Young PJ Fans

Louisa17 · June 2014

PJ_Soul said:

Great to see some younger people in the fan club (like under 26... and hopefully above 10). I don't like being surrounded by just middle aged people at concerts, lol. Crowds with a good mix of young energy are more fun!

Yes that's what I think too, I actually like mixed crowds the best, the PJ crowd was the most passionate crowd I've ever been in, so this is in no way a complaint or something, haha. I've been in crowds consisting of teenagers only, and I wouldn't prefer that (Once I got so crushed that I almost couldn't breathe anymore)
It's just nice to see there are also people at my age who really like PJ, since with my friends I've made the experience that they're not really interested

And it's also good to know that people who've been fans for a long time and therefore are "older" like it when younger fans are around too

Louisa17 · June 2014

EchosNobodyHears said:
I'm 25 and Cincy this fall will make 24 shows. Not sure if I would be considered "young" for this thread, but I'm definitely young considering the age range of PJ fans.

I've only seen 5 shows in my own state and have now been to 3 other countries. I've gone much further (in terms of both # of shows and the distances I've traveled) than I ever thought I would when I saw my first show, which was coincidentally 6 years ago tonight.

Glad to see that fans much younger than me are still getting into the band and travelling to see shows.

Yes, same here. I decided to travel to Leeds to see another show now, that's something I wouldn't have expected at all, but seeing all those people traveling around, enjoying PJ shows really makes you wanna join in on that

msmi76 said:
Just 20 years here, 21 next month. Been to just 3 shows but will soon be to more!

Okay, so I'm not alone with being a little younger than most PJ fans

kein_gerede · June 2014

When I saw how many people under 20 still listen to real music, I got hope again.
Last week I said I'll be in Vienna for a few shows. Then a few 16-17 years old kids asked me what I'm going to see. I told them Eric Clapton and Pearl Jam. They just answered "aah so nothing people know."
I was shocked, how can you never have heard of Clapton or Pearl Jam?
I haven't met anyone under 20 around here (where I live) who's interested in music.
Haha this sounds like I'm an old man, but I'm only 25.

Louisa17 · June 2014

Well it is… difficult sometimes.. I listen to a lot of classic rock and it happened quite often that I had to explain to someone at my age who Jim Morrison was or that John Lennon is not alive anymore. That were extreme cases though, I guess. Some of my friends do know Pearl Jam but they wouldn't go to a concert.. But well that's why concerts and the 10club are really great, you can meet lots of new people

kein_gerede · June 2014

We can meet up next time Pearl Jam comes to Europe

I'm a 10c member, but I didn't figure out how it works with being in 10c and concerts. I couldn't catch a 10c-Vienna-Ticket.

Louisa17 · June 2014

Yeah that'd be really nice!

I got a a spare one from another member for Vienna, that was really awesome. I'm going to Leeds on the 8th, I hope it will be just as awesome as the Vienna show

kein_gerede · June 2014

Pearl Jam can never disappoint! I'm really envious.

There are only some visitors (not fans!) who can ruin shows by filming the whole damn thing with their cellphones and you see nothing but blue screens.

1ThoughtKnown · June 2014

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EYF4sbIVBQ8

Jaxon1
The coolest young PJ fan from Calgary. Was given an EV shoutout at the concert Dec 6/13 in Calgary with Eddie saying he would come back and play the same place in 20 years only this time opening up for his band

Louisa17 · June 2014

Haha awesome, putting all my hope in this young guy and his future band now

PJ_Soul · June 2014

1ThoughtKnown said:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EYF4sbIVBQ8

Jaxon1
The coolest young PJ fan from Calgary. Was given an EV shoutout at the concert Dec 6/13 in Calgary with Eddie saying he would come back and play the same place in 20 years only this time opening up for his band

Wow!!! :-bd

tominzinga · June 2014

18 here! Saw pj for the first time at wrigley. I'll be seeing them again in cinci. Been a fan my whole life first got ten from my dad as a gift for my sony walk man when I was like 5. Just recently the past year I've really had a new found admiration for the band and they really inspire me In my own music

2-feign-reluctance · June 2014

I remember having same thoughts when I was a teenager at my first PJ show. Geez, look at all these middle aged folk! Hahaha!! Damn!!

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samjam · June 2014

21 here, 8 shows, soon to be 11 after Leeds, Milton Keynes, and Detroit. Been on these crazy boards since I was about 16...

PJ has helped shape me as an individual and in general have helped me immensely throughout the past 6 years. Can honestly say I don't know where I'd be without them!

ldent42 · June 2014

sigh. I'm too old for this thread. I was 23 the first time I saw PJ but I was really into them when Jeremy came out, though I was too young to understand it. I am happy to see younger people in the audience at shows, it tends to restore a bit of faith in humanity.

I was a show last year that was mostly teenagers so I hung around the back. It was Awolnation in Atlantic City. Definitely a different type of energy than you get a PJ show with the GA crowd in their 30s-50s, mostly.

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