What do you think?
Honestly, Pearl Jam or Stone Temple Pilots?
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Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Pearl Jam, because the name is silly.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
I thought that was for sore throats, or it caused sore throats.
danski
"vibey"
That’s std
bellaozzydog
rolling turds in glitter
It treats raw human waste and turns it to harmless water and evil sludge?
bellaozzydog
rolling turds in glitter
Pearl jam
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Plenty of performances on pornhub.
ice-is-forming
let me rephrase that... Fuck off
This every time
I like stp but had this crack head surfer bf for a while who literally played stp all the time cos he was a musician. It all went a bit south and now I feel a bit triggered everytime I hear them.
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STP is underratedThis every time
ice-is-forming
let me rephrase that... Fuck off
Oh I think they're amazing, but when any of their tunes reminds you of the night your ex fling threatened to burn your house down in a drug induced psychosis, and your son's had to knock him out and disappear him from town then its a no vote from me.
ice-is-forming
let me rephrase that... Fuck off
I have to say tho, that he liked and played pearl jam too.. and one of his fav memories was ten years old watching them live from back stage in aus, whilst his dad opened for them playing drums in Pirana.
Just something about the stp thing he had going on makes me squirm now. Not in a nice way. I suppose he ruined STP for me really. Bastard.
Just something about the stp thing he had going on makes me squirm now. Not in a nice way. I suppose he ruined STP for me really. Bastard.
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
Pearl Jam were/are way more consistent. STP managed a few catchy tunes, but there was a lot of filler on their albums.
platinumsage
HaveMyPassword123
Never heard either of them to my knowledge, although I am sure I have, on the radio or whatnot.
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
Stiltskin
Pearl Jam are still producing high quality new albums 30 years after being formed. Their last one was issued in 2020. I’ve seen them live many times and their sheer technical musicianship is phenomenal. To quote Wikipedia:
Mike McCready can lay reasonable claims to being up there with the very best lead guitarists and Eddy Vedder’s voice is perfectly matched to the music. And the pair of them blend so perfectly — McCready uses his guitar like a voice that is trying to tell you something urgent and important whilst Vedder uses his voice like an instrument, raw and primal. When they blend, it’s hard to tell where guitar ends and voice starts.
Their best albums aren’t really the best known ones. I have a love for Binaural, No Code and Backspacer, none of which contain songs that I expect are known at all by many of the people who will make pronouncements about the band on this thread. Bands evolve or die and Pearl Jam are amongst the best at it.
Mike McCready can lay reasonable claims to being up there with the very best lead guitarists and Eddy Vedder’s voice is perfectly matched to the music. And the pair of them blend so perfectly — McCready uses his guitar like a voice that is trying to tell you something urgent and important whilst Vedder uses his voice like an instrument, raw and primal. When they blend, it’s hard to tell where guitar ends and voice starts.
Their best albums aren’t really the best known ones. I have a love for Binaural, No Code and Backspacer, none of which contain songs that I expect are known at all by many of the people who will make pronouncements about the band on this thread. Bands evolve or die and Pearl Jam are amongst the best at it.
Vitalogy and Vs are pretty much perfect albums - No Code wasn't bad either but it did seem to go downhill a bit from there. I was a proper fanboy back in the day, trading bootlegs with people around the world in the early days of the internet (this was pre web when it was just flashing white text on a black screen). It was quite a geeky community.
As said, McCready is one of the great lead guitarists of all time IMO. And Eddie's voice... well.
As said, McCready is one of the great lead guitarists of all time IMO. And Eddie's voice... well.
danski
"vibey"
#jamaddict
They're completely different bands. Which is why the 'grunge' label was always so absurd. Cobain absolutely despised pearl jam but the media made a whole oasis/blur thing out of it because they were around at the same time and from the same city. STP were lumped into a bit too, soundgarden, even the pumpkins. all totally different bands.
Purple is an incredible record
Was actually obsessed with them when I was 16. When they played four nights at Shepherds Bush in 2003, I went to three of them
My ear has definitely changed since then :/
I wasn't obsessed but Daniel Johns was an incredible vocalist/songwriter considering he was only 15 (literally) and was just trying to copy Eddie Vedder when he won that song contest which launched them. As far as I remember he then developed anorexia and it all went tits up.
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