Red Mosquito

WtOB? wrote:

wease wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:This is all very unscientific but I've known people from the "huh, they're still around?" crowd, who own the first three albums but drifted away thereafter, who know who Dave Abbruzzese is. He was the drummer in the band's most successful, most high profile period; if there's one drummer people know, even on a visual level, Abbruzzese is the guy.

Totally agree.

spenno is right.

tragabigzanda wrote:I'm gonna have to lean Team Spenno on this one. Granted, my younger circles were mostly musical in nature, but I'd say a significant amount of people recognized Dave's name over, say, Brad Wilk or Cindy Blackman.

tragabigzanda wrote:

chewm wrote:I mostly just care about Irons.

Easily my favorite, but I still don't think he has an unimpeachable claim to a HOF invite, under the rules as I've read them here.

Monkey_Driven wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:I'm gonna have to lean Team Spenno on this one. Granted, my younger circles were mostly musical in nature, but I'd say a significant amount of people recognized Dave's name over, say, Brad Wilk or Cindy Blackman.

Not exactly household names.

Birds in Hell wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:I'm gonna have to lean Team Spenno on this one. Granted, my younger circles were mostly musical in nature, but I'd say a significant amount of people recognized Dave's name over, say, Brad Wilk or Cindy Blackman.

Not exactly household names.

I have no idea who Cindy Blackman is.

Pearl Jam were huge when Dave Abbruzzese was in the band, way bigger than virtually any of their contemporaries. Abbruzzese is a part of that legacy in a way than none of their other drummers are.

Pearl Jam circa 1991-1994 is the only Pearl Jam most people know. Or even want to know; when your average casual fan comes along to their first Pearl Jam show in 2016 or whenever, it's that band they want to see a rough approximation of.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:I'm gonna have to lean Team Spenno on this one. Granted, my younger circles were mostly musical in nature, but I'd say a significant amount of people recognized Dave's name over, say, Brad Wilk or Cindy Blackman.

Not exactly household names.

I have no idea who Cindy Blackman is.

Pearl Jam were huge when Dave Abbruzzese was in the band, way bigger than virtually any of their contemporaries. Abbruzzese is a part of that legacy in a way than none of their other drummers are.

Pearl Jam circa 1991-1994 is the only Pearl Jam most people know. Or even want to know; when your average casual fan comes along to their first Pearl Jam show in 2016 or whenever, it's that band they want to see a rough approximation of.

Yes, and should they ever happen into a Hall of Fame museum (there's an actual museum, right?), presumably the majority of the material will be focused on that era.

ridleybradout wrote:

Bammer wrote:

96583UP wrote:the following individuals will be included in the Pearl Jam Rock n Roll Hall of Fame entourage:

-Boom "unnecessary" Gaspar

-Mike's guitar tech (fills in while Mike's shitting)

-Brendan O'Brien (star of future days)

-Ricky Ramone (that clunking sound on Sirens when Ed dropped the un-tuned guitar in his lap in LA)

-Guy in seattle who got the haircut on stage

-Ted DiBiase (lead singer)

the following individuals will not be included in the Pearl Jam Rock n Roll Hall of Fame entourage:

-Dave Abbruzzese

Haircut guy was in Spokane. I know because I was there, and that sack of shit requested Brain Of J, which they scratched Leash for.



PS- Dave A 4 lyfe!!!!

Let me be the first (of many?) to say...

Brain Of J > Leash

WtOB? wrote:

Oversize wrote:Apologies if it's already been mentioned, but I was thinking about this quite a bit today...

Assuming they get to play at least a 3-song set, what's your best guess?

almost definitely alive to close.

stip wrote:

WtOB? wrote:

Oversize wrote:Apologies if it's already been mentioned, but I was thinking about this quite a bit today...

Assuming they get to play at least a 3-song set, what's your best guess?

almost definitely alive to close.

unless its one of those everyone on stage moments, in which case ritfw.


alive, betterman, and given to fly

WtOB? wrote:

stip wrote:

WtOB? wrote:

Oversize wrote:Apologies if it's already been mentioned, but I was thinking about this quite a bit today...

Assuming they get to play at least a 3-song set, what's your best guess?

almost definitely alive to close.

unless its one of those everyone on stage moments, in which case ritfw.


alive, betterman, and given to fly

i hope they aren't stupid enough to do gtf, eddie sounds awful on that one now. it'll probably be alive, betterman and lightnin bawhmm.