[direwolf74]

forget about all that "milk the fans" for shitty $40 bootlegs crap. all are good but, vitalogy is the only album that has any relavent meaning. it was their first real album that didnt follow the heard of "grunge".
i cant listen to another mediocore band butcher a ramones song again. how many times have they put "i believe in miracles"on their bootlegs? 10, 20?

Milk the fans?? Gimme a freakin' break. The bootlegs are completely financed by Pearl Jam themselves, and I'm guessing it ain't cheap. The only help they got from the label was for distribution, and that was only for a small handful of them. I read that when they originally pitched the idea to Sony, the label apparently told them it was career suicide, so the band said "screw it" and put them out themselves.

The majority of the boots are only sold directly from their website, and most people only buy a few, or just the specific show that they attended. If that's "milking the fans" then I'm more than happy to be milked for all I'm worth. I'd much rather pay $30 for a fully mixed/mastered crystal-clear soundboard recording than download some crappy low grade audience boot. This is possibly the coolest thing any band has ever done for their fans, period. I could think of plenty of easier ways for a band to make money off their fans, but releasing over 100 double-live bootlegs is not one of them. This kind of project costs money, and ya can't blame Pearl Jam for at least trying to break even, especially if it's their own cash that went into it.