Pearl Jam at the Metro

I worked with a guy named Lars at the pizza place in Evanston.  He was studying opera at Northwestern.  Listening to him sing, or even shout back to the kitchen, was amazing.  He was from Seattle.  He said we should see Pearl Jam.  We did.  He was right - they were good.  Other folks discovered this fact as well...

I could have sworn this was the first time I had seen Pearl Jam, but this show was after I saw them open for the Red Hots at the Aragon.  They did play Metro once before this (21 July 1991), but that was before I was living in Chicago, and thus before I met Lars.

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam at the Aragon

They set up chairs on the dance floor.  Eddie Vedder said he had always dreamt of playing there.  But in his dreams, there were no chairs.  He encouraged folks to fold up the chairs and pass them to the back.  The crowd gleefully complied.  The bouncers were not pleased and commenced with the bouncing of people.  Johno was one of those unlucky souls.  I was shocked when he was hauled off, but chasing after him provided no solution.  Back to the show I went.

Smashing Pumpkins were boring; the Red Hots were not.

I don't know how or when we met back up with Johno after the show, but clearly we must have.

I could have sworn this we went to this show after the other time I saw Pearl Jam, but the internet tells me that is not so...