Former drummer Dave Abbruzzese reflects on the tour cancellation

nautical_disaster · May 2022

I guess i'm naïve about royalties then haha!

pearljammr78 · May 2022

Maybe Dave A is addicted to being an asshole. I suffer from that addiction so I sympathize.

Cropduster-80 · May 2022

nautical_disaster said:

I guess i'm naïve about royalties then haha!

If I had to guess they royalties are probably worse anyway because the probably didn’t get the best contract in the beginning. Even with lower sales today he probably could have made more. I think the timing was not great either

Spiritual_Chaos · May 2022

nautical_disaster said:

I guess i'm naïve about royalties then haha!

Would imagine the royalties sunk like a rock when people stopped buying CDs etc.

And not like Pearl Jam pushes out their music to commercials (other than River Cross that one time, but people on here said it was a PSA and NOT an ad for Verizon) and movies etc.

His loft looked nice when he was zooming into that podcast though. Looked cozy.

static111 · May 2022

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Clapper said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Clapper said:

Embarrassing. He was the drummer for like 10% of the band's career. Outside of a few hold outs on this forum and Dave, I don't think many would even think of him as the associated drummer with Pearl Jam. It's like getting married young, it not working out and then 30 years later, after an entire lifetime apart, one person still talks badly about the relationship, and one person doesn't doesn't even think about it...at all. They only time Dave makes it in the media or on socials is to bad mouth the band. Hard to imagine why they'd rather use literally anyone else to drum than to call him.

This is a great analogy.

If it wasn't for the fact that the person who "doesn't doesn't even think about it... at all" sat at a festival 30 years later about to play a song that person from that young marriage once wrote and acted out some so-so theater about not even remembering the persons name he was once youngly madly marriaged to...

... doesn't really scream all that confidently "doesn't doesn't even think about it". Something petty seem to linger from that thing, an entire lifetime apart that one supposedly doesn't doesn't even think about.

And also. It's a shit analogy. Because no one moves on from that young love. Young love in our formative years is to strong to ever disappear our hearts. Haven't people on here ever read a love story, watched one or listened to one being sung. Get educated.

The girls you dated in high school must really appreciate the angry and cryptic posts on their facebook walls 30 years later. Educate us about the healthy people that can't move on with their lives.

Have you even heard the song Black. It's off that album in the first 10% of the bands career. Such a short period, so maybe you missed it.

Too busy listening to Johnny Guitar

static111 · May 2022

mrussel1 said:

Clapper said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Have you even heard the song Black. It's off that album in the first 10% of the bands career. Such a short period, so maybe you missed it.

Never heard it, is it good? I think I was at a show where they tried to play it once but the band was drowned out by all the people chanting Dave-y! Dave-y! Dave-y! Is it on the Dave Abbruzzese Essentials playlist on Apple Music with his other work? I can't seem to find it. How is it in comparison to the other 100 or so songs that the band has released that nothing to do with him? Take your time, I'll be in my basement tinkering with my time machine. One day, I'll get back to 1992.

It's okay. It's not as good as Johnny Guitar IMO, but that is subject to an ongoing, raging debate. https://community.pearljam.com/discussion/285925/sticky-black-vs-johnny-guitar#latest

Damn you went there first! Such a great song that easily overshadows Black, by a mile

Cropduster-80 · May 2022

Spiritual_Chaos said:

nautical_disaster said:

I guess i'm naïve about royalties then haha!

Would imagine the royalties sunk like a rock when people stopped buying CDs etc.

And not like Pearl Jam pushes out their music to commercials (other than River Cross that one time, but people on here said it was a PSA and NOT an ad for Verizon) and movies etc.

His loft looked nice when he was zooming into that podcast though. Looked cozy.

To be fair, it’s the Fresno of Texas

heartofadog · May 2022

mrussel1 said:

heartofadog said:

nautical_disaster said:

These Dave threads make me curious about royalties. Since pearl jam was in the golden age of CD sales, am I naïve to think that Dave would be set for life? I know these boards aren't about gossiping, and I don't want to speculate - I just remember a thread a while back where Mike mentioned that decades later he was still getting a few grand of royalty payments from ten.

Dave is a millionaire. Not to the extent that the other guys in the band are but, unless he's been extremely careless with his finances, he is not going to be "serving us fries" (as another poster put it) at any point in his life.

There's zero chance he's a millionaire. I bet he's been broke for decades. I know for a fact he has sold some of his original tapes (Stuffins) to fans. These are tapes of either versions of Alone, Wash, etc. You wouldn't do that if you were a millionaire.

There is not, in fact, "zero chance" he's a millionaire. There are plenty of reasons a person harboring a decades-long grudge would sell those tapes.

There was not a GoFundMe for his daughter. There was a FB "birthday fundraiser" in which he asked folks to contribute, on his birthday, to his daughter's ongoing education.

That said, being a millionaire and being extremely wealthy are two different things, so absolutely, his life is nowhere near the same as the rest of the guys in the band, but Dave is not broke, has not "been broke for decades."

heartofadog · May 2022

Spiritual_Chaos said:

nautical_disaster said:

I guess i'm naïve about royalties then haha!

Would imagine the royalties sunk like a rock when people stopped buying CDs etc.

Mechanical royalties, yes. But not songwriting royalties. Dave is credited as a writer on a number of the songs from Vs and Vitalogy. The rise of streaming services didn't stop those songs from being played on terrestrial and satellite radio.

mrussel1 · May 2022

heartofadog said:

mrussel1 said:

heartofadog said:

nautical_disaster said:

These Dave threads make me curious about royalties. Since pearl jam was in the golden age of CD sales, am I naïve to think that Dave would be set for life? I know these boards aren't about gossiping, and I don't want to speculate - I just remember a thread a while back where Mike mentioned that decades later he was still getting a few grand of royalty payments from ten.

Dave is a millionaire. Not to the extent that the other guys in the band are but, unless he's been extremely careless with his finances, he is not going to be "serving us fries" (as another poster put it) at any point in his life.

There's zero chance he's a millionaire. I bet he's been broke for decades. I know for a fact he has sold some of his original tapes (Stuffins) to fans. These are tapes of either versions of Alone, Wash, etc. You wouldn't do that if you were a millionaire.

There is not, in fact, "zero chance" he's a millionaire. There are plenty of reasons a person harboring a decades-long grudge would sell those tapes.

There was not a GoFundMe for his daughter. There was a FB "birthday fundraiser" in which he asked folks to contribute, on his birthday, to his daughter's ongoing education.

That said, being a millionaire and being extremely wealthy are two different things, so absolutely, his life is nowhere near the same as the rest of the guys in the band, but Dave is not broke, has not "been broke for decades."

I guess he was wanted for felony manufacturing because chemistry is a hobby of his.

mrussel1 · May 2022

heartofadog said:

mrussel1 said:

heartofadog said:

nautical_disaster said:

These Dave threads make me curious about royalties. Since pearl jam was in the golden age of CD sales, am I naïve to think that Dave would be set for life? I know these boards aren't about gossiping, and I don't want to speculate - I just remember a thread a while back where Mike mentioned that decades later he was still getting a few grand of royalty payments from ten.

Dave is a millionaire. Not to the extent that the other guys in the band are but, unless he's been extremely careless with his finances, he is not going to be "serving us fries" (as another poster put it) at any point in his life.

There's zero chance he's a millionaire. I bet he's been broke for decades. I know for a fact he has sold some of his original tapes (Stuffins) to fans. These are tapes of either versions of Alone, Wash, etc. You wouldn't do that if you were a millionaire.

There is not, in fact, "zero chance" he's a millionaire. There are plenty of reasons a person harboring a decades-long grudge would sell those tapes.

There was not a GoFundMe for his daughter. There was a FB "birthday fundraiser" in which he asked folks to contribute, on his birthday, to his daughter's ongoing education.

That said, being a millionaire and being extremely wealthy are two different things, so absolutely, his life is nowhere near the same as the rest of the guys in the band, but Dave is not broke, has not "been broke for decades."

Sorry, no one is going to convince me that Dave A is wealthy today for drumming on two records.

Clapper · May 2022

mrussel1 said:

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It's okay. It's not as good as Johnny Guitar IMO, but that is subject to an ongoing, raging debate. https://community.pearljam.com/discussion/285925/sticky-black-vs-johnny-guitar#latest

Thank you for this! I was not familiar with this thread and I have to confess this is now my Heard/Depp trial. I love it.

Ledbetterman10 · May 2022

mrussel1 said:

heartofadog said:

mrussel1 said:

heartofadog said:

nautical_disaster said:

These Dave threads make me curious about royalties. Since pearl jam was in the golden age of CD sales, am I naïve to think that Dave would be set for life? I know these boards aren't about gossiping, and I don't want to speculate - I just remember a thread a while back where Mike mentioned that decades later he was still getting a few grand of royalty payments from ten.

Dave is a millionaire. Not to the extent that the other guys in the band are but, unless he's been extremely careless with his finances, he is not going to be "serving us fries" (as another poster put it) at any point in his life.

There's zero chance he's a millionaire. I bet he's been broke for decades. I know for a fact he has sold some of his original tapes (Stuffins) to fans. These are tapes of either versions of Alone, Wash, etc. You wouldn't do that if you were a millionaire.

There is not, in fact, "zero chance" he's a millionaire. There are plenty of reasons a person harboring a decades-long grudge would sell those tapes.

There was not a GoFundMe for his daughter. There was a FB "birthday fundraiser" in which he asked folks to contribute, on his birthday, to his daughter's ongoing education.

That said, being a millionaire and being extremely wealthy are two different things, so absolutely, his life is nowhere near the same as the rest of the guys in the band, but Dave is not broke, has not "been broke for decades."

Sorry, no one is going to convince me that Dave A is wealthy today for drumming on two records.

Yeah two records that combined to sell like 15 million copies. And he's credited as songwriter on every song except for Nothingman, Better Man, Satan's Bed, and Stupid Mop. That wouldn't make him "wealthy." As Chris Rock said once, "Shaq is rich, the white man that signs his check....he's wealthy." But "zero chance he's a millionaire" isn't correct either. There's a good chance he's a millionaire. Or at least he certainly once was one. Who knows about these days.

PJammer4life · May 2022

The reason his is missed by us old timers was because was a fucking beast on that kit. I never met the guy, but heard most of the boots.

https://youtu.be/60jhpgpU-JE

100 Pacer · May 2022

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Cropduster-80 said:

100 Pacer said:

Merkin Baller said:

JimmyV said:

It wasn't a marriage, it was a business partnership. One that Dave contributed to, got fired from, and then watched his former colleagues get rich in part off of work that he contributed to. So I understand him being salty, but I also recognize his saltiness when I see it and don't really fault the band for not wanting him around. That is as close to a defense of Dave as I hope to ever make.

& anyone who's been in a band knows it's a unique business partnership at that.

If I was in his shoes, I don't know that I would be over getting kicked out of Pearl Jam either... that would be a very hard thing to come to terms with.

I can't understand anyone else not being over it though. It's been almost 30 years, it's hard to take seriously, tbh.

And yet…imagine being in Dave Krusen’s shoes. He battled his addiction and put himself first. He saved himself and never resented the band. That’s why we got to witness him in Fresno and he couldn’t have looked more appreciative.

He’s pretty candid about it being his fault. I’ve never heard a bad word spoken about him either. He owned it. That’s how you move on

100 Pacer said:

Cropduster-80 said:

100 Pacer said:

Merkin Baller said:

JimmyV said:

It wasn't a marriage, it was a business partnership. One that Dave contributed to, got fired from, and then watched his former colleagues get rich in part off of work that he contributed to. So I understand him being salty, but I also recognize his saltiness when I see it and don't really fault the band for not wanting him around. That is as close to a defense of Dave as I hope to ever make.

& anyone who's been in a band knows it's a unique business partnership at that.

If I was in his shoes, I don't know that I would be over getting kicked out of Pearl Jam either... that would be a very hard thing to come to terms with.

I can't understand anyone else not being over it though. It's been almost 30 years, it's hard to take seriously, tbh.

And yet…imagine being in Dave Krusen’s shoes. He battled his addiction and put himself first. He saved himself and never resented the band. That’s why we got to witness him in Fresno and he couldn’t have looked more appreciative.

He’s pretty candid about it being his fault. I’ve never heard a bad word spoken about him either. He owned it. That’s how you move on

Exactly.

Apples and oranges though. Haha. He left because of addiction, did he not? He wasn't sat down in front of a plate of pancakes with just Stone there being pushed out to do the band's* bidding

*certain someones in the band

But amazingly cool to see him in the apple-circumstance be able to "return" both at the RnR hoF and now in Fresno.

Doesn’t matter to me how Dave A was fired when you’re in a band and the other members don’t want you in the band. Point being Dave K made at best thousands from his time with the band and is still treated well by the band (wouldn’t be surprised if he receives a cheque for a portion of the Fresno fee) while Dave A made at best a few hundreds of thousands with the band, blew it all, sold his kit to Shon for probably $50,000, and is still bitter about not participation.

Not apples and oranges. Class and Sass.

Merkin Baller · May 2022

PJammer4life said:

The reason his is missed by us old timers was because was a fucking beast on that kit. I never met the guy, but heard most of the boots.

https://youtu.be/60jhpgpU-JE

Speak for yourself, this old timer is glad the band moved on from him.

Cropduster-80 · May 2022

Ledbetterman10 said:

mrussel1 said:

heartofadog said:

mrussel1 said:

heartofadog said:

nautical_disaster said:

These Dave threads make me curious about royalties. Since pearl jam was in the golden age of CD sales, am I naïve to think that Dave would be set for life? I know these boards aren't about gossiping, and I don't want to speculate - I just remember a thread a while back where Mike mentioned that decades later he was still getting a few grand of royalty payments from ten.

Dave is a millionaire. Not to the extent that the other guys in the band are but, unless he's been extremely careless with his finances, he is not going to be "serving us fries" (as another poster put it) at any point in his life.

There's zero chance he's a millionaire. I bet he's been broke for decades. I know for a fact he has sold some of his original tapes (Stuffins) to fans. These are tapes of either versions of Alone, Wash, etc. You wouldn't do that if you were a millionaire.

There is not, in fact, "zero chance" he's a millionaire. There are plenty of reasons a person harboring a decades-long grudge would sell those tapes.

There was not a GoFundMe for his daughter. There was a FB "birthday fundraiser" in which he asked folks to contribute, on his birthday, to his daughter's ongoing education.

That said, being a millionaire and being extremely wealthy are two different things, so absolutely, his life is nowhere near the same as the rest of the guys in the band, but Dave is not broke, has not "been broke for decades."

Sorry, no one is going to convince me that Dave A is wealthy today for drumming on two records.

Yeah two records that combined to sell like 15 million copies. And he's credited as songwriter on every song except for Nothingman, Better Man, Satan's Bed, and Stupid Mop. That wouldn't make him "wealthy." As Chris Rock said once, "Shaq is rich, the white man that signs his check....he's wealthy." But "zero chance he's a millionaire" isn't correct either. There's a good chance he's a millionaire. Or at least he certainly once was one. Who knows about these days.

Even if he is a millionaire you absolutely can’t retire on that at age 27 or whenever it was. It’s next to impossible at 65 if that’s your entire retirement portfolio as I bet his social security wages for the last 30 years were sporadic at best.

plug 1 million into a retirement draw down calculator. It’s not a lot so whatever the number is doesn’t matter, it’s not wealthy or set for life

mrussel1 · May 2022

Ledbetterman10 said:

mrussel1 said:

heartofadog said:

mrussel1 said:

heartofadog said:

nautical_disaster said:

These Dave threads make me curious about royalties. Since pearl jam was in the golden age of CD sales, am I naïve to think that Dave would be set for life? I know these boards aren't about gossiping, and I don't want to speculate - I just remember a thread a while back where Mike mentioned that decades later he was still getting a few grand of royalty payments from ten.

Dave is a millionaire. Not to the extent that the other guys in the band are but, unless he's been extremely careless with his finances, he is not going to be "serving us fries" (as another poster put it) at any point in his life.

There's zero chance he's a millionaire. I bet he's been broke for decades. I know for a fact he has sold some of his original tapes (Stuffins) to fans. These are tapes of either versions of Alone, Wash, etc. You wouldn't do that if you were a millionaire.

There is not, in fact, "zero chance" he's a millionaire. There are plenty of reasons a person harboring a decades-long grudge would sell those tapes.

There was not a GoFundMe for his daughter. There was a FB "birthday fundraiser" in which he asked folks to contribute, on his birthday, to his daughter's ongoing education.

That said, being a millionaire and being extremely wealthy are two different things, so absolutely, his life is nowhere near the same as the rest of the guys in the band, but Dave is not broke, has not "been broke for decades."

Sorry, no one is going to convince me that Dave A is wealthy today for drumming on two records.

Yeah two records that combined to sell like 15 million copies. And he's credited as songwriter on every song except for Nothingman, Better Man, Satan's Bed, and Stupid Mop. That wouldn't make him "wealthy." As Chris Rock said once, "Shaq is rich, the white man that signs his check....he's wealthy." But "zero chance he's a millionaire" isn't correct either. There's a good chance he's a millionaire. Or at least he certainly once was one. Who knows about these days.

I 100% agree that he was a millionaire at some point. There is no doubt. I am talking specifically about today. What has he done with his life for the past 25 years? Anything of note? Does he have a job? Does he gig? If he had 2MM tax free 25 years ago, that's only 80k per year as of today, and he would be wiped out. Does anyone think he invested 2MM? Negative.

mrussel1 · May 2022

Merkin Baller said:

PJammer4life said:

The reason his is missed by us old timers was because was a fucking beast on that kit. I never met the guy, but heard most of the boots.

https://youtu.be/60jhpgpU-JE

Speak for yourself, this old timer is glad the band moved on from him.

Me too. I love MFC's drumming. I think he's amazing. He's not just a cement mixer, he's technical, he has jazz root (which I love) and the band is so tight with him. That's the thing that stood out most in Oakland. They were all over the place and loose. It was cool for a show or two, but I wouldn't want that all the time.

Little Italy · May 2022

Clapper said:

Embarrassing. He was the drummer for like 10% of the band's career. Outside of a few hold outs on this forum and Dave, I don't think many would even think of him as the associated drummer with Pearl Jam. It's like getting married young, it not working out and then 30 years later, after an entire lifetime apart, one person still talks badly about the relationship, and one person doesn't doesn't even think about it...at all. They only time Dave makes it in the media or on socials is to bad mouth the band. Hard to imagine why they'd rather use literally anyone else to drum than to call him.

That same 10% cemented the band’s legacy and drew in the majority of their fan base?

The correct analogy would be like “getting married to someone 30yrs ago, having a kid, getting divorced after 2 years and then acting like the person you were married to and have the kid with is irrelevant.

Former drummer Dave Abbruzzese reflects on the tour cancellation

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