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Re: PEARL JAM Bassist Calls Band Documentary 'Really Painful' - Jan. 24, 2
PEARL JAM Bassist Calls Band Documentary 'Really Painful' - Jan. 24, 2011
According to The Pulse Of Radio, PEARL JAM bassist Jeff Ament spoke with Rolling Stone on Friday (January 21) about the group's plans for celebrating its 20th anniversary, including an upcoming feature-length documentary on the band's history by director Cameron Crowe. Ament said, "I just saw a rough cut. It was so weird seeing footage of stuff I didn't know anybody was taping at the time. The whole movie is Cameron's love letter to us — but it's equal parts complimentary and really painful. It shows our growing pains and some real bad times, including Roskilde (the 2000 Danish festival where nine fans were trampled to death during the band's set). It was just really hard to watch."
Crowe, a longtime friend of the band and director of movies like "Almost Famous" and "Jerry Maguire", had PEARL JAM make a cameo appearance in his 1991 Seattle-set film "Singles".
As for the rest of 2011, PEARL JAM will offer deluxe reissues of their second and third albums, 1993's "Vs." and 1994's "Vitalogy", featuring previously unheard bonus tracks, alternate takes, demos and live performances.
Then there is the first summer music festival ever put together by PEARL JAM itself. The two-day event will take place somewhere in the middle of the country and feature a number of bands, along with PEARL JAM headlining both nights.
Ament explained, "We've played enough festivals that we know what makes them exciting. We want to give people places to go that aren't necessarily musical — second stages and all that kind of stuff. We're asking our friends if they want to play a couple of shows with us."
The bassist admits that in planning the 20th anniversary events, "we never even thought we'd last this long," but added that PEARL JAM is not very interested in nostalgia, saying, "We're ready to work on new songs and get excited about what's ahead."
Drummer Matt Cameron, who is the "newest" member of the band, told The Pulse Of Radio why he seized the chance to join in 1998 after his previous group, SOUNDGARDEN, broke up: "Oh, it was just a great opportunity with guys that I knew and I trusted and I really liked, and, you know, the fact that it was a band that was at the same level as SOUNDGARDEN when we had broken up was great, too," he said. "I didn't have to, like, start over, you know, in a van again, which was awesome. It was kind of a no-brainer, you know. Eddie's [Vedder, singer] such a great guy, Stone [Gossard, guitarist]... they're all just real good people."
Re: PEARL JAM Bassist Calls Band Documentary 'Really Painful' - Jan. 24, 2
i can see why a pearl jam film would be painful. especially made by dorkus malorkus cameron crowe. wasn't eddie n the band in singles??
why nah just stick 2 the concert/live videos??
Re: PEARL JAM Bassist Calls Band Documentary 'Really Painful' - Jan. 24, 2
http://www.rollingstone.com/videos/new- … g-20110505
Rolling Stone
Eddie Vedder grabs his ukelele, dons a fancy suit for his new video for "Longing to Belong." Watch: http://bit.ly/kpSHDA
[youtube]HnM9L4vQShI&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Re: PEARL JAM Bassist Calls Band Documentary 'Really Painful' - Jan. 24, 2
http://www.undercover.fm/news/14787-pea … makes-doco
Pearl Jam Turns 20, Cameron Crowe Makes Doco
By Paul Cashmere
Pearl Jam will celebrate their 20th anniversary with a series of special projects including a documentary from Cameron Crowe.
Crowe went through 1200 hours of old, unused footage, plus shot 24 hours of new live and interview footage for his documentary on the band ‘Pearl Jam Twenty’.
Over the course of a few hours he will tell the 20 year history of the band.
A soundtrack album from the movie will also be released. Crowe compiled the track listing for the Pearl Jam Twenty album as a companion to the film.
To coincide with the movie and album publisher Simon & Schuster in the USA and Canada and Atlantic Books in UK, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand will release the Pearl Jam Twenty book. It was compiled and written by Jonathan Cohen (Late Night With Jimmy Fallon) and Mark Wilkerson (author: Who Are You: The Life of Pete Townshend), designed by Pearl Jam’s designer Regan Hagar (also the drummer in Brad and Satchel) and including a forward and additional interviews by Cameron Crowe.
2011 will be a year long anniversary for Pearl Jam which kicked off with the anniversary editions of the albums ‘Vs.’ and ‘Vitalogy’ in March.
Pearl Jam will perform a 20th anniversary concert on the Labor Day weekend in the USA featuring special guests Queens of the Stone Age, The Strokes, Mudhoney, John Doe, Joseph Arthur, Glen Hansard and Liam Finn.
Pearl Jam will also tour Canada in September.
Dates are:
7 - Sep
Montreal
Bell Centre
11-Sep
Toronto
Air Canada Centre
12-Sep
Toronto
Air Canada Centre
14-Sep
Ottawa
Scotiabank Place
15-Sep
Hamilton
Copps Coliseum
17-Sep
Winnipeg
MTS Centre
19-Sep
Saskatoon
Credit Union Centre
21-Sep
Calgary
Scotiabank Saddledome
23-Sep
Edmonton
Rexall Place
25-Sep
Vancouver
Pacific Coliseum
Re: PEARL JAM Bassist Calls Band Documentary 'Really Painful' - Jan. 24, 2
http://www.undercover.fm/news/14782-pea … rsary-fest
Pearl Jam Get QOTSA, Strokes, Mudhoney For Anniversary Fest
By Andrew Tijs
Queens Of The Stone Age, Mudhoney, The Strokes will join Pearl Jam on stage to celebrate their twentieth anniversary.
Far from baulking at their official “veteran” status, Pearl Jam are embracing their two decades in the business.
They’re releasing a Comercon Crowe-made documentary, deluxe editions of their albums, a solo effort from Eddie Vedder, and now they’ve announced the ‘supports’ for their monster anniversary show.
Antiquiet confirms that their PJ20 festival will take place in Alpine Valley, Wisconsin on September 3 and 4 and will feature Queens Of The Stone Age, Mudhoney, The Strokes, Liam Finn, Glen Hansard and more acts to be announced.
They’ll follow it up with a ten-date Canadian tour.
Ten Club fans will get priority tickets, reserved seating, and an exclusive little lawn area in which to rock.
Ticketing details, line-up announcements, and all things Pearl Jam can be found at the PJ20 site. http://www.pj20.com/
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Re: PEARL JAM Bassist Calls Band Documentary 'Really Painful' - Jan. 24, 2
Saw the PJ20 documentary tonight, and it was pretty fuckin awesome. So much early footage of the band, from when they were really full of angst and rocking!
I highly recommend any else to go watch it. A lot of great interviews and live footage from over the years
Re: PEARL JAM Bassist Calls Band Documentary 'Really Painful' - Jan. 24, 2
Saw the PJ20 documentary tonight, and it was pretty fuckin awesome. So much early footage of the band, from when they were really full of angst and rocking!
I highly recommend any else to go watch it. A lot of great interviews and live footage from over the years
Agreed. I watched it tonight as well and the early footage is amazing. I kept thinking to myself "Who thought to film this stuff AND keep it when they were still nobodies". Juts a really good documentary of a true classic band. I can't waitt o see them tomorrow night.... well tonight now I guess 
I can't wait to see this as well
