this??

    As far as I know, you can't. I only know of its existence because it was mentioned in a couple interviews with Jeff. But, on the other hand, I'm always the last person to know when something leaks.
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  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    Eddie Vedder was attached to a movie soundtrack 10 years prior to "Into the Wild".
    The weird thing is the movie would have been called "Black Pearl." Side note: the film has not been made. From 'Variety' back in January 1997. I included the entire article but the relevant info is contained in the last sentence.

    "FORCING ‘BLACK PEARL’: Count Mark Hamill among those surprised at the strong reaction to Friday’s reissue of George Lucas’s “Star Wars.” “During lunch at his ranch, George dropped the bombshell that it was happening, and I don’t know if I kept a poker face, but I thought, what a terrible idea. How do you release a movie that never went away?” Hamill recalled.

    Though Lucas told Hamill years ago he’d have a job around 2011 in a third “Star Wars” trilogy, Luke Skywalker’s hoping the pic will pay more immediate dividends. Hamill’s trying to secure financing for “Black Pearl,” a low-budget film he’ll direct from a script he co-wrote with Eric Johnson. It’s based on a popular Dark Horse comic se-ries written by Hamill. A disillusioned court reporter turns vigilante, complete with a ridiculous superhero cos-tume.

    “It’s Travis Bickle lite, a thriller with humor inherent in the subject matter. It’s basically a tragic story like ‘Fargo’ riddled with laughs that catch in your throat because they’re so awful.”

    It’s being shepherded by his attorney, Bob Lange, and Charlie Lippincott, who directed marketing for the original “Star Wars” and will be the producer. He’s leaning on friends and former “Star Wars” colleagues for help and if the force is with him, Hamill will have Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder doing the music. That’s because Vedder and his boyhood pals used to visit Hamill during his Skywalker days."
  • teeman
    teeman Posts: 337
    pleatherman wrote:
    'Gimme Some Truth' was the song Eddie originally planned on performing for "America: A Tribute to Heroes" as a statement against the political climate post-9/11. In the end, however, he decided to take part in the healing process with 'Long Road.'

    Do you have a source on this one?
  • FoxyRedLa
    FoxyRedLa Lauren / MI Posts: 4,810
    narnia wrote:
    pleatherman wrote:
    Ever wonder the origin of the scar on Mike McCready's forehead? Came courtesy of Mr. EV!
    From an interview circa 2001

    MM: That was when Pearl Jam was playing in San Francisco about seven years ago and I was really high on mushrooms, and I went running into Eddie and we started tumbling and rolling around on the stage and he smacked me on the head with the mic.

    DA: On purpose?

    MM: He might have on purpose. I'm sure I was playing badly out of key that night. I got up and there was just massive blood coming down my face. I never really got it taken care of because I was tripping out.

    Wow! I'm surprised that didn't happen more often in the early days. I was just watching PinkPop and Ed was swinging the mic stand around and almost smashed Jeff. :o


    I wonder if Ed has hawked a loogie on anyone.....? :lol:
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  • narnia
    narnia Posts: 635
    I wonder if Ed has hawked a loogie on anyone.....? :lol:

    I was listening to a concert on PJ Radio a few weeks ago, and Ed says that he spits when he sings because it takes less time than it does to swallow your saliva. He said, "go ahead, try it" and he's right. It's still gross though and I'm surprised Stone stands so close to him because he always spits to the left. :lol:
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