Red Mosquito

Ok....now this is when I REALLY LOVED these guys. 1995 was ok. Still rocking Vitalogy. Merkin ball was released. THEN CAME 1996!

I counted down the days to NO CODE. Living in NY the local radio stations were playing EVERY good track from this album. I had half album on cassette. When it was released i was DEVASTED. PJ MADE A U TURN! I remember riding my bike with my cousins to the record store on August 27th . Was like 98 degrees out too. Artwork incredible, music sucked ass! THEN I saw them on Letterman. ALL THE MYSTERIOUSNESS WAS GONE! Completey different band. I still spun that cd all day/everyday. It wasn't till November 1997 were they started to REHEAT but ill get to that time frame soon

How was everyone else's experience during this time?

HTF can i forget. 9/29/96 was my very first concert and it was PJ. They opened with Sometimes....MY GOD THAT SHOW WAS INCREDIBLE! was an open field so no designated seating. I bulldozed my way right up to 2nd row for the first encore. ..UN MY TREE WAS AMAZING! I can still see vedders young face rocking that

I feel I wasn't ready for No Code because I too was disappointed at the time but then after a couple years and yield it became my favorite album for a long time...

I still hate it

nightmareblack0206 wrote:I still hate it

Thats too bad...I'm Open and especially Mankind are cringe-worthy but the rest are pretty great imo

This era was pretty special for me too. First show (Randall's Island 1), the No Code midnight madness sale. The absolute love for No Code - it wasn't my favorite but I loved it until one day it started hitting me and battled with Vs. and Yield as my favorites for years. Now it is unquestionably my favorite.

As far as 95, I was floored by Merkinball. Still consider it perhaps their strongest release, even if just 2 songs. And maybe by bias alone, Mirrorball is my favorite Neil Young album.

Noaheb wrote:I feel I wasn't ready for No Code because I too was disappointed at the time but then after a couple years and yield it became my favorite album for a long time...

bingo. I had 3 guys in the car with me when I bought the album and only one was a Pearl Jam fan. After Sometimes and hail, hail I skipped through to find the rockers. I stopped on Habit and I could tell it was loud, but didn't think it was great. Red Mosquito didn't hit right at first and the album was basically over. WTF?!

Now I think No Code is one of the best albums made by any band. The depth of that record still baffles me from time to time.

My first show was 10/5/96 with 5,000 other people in Charleston, SC. Get the bootleg if you can. Spacedvest (whoever that kind soul is) put out a great recording of it. Ed made up a song for South Carolina, took a vote to play Footsteps (which I had never heard because I had the Daughter single, not the Jeremy single) and when they played Alive I thought I was going to jump through the roof.

ITs damn near mind blowing the growth of this band between the years of 94-96.

I love No Code.

nightmareblack0206 wrote:I still hate it

And now I disregard everything you have to say.

nightmareblack0206 wrote:I still hate it

I was just starting to trust you.

Hatfield wrote:

Noaheb wrote:I feel I wasn't ready for No Code because I too was disappointed at the time but then after a couple years and yield it became my favorite album for a long time...

bingo. I had 3 guys in the car with me when I bought the album and only one was a Pearl Jam fan. After Sometimes and hail, hail I skipped through to find the rockers. I stopped on Habit and I could tell it was loud, but didn't think it was great. Red Mosquito didn't hit right at first and the album was basically over. WTF?!

Now I think No Code is one of the best albums made by any band. The depth of that record still baffles me from time to time.

My first show was 10/5/96 with 5,000 other people in Charleston, SC. Get the bootleg if you can. Spacedvest (whoever that kind soul is) put out a great recording of it. Ed made up a song for South Carolina, took a vote to play Footsteps (which I had never heard because I had the Daughter single, not the Jeremy single) and when they played Alive I thought I was going to jump through the roof.

Things said by fans at the 1996 US tour you'll never hear again: "Oh my god, I can't believe they played Corduroy!! How awesome was that !?"

liebzz wrote:

Hatfield wrote:

Noaheb wrote:I feel I wasn't ready for No Code because I too was disappointed at the time but then after a couple years and yield it became my favorite album for a long time...

bingo. I had 3 guys in the car with me when I bought the album and only one was a Pearl Jam fan. After Sometimes and hail, hail I skipped through to find the rockers. I stopped on Habit and I could tell it was loud, but didn't think it was great. Red Mosquito didn't hit right at first and the album was basically over. WTF?!

Now I think No Code is one of the best albums made by any band. The depth of that record still baffles me from time to time.

My first show was 10/5/96 with 5,000 other people in Charleston, SC. Get the bootleg if you can. Spacedvest (whoever that kind soul is) put out a great recording of it. Ed made up a song for South Carolina, took a vote to play Footsteps (which I had never heard because I had the Daughter single, not the Jeremy single) and when they played Alive I thought I was going to jump through the roof.

Things said by fans at the 1996 US tour you'll never hear again: "Oh my god, I can't believe they played Corduroy!! How awesome was that !?"

exaclty!

Look at this set:

10/05/96 – North Charleston Coliseum: Charleston, SC [130m]
attendance: 9,000
support act: The Fastbacks
soundcheck: In My Tree, Off He Goes, Mankind
set: Sometimes, Last Exit, Animal, Go, Hail Hail, Dissident, In My Tree, Corduroy, Better Man, Not for You, Jeremy, Black, State of Love and Trust, Habit, Rearviewmirror, Elderly Woman, Alive, Blood/(Fame)
enc: Present Tense, Even Flow, Daughter, Improv, Off He Goes, Mankind, Whipping, Footsteps, Yellow Ledbetter

I was so happy to get all of that Vitalogy.

Were all allowed our opinion. Respect it

I remember Mike going on and on how he though WHO YOU ARE was the best they have done to that point. NEVER UNDERSTOOD THAT

Think it was propaganda to drop from the limelight?

I just DO NOT LIKE the rich PJ.........when they were broke and up and coming they were INCREDIBLE

Strat wrote:ITs damn near mind blowing the growth of this band between the years of 94-96.

I love No Code.

nightmareblack0206 wrote:Were all allowed our opinion. Respect it

No.

turned2black wrote:

nightmareblack0206 wrote:Were all allowed our opinion. Respect it

No.

He he....wise ass....

Merkin Ball was really good. No Code was the first time Pearl Jam ever disappointed me. I still like the album but Lukin seems more juvenile than anything else, the last three songs I don't enjoy, off he goes still strikes me as pretentious, and there are no top tier songs on this album. Definitely ranks towards the bottom, even after all these years.

This was when pearl jam fell to earth

Here is a Lil know fact to see if the vets are here

Nite 2 Randalls island. There was a clown on the field with everyone like 3 hours before the show. This clown was fucking with everyone. Everyone wanted to strangle him. I saw the whole thing. Turned out that was Eddie.

stip wrote:Merkin Ball was really good. No Code was the first time Pearl Jam ever disappointed me. I still like the album but Lukin seems more juvenile than anything else, the last three songs I don't enjoy, off he goes still strikes me as pretentious, and there are no top tier songs on this album. Definitely ranks towards the bottom, even after all these years.

This was when pearl jam fell to earth

Stip....

We look at this band. ....been around for it all. ..and we both feel THE SAME WAY