Jason rides solo this week and chats with Chris Buck and Tom Hollister from the brilliant Welsh band Cardinal Black about their journey from wedding band to exceptionally soulful original rock band...and their new album Midnight at the Valencia. They discuss how the band takes advantage of and navigates Chris's online notoriety as he's an excellent…

The final destination on Pearl Jam's spring 2025 tour will be Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a city that's no stranger to big time shows. Although they haven't been back there in 12 years, there was a time where the Steel City saw it's fair share of shows. From 1998-2006, there were five shows played, every one of them memorable in their own way. This e…

Jason and Paul celebrate 25 years of Binaural by reviewing it...retroactively. The guys analyze the music, lyrics, and production of Pearl Jam's sixth studio record and apply a lens of hindsight as well as explore the themes and performances from a contemporary perspective. Please considering donating to our May 2025 fundraiser benefitting Jed Foun…

Jason is joined by Sheehan Perera live in Nashville ahead of Pearl Jam's second night at Bridgestone Arena. This audio comes from a live in-person podcast at the Wishlist Foundation's Pre-Party and was originally streamed on YouTube. Jason and Sheehan talk the tour thus far, what's been played, what's been missing and predict what they'd hear that …

Next up on the Pearl Jam 2025 tour is a stop in Raleigh, North Carolina. This is a destination that hasn't been played since this show we're covering in 2003, but that was never originally planned to be the case. On the 2016 tour, a show in Raleigh was cancelled due to the band's opposition to the HB2 law that discriminated against transgender peop…

With the 2025 tour up and running, we're heading to our next destination - the home of the Braves in Atlanta, Georgia that hasn't seen a Pearl Jam show in nearly 13 years. This episode will cover the last time that they played in the Phillips (now State Farm) Arena back in 2000 that they will be returning to this week. We'll talk a little bit about…

Jason and Paul celebrate 19 years of Pearl Jam's self-titled record by returning to their Superlatives series. Joining them are author and show regular Brian "Stip" Stipelman, and graphic artist, and former in-house Pearl Jam art director, Brad Klausen. Best Song Live, Most Introspective, and many more... Please considering donating to our April 20…

Jason and Paul go live on Youtube to preview Pearl Jam's 11-date run through the American south and midwest. Sheehan Perera from Concertpants, Jon Andrews, and PJ Radio's Rob Bleetstein join them to debate and predict what the band will play. This is the audio from that livestream. Please considering donating to our April 2025 fundraiser benefittin…

Welcome to tour week! Pearl Jam is back on the road hitting the southern United States as a follow up to their 2024 Dark Matter run. Like we always do for every tour, we'll be covering some of the locations that they'll visit as our episodes all month, starting with south Florida representation featuring a Fort Lauderdale show from 1996. Their hist…

We're one week away from the start of Pearl Jam's 2025 tour, and as we have come to know over recent years, anything can happen at a Pearl Jam show. This show from Amsterdam in 2022 is an excellent example of that. After suffering vocal damage from wildfire smoke in Paris, Eddie was not cleared to sing in the three shows following the incident. Sho…

Jason and Paul revisit Pearl Jam's Dark Matter...one year later. The guys go track by track analyzing the music and lyrics and give their current ratings. Records tend to settle in after time...and the honeymoon period for Dark Matter was strong...so how did time affect the gents' affectations for the record? It's all herein. Please considering don…

1994 was a notable year for Pearl Jam as they spent March and April touring the midwest and the northeast in support of their Vs. record. During this time they were arguably considered to be the biggest band in America, which meant that tickets for their shows were in high demand, but it was mainly due to their decision to play smaller venues. As i…

Jason and Paul welcome the two James (Joseph and Biss) from the great Welsh band James and the Cold Gun to the show to catch up and talk about their new record Face In the Mirror. It was recorded between their home in Cardiff and in Seattle at Stone Gossard's Studio Litho. Jospeh and Biss discuss sharing lyric writing, what themes are inspiring the…

Jason and Paul celebrate five years of Gigaton by shrinking it!...from an LP to an EP. Which songs make the cut if you had to reduce the album to under-30 minutes? Then the guys react to their Patrons' thoughts on this week's Lyrics to Live By song -- Grievance. Please considering donating to our April 2025 fundraiser benefitting Autism Speaks HERE…

We're sticking with a show from recent memory as we inch closer to the kickoff of the 2025 tour for Pearl Jam, and that's exactly what we'll cover tonight - a tour kickoff. It took them nine years to return back to the home of the Minnesota Wild in St. Paul, and to make it up to the north star fans it was the first of a two night stay. Javier was i…

This episode will explore a different avenue involving Pearl Jam outside of their live shows. As many know, multiple members of the band are considered avid fans of baseball - most notably Eddie Vedder. From shows in legendary ballparks such as Wrigley Field and Fenway Park, to their music that's been provided as a soundtrack to the game over the y…

Jason and Paul welcome technical engineer Sony Felberg and producer Brett Eliason to the show to discuss 1995's Above record. Both gentlemen had worked with Pearl Jam for years and were asked to record what they thought were just some demos by Mike McCready, Layne Staley, John "Baker" Saunders, and Barrett Martin...and then it became something more…

Jason and Paul welcome Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready to the show to discuss the music of Mad Season's sole album Above. Mike recalls how the songs came together with John "Baker" Saunders, Layne Staley and Barrett Martin. He even plays a bit of one of the famous riffs from the record and explains how he got the guitar tone. Plus, Mike compares …

This is a very special episode that we have for you this week, because for the first time in six years, Pearl Jam finally returned home to play a show in Seattle. Not only that, but it was both Randy and Javier's first time witnessing a show in their hometown. It was a week of celebration as the city featured so many fun events in connection with t…

Jason and Paul welcome mastering engineer Ed Brooks to the show to discuss his career adding the finishing touches to hundreds of Pearl Jam concerts, DVDs, vault releases, fan club singles and more. Ed details his early years as an audio tech in Seattle, befriending Brett Eliason and eventually joining Pearl Jam at the outset of their official boot…

In the nearly 7-year history of Live On 4 Legs, there are only 4 states which have had Pearl Jam shows that we have yet to cover - Arkansas, Iowa, Rhode Island, and now we can officially cross Oklahoma off of that list. The Oklahoma City show from 2022 was the penultimate show of the Gigaton tour. After a year's long battle dealing with band member…

Jason and Paul look back at every Pearl Jam television performance and discuss their top five. From Saturday Night Live to the BBC to the Late Show with David Letterman and everywhere in between...Pearl Jam left some indelible marks on our TV screens. Please consider donating to our March fundraiser HERE Buy Pod Merch Become a Patron Watch Us on Yo…

Everyone knows that Seattle is Pearl Jam's hometown city, but just like Chicago is a hometown city for Eddie Vedder, so is San Diego. Not just that, but it extends to both Mike McCready and Matt Cameron as well. So any time that the band gets to travel to San Diego, there's no doubt that you're in for a special show. In 2006, that's exactly what ha…

Jason and Paul looked at the Pearl Jam catalog and remembered that only two of 12 studio LP's are titled after a song on said album. So the guys aimed to fix that...choosing a song from each of the remaining 10 albums best suited to be the title track thus renaming each of those albums. That plus the return of Lyrics to Live By and Live Cut of the …

This our first of many episodes this year celebrating 25 years of Pearl Jam's excellent Binaural tour from 2000. This was the first tour year that the band produced bootlegs of every show that could be easily attainable at any big box or local record store. You may have seen on some of these CD's a little icon that features a silhouette of an ape a…

Jason and Paul welcome Footsteps fanzine and TwoFeetThick.com co-founder Kathy Davis as well as I Am No Guide: Pearl Jam Song-by-song author Stip back to the show to discuss Pearl Jam's Yield...from a superlative point of view. It's the second edition of this series with Vs. getting its shake a few months prior. Please consider donating to our Febr…

In 2005, for the first time in their history, Pearl Jam took the trek across the entire nation of Canada visiting many cities and provinces for the first, and for some the only time. While the band had been no stranger to Montreal, this night in the city of saints was special for reasons beyond the stage. It was the one-year anniversary that a dear…

Jason and Paul return to their LP2EP series with Yield! Distilling Pearl Jam's 1998 album down to 30 minutes isn't easy...or is it? The guys also head back to their new Lyrics to Live By and Live Cut of the Week segments with contributions from their patrons. Which live performance will the guys discuss? Please consider donating to our February fun…

This episode jumps into a tour year that we don't often talk about on the pod - the final year of the Backspacer tour in 2012. This year featured 13 shows over in Europe and a few additional festival shows in the US, and for this one we'll cover the show that kicked off the entire year in Manchester, UK. No, it's probably not the Manchester show th…

Jason and Paul welcome Carrie Akre, Chris Friel, and Rick Friel of The Rockfords to the show to discuss the 25th anniversary of their debut self-titled LP. They discuss how they all met, the Friels love of KISS being a shared cornerstone of their friendships with Danny Newcomb and Mike McCready, and Carrie's appreciation for the guys' respect and a…

The 1995 tour included many firsts for Pearl Jam with a big one being the first time that the band ventured overseas to Southeast Asia and Oceania. This episode marks the first show where they played the legendary Tokyo venue Budokan. Any massive band that has traveled for a world tour has played this venue from names along the lines of Led Zeppeli…

Jason and Paul welcome grunge superfan and current majority owner of the legendary skateboarding brand, 90 The Original, Anita Stelmasiuk to the show. It's been a long time coming -- Anita and the guys have been friends for years now since her Grungezine days. Recently the Palisades fire in Los Angeles decimated Anita's family's home and everything…

Want to hear one of the best Pearl Jam performances of the last ten years? This week's episode features a show from Ottawa that happened on the second North American leg of the Gigaton tour. One of the big storylines coming into leg 2 was how were they going to account for some damage Ed did to his voice over in Europe. The Amsterdam show presented…