30 years

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Thu October 22, 2020 2:38 pm

Hard to believe Pearl Jam has been around and playing live for 30 years today.

VinylGuy · Post by **VinylGuy** » Thu October 22, 2020 2:42 pm

yeah, im amazed. I also feel super lucky the band is still around.

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Thu October 22, 2020 2:43 pm

Dave A joined the band in August 1991, he was fired in August 1994, almost to the day three years later. He has now been in the band less than 1/10th of their existence.

VinylGuy · Post by **VinylGuy** » Thu October 22, 2020 3:00 pm

yeah, he played very little time with them.

liebzz · Post by **liebzz** » Thu October 22, 2020 3:07 pm

This really is remarkable. Granted I am in the midst of that journey, but they’ve played together now as long as the Grateful Dead did. That’s remarkable for me because I still sort of mentally have this dividing line of everything before Pearl Jam sort of being classic or past and everything since as contemporary- clearly I am out of relevance in terms of new music...but all the same my own line of what’s old and what’s new is about the same amount of time in terms of rock music.

I’ve been a fan since ‘93, and it’s amazing to see how it all moved and shifted over the years - a band adjusting from being the flashpoint of popular culture to cultivating a loyal audience and then moving into legacy territory and now possibly entering a new phase with Gigaton in their openness to allowing the producer some creative license

bodysnatcher · Post by **bodysnatcher** » Thu October 22, 2020 3:22 pm

Crazy to think that the band has existed 30 years. And 30 years before them, the Beatles formed (1960).

Post by **The Argonaut** » Thu October 22, 2020 3:25 pm

bodysnatcher wrote:Crazy to think that the band has existed 30 years. And 30 years before them, the Beatles formed (1960).

And 30 years before them, the Dagenham Girl Pipers formed (1930).

lecherouslittlestump · Thu October 22, 2020 3:26 pm

bodysnatcher wrote:Crazy to think that the band has existed 30 years. And 30 years before them, the Beatles formed (1960).

Pearl Jam took everything good about The Beatles and made it even better. Pearl Jam's impact and influence dwarfs that of the Beatles, who couldn't even stick together for a decade. It's frankly an insult to mention them in the same sentence as PJ.

Biff Pocoroba · Post by **Biff Pocoroba** » Thu October 22, 2020 3:49 pm

30 years isn't as long as it used to be.
Amazing to think of all the bands that exploded in the early 90s I fell for the one that never broke up.
Vs just had it's 27th anniversary too.

Post by **Bammer** » Thu October 22, 2020 3:53 pm

bodysnatcher · Post by **bodysnatcher** » Thu October 22, 2020 3:59 pm

Biff Pocoroba wrote:30 years isn't as long as it used to be.

Monkey_Driven · Post by **Monkey_Driven** » Thu October 22, 2020 4:07 pm

Happy Birthday Pearl Jam.

VinylGuy · Post by **VinylGuy** » Thu October 22, 2020 4:08 pm

Biff Pocoroba wrote:30 years isn't as long as it used to be.
Amazing to think of all the bands that exploded in the early 90s I fell for the one that never broke up.
Vs just had it's 27th anniversary too.

yeah, true. Its going to be so hard and weird when they do.

Post by **Bammer** » Thu October 22, 2020 4:37 pm

VinylGuy wrote:
Biff Pocoroba wrote:30 years isn't as long as it used to be.
Amazing to think of all the bands that exploded in the early 90s I fell for the one that never broke up.
Vs just had it's 27th anniversary too.
yeah, true. Its going to be so hard and weird when they do.

Who dies first?

Monkey_Driven · Post by **Monkey_Driven** » Thu October 22, 2020 4:40 pm

Anders wrote:Dave A joined the band in August 1991, he was fired in August 1994, almost to the day three years later. He has now been in the band less than 1/10th of their existence.

bodysnatcher · Post by **bodysnatcher** » Thu October 22, 2020 4:45 pm

Bammer wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:
Biff Pocoroba wrote:30 years isn't as long as it used to be.
Amazing to think of all the bands that exploded in the early 90s I fell for the one that never broke up.
Vs just had it's 27th anniversary too.
yeah, true. Its going to be so hard and weird when they do.
Who dies first?

what if Boom dies first and they decide to disband bc of his loss

igotworms · Post by **igotworms** » Thu October 22, 2020 4:51 pm

Bammer wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:
Biff Pocoroba wrote:30 years isn't as long as it used to be.
Amazing to think of all the bands that exploded in the early 90s I fell for the one that never broke up.
Vs just had it's 27th anniversary too.
yeah, true. Its going to be so hard and weird when they do.
Who dies first?

Which member/s of the band could die and they'd still carry on? Matt?

In a weird way I could imagine an iteration of the band continuing if Ed died.

bodysnatcher · Post by **bodysnatcher** » Thu October 22, 2020 5:29 pm

scott stapp could probably use the gig

Monkey_Driven · Post by **Monkey_Driven** » Thu October 22, 2020 5:31 pm

If Boom died, I'm not even sure the band's official social media accounts would post anything.

VinylGuy · Post by **VinylGuy** » Thu October 22, 2020 5:39 pm

I dont see these guys continuing without any of the current band members. Maybe Matt? but im not sure.

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