Whaaaa??? With only 2 records? That's an awful short track record...regardless I really need to crack into these records; they seemed pretty adored around here.

Maybe this thread should've been called "Favorite Band after Pearl Jam"?

Answer: REM

The Replacements/Paul Westerberg

Tom Waits

Neil young

Absolutely one of my favorite bands. Even with just 2 albums. If they never recorded another note they'd be one of my favorites.

They're the band I currently get the most excited about.

Like others have said in this thread, I'll probably never have a favorite band again in the way that Pearl Jam was for so many years.

It just seemed like it could possibly be based on current, ebullient feelings, and not something like a lifetime of joy from your all-time favorite band. Like Neutral Milk Hotel probably won't ever be my "favorite band" because their one record I love (though I love it more than just about every other record) can't really match up to the decades worth of amazing work from Tom Waits...even though I like that record quite a bit more than any Waits record.

edit: you answered above when I was still typing this out apparently.

Yeah, because they're still young, I wouldn't put them above artists that I've had more time with like Pearl Jam, The Beatles, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan or even The Decemberists or Radiohead. But I haven't gotten even a little bit tired of their work. I keep reaching for their albums and I keep hearing new things in them.

And I get so excited by The Mynabirds. Like Pete said, I get more excited by them than just about anyone else (except maybe Waits). On that score they are one of my favorites.

This thread inspired me to listen to a bunch of PJ albums. I listened to Vitalogy through Backspacer. I still don't like Backspacer, but the rest sounded great. Binaural & Avocado were actually much better than I remember.

And when I say that they are my bands, I mean that I own them. No one else can have them.

Binaural has always been as good as I remember. I've always thought that record was great.

I think for greatest of all time, even if I don't listen to them as much anymore, I've got to go with R.E.M.

I liked all these bands before they were cool.

2012 was the year I got into hip-hop and rap.

2011 was the year of Queens of the Stone Age for me.

2010 was the year of Tom Waits.

As much as I've been into Springsteen since I first saw him in 2009 (always a fan but more peripheral fan until I finally got to see a show - been to 2 more since), and as much as I've listened to the Black Keys (I think I've seen them something like 10 times since 2007), Pearl Jam is still #1.

I simply do not connect with anyone else's music like theirs...and I root for them. For every album since Vitalogy, I have found myself nervously excited about each release. And as mentioned above, so matter how many times I see them live, nothing matches the feeling right before they go on stage through the ride home after the show. Simply unmatched.

Thoughts on Riot Act, Eponymous, & Backspacer?

3rd grade - def leppard
4th-10th - the beatles
11th-sophmore year - janes addiction
junior year to today - pearl jam

I had a pretty intense Jane's Addiction phase...let nostalgia for sophomore year of college flow right on through.

Me too....

I never heard of them, and I looked up the Mynabirds b/c of the post here and it turns out I know Laura Burhenn. I don't know her well, and probably haven't seen her / spoken to her since 2006, but she used to tour / perform with some of my friends' bands in DC. So from just going out to shows and hanging out with everyone, I've actually spoken to her a few times / had some drinks with her. Small world.

Anyway, I listened to the first album on Spotify...not bad, but I don't know if I'd call it my favorite by a long shot. Still though, I'm intrigued especially since I kinda know Laura, so I'll keep on listening and see if they click with me.