[Pearl Jam] Concert-goers jam exits after anti-Bush display

Rocky Mountain News ^ | 040303 | Mark Brown

[dep]

any okie city freepers with nothing else to do tonight?

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[dep]

took a long time to format, by which time it got posted. plese delete. thx.

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[demosthenes the elder]

redo header to read: "Washed-up Has-been Grungers Try Anything to Drum Up Sales-boosting Notoriety"

[AngryJawa]

Looks like I have a couple of shiny new targets (old CDs) for the shooting range.

[LeftiesBinWhinin]

Vedder is a drugged-out has-been.

[Ga Rob]

I am a huge Pearl Jam fan. I have seen them over 12 times and am planning to see them on 4/19 when the play Atlanta. I think I will rethink the show.

I have always been able to seperate the music from the politics of the band/singer. That goes for any band, not just Pearl Jam. I saw over 100+ Grateful Dead shows before 1995 and always laughed at the "hippies". I went for the music.

I would be hypocritical to go to the show, when I call on the Ditzy Chicks to be banned. I would have said the Ditzy Chicks should be banned anyway, because I think they are top 40 drivel. Because I am a fan of this band, I think I need to find some way to protest their stance while at the show. I was already gonna wear my ProtestWarrior.com shirt...maybe some kind of sign.

[Eala]

dozens of angry fans walked out

Lyin' leftie press alert? "Dozens" wouldn't have "jammed the exits." Hundreds would have.

[Dead Corpse]

I gave up on Pearl Jam a long time ago. Vedder is just another half-burnt speed-freak.

If the Blixie Chicks thought they'd taken a hit, wait'll we get done with PJ.

[Hildy]

Just another peace-luvin group.

[elfman2]

"Eddie Vedder impaled a mask of President Bush on a microphone stand, then slammed it to the stage. "

More from the peace riots.

[MassExodus]

Another one bites the dust.

Time to crank up the 'ole FReeper Expeditionary Force.

Targeted, light 'em up!

[danneskjold]

Pearl Jam peaked on their first album.

I saw them in concert in New Orleans while they were touring after their second album came out. I can honestly say it was the worst, most boring concert I've ever seen.

[ottersnot]

Just make sure you make your feelings known at the
appropriate moment.

[elfman2]

"I have always been able to seperate the music from the politics of the band/singer. That "

I don't think that's necessarily a virtue.

Every artist is of course entitled to his own personal views, and free to express them. But when he mortgages his art or fame in order to promote those ideals by bringing them to the stage or into his art, it should no longer be free from reprisal. If the artist leverages it, he can't then say it's off limits and be taken seriously.

[opticoax]

Gosh, almost as powerful as the time he wrote "Pro-Choice" on his arm in marker while doing MTV Unplugged.

I swear its true.

Another Bill-Clinton-Mouthing-"I Love You"- To-Hillary-During-The-State-Of-The-Union-Address Moment

[pepsionice]

OK City would be the last place to attempt a anti-Bush display. People there...won't just get up and walk out...they will storm the stage. Pearl Jam will need more than 100 body guards to protect them as they exit. I suspect that it might be the last trip for quiet a while.

[Manic_Episode]

Go to the show. Bring eggs.

[Nagual]

Time to Freep those Pearl Jam boys. Hey you Okies, go git them varmits!

[Basil314]

This story is posted on Drudge and will now get some legs---so Pearl Jam is toast for their US tour. America is fed up with artists trying to leverage their lefty beliefs. Even Madonna realizes this--her silly video was pulled.

Are their any good rock artists out their who don't spew this drivel or who actually endorse US policy?

[Phantom Lord]

I went for the music.

Sure you did. Thats what everyone who attends Dead shows says. We know the truth. LOL!