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One's A Crowd · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 1:51 am

So... What do we all consider to be the biggest musical influences to Pearl Jam.

The Beatles?
Led Zeppelin?
The Who?
Neil Young?
The Ramones?
KISS?
Ben Harper?

McParadigm · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2004 3:07 pm **Posts:** 12393

Ben Harper?!?!? I'm pretty sure THEY influenced HIM.

I'd definately say The Who and Neil Young, with Springsteen becoming more of an influence as time goes by.

jeremyvedder · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 1:56 am

One's A Crowd wrote:

So... What do we all consider to be the biggest musical influences to Pearl Jam.

The Beatles?
Led Zeppelin?
The Who?
Neil Young?
The Ramones?
KISS?
Ben Harper?

jimi hendrix

windedsailor · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 2:59 am

stevie ray vaughn for mike

rynpointer · **Joined:** Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:03 pm **Posts:** 77

The Who + Neil Young + The Ramones = Pearl Jam

(With some other stuff thrown in here and there)

Human Bass · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 3:14 am

Creed

present tense · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 3:24 am

rynpointer wrote:

The Who + Neil Young + The Ramones + Led Zeppelin = Pearl Jam

jeremyvedder · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 4:54 am

present tense wrote:

rynpointer wrote:

The Who + Neil Young + The Ramones + Led Zeppelin+jimi hendrix = Pearl Jam

planetearth · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:51 pm **Posts:** 132

They mention The Who quite a bit as an influence. Look at who they've covered. All of those bands have had some kind of influence on the band. I've heard Ed say that Fugazi is one of his favorite bands along with Minor Threat. Some obvious others would be Neil Young, Beatles, John Lennon, The Ramones, Iron Maiden (Mike), The Clash, Metallica (Jeff), Beach Boys and countless others.

$úñ_DëV|L · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 6:19 am

Pearl Jam tried to emulate Staind more than anyone else.

TS808 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 7:20 am

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, Jane's Addiction, Soundgarden, Sonic Youth, Fugazi, Dead Kennedys.

last|soldier · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 11:08 am

Derranged Diction

Doctorb · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 4:14 pm

The Buzzcocks
Split Edz (Neil Finn)

dstructivej · **Joined:** Thu Dec 09, 2004 10:49 pm **Posts:** 17

for Mike, definitely Avril Lavigne :lol:

Human Bass · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 6:28 pm

TS808 wrote:

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, Jane's Addiction, Soundgarden, Sonic Youth, Fugazi, Dead Kennedys.

Nirvana?

Monkey_Driven · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 7:14 pm

I am an influence to PJ. :arrow:

¡B! · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 7:23 pm

TS808 wrote:

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, Jane's Addiction, Soundgarden, Sonic Youth, Fugazi, Dead Kennedys.

Wouldn't you say most of these bands came out of the same scene and similar influences, but not that they influenced Pearl Jam?

jeremyvedder · **Posted:** Tue Dec 14, 2004 2:51 am

just_b wrote:

TS808 wrote:

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, Jane's Addiction, Soundgarden, Sonic Youth, Fugazi, Dead Kennedys.

Wouldn't you say most of these bands came out of the same scene and similar influences, but not that they influenced Pearl Jam?

almost all of them cept for soundgarden and nirvana had quite a career before pj came into the mix

elbarto · **Posted:** Tue Dec 14, 2004 7:20 am

jeremyvedder wrote:

just_b wrote:

TS808 wrote:

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, Jane's Addiction, Soundgarden, Sonic Youth, Fugazi, Dead Kennedys.

Wouldn't you say most of these bands came out of the same scene and similar influences, but not that they influenced Pearl Jam?

almost all of them cept for soundgarden and nirvana had quite a career before pj came into the mix

soundgarden did too in case you didn't realize

Urohawk · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2004 9:05 pm **Posts:** 48

I'm going to have to go with the Carter administration in 78.

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