Red Mosquito

daft twat wrote:

scrub12 wrote:

I'm skeptical of Ed spilling the beans about them practicing to some random guy but figured it was worth posting here.

Yup. Ed worked definitely be waiting in the merch line. Gotta get his hands on one of those Neil Young trucker hats.

PS. Alternative Nation ran this as a story

The Soundgarden album is just one of the endeavors Cameron’s been up to since, and before, announcing his departure from Pearl Jam — which he says was amicable. “I definitely gave them a lot of notice,” he notes. “I’ve spoken with Jeff (Ament) and Stone (Gossard) a little bit…It’s been fine. Hopefully we’ll get back together at some point and have a beer or something.”

He maintains, as he did in his original announcement, that “I’m at a point in my life where I want to redirect my time and energy in a way that is a little bit based on what I want to pursue as an artist at this point.” That includes a new band, Is This Real?, in which he’s serving as frontman and guitarist; it began as a Wipers tribute but is “also recording original music I’ve been writing over the years,” with an album of mostly original material I’ve been writing over the years” expected in the near future.

He and Thayil, meanwhile, continue to work in the all-star 3rd Secret (with Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic, Void’s Jon “Bubba” Dupree and others), with hopes of possibly taking that band on the road.

“I was having some issues with (Pearl Jam’s) three-hour shows and constant touring and stuff,” Cameron adds. “That’s definitely an art form unto itself, to be able to do those types of shows…I’m at a point now where I want to do a face-melting 70-minute set, and that’s kind of what I’m focusing on right now.”

wease wrote:My guess is he told them while working on the last album.

Farmer John wrote:

wease wrote:My guess is he told them while working on the last album.

Probably right after Ed showed them Something Special

wease wrote:

Farmer John wrote:

wease wrote:My guess is he told them while working on the last album.

Probably right after Ed showed them Something Special

Haha! You never know.

wease wrote:My guess is he told them while working on the last album.

Kalevi wrote:I hope this means they will actually go back to playing 3 hour shows

digster wrote:Some context on the split from a Matt Cameron interview in Billboard (mostly about Soundgarden)...

https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/so ... 236067155/

The Soundgarden album is just one of the endeavors Cameron’s been up to since, and before, announcing his departure from Pearl Jam — which he says was amicable. “I definitely gave them a lot of notice,” he notes. “I’ve spoken with Jeff (Ament) and Stone (Gossard) a little bit…It’s been fine. Hopefully we’ll get back together at some point and have a beer or something.”

He maintains, as he did in his original announcement, that “I’m at a point in my life where I want to redirect my time and energy in a way that is a little bit based on what I want to pursue as an artist at this point.” That includes a new band, Is This Real?, in which he’s serving as frontman and guitarist; it began as a Wipers tribute but is “also recording original music I’ve been writing over the years,” with an album of mostly original material I’ve been writing over the years” expected in the near future.

He and Thayil, meanwhile, continue to work in the all-star 3rd Secret (with Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic, Void’s Jon “Bubba” Dupree and others), with hopes of possibly taking that band on the road.

“I was having some issues with (Pearl Jam’s) three-hour shows and constant touring and stuff,” Cameron adds. “That’s definitely an art form unto itself, to be able to do those types of shows…I’m at a point now where I want to do a face-melting 70-minute set, and that’s kind of what I’m focusing on right now.”

daft twat wrote:[ Just be real. It’s not a satisfying creative outlet anymore. Probably never was. You’re old. Time is limited. Nothing wrong with saying you’re tired of playing the same hits and fan favorites night after night that you had nothing to do with.

“I’m at a point in my life where I want to redirect my time and energy in a way that is a little bit based on what I want to pursue as an artist at this point.”

Jorge wrote:

daft twat wrote:[ Just be real. It’s not a satisfying creative outlet anymore. Probably never was. You’re old. Time is limited. Nothing wrong with saying you’re tired of playing the same hits and fan favorites night after night that you had nothing to do with.

I think that's what he was saying here, just more diplomatically

“I’m at a point in my life where I want to redirect my time and energy in a way that is a little bit based on what I want to pursue as an artist at this point.”

daft twat wrote:

Jorge wrote:

daft twat wrote:[ Just be real. It’s not a satisfying creative outlet anymore. Probably never was. You’re old. Time is limited. Nothing wrong with saying you’re tired of playing the same hits and fan favorites night after night that you had nothing to do with.

I think that's what he was saying here, just more diplomatically

“I’m at a point in my life where I want to redirect my time and energy in a way that is a little bit based on what I want to pursue as an artist at this point.”

You’re absolutely right. I just don’t think he needs to be diplomatic. They’re all in their 60’s and none of them strike me as being like Gene Simmons or Nikki Sixx levels of petty. It’s okay to admit you did a job for money and now feel comfortable with focusing on being an artist who makes no money but doesn’t have to worry about starving.

daft twat wrote:

digster wrote:Some context on the split from a Matt Cameron interview in Billboard (mostly about Soundgarden)...

https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/so ... 236067155/

The Soundgarden album is just one of the endeavors Cameron’s been up to since, and before, announcing his departure from Pearl Jam — which he says was amicable. “I definitely gave them a lot of notice,” he notes. “I’ve spoken with Jeff (Ament) and Stone (Gossard) a little bit…It’s been fine. Hopefully we’ll get back together at some point and have a beer or something.”

He maintains, as he did in his original announcement, that “I’m at a point in my life where I want to redirect my time and energy in a way that is a little bit based on what I want to pursue as an artist at this point.” That includes a new band, Is This Real?, in which he’s serving as frontman and guitarist; it began as a Wipers tribute but is “also recording original music I’ve been writing over the years,” with an album of mostly original material I’ve been writing over the years” expected in the near future.

He and Thayil, meanwhile, continue to work in the all-star 3rd Secret (with Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic, Void’s Jon “Bubba” Dupree and others), with hopes of possibly taking that band on the road.

“I was having some issues with (Pearl Jam’s) three-hour shows and constant touring and stuff,” Cameron adds. “That’s definitely an art form unto itself, to be able to do those types of shows…I’m at a point now where I want to do a face-melting 70-minute set, and that’s kind of what I’m focusing on right now.”

“It’s been fine.” That’s what I’d say when it hasn’t been good.

Matt has earned the right to do whatever he wants, but citing “constant touring” and “3 hour shows” is disingenuous. I don’t think they’ve played even 40 shows in a year since 2006. They stopped 3 hour shows after 2018. Just be real. It’s not a satisfying creative outlet anymore. Probably never was. You’re old. Time is limited. Nothing wrong with saying you’re tired of playing the same hits and fan favorites night after night that you had nothing to do with. To do that for almost 3 decades sounds like a prison sentence.