Pearl Jam vs. Tool vs. The Red Hot Chili Peppers

Well May 2^nd should be a fairly interesting day regarding record sales. Two major bands coming out with two highly anticipated albums. Tool will be releasing their first album “10,000 Days” since 2001’s Lateralus and Pearl Jam is releasing their first album since 2000. Rolling Stone declared Pearl Jam’s new self titled album their best record in ten years where as Tool fans follow their band in what some may see as a cult like following. This is certainly a good day for music, I can’t say that I’m a Pearl Jam fan mainly due in part to Eddie Vedder’s voice but they were easily one of the most important bands of the 90’s and were the centerpiece of the Grunge scene along with Nirvana. To make things even more interesting The Red Hot Chili Peppers are coming out with a double disc album named “Stadium Arcadium.” Like the other two bands the public hasn’t seen new work in quite awhile, their last album was released four years ago. My prediction for the first week would be that Tool will outdo Pearl Jam mainly because of the fact that Tool fans would live and die for the band and many Tool fans I’ve talked to are purchasing more than one copy (I wish I could waste my money like that.) The following week The Peppers will probably eclipse the sales of Tool and will take the number one spot. This is definitely something to keep an eye on.