We're picking up where we left off last week as this episode focuses on night two of the two show run from Pearl Jam's shows in Atlantic City in 2005. High octane performances, an intimate crowd and a Bruce Springsteen cover happen in night one, but what could possibly top that? A song debut from an unreleased album, Stone Gossard grabbing the mic …

Jason and Paul finally give Painted Shield 3 the quasi-review it deserves articulating their three biggest takeaways from the record. They also react to CBS Sunday Morning's interview with Ed Vedder and Jeff Ament that aired recently and also pontificate on a recent online petition to get Pearl Jam back on Saturday Night Live. Please consider donat…

This episode begins a two-part series where we dig into the shows at the Borgata in Atlantic City from 2005. These shows were unique for the band because of the small venue size holding a little over 2,500 people, but also due to the general admission area which was something that they had not done very often since the Roskilde tragedy in 2000. Aft…

Jason and Paul welcome Grammy-nominated graphic artist, author, producer and art director for Pearl Jam's Dark Matter tour, Rob Sheridan, to the show. Rob discusses his creative approaches to both his 15 years with Nine Inch Nails and his latest project, creating on-stage visuals for Pearl Jam's Dark Matter tour. The guys get into the weeds on how …

When proposing an episode for this week's show, the goal was to put focus on a tour that we haven't discussed a whole lot on this podcast - the 2011 Canadian tour. The question here was which show would be the one to cover. So we crowd sourced it and got some great answers, but the best answer was a suggestion to do the episode in tribute of former…

Jason and Paul welcome back to the show drummer, singer, songwriter, producer and friend Richard Stuverud back to the show to catch up and dive into his brand new record Sunset Ghosts. It features a number of excellent musicians including Jeff Ament from Pearl Jam, Neal Walter, Dave Flores, Tim DiJulio, and many more. It's a hell of a record and Ri…

The 2024 tour keeps rolling forward for the next week with our next stop in Baltimore, Maryland. Four years ago, the plan was to return to Baltimore before Covid happened, and then when it came time to reschedule the tour, the arena was under construction. So now they return for the first time in eleven years, which happens to be the only time they…

Jason and Paul return to their Playlist series and considering the time of year use "back to school" as the theme. But it's not songs for classes....nope. It's songs that relate to the mindset and values of learning and bettering one's self. Anyone can use these songs! **Apologies for the crickets behind Jason's audio -- unfortunately it was unavoi…

Welcome to Live On 4 Legs' officially unofficial 300th podcast episode! The timing worked out perfectly on this because in order to hit a milestone, you have to do something special. It just so happens that the band is in Madison Square Garden this week, and that's a pretty special venue to go back to. Since we covered every Garden show from 1998-2…

Jason and Paul welcome "I Am No Guide" author, Brian "Stip" Stipelman and Sheehan Perera from Concertpants back to the show for a hypothetical question -- one that The Beatles had to navigate themselves: if the band felt compelled to choose one direction moving forward should it be to continue making records in the studio and abstain from touring o…

As Pearl Jam is preparing for another memorable weekend at Wrigley Field this week, we were put in a somewhat difficult spot as to what we should cover to get you guys excited for the show. The dilemma was that we had already covered all five Wrigley shows back in the summer of 2020, so what would we do? Well, there's a little show that took place …

Jason and Paul launch a new series where they retroactively review past Pearl Jam albums...get it!? Due to the success of the Gigaton and Dark Matter review the guys decided it a good idea to go back in time and look at each Pearl Jam album and review them with today's context in mind. Music, lyrics, themes and social application are all applied in…

With the new tour firing up this week in Montana, on Monday Pearl Jam will be heading to Indianapolis to take care of some unfinished business. Last year was set to be the band's first appearance in the city in 13 years until illness took over and caused a postponement. As they make good on their promise to return, this episode covers the last inst…

Jason and Paul welcome 10 Club general manager, Tim Bierman, to the show to discuss his journey from record store working Dead-head to the man in charge of Pearl Jam's incredible fan club. Tim discusses the joy and challenges connecting band to fan as well as the complexity of looking forward while celebrating the past. Ticketing, merchandising, an…

We're getting you prepped up for Pearl Jam's second North American leg of the Dark Matter tour by once again featuring shows in the locations that they'll be playing. First up is a hometown show for Mr. Jeff Ament as we cover the Missoula show from 1995. This is the beginning of the Vitalogy era and is the send off show before they embarked on a tr…

Jason and Paul welcome guitarist, songwriter, guitar teacher, Youtube creator (and massive Pearl Jam fan) Mark Hopkins to the show to discuss how he came to master his craft at the Berklee School of Music and parlay that into a career in music creation and teaching. Mark also talks about how he leverages his acumen and relationships with other musi…

This episode takes us back to a time when Pearl Jam's popularity was skyrocketing. MTV Unplugged had took place, the Jeremy music video was out and the band garnered a lot of attention traveling on the Lollapalooza tour as one of the afternoon openers. This episode covers a Lollapalooza show from Fairfax County, Virginia where the band were in thei…

Jason and Paul welcome back to the show singer and founder of Candlebox, Kevin Martin. Kevin discusses the success of Candlebox's last record The Long Goodbye and why he decided to extend the band's life to tour with Bush, Jerry Cantrell, and Tim Montana. Kevin also discusses his musical inspirations as a child, some wild road stories, his love/hat…

It's Olympics week, and since we've been following heavily on some of Pearl Jam's past European shows lately, why not add one more into the fold to keep the theme alive? This show from Vienna is like running a marathon as the band treats us to nearly 3 hours of an excellent 35-song set. Everything was on the table here as they dipped into songs fro…

Jason and Paul revisit their Retracking the Album series for the first time in a long time with the album Gigaton. Pearl Jam's longest album only has a couple of (currently) released B-sides/outtakes so what will they do? Please consider donating to our July 2024 fundraiser benefitting American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Donate right HERE a…

It's time to cover our first show from Pearl Jam's Dark Matter tour, which also happens to be the first show from Pearl Jam's Dark Matter tour! It all got started back in May as the band headed north of home to Vancouver to try some new ones out on the Canadian crowd. With 17 shows under our belt now, this is a good opportunity to look back and get…

Jason and Paul welcome rocker Tim Montana to the show to discuss his heavy new album Savage as well as his serendipitous transition from the country scene in Nashville. Tim also discusses his how his upbringing without electricity and and his special bond with military veterans has helped shape him and his music. A great guy with some powerful musi…

It's been a rare occurance throughout Pearl Jam's history to see them as the opening act on a tour. They toured in support of Neil Young in the early 90's, and famously for a set of shows for the Rolling Stones in 1997, but for six shows in 2006, Pearl Jam appeared as the opening act for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Pretty good company to cede …

Jason and Paul revisit their latest series called LP2EP whereby they make hard choices and carefully distill each album into an EP. For the second installment their Patrons have chosen Riot Act. The guys also discuss the state of the band as it regards to their health after three concerts were cancelled and address the theory by a segment of the Pe…

As we plan to bid farewell to a rocky European tour this week, we're prepping for the final show of the run in Lisbon, Portugal by covering their performance at the NOS Alive Festival from 2018. This is the same festival that they'll play this week that they've played two other times in previous years. We'll get to talk about a very special guest w…

Jason and Paul return to their Write Your Own PJ Song series -- this time utilizing the lyirics from 2020's Gigaton. The exercise, as always, is to scour the album for lyrics that when put together create a new song or prose that helps to define the what the album is about. Plus the Lyric and Live Cut of the Week return with River Cross. Please con…

Well. Originally this episode was slated to get you guys excited for the shows taking place in Berlin this week, but while the band was forced to cancel their plans, we've decided to stick with ours. Berlin is one of Pearl Jam's best cities to play in that perhaps nobody ever talks about. This crowd comes into every show ready to bring their a-game…

Jason and Paul welcome acclaimed graphic artist and cartoonist, Ward Sutton, to the program to talk about his success as a political cartoonist as well his alter ego for The Onion, Stan Kelly. Oh - and of course - Ward will illuminate the guys on the stories behind some of his most iconic gig posters for Mudhoney and Pearl Jam. Please consider dona…

Pearl Jam was originally slated to stop in London this weekend on their current European tour. Unfortunately due to circumstances that were apparent during the Manchester show, they were forced to cancel the show due to an illness that prevented Eddie Vedder from performing. As we've seen the past few years as the band gets older, they've had to ca…

Pearl Jam loves to play in legendary venues. They've conquered the two oldest baseball parks in America, massive stadium venues in South America and plenty of the most famous arenas throughout the world. In London, the absolute cream of the crop when it comes to concert venues is Hyde Park. Back in 2020, Pearl Jam was scheduled to play Hyde Park al…

Jason and Paul welcome photographer and filmmaker, Chris Cuffaro, to the show to chat about his 50+ years in the business shooting musicians, athletes, models, actors, and more. The discussion weaves through Chris's career story after anecdote focusing on pictures of Soundgarden, Jane's Addiction, and Pearl Jam in the early 90s. Chris tells the guy…

It's time for Pearl Jam to take the Dark Matter tour over to Europe! For the next month, we'll be doing the same thing as we did in May - focusing on past shows from locations they're about to embark on. First stop is Dublin, Ireland. It's been 14 years since the band has been back there, and strangely enough, they've only played there six times in…

Jason and Paul welcome back to the show veteran engineer and mixer, Brett Eliason, to talk about the first leg of the Dark Matter Tour bootlegs. Brett also discusses advancements in mastering, studio plugins, and how to record at home properly and (relatively) cost efficiently. Please consider donating to our June 2024 fundraiser benefitting The Tr…

There are countless Pearl Jam shows where all you need to do is mention a location by name and the majority of Pearl Jam fans know exactly what you're talking about. For one lone night at a chocolate factory, when you mention this Hershey show from 2003, everyone knows that it's remembered for one thing - mosquito bites! No, this outdoor venue wasn…