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  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    b4 anyone heard of eddie vedder lol
  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    listening since '92
  • LineOneMightyFine
    LineOneMightyFine Posts: 347
    1991, but wasn't really a fan at the time. My college roommate played them nonstop. I was really only into hip hop at the time. Sometime in early 1992 I finally converted.

    But, had to wait until 1998 to see my first live show.
  • Kraven
    Kraven Posts: 829
    2002ish when I heard I Am Mine on the radio, and a friend let me borrow a ton of PJ cds, and then he took me to the Albany show in 03 for my birthday, ever since its been an addiction.

    I do remember seeing the Do the Evolution video premiering on TRL and seeing the Jeremy video on VH1 many of times and it scaring the hell out of me.
    32 shows and counting...
  • fall by the wayside
    fall by the wayside Jericho, VT Posts: 759
    Since I first picked up Vs. in 1993. My PJ insanity has only increased every year after :)
    9/13/98, 10/4/00, 4/29/03, 6/29/03, 7/2/03, 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 9/15/05, 9/16/05, 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 10/30/09, 10/31/09, 5/15/10, 9/11/11, 9/12/11, 10/19/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 10/25/13, 10/27/13, 9/26/15, 4/28/16, 4/29/16, 8/5/16, 8/7/16, 8/13/18, 9/2/18, 9/4/18, 9/26/21, 9/1/22, 9/2/22, 9/14/22, 9/18/23, 9/19/23, 9/7/24, 9/9/24, 9/12/24, 9/15/24, 9/17/24, 5/16/25, 5/18/25
  • morphine
    morphine Posts: 32
    Christmas 1992. My dad went to a local (Italy) record store and since I was moving my first steps in rock/metal he asked to one of the clerks for a rock cd and he got Ten!
    I followed them until Vitalogy, then black-out for a few years, until 2004. After that the metamorphosis to die hard fan took place!!
    Bologna 2006, Verona 2006, Pistoia 2006, EV Santa Cruz 2008, NYC 1&2 2008, Hartford 2008, Mansfield 1&2 2008, EV Boston 1&2 2008, EV Albany 2 2009, PJ20_1, Berlin 1&2 2012, Stockholm 2012
  • The Stugots
    The Stugots Posts: 306
    ryph raph wrote:
    Me? Since the days of Green River and Temple.

    Which one? Green River broke up in 1987. Temple of the Dog wouldn't even be conceptualized for three more years.
  • nocode23
    nocode23 Posts: 411
    Since New Year's Eve 1991.
  • G8trsrgods
    G8trsrgods St. Johns, Florida Posts: 32
    1992
    Pearl Jam:

    Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (October 07, 1996)
    Tampa, Florida (August 12, 2000)
    Kansas City, Missouri (October 12, 2000)
    Tampa, Florida (April 13, 2003)
    Tampa, Florida (June 12, 2008)
    Jacksonville (April 13, 2016)
    Austin (September 18, 2023)
    Austin (September 19, 2023)
    Hollywood (April 26, 2025)
    Nashville (May 06, 2025)
    Nashville (May 08, 2025)

    Eddie Vedder:

    Jacksonville (November 24, 2012)
  • PrlJmr10
    PrlJmr10 Posts: 130
    1993 for me :)
    PEARL JAM - It's what's for breakfast

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    --Anonymous

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  • pearljam75
    pearljam75 Posts: 80
    1993 --- first concert was 4/94 George Mason Univ -- unforgettable
  • webs
    webs Posts: 34
    spankyMP wrote:
    1992 after seeing them on SNL

    Ditto!
  • vedhead011
    vedhead011 Posts: 300
    November 92, first time I heard Black on the radio. I had previously thought that alive, even flow, and jeremy were good rock songs, but there were a lot of good rock songs. Black showed depth and opened my eyes to the passion that was not only in that song, but also in the others. And I was only 12.
    AskPearlJam: PearlJama101-guest says: Who's idea was it for Eddie to play banjo on "Soon Forget"?
    Eddie: I don't know whose idea it was but it was turned down.
  • shani
    shani Posts: 13
    Since 92 when my then boyfriend now husband let me borrow Ten. Been obsessed ever since. First show....CU Field House Boulder CO Nov. 1993.

    My kids have been listening since conception and all of them would be calmed by Ed's voice as babies. My kids are BIG fans and my 4-year-old can name songs by the first few notes!
  • nadja_vedder
    nadja_vedder Posts: 291
    I believe it was 1998, I was 14 when I got obsessed with Ten!!!
    "makes much more sense, to live in the present tense"
  • noodles_jefferson
    noodles_jefferson Posts: 183
    sledd wrote:
    In 1991 when I first heard Even Flow on the radio in Tampa, I was hooked...


    st.petersburg '94
    tampa '00
    kissimmee '04
    tampa '08
    mee too. same song. but in Ft. lauderdale instead of tampa. Right around the same time Smells Like teen Spirit was on MTV buzz clips. I was a freshman in College and throughout high school i was always a fan of classic rock and hard rock bands like Guns n Roses, but I hated the lame hair bands like warrant and White Lion and with Nirvana and PJ hittign the scene, i rememeber thinknig "OMG, the return of good music!" That was the best time of my life. Great music, beign on my own in college for the first time! experimanting with all kinds of "stuff". Man, i wish i could relive those years.
    "An investment in knowledge pays the best interest."

    "Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."

    - Ben Franklin
  • Rjonesrm20
    Rjonesrm20 Posts: 380
    for me it was 1993.... when Vs. was released... and cruising around with my older cousin listening to that TAPE all the time...yeah cassette tape....didnt make it to my first show til '98, but it changed my life

    i fucking love pearl jam!!!
    1998: Indy 2000: Indy, Cincy 2003: Lexington (m.e.o.), Cincy (cancelled),Indy 2004: Toledo 2005: Atlantic City 2 2006: Cleveland, Cincy 2008: Los Angeles1 (EV solo)-front row center!West Palm Beach-2nd row!, Tampa, Chicago 1&2-(EV solo) 2009: Nashville 1&2(EV solo) Memphis(EV solo) Chicago 1&2
  • Tuolumne Mama
    Tuolumne Mama Posts: 1,210
    Think it was about 1992 when I first saw this wild group with long hair, flannel shirts, work shorts and boots and they played Blacke. I was totally mesmerized then as still am now. I was so excited music was back after the mostly shit 1980's stuff.
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  • he still stands
    he still stands Posts: 2,835
    Listened to the band, probably my favorite, since 92.

    Became OBSESSED in 2004 when I saw them for the first time live.
    Everything not forbidden is compulsory and eveything not compulsory is forbidden. You are free... free to do what the government says you can do.
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,014
    '97
    2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden, 2024: Philly 2, 2025: Pittsburgh 1

    Pearl Jam bootlegs:
    http://wegotshit.blogspot.com

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