PJ's hair metal roots

[Mine]

They did cover Van Halen and Kiss, didn't they?

That isn't Bon Jovi. Huge difference.

It is hair metal though. Bon Jovi is pop rock to be fair.

Why are PJ fans hair metal? Why would they be appealing to them?

i think when people talk about "hair metal" they are really talking about the pop rock bullshit that came out in the 80s like bon jovi, motely crue, etc. i dont really like van halen, but eddie van halen is an incredibly talented guitarist. its pretty easy to see why someone like mike mccready would be dig it.

Ya I don't like Van Halen or Kiss but Bon Jovi to me is butt rock on steroids. I just assumed Bon Jovi was the hair metal that was being talked about here. If Bon Jovi is in fact what is being compared to Pearl Jam then it's pretty obvious it's the ol' Red Mosquito forum shtick at work. The two bands are 100% different in every single way. I do remember a picture Ed took with Bon Jovi at a Sean Penn fundraiser and it was a horrific site.

Yeah he should have declined that. He doesn't put nearly enough thought into his internet cred.

[Mine]

Wait. Could Gene Simmons not be bothered to stop texting long enough to take a photo with Mike?

That's magnificent.

[Norah]

They did cover Van Halen and Kiss, didn't they?

That isn't Bon Jovi. Huge difference.

No, but it's a step in that direction for sure.

In 2010 when Pearl Jam covered Van Halen's Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love for the first time, they prefaced it by saying it was an idea Ed had, Jeff immediately said it was a terrible idea, but for the fun of it they all agreed to do it "one time, one time only".

Fast forward 3 years and they cover it again and Eruption is in their touring rotation.

[gems and rhinestones]

They did cover Van Halen and Kiss, didn't they?

That isn't Bon Jovi. Huge difference.

It is hair metal though. Bon Jovi is pop rock to be fair.

Why are PJ fans hair metal? Why would they be appealing to them?

i think when people talk about "hair metal" they are really talking about the pop rock bullshit that came out in the 80s like bon jovi, motely crue, etc. i dont really like van halen, but eddie van halen is an incredibly talented guitarist. its pretty easy to see why someone like mike mccready would be dig it.

Ya I don't like Van Halen or Kiss but Bon Jovi to me is butt rock on steroids. I just assumed Bon Jovi was the hair metal that was being talked about here. If Bon Jovi is in fact what is being compared to Pearl Jam then it's pretty obvious it's the ol' Red Mosquito forum shtick at work. The two bands are 100% different in every single way. I do remember a picture Ed took with Bon Jovi at a Sean Penn fundraiser and it was a horrific site.

Yeah he should have declined that. He doesn't put nearly enough thought into his internet cred.

I still hated that internet picture.

[stupidmop]

Maybe it's just my lack of knowledge if Bon Jovi but I have no problem picturing Bon Jovi doing Sirens. They could throw it in after Always.

[Mine]

Maybe it's just my lack of knowledge in Bon Jovi but I have no problem picturing Bon Jovi doing Alive. They could throw it in after Wanted Dead or Alive.

[stupidmop]

Yeah Bon Jovis best songs have always been the ones about incest.

[McParadigm]

Maybe it's just my lack of knowledge in Nickleback but I have no problem picturing Nickleback doing Even Flow so this must somehow be making a point about something I guess.

[Mine]

Yeah Bon Jovis best songs have always been the ones about incest.

Lyrics are a weak counterargument. I was making a stupid joke more than implying that something from 10 sounds like hair metal.

[aurynsdad]

I think for most people they had to get over the hair metal part to even get into sirens. That's why we had that phenomena we saw here of people hating the song at first and the pm getting sucked into it.

I had to get over the cheese sound and the structure. That could be what you mean. After maybe 5 listens, I was struck simultaneously by the incredible lyrics and the musical depth. I love it now, but it's still a weird and unique one.

[digster]

Maybe it's me, but I don't really hear much hair metal in Sirens, besides the solo at parts. It's way more that kind of 3 Doors Down/Nickelback 2000-era crap rock that I hear.

[aurynsdad]

I liked him better when he was trying to be humble, down to earth and relate-able.
A thousand cuts later, I'm not so sure he is even that good of a person.

I'm not so sure I know anything about how he is outside of the limelight because I've never met the man. However, in the limelight, he still seems to embody those things. Additionally, his writings suggest a pretty aware individual i.e. someone I'd feel comfortable hanging out with.

[Thejambi]

I liked him better when he was trying to be humble, down to earth and relate-able.
A thousand cuts later, I'm not so sure he is even that good of a person.

I'm not so sure I know anything about how he is outside of the limelight because I've never met the man. However, in the limelight, he still seems to embody those things. Additionally, his writings suggest a pretty aware individual i.e. someone I'd feel comfortable hanging out with.

[BurtReynolds]

Revision of my first post:

"They were never a hair metal band UNTIL Sirens, silly man."

[guitar_davey]

I liked him better when he was trying to be humble, down to earth and relate-able.
A thousand cuts later, I'm not so sure he is even that good of a person.

I'm not so sure I know anything about how he is outside of the limelight because I've never met the man. However, in the limelight, he still seems to embody those things. Additionally, his writings suggest a pretty aware individual i.e. someone I'd feel comfortable hanging out with.

This.

[Thejambi]

I liked him better when he was trying to be humble, down to earth and relate-able.
A thousand cuts later, I'm not so sure he is even that good of a person.

I'm not so sure I know anything about how he is outside of the limelight because I've never met the man. However, in the limelight, he still seems to embody those things. Additionally, his writings suggest a pretty aware individual i.e. someone I'd feel comfortable hanging out with.

This.

heh.

[aurynsdad]

Is that Eddie? If so, is that supposed to make me NOT want to hang out with him?

[Lament]

Is that Eddie? If so, is that supposed to make me NOT want to hang out with him?

Mike McCready wishes that was Ed.

[Iholdthepain]

I saw Brad at a small club in TX, back in 1997. Stone was wearing a VH necklace and they played Change. BTW, isolate the vocals for any band, and there's a good chance it sounds stupid. Sound engineers who leak that kind of stuff out are meanies.

[McParadigm]

It's cool, I'm just being a stickler. While neither opinion in the above scenario is wrong, neither is correct either. They're statements that are devoid of correct/incorrect values.

But whatever. I like you (so far), so I'll drop it.

So like...hair metal, bros. Right?

Honestly, if Pearl Jam made a straight up hair metal album in 2014, 95% of the dude-bro segment of the fanbase (which is a huge segment of the fanbase) would think it was the greatest thing ever. If they went out and covered Pour Some Sugar on Me or Welcome to the Jungle or Livin' on a Prayer at every show for the rest of their lives, most of this fanbase would fucking love it.

I bet it would turn out something like this:

Lets all enjoy this again