June 19th, 2012
Spinner.com: Pearl Jam Management Exec Charged With Stealing Over $300,000 From the Band
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December 18th, 2011
"Q: why would we come up with the ideas? YOU'RE THEIR MANAGER! I'm a school teacher and wouldn't ask you how to teach a good WWI lesson on trench warfare."
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November 29th, 2011
Zoom “Ann and Nancy Wilson [of Heart] were nothing but huge supporters of the local music scene. Kelly [Curtis, Mother Love Bone’s manager] brought Ann down to the Central to see Andy [Wood] play. Andy got a can of beer, took a big swig out of it, and just shook it up and threw it on Ann. Doused her in beer. She got this horrifically shocked look on her face, and looked up as if to say, ‘What the hell?’ And Andy just smiled at her and winked. She got the biggest grin on her face.”—former DJ/journalist Jeff Gilbert, from Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge

“Ann and Nancy Wilson [of Heart] were nothing but huge supporters of the local music scene. Kelly [Curtis, Mother Love Bone’s manager] brought Ann down to the Central to see Andy [Wood] play. Andy got a can of beer, took a big swig out of it, and just shook it up and threw it on Ann. Doused her in beer. She got this horrifically shocked look on her face, and looked up as if to say, ‘What the hell?’ And Andy just smiled at her and winked. She got the biggest grin on her face.”

—former DJ/journalist Jeff Gilbert, from Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge

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November 1st, 2011
“When Pearl Jam started talking about laying off on doing interviews and stuff, I had a Modern Drummer cover already in place to be done. One of those nights on tour in Italy was when I was doin’ the last interview with Modern Drummer. Kelly [Curtis, Pearl Jam’s manager] said something to the effect of, ‘You might just wanna lay off of that.’ And my response was that I’d already committed to it. And Kelly said, ‘Hopefully you’re prepared to deal with the consequences.’ If I had to guess at what moment I crossed the Eddie [Vedder] threshold into him makin’ a power move to get rid of me, it was probably that one.”—former Pearl Jam drummer Dave Abbruzzese, from Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge


“When Pearl Jam started talking about laying off on doing interviews and stuff, I had a Modern Drummer cover already in place to be done. One of those nights on tour in Italy was when I was doin’ the last interview with Modern Drummer. Kelly [Curtis, Pearl Jam’s manager] said something to the effect of, ‘You might just wanna lay off of that.’ And my response was that I’d already committed to it. And Kelly said, ‘Hopefully you’re prepared to deal with the consequences.’ If I had to guess at what moment I crossed the Eddie [Vedder] threshold into him makin’ a power move to get rid of me, it was probably that one.”

—former Pearl Jam drummer Dave Abbruzzese, from Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge

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