Which former drummer would you pick to re-record an album?

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Which former drummer would you pick to re-record an album?

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Let's say you could pick a former PJ drummer to re-record a PJ album from after their tenure.

Dave Krusen doing Yield, or Jack Irons trying his hand at Backspacer, or Dave A. putting china cymbals all over Avocado, etc.

Which drummer/album pairing would you pick, and why?

I'd love to see what Jack would do with those Riot Act songs
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tragabigzanda wrote:Irons/Gigaton
I'd second that. Matt's drumming/percussion on River Cross drove me nuts.
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Dave A- Yield
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Jack-any of the first 3
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Jorge wrote:Let's say you could pick a former PJ drummer to re-record a PJ album from after their tenure.

Dave Krusen doing Yield, or Jack Irons trying his hand at Backspacer, or Dave A. putting china cymbals all over Avocado, etc.

Which drummer/album pairing would you pick, and why?

I'd love to see what Jack would do with those Riot Act songs
Same here. "Can't Keep" seems right up his alley.
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warehouse wrote:Jack-any of the first 3
Oh yeah, I said "after their tenure" but really it could also be before
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i think eddie vedder originally wanted him to be the drummer but he passed b/c of the chili peppers. i was just gonna say "ten" but i'd love to hear him on any of the first 3 records. he's really good on the 4th and 5th lol
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I LOVE Jack Irons, but I'd be curious to see how Dave A did on the later albums, like Riot Act or S/T (or anything post-Yield).
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Jorge wrote:
warehouse wrote:Jack-any of the first 3
Oh yeah, I said "after their tenure" but really it could also be before
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Dave A on everything
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Jorge wrote:I'd love to see what Jack would do with those Riot Act songs
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Jack on Binaural. But I'll settle for the Yield era recording of Of the Girl that I assume has Jack on it.
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I feel like Riot Act would end up sounding like a sister record to Vitalogy with Dave A on it
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Matt on Vitalogy could be interesting. Also maybe Ten.
Dave A on Avocado or Gigaton too.
Jack in Binaural fuck yeah.
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I feel like Jack would have trouble with the dark and claustrophobic atmosphere of Binaural.
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This is such an interesting question and thought experiment, Jorge!
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Jorge wrote:This is such an interesting question and thought experiment, Jorge!
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