A Christmas cold has left me housebound drowning in a sea of green gunge, so the prefect time to catch up with my poor neglected blog - how do you people manage it!? Dwelling on a New Years Resolution list will have to wait, as I received the most fantastic book through the post the other day and I just can’t put it down…’Pearl Jam vs. Ames Bros.’ Tour posters from 1995 through to 2007 with thoughts by the creators and band members along with lyrics that inspired some of the designs.
Ward Sutton - “I have to admit I never really thought of Pearl Jam as a grunge band. Grunge to me was heavy, sludgy, leaden guitar with an overbearing sense of doom. Pearl Jam has always sounded to me more like a new generation of classic rock - the heir apparent to the Who - and their music and energy, while calling bullshit on the ills of the world, also carried an air of optimism with it.”
Perfectly put!
There’s been a real tidal wave of PJ recently, an incredible gig at London’s 02, new album, joining the Ten Club, following their US tour via bootlegs and fan views. Highlight for me was hearing about Chris Cornell joining them on stage at the Gibson Amphitheatre to perform ‘Hunger Strike.’ I had to get the Munk One poster for that show and I’m a little worried that this may be the first of an expensive collection…since then I’ve been hearing rumours of Soundgarden reforming!
There was also the announcement of a 2010 PJ Euro Tour, ticket frenzy and much umming and ahhing about going to Germany or using the money to pay for this years wedding - I settled on tickets for the Hard Rock Calling show in Hyde Park and a more relaxed fiancee. Could they be joined by any other Seattle bands I wonder…?
Seeing my through all this excitement has been a real gem of a pod cast, a must for any fan. Donny, don’t you dare stop doing these - I’ll be giving you a bell once I’m not so bunged up!
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