Matt Cameron’s difficulty entering Pearl Jam

The drummer of the Pearl Jam, Matt Cameronin a recent interview granted to Drumo he explained what difficulties he had to face when, in 1998, he joined the Seattle band to replace Jack Irons.

The 62 -year -old musician born in San Diego (California) told of how, at the beginning, inevitably, he made mistakes before adapting to the now consolidated sound of the Pearl Jam. “They asked me to replace Jack Irons for the tour, they needed someone quickly. I think they were only three weeks before it left. They were all very welcoming. We already knew each other, we were friends. I immediately included in their workflow.”

Cameron, in the chat with Drumeo, does not hide that however his style did not correspond to the needs of the band. “I played too fast. I had to relax. I had to try to get closer to the style of the drummers who preceded me. I had to try to play like Dave Abbruzzese, Dave Krusen, musicians with truly different styles, and Jack Irons, Jack has a truly unique touch. This is one of the beautiful things of the Pearl Jam: each drummer brought his personal touch. My task was to learn the repertoire, Make the band forward and return it on tour. “

Matt Cameron entered the Pearl Jam After that from 1986 to 1997 he had played, with good success, in Soundgarden. Cameron then returned to the Soundgarden In 2010, playing you until 2017 when, Following death of the singer Chris Cornellthe group melted. Entered the Pearl Jamas mentioned, in 1998, the first album of the band in which it participated was “Binaural” (Read the review here) published in 2000.