Matt Cameron Appreciation Thread

[VinylGuy]

His EP with Shaina Shepherd is really cool. Dude really loves odd signatures.

[taffer]

You Are 5
Get it Back 5
Johnny Guitar 5
In the Moonlight 5

Get Right 4.5
Cropduster 4.5
Dark Matter 4.5
Unemployable 4
Evacuation 4
Take the Long Way 3.5
The Fixer 2.5
Dance 2.5


I prefer this over any dave a versions

[darth_vedder]

Loved a lot of Matt's work with PJ, most of it comes from Binaural, Riot Act, and Avocado. Everything from his cool breakdowns during Insignificance, Hitchhiker, or Marker In The Sand, to his chiller more ambient side with Can't Keep, Fatal, or Of The Girl. It may not be popular, but I like the way he sped up some of their songs too. For example, I prefer how Betterman sounds on LO2L over Vitalogy / Dave A. I also thought he did a really good job on WMA.

[darthvedder81]

Looking forward to the Dave Abbruzzese tweet about the recent news.

NOT!!!!

He wished the mighty Matt Cameron well

Where did you see that? I'm not on Facebook and haven't seen any other social media stuff from him.

Dave A is a beast on Vs. and very good if not a tad unremarkable on Vitalogy. Thought he overplayed quite a bit live (there is a contingent of drummers who like drummers who overplay and that's who I often hear the "PJ SUCKED AFTER DAVE A LEFT!" noise the most from—usually after they erroneously give Abbruzzese credit for "Ten").

My whole beef isn't really with Dave A. but with the narrative that he was some catalyst for Pearl Jam's greatness or the primary reason for their early success. Seems like that's intensified in the last 5 years for some unknown reason? Now with Matt out it's gotten even more extreme. If he was the major musical powerhouse everyone now says he is why did he go on to do almost nothing in his musical career? Why weren't there 50 bands knocking on his door after departing from the biggest band in the world at the time? It's never made sense to me.

[Strat]

Looking forward to the Dave Abbruzzese tweet about the recent news.

NOT!!!!

He wished the mighty Matt Cameron well

Where did you see that? I'm not on Facebook and haven't seen any other social media stuff from him.

Dave A is a beast on Vs. and very good if not a tad unremarkable on Vitalogy. Thought he overplayed quite a bit live. My whole beef is with the narrative that he was some catalyst for Pearl Jam's greatness or the primary reason for their early success. Seems like that's intensified in the last 5 years for some unknown reason? Now with Matt out it's gotten even more extreme. If he was the major musical powerhouse everyone now says he is why did he go on to do almost nothing in his musical career? Why weren't there 50 bands knocking on his door after departing from the biggest band in the world at the time? It's never made sense to me.

David Abbruzzese
Yesterday at 10:00 Am
All the best to the mighty Matt Cameron. (he posted camerons message)

and then today:

David Abbruzzese
Due to the announcement of the mighty Matt Cameron choosing to step down from the throne he has had for the past 27 years, there has been much talk of my drumming, and the what if and would may never be, of late...
I thought I would take the opportunity to share some recent and past works with all of you that have bombarded my Facebook & Instagram pages with literally 1000's of posts, messages and emails, hoping I would call Pearl Jam and attempt to reconcile with them. To be clear, I have nothing to reconcile with them about.
My firing from the band and the subsequent trials and tribulations caused by the actions of the band's management and the band's old label that made things challenging for me weren't completely my doing. With the exceptions of some petty comments and actions that I never quite understood or expected, I have never placed blame and harbored resentments towards the members of the band.
I have been blessed to have participated in some remarkable musical projects with remarkable people over the last 30 post Pearl Jam years. Although I never truly understood what was so important to destroy the musical chemistry we had back then, it is what it is, and I can't do anything about it. At least nothing that I can figure out. The years since 1995 have served me well towards growing as a person and a player.
It seems the guys in the band matured and grew up as much as I did, but the fact that I haven't had any personal contact with any of them leads me to believe the water under the bridge runs too deep and too icy for there to be any reconnection or reconciliation.
This is a shame and saddens me, greatly.
I know I could and would have much to contribute if indeed the call came, but sadly, I don't see that happening.
I have been involved in so many wonder-filled projects. The production of The Green Romance Orchestra albums with my dear family of Gary J. Muller , Paul Slavens , Doug Neil , Darrell Phillips, Jimmy Shoaf and the extraordinary mastering engineer and one of my best friends Joe Gastwirt , all near and dear to my heart. Working with Roger Hodgson of Supertramp fame, and getting to form and maintain loving relationships with Rogers lovely family, Heidi Hodgson and Andrew Hodgson. G & R. Working with Eddie Kramer , Noel Redding, William Cox, Doug Pinnick , Corey Cornell James Glover and Eric Schenkman ... Some co-production, drumming and mixing for albums by Stevie Salas that introduced me to my brothers Bernard Fowler , Tm Stevens, Jara Harris Melvin Jr. Brannon, Kevin W Smith, Vincent Ruby p. Huxley Jamie Seyberth, Matt Sorum .. and the joys of touring performing live music with the IMFs. Working with the incomparable Waddy Wachtel Carmine Rojas , Reeves Gabriel, Rick The Bass Player, & Robi Banerji . Mr. Peter Cornell , who I had the fortune of working on some touch up mixes for Peter, Joseph Shaughnessy and Will Evankovich when they were a band named Grace. My heroes, Mike Dillon , JJ Jungle , Zac Baird, John IV Speice gathering at my studio in Seattle's Magnolia district for the HABMX "Out Demons" album. Jeff Fielder, Zach Harjo Perry Morgan , John Bush and the Speakeasy Junction jams. Peter Cornell's "Champion" album. Pseutopia music with Shyam Narayan , Laji George & Mithun Raju . The Shy Blossom album. Countless one off tracks. Carlos Garcia-Menocal. The works with John X Volaitis , Scott Reeder and Royston Langdon. Not to mention the great times shared with working on quarantine jams with an incredibly talented line up of Marcus Nand , Carmine Rojas, Bernard Fowler, Cici Von Strangelove , Eric Schenkman , Benny Goodman, Jeff Fielder, James Mauri, Shani Kimelman , Aubrey Seaton , Lynn Seaton , Rob van den Biggelaar Taryn Taryn , Joanna Connor , Jeff Nolan , Jeff Weiss, Charlie Berezansky , Daniel James, Jim Regan , Brian Dahlen ... Stacy Hogan & Sin SHAKE Sin.
Contributing drum tracks for the album by the exceptional Joanna Connor.
The Lost Symphony with Jimi Bell , Brian Goodman , Benny Goodman , Siobhán Cronin | Violinist Joey Concepcion, and a cast of exceptionally talented players. The time shared writing and planning with my friend Shawn Smith before his untimely passing.
And so many more...
Plus add to that the personal aspects of my life, blessed with a beautiful and talented daughter... overcoming substance abuse, embracing insanity and coming out on the other side, working in the field of recovery, legal issues, a failed marriage...
Needless to say, music is still very important and a continued passion without any doubt.
My drumming and passion for giving it my all is still as powerful as ever.
I wish Pearl Jam and its organization continued success and I do hope that there will come a day that we can again connect on some level. All that being said, I do ask that you please stop sending me messages asking & telling me to contact their management.
I appreciate and understand your desire to see what could come out of that reunion musically. I would be lying if I said I wasn't curious, also.
With much love and appreciation,
Dave
PS...all of you music "news" sites, if you're going to use this message as click bait, please post it in its entirety.

[darthvedder81]

Looking forward to the Dave Abbruzzese tweet about the recent news.

NOT!!!!

He wished the mighty Matt Cameron well

Where did you see that? I'm not on Facebook and haven't seen any other social media stuff from him.

Dave A is a beast on Vs. and very good if not a tad unremarkable on Vitalogy. Thought he overplayed quite a bit live. My whole beef is with the narrative that he was some catalyst for Pearl Jam's greatness or the primary reason for their early success. Seems like that's intensified in the last 5 years for some unknown reason? Now with Matt out it's gotten even more extreme. If he was the major musical powerhouse everyone now says he is why did he go on to do almost nothing in his musical career? Why weren't there 50 bands knocking on his door after departing from the biggest band in the world at the time? It's never made sense to me.

David Abbruzzese
Yesterday at 10:00 Am
All the best to the mighty Matt Cameron. (he posted camerons message)

and then today:

David Abbruzzese
Due to the announcement of the mighty Matt Cameron choosing to step down from the throne he has had for the past 27 years, there has been much talk of my drumming, and the what if and would may never be, of late...
I thought I would take the opportunity to share some recent and past works with all of you that have bombarded my Facebook & Instagram pages with literally 1000's of posts, messages and emails, hoping I would call Pearl Jam and attempt to reconcile with them. To be clear, I have nothing to reconcile with them about.
My firing from the band and the subsequent trials and tribulations caused by the actions of the band's management and the band's old label that made things challenging for me weren't completely my doing. With the exceptions of some petty comments and actions that I never quite understood or expected, I have never placed blame and harbored resentments towards the members of the band.
I have been blessed to have participated in some remarkable musical projects with remarkable people over the last 30 post Pearl Jam years. Although I never truly understood what was so important to destroy the musical chemistry we had back then, it is what it is, and I can't do anything about it. At least nothing that I can figure out. The years since 1995 have served me well towards growing as a person and a player.
It seems the guys in the band matured and grew up as much as I did, but the fact that I haven't had any personal contact with any of them leads me to believe the water under the bridge runs too deep and too icy for there to be any reconnection or reconciliation.
This is a shame and saddens me, greatly.
I know I could and would have much to contribute if indeed the call came, but sadly, I don't see that happening.
I have been involved in so many wonder-filled projects. The production of The Green Romance Orchestra albums with my dear family of Gary J. Muller , Paul Slavens , Doug Neil , Darrell Phillips, Jimmy Shoaf and the extraordinary mastering engineer and one of my best friends Joe Gastwirt , all near and dear to my heart. Working with Roger Hodgson of Supertramp fame, and getting to form and maintain loving relationships with Rogers lovely family, Heidi Hodgson and Andrew Hodgson. G & R. Working with Eddie Kramer , Noel Redding, William Cox, Doug Pinnick , Corey Cornell James Glover and Eric Schenkman ... Some co-production, drumming and mixing for albums by Stevie Salas that introduced me to my brothers Bernard Fowler , Tm Stevens, Jara Harris Melvin Jr. Brannon, Kevin W Smith, Vincent Ruby p. Huxley Jamie Seyberth, Matt Sorum .. and the joys of touring performing live music with the IMFs. Working with the incomparable Waddy Wachtel Carmine Rojas , Reeves Gabriel, Rick The Bass Player, & Robi Banerji . Mr. Peter Cornell , who I had the fortune of working on some touch up mixes for Peter, Joseph Shaughnessy and Will Evankovich when they were a band named Grace. My heroes, Mike Dillon , JJ Jungle , Zac Baird, John IV Speice gathering at my studio in Seattle's Magnolia district for the HABMX "Out Demons" album. Jeff Fielder, Zach Harjo Perry Morgan , John Bush and the Speakeasy Junction jams. Peter Cornell's "Champion" album. Pseutopia music with Shyam Narayan , Laji George & Mithun Raju . The Shy Blossom album. Countless one off tracks. Carlos Garcia-Menocal. The works with John X Volaitis , Scott Reeder and Royston Langdon. Not to mention the great times shared with working on quarantine jams with an incredibly talented line up of Marcus Nand , Carmine Rojas, Bernard Fowler, Cici Von Strangelove , Eric Schenkman , Benny Goodman, Jeff Fielder, James Mauri, Shani Kimelman , Aubrey Seaton , Lynn Seaton , Rob van den Biggelaar Taryn Taryn , Joanna Connor , Jeff Nolan , Jeff Weiss, Charlie Berezansky , Daniel James, Jim Regan , Brian Dahlen ... Stacy Hogan & Sin SHAKE Sin.
Contributing drum tracks for the album by the exceptional Joanna Connor.
The Lost Symphony with Jimi Bell , Brian Goodman , Benny Goodman , Siobhán Cronin | Violinist Joey Concepcion, and a cast of exceptionally talented players. The time shared writing and planning with my friend Shawn Smith before his untimely passing.
And so many more...
Plus add to that the personal aspects of my life, blessed with a beautiful and talented daughter... overcoming substance abuse, embracing insanity and coming out on the other side, working in the field of recovery, legal issues, a failed marriage...
Needless to say, music is still very important and a continued passion without any doubt.
My drumming and passion for giving it my all is still as powerful as ever.
I wish Pearl Jam and its organization continued success and I do hope that there will come a day that we can again connect on some level. All that being said, I do ask that you please stop sending me messages asking & telling me to contact their management.
I appreciate and understand your desire to see what could come out of that reunion musically. I would be lying if I said I wasn't curious, also.
With much love and appreciation,
Dave
PS...all of you music "news" sites, if you're going to use this message as click bait, please post it in its entirety.

Cool thanks for sharing

[wease]

Dave A 4-EVER!

[VinylGuy]

Listening to Live On Two Legs now

what a wondeful live album this is. I love Ed circa 98. Matt is so fucking good. Given To Fly is a must.

[96583UP]

agree

i am at a point now where i consider that era of Pearl Jam to be the best Pearl Jam

no dis to Dave A and the 1994 Spring Tour, which I consider a very close 2nd

but they had the whole catalogue through Yield

Ed sounded great

Matt C was bringing his own flavor

and they were more experienced and wiser

[warehouse]

thats awesome, strat! i hope they stop bothering him lol

[zeb]

Dave A is a beast on Vs. and very good if not a tad unremarkable on Vitalogy. Thought he overplayed quite a bit live (there is a contingent of drummers who like drummers who overplay and that's who I often hear the "PJ SUCKED AFTER DAVE A LEFT!" noise the most from.

This guy gets it.

[darthvedder81]

Dave A is a beast on Vs. and very good if not a tad unremarkable on Vitalogy. Thought he overplayed quite a bit live (there is a contingent of drummers who like drummers who overplay and that's who I often hear the "PJ SUCKED AFTER DAVE A LEFT!" noise the most from.

This guy gets it.

Glad somebody thinks so!

[Strat]

[E.H. Ruddock]

Damn

[tree_]

Do you guys remember when he collaborated with Nickelback

[Farmer John]

Do you guys remember when he collaborated with Nickelback

Never forget

[VinylGuy]

He was called for a session with Shakira, and she was late for like an hour, so Matt said: "ill be right back" and never appeared again.

[96583UP]

He was called for a session with Shakira, and she was late for like an hour, so Matt said: "ill be right back" and never appeared again.

[wease]

Goddamn what a monster. No wonder he hated doing those long shows.

[EBowie]

Yeah, I've always loved how they sounded on the '98 tour (post Jack). Ed had that nasally sound to his voice, Matt was hyped because he was the new guy, and they had the perfect balance between elder wisdom and youthful energy around this time.