Matt Cameron News

Get_Right · July 7

Gern Blansten said:

Get_Right said:

I am afraid this not just the end of Matt, but of the band's live shows. How do you replace Matt Cameron? Answer: you don't. Anything else will feel contrived. That's just me.

Everything will be just fine

They have replaced drummers before. This one seems harder than the others. We all know Jeff hates touring. And we all know Ed loves playing. I see solo shows, Earthlings and maybe some other mix, but I would be very surprised to see more Pearl Jam dates. I hope I am wrong.

hrd2imgn · July 7

Thank you MFC, best wishes to your future endeavors!

ReleaseMeAndTheHounds92 · July 7

JG242853 said:

ReleaseMeAndTheHounds92 said:

ochsner.t said:

I highly doubt this is "the end." If it was EV for sure, any of the others probably. I would love to see them bury the hatchet and bring back Abbruzzese!

Right!!!!

That would be incredible, and also feels so unlikely after all these years, but hell yea.

So many people would be ecstatic, but probably no f'ing way.

pmcgrath5 · July 7

Hope I’m wrong but part of me thinks this was more sudden/recent than most of the comments. If they knew in Pittsburgh why wait 2 months to announce? Wouldn’t they have wanted to honor and send him off on stage with the fans?

Merkin Baller · July 7

ReleaseMeAndTheHounds92 said:

Merkin Baller said:

StuffnJunk said:

I know how much I dislike things about modern Pearl Jam (Eddie’s onstage chit chat, Klinghoffer being there). It’s entirely possible a band member feels the same way, and quits.

Maybe, or maybe like so many other people in their 60s, the guy just wants to retire.

He would have said he was retiring. He did not.

Fair point... I should have said something more to the effect of 'spend less time on the road'.

Who knows, maybe he got sick of looking at Ed's fedora & football jersey combo, IDK.

rw160510 · July 7

Nothing but love for Matt and everything he brought to the band. Best wishes for whatever is next.

Kwieneke · July 7

pmcgrath5 said:

Hope I’m wrong but part of me thinks this was more sudden/recent than most of the comments. If they knew in Pittsburgh why wait 2 months to announce? Wouldn’t they have wanted to honor and send him off on stage with the fans?

i think they wanted to give him time to decide. also doesn't seem like the type of guy to be be the center of attention in something like that

Gern Blansten · July 7

pmcgrath5 said:

Hope I’m wrong but part of me thinks this was more sudden/recent than most of the comments. If they knew in Pittsburgh why wait 2 months to announce? Wouldn’t they have wanted to honor and send him off on stage with the fans?

No rush really....maybe it was a "give me a few months and I'll make a final decision" type of thing

MKSNYC · July 7

Will miss MFC! How about Chad Smith?

P34RL J4MM3R · July 7

Thank you Matt. I'll miss you. Soundtrack of my life.
Enjoy whatever comes next for you.
I'm happy for you, I'm sad for my friends and Jamily.
Love to all.

EBowie · July 7

Sad news for me to hear. I hope Matt is ok.

Sea · July 7

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Thank you

halv · July 7

Man, shocked to wake up to this news. Hard to imagine (no pun intended) seeing a Pearl Jam show without Matt behind the kit. I hope everything is ok with him and family. Thanks for the music Matt!!! Hope to see you play again in some other way someday.

Detroit Dan · July 7

I don’t think Dave Krusen is doing much these days since his recent run with Candlebox. Let’s give him another shot!

TheReplicant · July 7

Just wanna express my gratitude for Matt. He's incredible. Love this band and am excited for the future.

Poncier · July 7

Maybe he decided to reform his Kiss cover band.

ReleaseMeAndTheHounds92 · July 7

Thank you Sea for the reminder. It's also important that we apply these principles in all our affairs.

BV84003 · July 7

Odd if it's SG, as their 2010-2017 reunion didn't seem to interfere with PJ at all.

AfghanTwilight · July 7

Perhaps Josh Klinghoffer could fill in on an interim basis if needed.

Merkin Baller · July 7

BV84003 said:

Odd if it's SG, as their 2010-2017 reunion didn't seem to interfere with PJ at all.

Agreed, not to mention the hiatus PJ's currently on would give him all the time in the world to spend on SG related work.

I have to think the grind of being a professional musician for 4 decades has finally caught up with him. PJ clearly isn't done just yet, and I'm thinking he's giving them the opportunity to close out their career on their terms, rather than be saddled w/ a member who's not all in anymore.

I'm sure he has other projects he wants to work on, and will stay relevant in music... it will be very interesting to see where things go from here.

josevolution · July 7

Thanks a ton for all the memories you fucking rock behind the kit!

Abe Froman · July 7

MFC 😢

Couple of things…
First of all I hope he is healthy.

Second is I have a gut feeling he’s going to do something with Soundgarden (which I can’t imagine that band using a different singer).

Third, there’s zero chance they use Dave A again. Not happening. Klinghoffer is not a true drummer. Also not happening. The most logical move is Dave K, Stuverud or Jack Irons.

Anyway, thanks for all the years Matt! All the shows, albums and awesome music! End of an era. Hope to see PJ again on tour with whatever direction they choose

AVG75 · July 7

The replacement has to be in the circle of history of the band or it won’t really work… only outsider I can see pulling it off is Chad Smith, and he’s in Ed’s solo project.

Lerxst1992 · July 7

Thanks so much Matt

for some of us over sixty, we get it. No matter how much exercise or vitamins, sometimes there is no arguing with Father Time. Kudos to those who can delay the inevitable slowing down.

edit, unless he resigned to reform a new soundgarden lol. One can always hope.

Merkin Baller · July 7

Not that there's any reason they have to, BUT, If they were going to go with someone from their past, I'm thinking Matt Chamberlain is the only one who could adequately fill in at this point.

I don't know that Krusen or Irons would be up to the challenge now, and the idea of Dave A making a return is just laughable.

dimitrispearljam · July 7

I got a very sad feeling reading this news..
Thanks Matt for everything.. Its been a hell of a ride.

The feeling i was getting from you as a person was that you was a Gentleman..

Thanks for been the machine to our favorite band
Hope all the best to u.

Love as much as you can

josevolution · July 7

So my last time seeing him behind the kit was MSG last September

Get_Right · July 7

Lerxst1992 said:

Thanks so much Matt

for some of us over sixty, we get it. No matter how much exercise or vitamins, sometimes there is no arguing with Father Time. Kudos to those who can delay the inevitable slowing down.

And I think that is exactly it. Not just Matt.

FC28207 · July 7

Chad playing pearl jam songs will be like when Stewart Copeland drummed in Doors 2000. His funk and the pocket in why go do not mesh.

I promise you all... the history of the band can be honored with an outsider bringing a style heavily influenced by decades of being a fan of the band.

Teemoran1113 · July 7

Tim Simmons said:

this maybe fills in some blanks around the various comments Ed was making at several DM shows like 'don't know when we'll be able to this again' etc...

I wondered if something was going on. I posted on a FB fan site that at one of the Raleigh shows Eddie was saying something like a goodbye. I can't remember the exact words. But then stopped speaking quickly after he said it. I thought it was odd. Someone replied to me saying he/she heard it too.

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