Jack Irons Appreciation Thread

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    Go Beavers said:

    Jack's my favorite. He seems to have more subtlety rather than bashing and crashing. The tones tend to have a roundness to them and there's a looseness that comes through. Perfect for No Code.

    Exactly! What you call roundness and looseness, I call fluidity. There's this beautiful liquid feel to his playing (part of why I fell in love with In My Tree and Given to Fly), and after watching him soak his arms in Single Video Theory, I got why he had to let it go. Loss for us, but good for him.

    Side story...my sister went to school with Jack. Late 70s in my KISS-loving days - I admit it, what's to say :D - many a time we'd watch him and his bandmates practice (with Hillel in the pre-RHCP days - was friends with his younger brother Jamie). My best friend's older brother played bass with them too - had a huge crush on him.

    Good memories...good music...good times :)
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    hedonist said:

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    Exactly! What you call roundness and looseness, I call fluidity. There's this beautiful liquid feel to his playing (part of why I fell in love with In My Tree and Given to Fly), and after watching him soak his arms in Single Video Theory, I got why he had to let it go. Loss for us, but good for him.

    Side story...my sister went to school with Jack. Late 70s in my KISS-loving days - I admit it, what's to say :D - many a time we'd watch him and his bandmates practice (with Hillel in the pre-RHCP days - was friends with his younger brother Jamie). My best friend's older brother played bass with them too - had a huge crush on him.

    Good memories...good music...good times :)
    Cool story Hedo! Thanks for sharing that.
    And I agree with the feel -- fluidity -- of Jack on songs like In My Tree and several others. Thoose scenes with him in SVT are great. Seeing him roll smoothly around those toms on Given to Fly in SVT made me realize that he was a true original and they'd likely never have a guy like him again.
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  • Boston Posts: 417
    Totally agree. Jack Irons brought so much to the band. No Code and Yield are my favorite records and Jack was such a huge part of those.
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    No disrespect to Matt Cameron.
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    No Code would have not been the same without Jack Irons's influence. He's incredible in In My Tree/Who You Are
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    Jack's drumming is superb on Yield too! Brain of J, Faithfull, No Way, Given to Fly...oh yeah, on every track.
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    This thread has the official ****YFC STAMP OF APPROVAL****
    No longer overwhelmed it seems so simple now.
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    With no disrespect to the other drummers, Jack is my favorite - No code is a masterpiece, with Yield being a close 2nd.  At times during the current live shows, certain songs seem rushed - I felt during Jack's time, he allowed the songs to breathe a bit when playing them live.  Just my two cents.
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    edited November 2021
    demetrios said:
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    Nice groove! :wink:
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    edited December 2021
    Jack Irons....Jack Irons....Jack Irons theme song.   Da da da da. JACK irons .....Jack Irons....

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    WhatYouTaughtMe said:
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    I think I read somewhere a long time ago that Dave wrote the riff to go. Maybe that explains the dedication.
    Or maybe it was because they had recently told Dave to "Go." 

    Though you're right, the Go riff is Dave's. 
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    hrd2imgn said:
    Jack Irons....Jack Irons....Jack Irons theme song.   Da da da da. JACK irons .....Jack Irons....

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    Love this! Was hoping Jack came up during PJ's set in Ohana and they belt out this tribute. 
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    demetrios said:


    Ok this is cool! Thanks for sharing =)
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    edited December 2021
    BC62528 said:
    With no disrespect to the other drummers, Jack is my favorite - No code is a masterpiece, with Yield being a close 2nd.  At times during the current live shows, certain songs seem rushed - I felt during Jack's time, he allowed the songs to breathe a bit when playing them live.  Just my two cents.
    Honestly each drummer played their respective songs the best (with the exception of Dave A also sounding great on Dave C’s songs). I’m sure Dave or Jack playing Matt’s songs wouldn’t sound great either. Matt has the disadvantage of coming last and having to reinterpret 2-3 other drummer’s drum parts on songs.
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    Love Jack Irons. It's been great to follow him on Instagram and see/hear these gems.
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    OceansJenny said:
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    Ok this is cool! Thanks for sharing =)

    No problemo! :)  

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