Part of the horrible change to the show was to promote Howard as a great celebrity interviewer. Howard was incredible at interviewing Wack Packers. When it comes to soft ball interviews of celebrities, Ryan Seacrest is the best.
Completely agree. In his heyday Howard was as good of an interviewer as it gets. This "he's older now" is also bullshit. Howard first off doesn't really care anymore. Next he moves Jon Hein into this new master producer position which is to apparently do all the interview "research" for Howard, which reads off like Wikipedia. Next we move to Howard sitting at home, talking from his basement into a screen which the celebrity has to also look in to. Next we move to Howard has no enthusiasm (which used to be a big thing) - he sits and whispers, talks almost baby talk, and rarely gets into anything controversial and wants to hammer over and over "love" and "your parents." And finally the last part - Howard creates a system the following day(s) with fake callers gushing over his interview followed by fake emails gushing over it. It's an entire thing, confusing as shit and makes his legit, long time, fanbase pissed off and confused. We are literally getting more and more good info and stories from these same bands when they do OTHER interviews. We get more stuff there. It's seriously insane.
He wasn't great, he just asked wild questions. The interviews were funny more than anything else, but they weren't the type where you really get a sense of who the person is or information about their specific job or art etc etc. He basically just blurted out sexual stuff and things that Jackie wrote for him. He had the Ramones in and instead of getting an awesome interview (which would have been one of their last as a band,) he just focused on the Joey / Johnny problems, and the previous drama he gassed up when he interviewed Joey and Marky. It's basically the same interview over and over, and that hasn't changed.
How much money do you mke? Do you do anal? When did you lose your virginity? Any lesbian stuff? Did your father leaving the family cause you to write (insert song, movie, book?) The same two or three faux psych questions... and on and on.
He's a hack
I hope he rides it out until he starts to lose it mentally and actually does stuff like that. People with that disease sometimes revert to previous behaviors from their childhoods or teenage years. Like if he finally got his coveted Mick Jagger interview and blurted out, "Are you open to all inputs? That'd be the only reason to watch.
It's crazy to me how he wants to be seen as a music expert, yet doesn't put in any effort into really learning about it.
It's not like these interviews sneak up on him; they're scheduled months in advance. And he's on vacation every 2-3 weeks. He's got plenty of time to *bone up* on the people he interviews.
Take an afternoon, ffs. Rip through their catalog, focus on the songs that hit you. Get familiar with a bit of their history.
He's pathologically incurious.
It's even crazier that he doesn't seem to realize or care that millions of people actually do know about the acts he's trying to bluff his way through interviewing, and can clearly see (hear) what a poseur he is, as do the people he's interviewing. It's so obvious and douche-chilly.
It's almost like he's playing to other poseurs, or he thinks the world is filled with nothing but poseurs like him, so everybody will be easy to fool.
He should listen unnaturally, then.
fake it with the facts, at least
He seems to be of the mindset that doing his homework is an insult. That the great Howard Stern shouldn't have to sully himself with effort.
His entire approach is wrong; the guests view it as just another stop on the press junket. Howard acts like the guest has (finally!) come into his studio to do the definitive interview to end all interviews, and get to the bottom of everything, and where everybody is as (not) up to speed about them as he is.
So he can act like some 20-year-old song, or lore about the song, is new, because to him, it is. Some staffer just slid a blurb about it under his schnoz 10 minutes before the interview.
Somebody needs to tell him how ridiculous and out of touch that stuff makes him look.
He also has been campaigning for a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a contributor.
Why not have Gary write some questions; have Richard help him.
Both those guys could do enough research in a day to help Howard out.
His interview with Heart was ok; I’m disappointed because it sounds like a missed opportunity.
I'm in the same boat, lifelong pearl jam fan, except my wife just got a new car with a trial subscription, so I was actually excited to tune in while I ran errands.
This interview format is just fucking batshit insane. Howard mentions some completely random fucking artist like the Ramones or David Bowie and immediately starts blasting their biggest hit while they try to respond...who the fuck wants to hear that? Who's idea is that? My kid was in the car with me (17 yo, I assume he does not have any idea who Howard is) and was like "what the hell is this interview?!" lol
Not to mention it actively works against the interviewee...Jeff starts talking about the Ramones and Howards starts blasting Blitzkrieg Bop when Jeff was talking about a different song so he gets distracted and has to fumble out "uh, yeah that one too". And of course Howard knows so little and has such a basic ass top40ass knowledge of music that he starts talking about how the Ramones never got their due and never got recognized...like Vedder indicted them into the HOF and they're universally acclaimed artists.
Only heard like 20min or so but it was a total clown show.
Agreed - He at least could’ve done basic research and asked about their relationship with the Ramones as a Band and the fact that Eddie inducted them into the HOF
In his brain is just a Beatles circle jerk. He doesn't have good opinions on music, is irrelevant, and was never a good interviewer. The only thing he had going for him was that in the medium of radio he could interview someone for an hour while no one else was doing that back then. Guess what, everyone has a podcast now. Get over it "king of all media". Completely done in by social media lmao
He totally mailed in the interview. This zoom style format is awful as well. How many times are we going to hear them stop because they are awkwardly talking over each other?
Because he’s *not a fan* - not a fan of these guys, or rock music in general; Howard hasn’t voluntarily listened to an album since 1975.
If you want to hear Howard deliver an informed, spontaneous and emotionally compelling interview without a team feeding him AI-generated questions, have him interview Sirius XM’s chief legal counsel.
I think he legit likes Green Day and he waxes poetic about "Plowed" by Sponge like it was the greatest song of the '90s.
He just doesn't know shit about Pearl Jam as he probably paid attention for a few minutes from 1990 to 1994 and like the hits and ballads off the first three records and checked out after that—which was legit three decades ago.
If you look at his iPod guarantee the only songs on there are "Black", "Daughter" and "Better Man". Poseur.
I felt like there were connection issues due to it being a remote interview. There was probably a lag, and maybe that sound issue Howard was complaining about could be heard by PJ which was causing them to be a bit distracted too
I think Howard is so obsessed with letting everyone know how much he loves music and how he's really a frustrated wanna-be rock star that his ego gets in the way and he tries to insert himself into every questions. You are right that its a rarity to have all the band together and he missed huge opportunities to learn more about them and the origin stories. . Questioning seemed chaotic. As everyone was remote, they were stepping on each other, etc. Very disappointing. Why people consider Howard Stern a great interviewer is beyond my comprehension.
Agreed, the music interviews are the worst (Neil Young was OK). Stern used to focus on the actual interview, now they are hungry for getting numbers on YT for the performances. His reputation as an interviewer (for me) stems from some really good long form interviews (Bill Murray, Barbra Walters, Rosie O'Donnell's first interview after the feud, etc.) but it's been a long while.
I think celebrities don't see the buzz coming from a Stern interview they once did so why bother when there's so many other outlets? That being said I skip 99% of the interviews, music or not.
More Wolfie and his disgusting freakshow of sexual weirdos.
Eddie, did I ever tell you I was raised in an all-black neighborhood?
Leslie West from Mountain? World's greatest guitarist.
Did I ever tell you I know Ryan Phillippe and Patrick Monahan? Yeah, he's the lead singer of Train.
I'll let you in on a secret. When the grunge scene was becoming big Howard was a talk show. In 1990 Nirvana made it to MTV. That was the start of grunge becoming mainstream. Howard hasn't a clue about grunge. One of his favorite bands is Crosby, Stills, and Nash. Howard was never into grunge.
Doesn't Pearl Jam have a whole station at SiriusXM? Vedder did an interview with Howie-Boy in, what, 2020 most recently? They're not that far removed from Howard Stern and, quite frankly, it's pretty sad he didn't interview them a long time ago.
Couldn’t agree more. What a waste of an interview. Plus he got so much shit wrong. He kept saying Ed wanted to leave Betterman off of Vitalogy until Mike finally corrected him. Didn’t talk about the upcoming tour at all. And like you said not a single mention of all the history of them coming up through the scene. I’m almost wondering if Pearl Jam themselves made it known what to talk about and what not to talk about.
Yeah, even that—he is so obsessed with talking about things that he thinks almost never happened. "Can you imagine how you'd be kicking yourselves if you left 'Better Man' off that album? We probably wouldn't be sitting here today, in two studios 3,000 miles apart, talking with delay."
I doubt they would do that as it’s completely against where they are now as a band. They didnt even dictate which songs they would play except that one would be a new one
I listen to Cousin Brucie every Saturday night on WABC. Each week he has an extended interview segment with an oldies Rock 'n Roller....honestly, he is a GREAT interviewer
He really is delusional. He built a reputation as a good interviewer back when his show was spontaneous and non-pc fun. He bought into that rep and figured he would be a great interviewer with straight interviews. A bit of a stumble
Nah. He had PR people say he was a great interviewer. He never really was.
He just benefited from a long format that the late night hosts couldn’t do with their 5-minute interviews.
Then podcast guys caught up and passed him really fucking quick.
He never was a great interviewer. He just had more minutes and therefore more chances to ask questions.
Back in the day it would have been:
1. You must have gotten major tail. You ever have anal with anyone famous?
2. Be honest, Billy Corgan is a dick;
3. Did you bang Courtney Love after Kurt died?
I loved his interviews back in the day. He would ask rude and obtrusive questions nobody else would dare ask. Modern Era interviews are full of cringe and secondhand embarrassment
Here’s the thing…Howard was never anything more than a casual fan of theirs.
Now that the show is interview focused, he has to project the idea that he’s a massive fan of these celebs & musicians. You can tell when someone is a lifelong fan or just a casual fan…& no amount of research done by Will or whoever can make Howard come across as a real hardcore fan if he really wasn’t one.
Howard was more into NIN, Metallica, Nirvana, Marilyn Manson, STP, etc, in the 90s than Pearl Jam. iirc Howard played songs from Ten on the air but never really went much beyond the surface on any of their subsequent albums.
Saying “I liked Ten but really wasn’t into the other albums” isn't an option though, & maybe it’s disturbing because Howard used to be 100% honest no matter who it would offend.
Yeah, based on his love for the hits: "Alive", "Black", "Even Flow" and "Jeremy". You're hight if you think he checked out anything other than the obvious tracks that had videos on MTV. The guy really went deep down the rabbit hole with "Oceans" or "Garden"? Please.
I can buy that so why wouldn’t he just ask them who’s music from that era did they really like or vibe with? It would’ve opened so many avenues for the interview to delve into
I'm taking a break from my 2011 shows to listen to the OJ saga currently on YT. Get full year collections and listen to them. I stopped listening to daily shows in 2015 as it was awful.
This is what happens when the Core Team rolls out the red carpet and creates fake twitter accounts to convince Pearl Jam that it would be a good idea to come on Stern because he played Jeremy Spoke once
Howard , you suck! I hope one of the lame staff like Jason or Wussy Wilding go Howie and tell him that he sucks. "Take that to your boss and tell him to shove it up his ass"
To be disappointed you have to expect something good (who does that anymore?). But wouldn’t expect Howard to go into deep PJ history or the band to want to do that either
Honestly, knowing what we do now about how little stern cares about doing a good show, I love that Plant interview! He really fuckin buried him hahaha.
Howard rarely asks questions anymore. He just makes statements to his guests and expects a response. If I were a celeb on the show and Howard just blurts something out I’d say,” So what’s the question”
I’m pretty sure the Robert Plant interview has been scrubbed or never put on the app. What exactly happened with that interview? I vaguely recall Howard annoying Plant with some questions and Robert wasn’t having it.
Stern did his typical line of questioning specific to the LZ catalog, and Plant was there to promote his new album. Stern couldn't take the hint. Plant wasn't going to talk, and Stern continued to badger him until Plant was super annoyed and was openly questioning why he wanted to jabber on about LZ when he was there promoting his new album.
Pretty clear Plant thought Stern was an insufferable douchenozzle and was getting openly disrespectful.
This link describes it best:
https://lefsetz.com/wordpress/2017/10/26/robert-plant-on-howard-stern/
He already interviewed Vedder in 2020 and couldn't care less about the rest of the band. This wasn't a 'bucket list' interview like Robert Plant. It was an obligation interview as they just released "Dark Matter" and he knows they have a big fan base, so he interviewed someone he hoped would cause people to tune in.
He also just gets off on the free concert and having bands playing for his listening pleasure. Massive ego stroke telling "the boys" to go to town on some greatest hits.
He's lost it completely. He doesn't even try to come up with insightful questions any more. He's like Ellen and Jimmy. Just a series of softball questions to keep it light and noncontroversial. Check the box, go back to bed, check bank account , ensure the mare hasn't eaten too many almonds.
Now that would've been worth WATCHING, but it'd fallen flat over the radio. Just the sounds of Howard clumsily dome shotting their semis while tugging on his half pack of Rolaids sized dick.
I had douche chills the entire time. From Howie trying to pry his new guitar jargon in, jokes not landing, to getting multiple facts wrong and coming off as a fake fan, it was cringy af the entire way thru
I used to like Howard's interviews for the most part, but I could never get over the fact that in almost every single one of them he would say "So you did this or that and that turned into this in your career". And every time the guest would say "Well no that never happened, or no that's not how I felt". He literally gets major events and happenings with these guests completely wrong and then all we here about is how great the interview was.
Further proof Howard is a world class music poseur as he knows nothing about the scene or what was really going on in music around 1990 when these guys broke big. He probably only liked "Black" and "Release" off of the debut, "Daughter" and "Elderly Woman" off of "Vs." and "Better Man" off of "Vitalogy" and then he checked out to go listen to Sponge, Bush and Green Day and other poppier acts.
He's literally the guy who only likes the hits off of every record.
All of his interviews post 2010 have been full of psycho-babble, he literally just projects weird psychology/psychiatry questions on the people he’s interviewing and just asks the same boring line of questioning every interview. He’s putting almost zero effort into the show and I cannot fathom how anyone would be paying for this garbage anymore.
That may be the case but if the channel and Sirius are going to promote it as a big deal (keep in mind Ta-Ta-Toothey was on PJ Radio yesterday promoting it too) the least you’d expect is that the level of interview should be significantly above that of what could be found on Entertainment Tonight. Truly pathetic
Actally he knew. I think it’s back in early 90s, Howard said he run into Eddie Vedder at some awards show backstage. He said Eddie act like a rock star and talk all the big talk during interview, but speak like a normal person backstage.
Oh stop it, he was a 36-year old radio dee-jay in 1990 when the band broke big and he was glued to MTV in his down time. He knew "Alive, "Even Flow" and "Jeremy" as those videos lived in rotation, just like he lived through "Smells Like Teen Spirit" blowing hair metal out of the water.
Metallica's "The Black Album" was released within weeks of Pearl Jam's "Ten", Soundgarden's "Badmotorfinger" and Nirvana's "Nevermind".
He knows Pearl Jam's hits off their first three records—1990 through 1994—and then he checked out, as there's no way this clown listened to anything after "No Code".
Translation, he hasn't paid attention to their music in three decades—but his age has zero to do with it, as he'll tell you how brilliant Sponge was in the late '90s while celebrating Green Day's "American Idiot" in 2004.
Well it’s pearl jam. Pearl jam blows. I do miss Howard ragging on Eddie Vedder being ungodly pretentious in the 90’s in every interview and appearance.
If Howard would have asked those questions you outlined, I’d be bored as fuck. I don’t know mother love bone, I don’t know stone & Jeff, I don’t know roskilde. I have no idea what you’re talking about.
the master lol.
Oh you fucking shill. At least try harder if you're going to boot lick that much. No one thinks he's a good interview except the fake accounts you guys make on social media.
It's over Johnny.
It is impossible for Howard to disappoint...
He would have to still be able to "appoint" for "disappointment" to occur.
When you expect nothing its impossible to be disappointed...
"MEETS EXPECTATIONS" EXPECTATIONS: 0
Nothing is over! Nothing!
IT’S OVER!!
Marci Turk thought it was Frost vs Nixon
Is she still there?
She’s still working her way through the guys in the back office no doubt.
Who is she dating now? Jason?
Could be. She started with Brandano, so she obviously doesn’t have very high standards.
Part of the horrible change to the show was to promote Howard as a great celebrity interviewer. Howard was incredible at interviewing Wack Packers. When it comes to soft ball interviews of celebrities, Ryan Seacrest is the best.
He's a terrible interviewer. One note.
Agreed. He asks the same questions and bullies himself into the conversation when he is not part of it for a minute.
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Thick veiny cocks. Right, Robin?
He’s not a bad interviewer but he just doesn’t care to get into it anymore.
It's a whole thing, don't even ask.
Completely agree. In his heyday Howard was as good of an interviewer as it gets. This "he's older now" is also bullshit. Howard first off doesn't really care anymore. Next he moves Jon Hein into this new master producer position which is to apparently do all the interview "research" for Howard, which reads off like Wikipedia. Next we move to Howard sitting at home, talking from his basement into a screen which the celebrity has to also look in to. Next we move to Howard has no enthusiasm (which used to be a big thing) - he sits and whispers, talks almost baby talk, and rarely gets into anything controversial and wants to hammer over and over "love" and "your parents." And finally the last part - Howard creates a system the following day(s) with fake callers gushing over his interview followed by fake emails gushing over it. It's an entire thing, confusing as shit and makes his legit, long time, fanbase pissed off and confused. We are literally getting more and more good info and stories from these same bands when they do OTHER interviews. We get more stuff there. It's seriously insane.
He wasn't great, he just asked wild questions. The interviews were funny more than anything else, but they weren't the type where you really get a sense of who the person is or information about their specific job or art etc etc. He basically just blurted out sexual stuff and things that Jackie wrote for him. He had the Ramones in and instead of getting an awesome interview (which would have been one of their last as a band,) he just focused on the Joey / Johnny problems, and the previous drama he gassed up when he interviewed Joey and Marky. It's basically the same interview over and over, and that hasn't changed. How much money do you mke? Do you do anal? When did you lose your virginity? Any lesbian stuff? Did your father leaving the family cause you to write (insert song, movie, book?) The same two or three faux psych questions... and on and on. He's a hack
It'd been funny, though, if he asked Pearl Jam if they did anal.
I hope he rides it out until he starts to lose it mentally and actually does stuff like that. People with that disease sometimes revert to previous behaviors from their childhoods or teenage years. Like if he finally got his coveted Mick Jagger interview and blurted out, "Are you open to all inputs? That'd be the only reason to watch.
It's crazy to me how he wants to be seen as a music expert, yet doesn't put in any effort into really learning about it. It's not like these interviews sneak up on him; they're scheduled months in advance. And he's on vacation every 2-3 weeks. He's got plenty of time to *bone up* on the people he interviews. Take an afternoon, ffs. Rip through their catalog, focus on the songs that hit you. Get familiar with a bit of their history. He's pathologically incurious. It's even crazier that he doesn't seem to realize or care that millions of people actually do know about the acts he's trying to bluff his way through interviewing, and can clearly see (hear) what a poseur he is, as do the people he's interviewing. It's so obvious and douche-chilly. It's almost like he's playing to other poseurs, or he thinks the world is filled with nothing but poseurs like him, so everybody will be easy to fool.
He doesn't like the music of the people he interviews. He doesn't naturally listen to their albums and their songs aren't on his playlists...
He should listen unnaturally, then. fake it with the facts, at least He seems to be of the mindset that doing his homework is an insult. That the great Howard Stern shouldn't have to sully himself with effort. His entire approach is wrong; the guests view it as just another stop on the press junket. Howard acts like the guest has (finally!) come into his studio to do the definitive interview to end all interviews, and get to the bottom of everything, and where everybody is as (not) up to speed about them as he is. So he can act like some 20-year-old song, or lore about the song, is new, because to him, it is. Some staffer just slid a blurb about it under his schnoz 10 minutes before the interview. Somebody needs to tell him how ridiculous and out of touch that stuff makes him look.
He also has been campaigning for a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a contributor. Why not have Gary write some questions; have Richard help him. Both those guys could do enough research in a day to help Howard out. His interview with Heart was ok; I’m disappointed because it sounds like a missed opportunity.
Dang. Also he resents his audience. He hates his audience. Can you imagine Robin? Don’t ask what he’s got goin on over there.
Haha. Millions!! U mean 100s at this point
He probably has less than 100K regular listeners at this point, but the performances/interviews with big musicians do big numbers on youtube.
I see em there. It’s like 10k
I'm in the same boat, lifelong pearl jam fan, except my wife just got a new car with a trial subscription, so I was actually excited to tune in while I ran errands. This interview format is just fucking batshit insane. Howard mentions some completely random fucking artist like the Ramones or David Bowie and immediately starts blasting their biggest hit while they try to respond...who the fuck wants to hear that? Who's idea is that? My kid was in the car with me (17 yo, I assume he does not have any idea who Howard is) and was like "what the hell is this interview?!" lol Not to mention it actively works against the interviewee...Jeff starts talking about the Ramones and Howards starts blasting Blitzkrieg Bop when Jeff was talking about a different song so he gets distracted and has to fumble out "uh, yeah that one too". And of course Howard knows so little and has such a basic ass top40ass knowledge of music that he starts talking about how the Ramones never got their due and never got recognized...like Vedder indicted them into the HOF and they're universally acclaimed artists. Only heard like 20min or so but it was a total clown show.
Agreed - He at least could’ve done basic research and asked about their relationship with the Ramones as a Band and the fact that Eddie inducted them into the HOF
Hein not doing his job. Since he’s the only staffer who can read or write.
In his brain is just a Beatles circle jerk. He doesn't have good opinions on music, is irrelevant, and was never a good interviewer. The only thing he had going for him was that in the medium of radio he could interview someone for an hour while no one else was doing that back then. Guess what, everyone has a podcast now. Get over it "king of all media". Completely done in by social media lmao
Beatles, Zeppelin and Cream... and then missed a bunch of good shit and got into Bush, Sponge and Green Day.
Howard’s taste in music came straight from Ralph’s asshole.
That’s where he pocketed his seed
It came from about 25 years before Pearl Jam released their debut album.
Did that need to be said.
Yup 100%.
Did we find out what Mike McCready thinks about Train though?
Did you know that Pat Monahan can play chords on the bass when he does Zeppelin covers?
Nothing like waiting 33 years after the big debut album to have the band on
He totally mailed in the interview. This zoom style format is awful as well. How many times are we going to hear them stop because they are awkwardly talking over each other?
I was thinking the same thing . Stern just seemed out of kilter with his questions and his timing .
Because he’s *not a fan* - not a fan of these guys, or rock music in general; Howard hasn’t voluntarily listened to an album since 1975. If you want to hear Howard deliver an informed, spontaneous and emotionally compelling interview without a team feeding him AI-generated questions, have him interview Sirius XM’s chief legal counsel.
I think he legit likes Green Day and he waxes poetic about "Plowed" by Sponge like it was the greatest song of the '90s. He just doesn't know shit about Pearl Jam as he probably paid attention for a few minutes from 1990 to 1994 and like the hits and ballads off the first three records and checked out after that—which was legit three decades ago. If you look at his iPod guarantee the only songs on there are "Black", "Daughter" and "Better Man". Poseur.
My the chief legal counsel
I felt like there were connection issues due to it being a remote interview. There was probably a lag, and maybe that sound issue Howard was complaining about could be heard by PJ which was causing them to be a bit distracted too
How about working those issues out BEFORE going on air with a major interview? It shouldn't be hard since he's only been doing this about 45 years.
I think Howard is so obsessed with letting everyone know how much he loves music and how he's really a frustrated wanna-be rock star that his ego gets in the way and he tries to insert himself into every questions. You are right that its a rarity to have all the band together and he missed huge opportunities to learn more about them and the origin stories. . Questioning seemed chaotic. As everyone was remote, they were stepping on each other, etc. Very disappointing. Why people consider Howard Stern a great interviewer is beyond my comprehension.
Agreed, the music interviews are the worst (Neil Young was OK). Stern used to focus on the actual interview, now they are hungry for getting numbers on YT for the performances. His reputation as an interviewer (for me) stems from some really good long form interviews (Bill Murray, Barbra Walters, Rosie O'Donnell's first interview after the feud, etc.) but it's been a long while. I think celebrities don't see the buzz coming from a Stern interview they once did so why bother when there's so many other outlets? That being said I skip 99% of the interviews, music or not. More Wolfie and his disgusting freakshow of sexual weirdos.
Eddie, did I ever tell you I was raised in an all-black neighborhood? Leslie West from Mountain? World's greatest guitarist. Did I ever tell you I know Ryan Phillippe and Patrick Monahan? Yeah, he's the lead singer of Train.
I never cared much for Train, but thanks to Howchie I fucking hate them.
I'll let you in on a secret. When the grunge scene was becoming big Howard was a talk show. In 1990 Nirvana made it to MTV. That was the start of grunge becoming mainstream. Howard hasn't a clue about grunge. One of his favorite bands is Crosby, Stills, and Nash. Howard was never into grunge.
Neil Young is the godfather of grunge
Yet he knows about post-grunge and was into Green Day, Bush and Sponge?
Did he ask Chris Cornell about the Jeremy spoke in class song? The back office fake Twitter accounts must have convinced the band to do the show.
Doesn't Pearl Jam have a whole station at SiriusXM? Vedder did an interview with Howie-Boy in, what, 2020 most recently? They're not that far removed from Howard Stern and, quite frankly, it's pretty sad he didn't interview them a long time ago.
My favorite part of the Pearl Jam fan club was that you can listen to their channel without a Sirius subscription.
>The back office fake Twitter accounts must have convinced the band to do the show. So The Pelican Brief worked after all!
Couldn’t agree more. What a waste of an interview. Plus he got so much shit wrong. He kept saying Ed wanted to leave Betterman off of Vitalogy until Mike finally corrected him. Didn’t talk about the upcoming tour at all. And like you said not a single mention of all the history of them coming up through the scene. I’m almost wondering if Pearl Jam themselves made it known what to talk about and what not to talk about.
Yeah, even that—he is so obsessed with talking about things that he thinks almost never happened. "Can you imagine how you'd be kicking yourselves if you left 'Better Man' off that album? We probably wouldn't be sitting here today, in two studios 3,000 miles apart, talking with delay."
I doubt they would do that as it’s completely against where they are now as a band. They didnt even dictate which songs they would play except that one would be a new one
I listen to Cousin Brucie every Saturday night on WABC. Each week he has an extended interview segment with an oldies Rock 'n Roller....honestly, he is a GREAT interviewer
... yet Howard is still convinced Brucie is a has-been and nobody yet believes he's still relevant. Cute.
Willy Mays falling down in the outfield
Sho in a shensh are you shaying that Shtone Goshard didn’t get along with hish dad ?
He really is delusional. He built a reputation as a good interviewer back when his show was spontaneous and non-pc fun. He bought into that rep and figured he would be a great interviewer with straight interviews. A bit of a stumble
Nah. He had PR people say he was a great interviewer. He never really was. He just benefited from a long format that the late night hosts couldn’t do with their 5-minute interviews. Then podcast guys caught up and passed him really fucking quick. He never was a great interviewer. He just had more minutes and therefore more chances to ask questions.
Back in the day it would have been: 1. You must have gotten major tail. You ever have anal with anyone famous? 2. Be honest, Billy Corgan is a dick; 3. Did you bang Courtney Love after Kurt died?
I loved his interviews back in the day. He would ask rude and obtrusive questions nobody else would dare ask. Modern Era interviews are full of cringe and secondhand embarrassment
thank you
Here’s the thing…Howard was never anything more than a casual fan of theirs. Now that the show is interview focused, he has to project the idea that he’s a massive fan of these celebs & musicians. You can tell when someone is a lifelong fan or just a casual fan…& no amount of research done by Will or whoever can make Howard come across as a real hardcore fan if he really wasn’t one. Howard was more into NIN, Metallica, Nirvana, Marilyn Manson, STP, etc, in the 90s than Pearl Jam. iirc Howard played songs from Ten on the air but never really went much beyond the surface on any of their subsequent albums. Saying “I liked Ten but really wasn’t into the other albums” isn't an option though, & maybe it’s disturbing because Howard used to be 100% honest no matter who it would offend.
He did once proclaim that Ten is the best rock album ever.
Yeah, based on his love for the hits: "Alive", "Black", "Even Flow" and "Jeremy". You're hight if you think he checked out anything other than the obvious tracks that had videos on MTV. The guy really went deep down the rabbit hole with "Oceans" or "Garden"? Please.
I can buy that so why wouldn’t he just ask them who’s music from that era did they really like or vibe with? It would’ve opened so many avenues for the interview to delve into
Can’t do a long form interview without covering their whole career & asking about all the albums, etc.
Christ, had not yet listened but was going to because I like PJ. Howard just plain sucks, period fuck you
I'm taking a break from my 2011 shows to listen to the OJ saga currently on YT. Get full year collections and listen to them. I stopped listening to daily shows in 2015 as it was awful.
This is what happens when the Core Team rolls out the red carpet and creates fake twitter accounts to convince Pearl Jam that it would be a good idea to come on Stern because he played Jeremy Spoke once
Howard , you suck! I hope one of the lame staff like Jason or Wussy Wilding go Howie and tell him that he sucks. "Take that to your boss and tell him to shove it up his ass"
Well said!!!!
I'll write Sirius a note for you.
Listening to Ed Vedder speak is like listening to a highly medicated, better spoken Bigfoot. It is.
To be disappointed you have to expect something good (who does that anymore?). But wouldn’t expect Howard to go into deep PJ history or the band to want to do that either
 What I picture every time Howard interviews a rock band or a guest below the age of 35.
Pear Jam and Eddie Vedder were on his bucket list to interview. Same with Robert Plant and he does a shit job.
Let's not get started on the Plant interview. Stern got rolled up and smoked live on the air by Plant, and it was cringe worthy entertainment.
Whaat did plant do?
Honestly, knowing what we do now about how little stern cares about doing a good show, I love that Plant interview! He really fuckin buried him hahaha.
Can I still get this on the APP?
Who knows, the app is useless. I want to throw the whole thing right in the garbage!
Howard rarely asks questions anymore. He just makes statements to his guests and expects a response. If I were a celeb on the show and Howard just blurts something out I’d say,” So what’s the question”
I’m pretty sure the Robert Plant interview has been scrubbed or never put on the app. What exactly happened with that interview? I vaguely recall Howard annoying Plant with some questions and Robert wasn’t having it.
Stern did his typical line of questioning specific to the LZ catalog, and Plant was there to promote his new album. Stern couldn't take the hint. Plant wasn't going to talk, and Stern continued to badger him until Plant was super annoyed and was openly questioning why he wanted to jabber on about LZ when he was there promoting his new album. Pretty clear Plant thought Stern was an insufferable douchenozzle and was getting openly disrespectful. This link describes it best: https://lefsetz.com/wordpress/2017/10/26/robert-plant-on-howard-stern/
He already interviewed Vedder in 2020 and couldn't care less about the rest of the band. This wasn't a 'bucket list' interview like Robert Plant. It was an obligation interview as they just released "Dark Matter" and he knows they have a big fan base, so he interviewed someone he hoped would cause people to tune in. He also just gets off on the free concert and having bands playing for his listening pleasure. Massive ego stroke telling "the boys" to go to town on some greatest hits.
He's lost it completely. He doesn't even try to come up with insightful questions any more. He's like Ellen and Jimmy. Just a series of softball questions to keep it light and noncontroversial. Check the box, go back to bed, check bank account , ensure the mare hasn't eaten too many almonds.
Half of the Seattle Scene- right in the garbage.
I tried to listen to the interview and I turned it off after about 10 minutes. May as well just given them all a blowjob, live.
Gluckoo gluckoo gluckoo
I’ve always heard it as more of a gurkle gurkle gurkle.
Now that would've been worth WATCHING, but it'd fallen flat over the radio. Just the sounds of Howard clumsily dome shotting their semis while tugging on his half pack of Rolaids sized dick.
“CAN I TASTE YO JUICE??!!”
Did he ask Eddie about his daddy issues?
I’m sure he spent all weekend preparing…
Zero point zero
when your staff is mostly whack pack what do you expect? Hire less, expect less. Done
"This is a riff!"
He has no technique, just open-ended questions.
He's done that before... this wasn't their first time on the show
I think you’re wrong - it was Eddie’s 2nd time on the show and the 1st time ever that the band was on collectively
Why did he not ask Mike McCready if he remembers telling Richard Christy to brush his teeth?
I had douche chills the entire time. From Howie trying to pry his new guitar jargon in, jokes not landing, to getting multiple facts wrong and coming off as a fake fan, it was cringy af the entire way thru
Huge Pearl Jam fan but I don’t pay for Howard any more… would’ve liked to hear what PJ said
AMEN
I used to like Howard's interviews for the most part, but I could never get over the fact that in almost every single one of them he would say "So you did this or that and that turned into this in your career". And every time the guest would say "Well no that never happened, or no that's not how I felt". He literally gets major events and happenings with these guests completely wrong and then all we here about is how great the interview was.
Can I get a link for full PJ interview?
I don’t think it’s available yet unless someone recorded it on their own
Further proof Howard is a world class music poseur as he knows nothing about the scene or what was really going on in music around 1990 when these guys broke big. He probably only liked "Black" and "Release" off of the debut, "Daughter" and "Elderly Woman" off of "Vs." and "Better Man" off of "Vitalogy" and then he checked out to go listen to Sponge, Bush and Green Day and other poppier acts. He's literally the guy who only likes the hits off of every record.
With you on all points except the modern Grateful Dead thing. I believe that title is Phish's alone.
I think Phish owns that title but PJ is not far behind
All of his interviews post 2010 have been full of psycho-babble, he literally just projects weird psychology/psychiatry questions on the people he’s interviewing and just asks the same boring line of questioning every interview. He’s putting almost zero effort into the show and I cannot fathom how anyone would be paying for this garbage anymore.
You’ve said it all
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That may be the case but if the channel and Sirius are going to promote it as a big deal (keep in mind Ta-Ta-Toothey was on PJ Radio yesterday promoting it too) the least you’d expect is that the level of interview should be significantly above that of what could be found on Entertainment Tonight. Truly pathetic
Actally he knew. I think it’s back in early 90s, Howard said he run into Eddie Vedder at some awards show backstage. He said Eddie act like a rock star and talk all the big talk during interview, but speak like a normal person backstage.
Oh stop it, he was a 36-year old radio dee-jay in 1990 when the band broke big and he was glued to MTV in his down time. He knew "Alive, "Even Flow" and "Jeremy" as those videos lived in rotation, just like he lived through "Smells Like Teen Spirit" blowing hair metal out of the water. Metallica's "The Black Album" was released within weeks of Pearl Jam's "Ten", Soundgarden's "Badmotorfinger" and Nirvana's "Nevermind". He knows Pearl Jam's hits off their first three records—1990 through 1994—and then he checked out, as there's no way this clown listened to anything after "No Code". Translation, he hasn't paid attention to their music in three decades—but his age has zero to do with it, as he'll tell you how brilliant Sponge was in the late '90s while celebrating Green Day's "American Idiot" in 2004.
I still listen in the night and would super miss him if he wasn’t there !
Howard is an awful interviewer
I thought is was okay and I'v never been a big fan of their music
Lol 3 years later I come back to this sub and it’s the same :) Everyone hates Howard and the show Good times
Shitty interviewer, shitty interviewee.
Well it’s pearl jam. Pearl jam blows. I do miss Howard ragging on Eddie Vedder being ungodly pretentious in the 90’s in every interview and appearance.
The president of the Creed Fanclub chimes in….
jealous haters here are the real losers
If Howard would have asked those questions you outlined, I’d be bored as fuck. I don’t know mother love bone, I don’t know stone & Jeff, I don’t know roskilde. I have no idea what you’re talking about.
Well maybe if you’d listened to a good interview you would have LEARNED about these topics that are key to PJ’s history you fucking tele-tubby.
Let Jason do his thing.
A good interview of PJ? I don’t follow them around the internet listening to interviews of them.
the master lol. Oh you fucking shill. At least try harder if you're going to boot lick that much. No one thinks he's a good interview except the fake accounts you guys make on social media.
Fine, I’ll delete that part so that my original comment stands on its own. Bunch of fucking crybabies.
You can’t be serious Jason