R.I.P. Ten Club Singles (1991-2018)

[96583UP]

he really needs to exercise more

i say that as a concerned suck-up

not as an insult

[Bi_3]

Seems more like the beginning of the end to the 10 Club, rather than Pearl Jam itself. I think, Pearl Jam employs 20+ employees. Some are on the road during tours and in the warehouse otherwise - some are in the warehouse all the time. The band has stated then need to "hit the road" to pay the bills. No 10 Club = less bills = less touring = quasi retirement.

Maybe they'll then have a half-assed fan club by Wonderful Union.

Makes sense. Most people used the 10c for tickets and TM handled that really well this past summer, so what’s the point in keeping it around as it is today?

[E.H. Ruddock]

How is the Pit handling this?

[96583UP]

that would be incredibly ironic if after all these years the 10C was replaced by TM

[96583UP]

How is the Pit handling this?

i wonder if they opted to contact certain posters in person so as to reduce the risk of self harm

[Simple Torture]

How is the Pit handling this?

I'm devastated. 45's are my favorite thing to collect. Thanks Ten Club for all that you do. I never once complained about how long it took to get my favorite treat.

Was really nice of them to do this for so many years. I will miss them but I'm thankful

It was holding them back from creativity with merch...

Looking forward to seeing how the membership offering is restructured.

Sad day. I blame the complainers.

[mray10]

How is the Pit handling this?

I'm devastated. 45's are my favorite thing to collect. Thanks Ten Club for all that you do. I never once complained about how long it took to get my favorite treat.

Was really nice of them to do this for so many years. I will miss them but I'm thankful

It was holding them back from creativity with merch...

Looking forward to seeing how the membership offering is restructured.

Sad day. I blame the complainers.

It's like art except no artist would dare

[Kevin Davis]

An honest, respectable move -- in practice, they haven't had consistently worthwhile material to put on these things since about 2000, and their inability to keep a consistent once-a-year schedule even when they were stuffing them with bottom-of-the-barrel detritus was embarrassing.

[nomorecrackpipes]

This is bittersweet, for sure. I've become increasingly annoyed with the releases and receiving it certainly is not the same being 40 as it was being 18, however I appreciated new(ish) music for the most part.

The thing to cut would have been the newsletter and some merch items, not the thing (music) that originally brought many to the band.

[Strat]

The beginning of the end, sure as shit.

[Norah]

There was never any excuse for not getting a single out on time each year. Even if production logistics for the 45 meant that came late, they still could have had something to download each December. They're just lazy.

Even if some years they couldn't get together to record something new, they have plenty of unreleased stuff they could have mastered and packaged as a Christmas single (think Self Titled outtakes).

The excuses people make for this band are absurd.

[Strat]

They're dinosaurs.

Neil Young gets it and he's 178 years old. his new NYA subscription with website/app/ and presale tickets is fantastic. All for $20 a year.

[Anders]

Two good posts. Fully agree.

[numbers]

There was never any excuse for not getting a single out on time each year. Even if production logistics for the 45 meant that came late, they still could have had something to download each December. They're just lazy.

Even if some years they couldn't get together to record something new, they have plenty of unreleased stuff they could have mastered and packaged as a Christmas single (think Self Titled outtakes).

The excuses people make for this band are absurd.

Yeah, there was no excuse and their inability to get this thing out was insulting.

[Bi_3]

They're dinosaurs.

Neil Young gets it and he's 178 years old. his new NYA subscription with website/app/ and presale tickets is fantastic. All for $20 a year.

Not sure that’s a good comparison, but I get your point.


How does U2 handle their fan club?

[PHATJ]

Lol. Ten Club is a fucking joke.

[Kevin Davis]

There was never any excuse for not getting a single out on time each year. Even if production logistics for the 45 meant that came late, they still could have had something to download each December. They're just lazy.

Even if some years they couldn't get together to record something new, they have plenty of unreleased stuff they could have mastered and packaged as a Christmas single (think Self Titled outtakes).

The excuses people make for this band are absurd.

That they didn't do a double Stone single of "Sunburn" and "10 Billion Years" was really a missed opportunity.

That said, I wonder how much outtake material they still have vaulted that isn't just unfinished scrap material. The S/T outtakes were interesting enough to hear on a bootleg, but if they came out on a holiday single they'd feel as superfluous as that song with Jeanne Tripplehorn, and any live material feels random and pointless -- we already have so much of it.

The holiday single thing was awesome when they were writing more material than could be contained by conventional releases. Gone are the days. This is the right move, if about 10-12 years belated.

[E.H. Ruddock]

I'd rather they put all the official bootlegs on Spotify. As a parting gift or something

[Birds in Hell]

The beginning of the end, sure as shit.

I don't think it's the beginning.

I think the band clearly benefited from the enforced discipline of being signed to a major label like Sony and working with people who weren't their hometown buddies.

I'm reminded of that old post (by punkdavid?) where he observed that who could've predicted that what the band wanted by leaving their major label contract was the freedom to do absolutely nothing.

[Bammer]

If I don't have to hear another Jean Tripplehorn song, then this extinction of the 10C singles will have been totally worth it.