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  • Kate Harper
  • Wed, 01/21/2009 - 12:43pm

Since the reissue of Pearl Jam's Ten has divided our office, we'd like to pose the following question to our readers:

Pearl Jam: Responsible for torrents of terrible music (ie: Nickelback, Creed, etc.) or innocent (ie: the other bands are just "biters" and Pearl Jam have nothing to do with this)?

Let us know what you think.

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Wed, 01/21/2009 - 2:23pm — Crazy Breed
  • Crazy Breed
  • Wed, 01/21/2009 - 2:23pm

You can't blame Pearl Jam for all the those crappy rip-offs....that's what happens when you are successful....evryone tries to mimic your success.

 

Wed, 01/21/2009 - 4:55pm — guitar_davey
  • guitar_davey
  • Wed, 01/21/2009 - 4:55pm

Spot on. See my comment under "Pumping on Our Stereo."

 

DP

Wed, 01/21/2009 - 5:44pm — doriangraying
  • doriangraying
  • Wed, 01/21/2009 - 5:44pm

Don't you remember the "I learned it by watching you" anti-drug commercials? If the kid's dad wasn't a pot smoker, the kid wouldn't have smoked pot himself. Dad's fault, Pearl Jam's fault.

Thu, 01/22/2009 - 12:50pm — E
  • E
  • Thu, 01/22/2009 - 12:50pm
How about Nirvana's fault?
Thu, 01/22/2009 - 12:51pm — E
  • E
  • Thu, 01/22/2009 - 12:51pm
Or the Beatles considering how big of a fan Cobain was of the Beatles. 
Thu, 01/22/2009 - 1:11pm — Kate Harper
  • Kate Harper
  • Thu, 01/22/2009 - 1:11pm

DUDE. It's TIN PAN ALLEY'S fault.

Those guys ruined everything. It was TOTALLY all about the cash to them. Look at all the shitty bands that came afterwards because of their money-making philosophy!

/sarcasm 

Tue, 01/27/2009 - 5:47pm — what we pretend
  • what we pretend
  • Tue, 01/27/2009 - 5:47pm

wow, this is a toughy.

while i'm definitely a PJ fan, i can also say my life would be better had my ears not been molested by the foulness that is creed, or the 'back.

so is it better to remove one of the greatest rock bands in the past 20 years in order for awful retreads to have never been?

or do we suffer through the awful and recoup with the sublime?

i have to call my old philosophy professor.......

Tue, 01/27/2009 - 7:22pm — deathcubek
  • deathcubek
  • Tue, 01/27/2009 - 7:22pm
PJ are certainly not responsible for their crappy godchildren. However, they are responsible for not putting out a decent album themselves in the last decade or so. (Sorry, PJ fans)
Mon, 02/23/2009 - 9:18pm — rocker_chick80
  • rocker_chick80
  • Mon, 02/23/2009 - 9:18pm

OK well first off I'm a PJ fan. and I would also like to say that I love Creed! So shutup about them!!!!! And I also LOVE Nickelback!!! What do you think is wrong with them??? Huh? There is nothing wrong with any of the bands that you guys are talking about!!!!!!

............ That is all.

Mon, 02/23/2009 - 9:35pm — rocker_chick80
  • rocker_chick80
  • Mon, 02/23/2009 - 9:35pm
Hey! I love Nirvana!!!!
Tue, 02/24/2009 - 12:30pm — Kate Harper
  • Kate Harper
  • Tue, 02/24/2009 - 12:30pm
Nothing wrong with Nickelback? Really?
Wed, 05/20/2009 - 3:25pm — ablackanimal
  • ablackanimal
  • Wed, 05/20/2009 - 3:25pm
I apologize because this is off topic, but I'm trying to get people to sign up for a new music/art website my friends just launched. Without name dropping the site here ( I don't want to be labeled  a spammer), where would you guys recommend that I post to inform people?
Wed, 05/20/2009 - 3:41pm — ablackanimal
  • ablackanimal
  • Wed, 05/20/2009 - 3:41pm
I apologize because this is off topic, but I'm trying to get people to sign up for a new music/art website my friends just launched. Without name dropping the site here ( I don't want to be labeled  a spammer), where would you guys recommend that I post to inform people?
Thu, 05/21/2009 - 5:49pm — Kate Harper
  • Kate Harper
  • Thu, 05/21/2009 - 5:49pm
http://www.stillepost.ca
Sat, 07/11/2009 - 7:00pm — MikeFarrugia
  • MikeFarrugia
  • Sat, 07/11/2009 - 7:00pm

I don't care if Pearl Jam birthed 30 shitty Nickelback-type spinoffs to rot the minds of radio listeners, I love me my 'Jam too much to hit the proverbial 'undo' button on the band's existence.

Either way, I look at it like this: you don't HAVE to listen to mainstream radio anymore anyways, seeing as how it's next to obsolete. I've got my iPod and a $7 tape deck adapter for the car, I need never be bothered by Kroeger growling about whatever the hell was on joey's head ever again.

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