Matt Cameron quits Pearl Jam

[Bi_3]

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened

[VinylGuy]

Im wondering if something else happened. It would be kinda weird because they seemed to be in great terms and Matt seemed to have a very important voice in the band.

If i track this with his comments about not being able to play 3 hours every show, this makes sense. Not wanting to tour every year. Maybe take time with the SG album and tour that album, on another level.

[dimejinky99]

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened

Tell us again bi isn’t a chatbot

[Strat]

Im wondering if something else happened. It would be kinda weird because they seemed to be in great terms and Matt seemed to have a very important voice in the band.

If i track this with his comments about not being able to play 3 hours every show, this makes sense. Not wanting to tour every year. Maybe take time with the SG album and tour that album, on another level.

After Taylor died, he mentioned in interviews more than once how grueling/taxing it is on his body these days and how hard drummers work to keep these bands moving. With that along with shorter shows/slower tempos (compred to years prior), its not totally unbelievable that he just doesnt want to be in the big machine anymore.

Im super sad and will miss him and his songwriting. Ill be excited for a hopeful fresh start that gives us another new era of PJ.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Im wondering if something else happened. It would be kinda weird because they seemed to be in great terms and Matt seemed to have a very important voice in the band.

If i track this with his comments about not being able to play 3 hours every show, this makes sense. Not wanting to tour every year. Maybe take time with the SG album and tour that album, on another level.

Maybe this has been in the works for a while, he just wanted to give them a proper DM tour

[tree_]

count me in on team "good news"

they needed a big change for quite some time. the more drastic the better

[Strat]

Im wondering if something else happened. It would be kinda weird because they seemed to be in great terms and Matt seemed to have a very important voice in the band.

If i track this with his comments about not being able to play 3 hours every show, this makes sense. Not wanting to tour every year. Maybe take time with the SG album and tour that album, on another level.

After Taylor died, he mentioned in interviews more than once how grueling/taxing it is on his body these days and how hard drummers work to keep these bands moving. With that along with shorter shows/slower tempos (compred to years prior), its not totally unbelievable that he just doesnt want to be in the big machine anymore.

Im super sad and will miss him and his songwriting. Ill be excited for a hopeful fresh start that gives us another new era of PJ.

This is also just a reminder that this band wont last forever and neither will i

[CCKaraoke]

Top comment on the band's post:
Matt probably just got tired of all the woke stuff Pearl Jam kept pushing.

Me and him both...

Fucking hell. Those Pit idiots are now thinking he quit to join the Foo Fighters.

I'm pretty sure he quit b/c his hands barely work anymore.

This does seem to be the most likely explanation. Drumming is very tough. He's not young. Neil Peart comes to mind.

I wonder how long ago he brought it to the band. They had reportedly already started a new album...

They should release some kind of 'Lost Dogs 2' album to wrap up and honor the Matt era.

On the plus side this will give Matt valuable time to learn how to keep his Google Drive secure.

>_> oops.

Did we get Matt kicked out of Pearl Jam?

We joke but I've been worried about it for months

Maybe this has been in the works for a while, he just wanted to give them a proper DM tour

I would certainly hope so.
In any case, some of the best PJ songs are Matt songs. Released ... or otherwise...
He'll be missed .. but PJ could also turn this into an inspired and top notch album. ..They just need to stahp bricking their music in the mix.

[GreenMosquito1996]

Probably nothing worthy of attention but the french Wikipedia page for Matt Cameron says he's been a member of Pearl Jam from 1998 to 2024 and became a member of Devo in 2025. Wth ?
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Cameron

[Strat]

I know for certain it was at least talked about Mid June. Im guessing this wasn't otu of the blue.

[Johnny Turner]

"Final" Matt Cameron perfomance - you can see on the 09:46 mark when they are hanging out with champagne (breakfast) for everyone, they seem very emotional with Matt, hugging and talking with him. Maybe because Chris Cornell death anniversary or maybe because they know about his decision already.

https://youtu.be/o-yP_4K5eyo?si=8mb0b3dB9HbR5r0w&t=586



Anyway, sad news. Hoping the best for MC and the band.

[oneway23]

I'm almost certain that this didn't come out of left field. I'm sure all things were deliberated and considered.

Perhaps they were gearing up to get going again and the time was right to make it publicly known before the commitments start coming in.

Soundgarden's imminent induction into the HoF also seems like the right thing to wrap on.

[Ms Harmless]

Pearl Jam is woke now

[Kevin Davis]

Really shattered, and fully surprised to discover that (in spite of all the drummer stuff over the years) it’ll always feel like an asterisk is next to the band’s name, if they continue with a new drummer. I suppose because it’s too late for someone new to partake in a period of creative growth/exploration along with the guys. They’ll mostly (or entirely) just be the guy sitting in on old songs.

Damn. I hope he’s well and happy.

Agree, very difficult to bring someone into the creative flow at this point, and equally hard to get someone who brings that same sense of five-old-friends camaraderie that the band have had onstage for so long now. That familial vibe is probably their hardest-won career intangible that still reliably exists, that you can still hope to get just by playing one of their records or walking into one of their shows, regardless of how you feel about the songs, the production, Ed's voice, etc. In that regard, I do have some kind of stupid hope that -- if they continue -- it will be with someone who has some history with them already, as opposed to a hired gun.

[dad]

maybe now they’ll have time to dedicate to the vault.

[Strat]

Really shattered, and fully surprised to discover that (in spite of all the drummer stuff over the years) it’ll always feel like an asterisk is next to the band’s name, if they continue with a new drummer. I suppose because it’s too late for someone new to partake in a period of creative growth/exploration along with the guys. They’ll mostly (or entirely) just be the guy sitting in on old songs.

Damn. I hope he’s well and happy.

Agree, very difficult to bring someone into the creative flow at this point, and equally hard to get someone who brings that same sense of five-old-friends camaraderie that the band have had onstage for so long now. That familial vibe is probably their most hard-won career intangible that still reliably exists, that you can still hope to get just by playing one of their records or walking into one of their shows, regardless of how you feel about the songs, the production, Ed's voice, etc. In that regard, I do have some kind of stupid hope that -- if they continue -- it will be with someone who has some history with them already, as opposed to a hired gun.

Honestly zero chance they bring in a hired gun. I just dont see it. 35 years of being a band i think we know them a little...it'll absolutely be someone "in the family" so to speak. Hopefully not klinghoffer lol

[stip]

When Bill Berry quite REM (who went on to release 5 more albums without him, one of which is in their top 5 for me), he said he would gut it out if his leaving would break the band up. I wonder how much of that conversation, if any, happened.

Still kind of stunned. But assuming this does not close the book on everything (and I don't think it will) I am excited to see what comes next.

The end of an era that produced a whole lot of music I love.

[CopperTom]

It's been a fun ride.

[stip]

if i thought this augered an imminent break up of the band i would feel differently.

[epilogue]

Thank you for everything, Matt.

Because of you, a night bird is following me all the time. And what a tremendous gift.