Red Mosquito

Hello Knights of the Soundtable faithful,

I will be taking 2014 off from Soundgarden touring due to prior commitments promoting "Lightning Bolt" with my brothers in Pearl Jam and the desire to have more time at home with my family. I am trying to balance the many twists and turns of my awesome music career. This is temporary. I am still an active member of Soundgarden. Chris, Ben, Kim and I are in the process of finding the perfect substitute for the upcoming Soundgarden dates in 2014.

Thank you all for listening and the Years of Support!

Loudest of Love.
Matt Cameron

Just saw this on Facebook. Surely they got this the wrong way round.

Very interesting. Did soundgarden already have dates booked for 2014 or do the rest of the guys just want to go on tour?

Soundgarden without Matt. I cant imagine....

Is this real life?

That's fucked up, if true. Please Matt, by all means, go with your SG brethren. I hear Mr. Irons has some free time now that he adios'd the Wallflowers.

Hopefully they go more Tomas Haake than Lars Ulrich.

Oh, what it must be like to say NO to touring with Soundgarden.

"Eh, yea, im just not feeling it this go round, you guys have fun"

Strat wrote:Oh, what it must be like to say NO to touring with Soundgarden.

"Eh, yea, im just not feeling it this go round, you guys have fun"

More time at home! With family!

Well, all the rest of the band has had a chance to say that, I feel like Matt deserves his chance.

Heathen wrote:

Strat wrote:Oh, what it must be like to say NO to touring with Soundgarden.

"Eh, yea, im just not feeling it this go round, you guys have fun"

More time at home! With family!

OR...

Maybe a bigger PJ tour in the works? They really need to hit the upper midwest on a tour, not just a "destination event."

Im very surprised

I bet the wifey is holding the hooha over his head....

Iiiiiiinnteresting. I assume its cause pj already had stuff planned and shit, rather than him choosing pj over soundgarden lol. Though if it is im even more miffed on his behalf that theres no matt tunes on LB

MookieBlaylockMN wrote:

Heathen wrote:

Strat wrote:Oh, what it must be like to say NO to touring with Soundgarden.

"Eh, yea, im just not feeling it this go round, you guys have fun"

More time at home! With family!

OR...

Maybe a bigger PJ tour in the works? They really need to hit the upper midwest on a tour, not just a "destination event."

Europe
South America
US/Canada


They seem to only tour about a month at a time so they could break it up and hit all of the regions above over the course of 2014. They have Australia in January and early February already on the books so maybe they add shows outside the festivals there or in New Zealand.

I was wondering when something like this was going to happen once Soundgarden reformed. I can only imagine how busy Matt Cameron has been the last few years playing in both bands.

harmless wrote:Well, all the rest of the band has had a chance to say that, I feel like Matt deserves his chance.

Speaking of chance... this is yours

Given the venues PJ is playing vs the venues Soundgarden was booking last spring, he probably makes a lot more $$$ per show with PJ, which is probably something of a motivating factor

The other side of this coin is that SG broke up once. All those dysfunctional tendencies likely still exist. Im presuming PJ is a more secure route in terms of commitment.

Anyhow, to whoever says he should choose SG instead. I scoff at you!

Heathen wrote:

harmless wrote:Well, all the rest of the band has had a chance to say that, I feel like Matt deserves his chance.

Speaking of chance... this is yours

What would you like me to say?

harmless wrote:

Heathen wrote:

harmless wrote:Well, all the rest of the band has had a chance to say that, I feel like Matt deserves his chance.

Speaking of chance... this is yours

What would you like me to say?

I mean it's your chance to tour with Soundgarden

Heathen wrote:

harmless wrote:

Heathen wrote:

harmless wrote:Well, all the rest of the band has had a chance to say that, I feel like Matt deserves his chance.

Speaking of chance... this is yours

What would you like me to say?

I mean it's your chance to tour with Soundgarden

Oh! Well... yes. YES. I can do that. Oh dear dad, can you see me now?