Why isn't Boom part of the band?

davidtrios

I'm not one of Boom's biggest fans but he's been playing with PJ since '03 and yet he's not credited with being in the band. Why?

RiotAct10

Well for one, he probably only plays on about half of their songs. Also, there are plenty of bands such as, The Rolling Stones and the Who, who have brought along additional performers over the years, but never made the official members of the band. In fact, if you look at the Rolling Stones, they've had the same bass player now for like 15 years, and he is not an official member. I think it just comes down to the core members of the group, and even though Matt hasn't been there since the beginning, he has been there longer than any other drummer they have ever had, and he has contributed songs to most or all of the albums they have made since he joined.

the wolf

RiotAct10 wrote:

Well for one, he probably only plays on about half of their songs. Also, there are plenty of bands such as, The Rolling Stones and the Who, who have brought along additional performers over the years, but never made the official members of the band. In fact, if you look at the Rolling Stones, they've had the same bass player now for like 15 years, and he is not an official member. I think it just comes down to the core members of the group, and even though Matt hasn't been there since the beginning, he has been there longer than any other drummer they have ever had, and he has contributed songs to most or all of the albums they have made since he joined.

in a way, Matt was there in the beginning.

riCotokYo

the wolf wrote:

RiotAct10 wrote:

Well for one, he probably only plays on about half of their songs. Also, there are plenty of bands such as, The Rolling Stones and the Who, who have brought along additional performers over the years, but never made the official members of the band. In fact, if you look at the Rolling Stones, they've had the same bass player now for like 15 years, and he is not an official member. I think it just comes down to the core members of the group, and even though Matt hasn't been there since the beginning, he has been there longer than any other drummer they have ever had, and he has contributed songs to most or all of the albums they have made since he joined.

in a way, Matt was there in the beginning.

yep, Matt was on the very first demo that Jack Irons passed to Eddie!!! fun, full circle, type of info.....

we belong together

love Boom. But I agree that he is not a core member. He's PJ's fifth Beatle (Billy Preston) if you will. Look at the disc's for Lost Dogs. No Matt Cameron?

cannotstaylong

we belong together wrote:

love Boom. But I agree that he is not a core member. He's PJ's fifth Beatle (Billy Preston) if you will. Look at the disc's for Lost Dogs. No Matt Cameron?

Matt's been there since day one. He put beats to Alive, Once and Footsteps before anyone else....

we belong together

i like matt. just noting his absense from the discs