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  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,991
    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.
  • hrd2imgnhrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,920
    Thank you MFC, best wishes to your future endeavors!
     
  • JG242853 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. 
  • pmcgrath5pmcgrath5 Posts: 82
    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 BallerMerkin Baller Posts: 12,656
    edited July 7
    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.  
  • rw160510rw160510 Posts: 1,058
    Nothing but love for Matt and everything he brought to the band. Best wishes for whatever is next.
  • KwienekeKwieneke Indiana Posts: 2,097
    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 
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    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
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  • MKSNYCMKSNYC NYC Posts: 364
    Will miss MFC!  How about Chad Smith?
  • P34RL J4MM3RP34RL J4MM3R Posts: 1,340
    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.
    There's no need to say goodbye
  • EBowieEBowie Posts: 533
    Sad news for me to hear.  I hope Matt is ok.
  • SeaSea Posts: 3,119
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  • halvhalv Posts: 712
    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 DanDetroit Dan Detroit Posts: 5
    I don’t think Dave Krusen is doing much these days since his recent run with Candlebox. Let’s give him another shot!
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,802
    Maybe he decided to reform his Kiss cover band.
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  • TheReplicantTheReplicant Portland, OR Posts: 30
    Just wanna express my gratitude for Matt. He's incredible. Love this band and am excited for the future.
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  • BV84003BV84003 Holt, MI Posts: 476
    Odd if it's SG, as their 2010-2017 reunion didn't seem to interfere with PJ at all.
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  • AfghanTwilightAfghanTwilight Rochester, NY Posts: 868
    Perhaps Josh Klinghoffer could fill in on an interim basis if needed.
  • Merkin BallerMerkin Baller Posts: 12,656
    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. 
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 31,321
    Thanks a ton for all the memories you fucking rock behind the kit! 
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  • Abe FromanAbe Froman Posts: 5,373
    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
  • AVG75AVG75 Posts: 23
    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. 
  • Lerxst1992Lerxst1992 Posts: 7,596
    edited 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.
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  • Merkin BallerMerkin Baller Posts: 12,656
    edited 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. 
    Post edited by Merkin Baller on
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,724
    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. 

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  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,991
    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.
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 31,321
    So my last time seeing him behind the kit was MSG last September 
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  • FC28207FC28207 Posts: 74
    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.
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  • Teemoran1113Teemoran1113 home Posts: 2
    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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