Five Against One – Those double nights
by Henrik Tuxen
Tour opener 2014 and 2018 and supposed closer Europe Summer Tour 2018. All double nights; Amsterdam is a PJ favorite classic. I was there for both shows at the Ziggo Dome in 2014 and truly had a blast. Great shows, great town. In company with a fine lady, friends, family and a lot of backstage action.
Lenny Kravitz - ‘I love Pearl Jam’
by Henrik Tuxen
Summer of 2014 was full speed on all channels for me. Not only was I busy following PJ on tour, and keeping score of the Soccer World Cup from Brazil, but I also had a lot of work to do, including different interviews. One of them was with Lenny Kravitz in Paris, which miraculously fitted in between seeing PJ respectively in Amsterdam and Berlin. Here’s a little snippet from the book.
Krakow – 13th of July
by Henrik Tuxen
Polish Jammers – Louder and happier – The Touring Tribe.
I’ve never been to Poland, and that’s a mistake. I even had a sweet polish girlfriend at one point . But I’ve met lots of great polish PJ fans over the years, who’ve struck me with their enthusiasm and insight into the world and music of this band.
A new beginning
by Henrik Tuxen
Today Pearl Jam were scheduled to play the Royal Arena in my hometown, Copenhagen. I’ve seen PJ in Denmark three times. Being on stage during the Roskilde Festival tragedy in 2000, basically changed my life, I’ll get back to this tomorrow. For now, I’ll focus on the last DK show, on an amazing night in July 2012.
EKSKLUSIVT PEARL JAM-INTERVIEW: "Vi bor på en meget lille planet" (GAFFA DK)
by Henrik Tuxen in GAFFA DK
Udgivelsen af Pearl Jams 11. studiealbum Gigaton kom nærmest som en ildevarslende, dystopisk forudsigelse. Albummet, der om noget omhandler globalt kaos og ubalance, udkom samme dag, som New York peakede som globalt corona-centrum. Ud over at ramme tidsånden er albummet Seattle-kvintettens bedst anmeldte siden den ikoniske debut Ten fra 1991. GAFFA fik den fulde fortælling fra guitarist Stone Gossard.
Stone Gossard: Jeff Ament is the musical leader of the band right now
by Henrik Tuxen in collab w/ Pearl Jam Nordic
I’ve interviewed Stone Gossard over two one-hour sessions in April during the pandemic, together - alone in each of our home and country. But the Skype connection was good and the atmosphere and content even better.
Gigaton, Covid 19, activism, spirituality, the interaction in Pearl Jam, tough challenges, optimism, Eddie Vedder's state of the art, Jeff Ament peaking, track by track, more songs and albums in the future, etc.
Eddie Vedder. Pearl Jam HQ March 1st 2006
Avocado week 2020 #3
by Henrik Tuxen
I kind of came a bit backwards into Pearl Jam. When grunge appeared, it was all Nirvana for me. I realized that Rearviewmirror from Vs was awesome, but totally fell in love with Soundgarden’s Superunknown at time of Kurt Cobain’s death.
When a friend a year later enthusiastically played me Vitalogy …