Should Pearl Jam have played with Guns n Roses & U2 back in 93

Seafra
Seafra Dublin Ireland Posts: 44
edited April 2018 in The Porch
So folks I know abit back in the day..I recently read that Goldstein Guns n Roses former manager was put to work by Axl , Axl wanted to go on tour with Pearl Jam and U2 back in 1993..what if this could happen today ... would you like to see it happen?

Should Pearl Jam have played with Guns n Roses & U2 back in 93 119 votes

Yes
21%
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No
57%
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Don't know
2%
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Could care less
18%
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  • wall232
    wall232 New York Posts: 1,346
    No
    Today no but in 93 yes. 
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  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    Today yes since they’re stable and professional. 

    In 93 tho when everyone besides Axl was on heroin probably not.  And he had his own issues obviously.  Not a good idea to have PJ tour with the circus back then. 
  • JV130312
    JV130312 STATE OF LOVE & TRUST Posts: 2,551
    Yes
    Yes.  Would've been a ridiculous concert card.
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  • RYME
    RYME Wisconsin Posts: 1,904
    edited April 2018
    No
    That's what I thought was great about PJ.
    I loved the dignity aspect of Pearl Jam, still do, as much as anything.  U2 was cool, but they didn't really need to hang out with U2 to get noticed.  And I agree that G&R we're too drugged out at the time.
    I Agree not then not now.

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  • curmudgeoness
    curmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 4,132
    No
    Not then.
    Not now.
    No.
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  • RP112579
    RP112579 Tinley Park, IL Posts: 3,389
    Could care less
    They didn't need Guns N' Roses then.
    They don't need Guns N' Roses now.
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  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,560
    No
    Heeeeeell No! They already played the best triple bill ever at the Cow Palace.
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • CO278952
    CO278952 Orlando, FL Posts: 1,452
    No
    tbergs said:
    Heeeeeell No! They already played the best triple bill ever at the Cow Palace.
    Hell no seconded!
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  • aurelgugus
    aurelgugus France & Luxembourg Posts: 499
    No
    Retrospectively, I think that PJ made the good choice regarding their career and that such a tour would have not bring an added-value.
    Soundgarden opened for GnR in Europe in 1992 and I don’t think that it had helped them to extend their fanbase or to sell more records.
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  • BALLBOY
    BALLBOY Australia Posts: 1,038
    They did play with u2 in 1993 in Italy & as for playing with GNR if you have the super deluxe of Superunknown Chris Cornell said that what GNR were doing was what they had no way of following that
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  • Kearn5y
    Kearn5y Ireland Posts: 3,113
    Yes
    Almost had a heart attack when I read the heading on teletext 'GNR planned tour with Pearl Jam' (dont care about u20
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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,637
    GN'R was a shit show back then due to all the drugs and Axl being Axl. Glad Pearl Jam stayed away from it.
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  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 18,424
    Considering the onstage rant Axl would read from his teleprompter nightly on the UYI tour about U2, I have serious doubts about the veracity of a story that he wanted to tour with them.
    I call bullshit on Goldstein.

    And if GnR and U2 had agreed to tour together, Pearl Jam opting not to join them as the opening act would not have kiboshed the tour.

    I call double bullshit on Goldstein.
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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,844
    It’s couldn’t care less. And that would be my vote. 
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,503
    No
    dankind said:
    It’s couldn’t care less. And that would be my vote. 
    Thank you. Now I don't have to be the bad guy :giggle:

    And no.  Never been a GNR fan.  U2/PJ would be awesome, though!
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  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 11,041
    Don't know
    It might of been cool as a one off event, but not as a tour.    PJ already took the fork in the road by '93 where they did their own thing, so it's not surprising to hear the band's manager decline it.    I imagine his job back then was a helluva lot of "no" :)   PJ was already big enough to do their own tours.  They were really big in '93.    As a one off event it would of been cool, but as a tour.    I think they needed to go about it on their own.

    If they did do it as a one off what order do they go in.  In my experience you want to go the most mellow to the hardest rockers.    GNR and PJ both rock pretty hard.  GNR was insanely big back then too.  I probably would of said U2, PJ, GNR, but there's no way U2 would be willing to play 1st.. lol.
  • RiotZact
    RiotZact Posts: 6,300
    Could care less
    I was not quite one year old yet sooo....
  • jpdannabelle
    jpdannabelle T. Posts: 884
    No
    I think Ed especially was trying to avoid the big stage and the attention. Don’t think he woud have fit in back then. Ed now, maybe. He seems more comfortable in his own skin. 
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  • bone
    bone Posts: 499
    No
    At the time, I would have loved to have seen it, but it probably was the right choice in retrospect.  Eddie may have killed himself dealing with that hype train.  He had a hard enough time dealing with U2, throw in the GNR circus and it would have got nasty.  
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    Caught-A-Bolt-Of-Lightning Posts: 1,337
    No
    They'd still be waiting for Axel to "be in the mood" to take the stage...at the first show of the tour....
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