New tour or new album 2015

derbydave said:

WhatYouTaughtMe said:

brianlux said:

kce8 said:

The last thing I would want to see is for the band to split up!
Let them get a long free time if it´s needed but never split up! They just shouldn´t become a reunited band !!!
I think they have to get together writing their songs together again.

I understand your feeling here, kce8. Perhaps I did not choose my words well. What I'm suggesting (and as we all know almost every big name band in the world is clambering to hear my opinion, right, haha!) is not so much a break up but more like a sabbatical. Back off a while, get inspired, go at it again. Either that or the go all out and become a regular working band again. Look at The Ramones. After their first three or four records they never released anything as good as those early records but they kept at it anyway. That was one hell of a work horse band.

But the bottom line is, I don't really have any major complaints. These guys have put out a great catalog of music, they play their asses off... when they do play... and what more can you ask for? I'm still a fan.

Agree on the no complaints part. As for a sabbatical, I think they were making their best work when they were playing more. Five years is too long between records. I'd like to see them go balls out for a year or two with a record smushed in there somewhere and then walk off into the sunset. Maybe playing a handful of shows now and then for good causes. Maybe a going out on top type of thing. Father time is undefeated and there will be an eventual decline.

Did you EVER think that The Rolling Stones or The Who would still be touring today????
The Who are celebrating their 50th year on this tour...
and The Rolling Stones are going into their 53rd year!!
It really does make you wonder just how much longer PJ will be on the road!!

No I never thought they would be still going, but have you heard them play recently? I am a big fan of both of those bands but they are a shell of their former selves.

Sorry, re-thought. Better idea forthcoming.., tour definitely!

brianlux said:

I'm probably going to get torched and head slammed for saying this but I'd like to see the band split up for a few years (2 years minimum hiatus), each one venturing out and doing something else for a while, re-unite as a band with new fire and enthusiasm and start putting out killer alums again instead of (to my thinking) the fairly mediocre work of the last few albums (my take- I totally respect that some people are big fans of those albums). Other excellent examples of how this can work include Mission of Burma and Dinosaur Jr. For me, to see PJ do something like Burma and Dino have done that way would be fantastic.

I'd say they did just about that from (approx) Bridge School 2010 to 2012-2013 when the LB rumors were coming along. That's when we got the Brad, RNDM (I think), plus the Eddie solo stuff, Uke songs, the PJ20 fest, etc.


What has me slightly concerned is the amount of stuff dumped from 10C HQ lately... two mystery boxes, two mystery poster tubes, two mystery vinyl sales, etc. (And how in the HECK did they have no idea of all that stuff? You DON'T just sit on 2-5 bennys, 2-5 RVMs, 2-5 ITWs, without knowing that. And yes, I still cling to my "backup purposes in case of damaged in transit" theory. But still.)

...and yes, there was another mystery vinyl sale... they had a TON of Merkinball, a TON of newer christmas singles, 1 of the 1991 single (which I don't believe was ever announced by the lucky winner) and I think they even had one blue Fixer...