Matt Cameron Not Touring With Soundgarden in 2014

[matt reeder]

People on all sides need to calm down. Spenno is totally right here - SG are probably only doing a few dates and Matt was already committed to touring with PJ.

Matt belongs in SG but he's been in PJ longer. It's a difficult situation and I'm sure it's been hard on his family. I hope he gets it settled out. I also think both bands will be less active in the future since they're all getting older and all have families.

Finally, everybody needs to watch this:

[The Town]

my bubble has been totally burst. and not just the diarrhea-based one in my pants

-slow the fuck down. even flow is not supposed to sound like a trebly chinese person on cocaine. it is supposed to be a steady mellow funky black man. quit rushing through songs. and make your drum solo at the end of even flow longer, honkey.

-stop cutting jams short. e.g, play daughter, longer, and with more soul, and with more hi hat and cymbal detail. i.e. listen to how dave A played it

[Birds in Hell]

I wonder how relevant the offer to play with Black Sabbath was to this whole deal - it reminds me of the early 2000s show Pearl Jam played supporting The Who but without Stone as he was in Australia on holiday/doing conservation work.

Obviously that's harder to do with a drummer, hence the need for a replacement.

Matt might've been available to Soundgarden had it only been the April shows in South America but, if the Sabbath shows fall right in the middle of when PJ already have commitments, it makes sense to have the stand-in guy ready now and for Matt to simply bow out for a while.

He did back-to-back Soundgarden/Pearl Jam tours in 2012 and I'm sure it was pretty rough on the guy.

[zeb]

a few requests, rookie:

-loosen up your snare drum. it's too fucking tense for pj

-slow the fuck down. even flow is not supposed to sound like a trebly chinese person on cocaine. it is supposed to be a steady mellow funky black man. quit rushing through songs. and make your drum solo at the end of even flow longer, honkey.

-stop cutting jams short. e.g, play daughter, longer, and with more soul, and with more hi hat and cymbal detail. i.e. listen to how dave A played it, and play it like him, because i want you to know, as PJ's new permanent drummer, you will always be compared to dave A, and you can never fill his shoes.

-never play chloe/crown of thorns ever again. you are retarded when it comes to this

- if this is your full time job, try to contribute something and get a song on the new album, rather than just showing up, bludgeoning your tom toms with caveman-like 5B caveman clubs; then butchering dave A's songs live, then collecting a 12 figure paycheck

-listen to what Jeff is doing and actually develop a rapport with him. he is your bassist.

Are you twelve years old?

[E.H. Ruddock]

To everyone that says Matt doesn't belong in PJ: he's been in the fucking band for 15 years. If you are still following them after all that time then just shut the hell up. Is anyone really surprised he picked Pearl Jam? Jesus.

[Mine]

Seattle also rans reunite for blatant cash grab and people are upset cos the drummer is choosing to keep his day job that have a new record to promote instead of touring a year old record with guys that clearly don't get along.

Hardly mysterious as to why he would make that choice.

Poor guy he had to chose between a band that doesn't get along and another that are bored/frustrated/limited by each other.

[dimejinky99]

We don't know that though. That's just RM speculation.

[Mine]

We don't know that though. That's just RM speculation.

yup

[Heathen]

To everyone that says Matt doesn't belong in PJ: he's been in the fucking band for 15 years. If you are still following them after all that time then just shut the hell up. Is anyone really surprised he picked Pearl Jam? Jesus.

Matt wants money, comfort and more time with his family, so yeah I don't know how anyone can say he doesn't belong in PJ. He incarnates PJ.

[stip]

[harmless]

a few requests, rookie:

-loosen up your snare drum. it's too fucking tense for pj

-slow the fuck down. even flow is not supposed to sound like a trebly chinese person on cocaine. it is supposed to be a steady mellow funky black man. quit rushing through songs. and make your drum solo at the end of even flow longer, honkey.

-stop cutting jams short. e.g, play daughter, longer, and with more soul, and with more hi hat and cymbal detail. i.e. listen to how dave A played it, and play it like him, because i want you to know, as PJ's new permanent drummer, you will always be compared to dave A, and you can never fill his shoes.

-never play chloe/crown of thorns ever again. you are retarded when it comes to this

- if this is your full time job, try to contribute something and get a song on the new album, rather than just showing up, bludgeoning your tom toms with caveman-like 5B caveman clubs; then butchering dave A's songs live, then collecting a 12 figure paycheck

-listen to what Jeff is doing and actually develop a rapport with him. he is your bassist.

Are you twelve years old?

Most of these 'suggestions' to Matt are utter bollocks.

[harmless]

To everyone that says Matt doesn't belong in PJ: he's been in the fucking band for 15 years. If you are still following them after all that time then just shut the hell up. Is anyone really surprised he picked Pearl Jam? Jesus.

Yes, I'm surprised.

[96583UP]

ok, ok, ok time to calm down here. nothing has changed, its all gonna be OK. Matt is still PJ's drummer, that is still in tact. his credibility, largely based on his SG days, has taken a slight hit but this is just an overreaction and everything will be back to normal 2 years from now when soundgarden have recorded a new album with their new drummerimean matt is back with SG in the studio and everything's fine, everything's fine

CamerCred - Holding Corp for Matt Cameron's credibility

[evenslow]

a few requests, rookie:

-loosen up your snare drum. it's too fucking tense for pj

-slow the fuck down. even flow is not supposed to sound like a trebly chinese person on cocaine. it is supposed to be a steady mellow funky black man. quit rushing through songs. and make your drum solo at the end of even flow longer, honkey.

-stop cutting jams short. e.g, play daughter, longer, and with more soul, and with more hi hat and cymbal detail. i.e. listen to how dave A played it, and play it like him, because i want you to know, as PJ's new permanent drummer, you will always be compared to dave A, and you can never fill his shoes.

-never play chloe/crown of thorns ever again. you are retarded when it comes to this

- if this is your full time job, try to contribute something and get a song on the new album, rather than just showing up, bludgeoning your tom toms with caveman-like 5B caveman clubs; then butchering dave A's songs live, then collecting a 12 figure paycheck

-listen to what Jeff is doing and actually develop a rapport with him. he is your bassist.

Are you twelve years old?

I'm just happy that the band will see these suggestions and incorporate them into their show.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Of course, we all know what's best for Matt better than he.

[harmless]

That's going a bit far. I wouldn't say all of us know better than Matt does.

[numbers]

a few requests, rookie:

-loosen up your snare drum. it's too fucking tense for pj

-slow the fuck down. even flow is not supposed to sound like a trebly chinese person on cocaine. it is supposed to be a steady mellow funky black man. quit rushing through songs. and make your drum solo at the end of even flow longer, honkey.

-stop cutting jams short. e.g, play daughter, longer, and with more soul, and with more hi hat and cymbal detail. i.e. listen to how dave A played it, and play it like him, because i want you to know, as PJ's new permanent drummer, you will always be compared to dave A, and you can never fill his shoes.

-never play chloe/crown of thorns ever again. you are retarded when it comes to this

- if this is your full time job, try to contribute something and get a song on the new album, rather than just showing up, bludgeoning your tom toms with caveman-like 5B caveman clubs; then butchering dave A's songs live, then collecting a 12 figure paycheck

-listen to what Jeff is doing and actually develop a rapport with him. he is your bassist.

Are you twelve years old?

Most of these 'suggestions' to Matt are utter bollocks.

I love the contribute a song suggestion, like Matt doesnt write songs.

[harmless]

a few requests, rookie:

-loosen up your snare drum. it's too fucking tense for pj

-slow the fuck down. even flow is not supposed to sound like a trebly chinese person on cocaine. it is supposed to be a steady mellow funky black man. quit rushing through songs. and make your drum solo at the end of even flow longer, honkey.

-stop cutting jams short. e.g, play daughter, longer, and with more soul, and with more hi hat and cymbal detail. i.e. listen to how dave A played it, and play it like him, because i want you to know, as PJ's new permanent drummer, you will always be compared to dave A, and you can never fill his shoes.

-never play chloe/crown of thorns ever again. you are retarded when it comes to this

- if this is your full time job, try to contribute something and get a song on the new album, rather than just showing up, bludgeoning your tom toms with caveman-like 5B caveman clubs; then butchering dave A's songs live, then collecting a 12 figure paycheck

-listen to what Jeff is doing and actually develop a rapport with him. he is your bassist.

Are you twelve years old?

Most of these 'suggestions' to Matt are utter bollocks.

I love the contribute a song suggestion, like Matt doesnt write songs.

He did write one, it just didn't make the album in the end.

[harmless]

I also like the suggestion to 'loosen up your snare drum' in order to sound more like Dave A., because 'as PJ's new permanent drummer, you will always be compared to dave A, and you can never fill his shoes'.

[numbers]

a few requests, rookie:

-loosen up your snare drum. it's too fucking tense for pj

-slow the fuck down. even flow is not supposed to sound like a trebly chinese person on cocaine. it is supposed to be a steady mellow funky black man. quit rushing through songs. and make your drum solo at the end of even flow longer, honkey.

-stop cutting jams short. e.g, play daughter, longer, and with more soul, and with more hi hat and cymbal detail. i.e. listen to how dave A played it, and play it like him, because i want you to know, as PJ's new permanent drummer, you will always be compared to dave A, and you can never fill his shoes.

-never play chloe/crown of thorns ever again. you are retarded when it comes to this

- if this is your full time job, try to contribute something and get a song on the new album, rather than just showing up, bludgeoning your tom toms with caveman-like 5B caveman clubs; then butchering dave A's songs live, then collecting a 12 figure paycheck

-listen to what Jeff is doing and actually develop a rapport with him. he is your bassist.

Are you twelve years old?

Most of these 'suggestions' to Matt are utter bollocks.

I love the contribute a song suggestion, like Matt doesnt write songs.

He did write one, it just didn't make the album in the end.

Yeah, it's wicked rare for a drummer to write as many songs as he does.