What's the average age of PJ fans?

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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    44. First heard PJ in 1991
  • aidt17
    aidt17 Posts: 642
    32. Started in like grade 8 so around 18 years ago, I think,and now I've got my 5 year old daughter really into the PJ music!! Hopefully they tour for a while longer so she can make a show
    Hamilton 05, 11, Cleveland 06, Toronto 09, 16, Buffalo 10,13, London 13, Seattle 13, Detroit 14, Milwaukee 14, Ottawa 16, Fenway 1, Wrigley 1
    Seattle 1 & 2, Missoula, Wrigley 1 & 2

  • RYME
    RYME Wisconsin Posts: 1,904
    39, Been a fan since the first time I heard them in 91. So since I was 14.
    I washed dishes in a restaurant, and one of the cooks stormed in one day and said ok bitches, we are listening to this today. He stuck his brand new Pearl Jam 10 cd in the kitchen boombox, and the rest is history.
    I rushed to local box store immediately after work & got my own.
    We had that on every day.
    So I basically have grown up with this band.
  • rbhester
    rbhester Posts: 214
    34. My oldest brother (6 years my senior), whom I always tried to emulate, brought home a CD copy of Ten in late 1991. I heard it on his stereo that night and laid in the floor of his room and listened to the whole thing with him. I asked him to make me a copy on cassette for my Walkman and the next day he gave me an "original" cassette he went and got from the record store instead as well as 'Nevermind' since my mom wouldn't buy it for me due to the cover art. Been going strong ever since!
  • KICK7071
    KICK7071 In My Tree, ON Posts: 748
    46 and first heard PJ while watching Singles, never been too far away from my cassette, CD, iPod or record player since!
    Toronto 10-05-2000 / Toronto 06-28-2003 / Toronto 09-19-2005 / Toronto 05-09-2006 / Buffalo 05-10-2010 / Toronto 09-11-2011 /
    Hamilton 09-15-2011 / London - Canada 07-16-2013 / Buffalo 10-12-2013 / Ottawa 05-08-2016 / Toronto 05-10-2016 / Toronto 05-12-2016
    Amsterdam 06-12-2018 / Amsterdam 06-13-2018 / Chicago 08-18-2018 / Boston 09-02-2018 / Boston 09-04-2018 / Quebec City 09-01-2022 / Ottawa 09-03-2022 / Hamilton 09-06-2022 / Toronto 09-08-2022 / New York City 09-11-2022 / Chicago 09-05-2023 / Chicago 09-07-2023 / Austin 09-18-2023 / Austin 09-19-2023
  • adams145
    adams145 Posts: 13
    25 and started listening to PJ regularly in high school - so around the Pearl Jam album in 2006. Got addicted from there. Have since seen them about 5 times, and Eddie solo as well. Looking forward to adding some more shows to the list in 2018!
  • adams145
    adams145 Posts: 13
    JAnderson12 said:
    I'm 22 and feel young as fuck at shows
    I feel ya there. Went to my first show at 18 and felt like one of the youngest people there. Wish more people around my age were into them but I'm fine going to shows and meeting new people regardless of age.
  • drakeheuer14
    drakeheuer14 Posts: 4,651
    adams145 said:
    25 and started listening to PJ regularly in high school - so around the Pearl Jam album in 2006. Got addicted from there. Have since seen them about 5 times, and Eddie solo as well. Looking forward to adding some more shows to the list in 2018!
    I caught on pretty soon after Backspacer was released. Not because of that album specifically, just how the timing worked out. I’m 21 now and I have 4 shows under my belt 
    Pittsburgh 2013. Cincinnati 2014. Greenville 2016. Columbia 2016. Ft Worth x2 2023. Austin x2 2023. Atlanta x2 2025. 
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,368
    36.  Started listening to the band (and rock music) when I was 15.  Merkinball was the first new release that came out after I got into them.  I heard the last 30 seconds of I Got Id on the radio and without even hearing Eddie's vocal I thought..."that was Pearl Jam's new song".  I was sucked in from the beginning though.  I remember going to Best Buy and buying Ten and the Oceans single as my first ever music purchases.  Almost bought a Journey album as it was in the PJ section and I didn't know any better about packaging and such.  
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,468
    40 next week.  bought ten in 8th grade.  been one hell of a ride.  
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • pearljam1809
    pearljam1809 Posts: 863
    I put together some numbers, these are the results. Of course they are not exact, considering this thread is a year old.

    83 people gave their age.
    38 years old is the average.
    16 is the youngest.
    64 is the eldest
    group ages:
    10-20: 5 
    21-30: 19
    31-40: 30
    41-50:22
    51-60: 5
    61+: 2

    I`m just above the average  ;)


  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,368
    Nice work!
  • Shyner
    Shyner Posts: 1,226
    I'm 44 been listening since 18
  • PJNB
    PJNB Posts: 13,890
    36 years old

    I have been listening to them ever since they were on the radio. My wife and I met in high school and a passion for Pearl Jam was a one of those things that we had in common. One of my fondest memories in high school would be listening to Pearl Jam and talking on the phone with her. I would always pick the slower songs. Parting Ways (damn typewriter), Release, Indifference, Immortality to name a few. I really never gave there whole catalogue a shot until the later years and regrettably never made a live show until 2013. Hearing Fatal and Otherside played in Worcester blew my mind and I started to listen to everything that this band had to give. 
  • RoleModelsinBlood31
    RoleModelsinBlood31 Austin TX Posts: 6,258
    http://community.pearljam.com/discussion/252737/this-will-only-take-a-minute/p1
    I'm like an opening band for your mom.
  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    44. 
    2014: Cincinnati
    2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,287
    I'm 175 years old. Be 176 next year.

    Been a fan since 1991.
    If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done. - EV
  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,965
    36...closing in on 37.  I got into rock at a very young age.  I remember getting Appetite for Destruction on cassette in 3rd grade, which I look back at now and think it probably wasn't appropriate for an 8 year old lol.  Got Nevermind on cassette at age 10 and played the shit out of it. Then came Ten. Got it on CD and couldn't get enough of it.  Great memories! 
  • vogonpoetbythelake
    vogonpoetbythelake Posts: 2,146
    Way to skew the stats!!! I am going on 360 myself ;)
  • Foriginal Sin
    Foriginal Sin Chandler, AZ Posts: 1,897
    edited November 2017
    37. My dad got me a CD player for christmas 1992 and got me my first 3 CDs, the two I wanted  Metallica Black and Boyz to Men (I was 12!) and 1 I didn’t ask for, Pearl Jam Ten (which he was told was the hottest band out by the kid at Best Buy). 
    joined the 10Club in 1999 after being introduced to the internet in my tiny town (thanks my older brother desperately searching for a certain Pamela Anderson video and willing to PAY for AOL).
    Post edited by Foriginal Sin on
    Chicago 6/29/98, Alpine Valley (EV) 6/13/99, Alpine Valley 10/08/00, Chicago 10/09/00, Phoenix 10/20/00, Orlando 4/12/03, Tampa 4/13/03, San Diego 6/05/03, Vegas 6/06/03, Phoenix 6/07/03, Chicago 6/18/03, Alpine Valley 6/21/03, Orlando 10/08/04, D.C. 10/11/04, Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, LA 7/12/08, Chicago 8/23/09, Chicago 8/24/09, LA 10/07/09, San Diego 10/09/09 (Front Row Center, Finally), Phoenix (EV) 11/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Phoenix 11/19/13, Denver 10/22/14, Wrigley 8/20/16, Wrigley 8/22/16, Tempe (EV) 3/3/19, Phoenix 5/9/22,  Tempe (EV) 2/26/23

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