Red Mosquito

wease wrote:

rick malone wrote:A friend's brother ran into Josh K. at a slam poetry reading and talked with him briefly about the new album. He reports it is 3/4 of the way done and Ed is working on final drafts of lyrics in his spare time. Hoping it is out next year.

In his spare time? What other job does he have?

being a douche

Stone said the album is almost finished and they had a lot of fun doing it.

He was a guest on David Fricke’s sirius program

fun = spritzy

Jeff isn’t gonna like hearing that…

Stone explained that Andrew Watt, in his spare time, stepped in on bass while Stone worked on a few demos and Ed put some fixing on those takes so they'll be on the album.

At the end of the day, I have high hopes.

Is this a concept album about the dangers of advancing technology?

Chatgpt says no.

elliseamos wrote:Stone explained that Andrew Watt, in his spare time, stepped in on bass while Stone worked on a few demos and Ed put some fixing on those takes so they'll be on the album.

Secretly recording without telling Jeff? They really are going for that "classic Pearl Jam" sound.

Jeff needs to walk by Easy Street Records every Friday just to make sure there isn’t a new Pearl Jam album out there.

A Stone and Ed album? Could it be true?

This is gonna be great

If this Andrew dink is playing bass on any song, and Jeff is nowhere to be found on the track, then the band I love is officially done.

I dont think stone said anything other than "its almost done and we had a great time"

Monkey_Driven wrote:A Stone and Ed album? Could it be true?

They should start a side project called StonEd

Jesus relax guys

tragabigzanda wrote:If this Andrew dink is playing bass on any song, and Jeff is nowhere to be found on the track, then the band I love is officially done.

As opposed to No Code?

wease wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:If this Andrew dink is playing bass on any song, and Jeff is nowhere to be found on the track, then the band I love is officially done.

As opposed to No Code?

Yeah but he still played guitar on Smile, and his bass part was replaced by another band member.

tragabigzanda wrote:

wease wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:If this Andrew dink is playing bass on any song, and Jeff is nowhere to be found on the track, then the band I love is officially done.

As opposed to No Code?

Yeah but he still played guitar on Smile, and his bass part was replaced by another band member.

So it’s Andrew Dink’s participation at which you draw the line?

wease wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

wease wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:If this Andrew dink is playing bass on any song, and Jeff is nowhere to be found on the track, then the band I love is officially done.

As opposed to No Code?

Yeah but he still played guitar on Smile, and his bass part was replaced by another band member.

So it’s Andrew Dink’s participation at which you draw the line?

I draw the line at any producer supplanting the role of a core bandmember through some sort of scheduling/workflow trickery.

And while it’s not WW3, I don’t take this even a little lightly. For Andrew or any other producer to elbow his way onto a record without allowing a core member — whose legacy and financial compensation are tied to the band — to be part of the conversation would be an indication of said producer’s desire to direct the band towards his self-serving vision rather than serving a functional role as an objective support mechanism.

Probably it’s not the case; I’m not gonna take one RM post and run with it. But hypothetically speaking, if Andrew shows up on a bass track and Jeff is nowhere to be found on the song, that would be kind of gross. If the same happened and the royalties actually went to Andrew and not Jeff, that would be very gross.