At the beginning of this week, Pearl-Jam drummer Matt Cameron shocked the fans with the announcement of his exit from the band after 27 years of service. “I am the crew, the team and the fans all over the world forever”, She chose in a public explanation. “It was an incredible journey. More on this follows.”
It didn’t take long for Pearl-Jam fans to speculate how the band would fill its place. (This is not a new situation for her, after all, Cameron is already her fifth drummer.) When Cameron 2022 suffered to Covid and missed some shows, Pearl Jam’s original drummer Dave Krusen, like multi-instrumentalist Josh Klinghoffer and long-term friend of the band Richard Stuverud.
All three names were given by fans in speculation about a new occupation. It was also considered whether former Pearl Jam drummer such as Jack Irons or Matt Chamberlain could return. Josh Freese and Zak Starkey, who have recently lost significant jobs, are also under discussion. (Incidentally, Jay Weinberg and Nic Collins would also be excellent candidates.)
The name Dave bruzzese falls again
And then there is Dave bruzzese. He played with Pearl Jam at the absolute highlight of her fame from 1991 to 1994 and can be heard on the albums vs. and vitalogy. For a loud part of the Pearl-Jam fans who grew up during this time and remain closely connected, he is the definitive drummer of the band.
But the group did not leave the group in good (“The other members decided to dismiss me to pursue a philosophy that they felt as incompatible with mine,” he said in 1994), and he expressed great resentment when he was not included in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 (“I am personally speechless about how Stone, Mike, Matt, Edward and [Manager] Kelly Curtis accept such injustice ”). He had no real contact with the group for 30 years.
“I could contribute a lot if the call would come”
After Cameron’s exit, countless fans over social media turned to a bruzzese to find out whether there was a chance of returning. In a long and warm Facebook post, Abbruzzese announced that he had thought about the situation, but basically considered it hopeless.
“The fact that I had no personal contact with one of them makes me believe that the water under the bridge is too deep and too icy that there could be a reconciliation or reconciliation,” he writes. “This is a shame and makes me very sad. I know that I could and would contribute a lot if the call would come, but unfortunately I don’t see that.”
At the same time, he continues to express the desire for a kind of reconciliation with his former bandmates. “My drums and my passion to give everything are as strong as ever,” he writes. “I wish Pearl Jam and her organization continued success, and I really hope that one day it will be possible to get in touch again at some level. I ask you to send me no more messages in which you ask me or ask me to contact you.
The full contribution by Dave Abbruzzese
He ends his message with the request to the media to publish his note completely, so we do this: On the basis of the announcement that the mighty Matt Cameron has decided to step down from the throne, which he was holding for 27 years, has recently been talking about my drum game – what if “and what may never be …
I thought I was taking the opportunity to share some of my current and past projects with you all that bombed my Facebook and Instagram pages with literally thousands of posts, messages and emails, hoping to call Pearl Jam and try to reconcile with them. To make it clear: I have nothing to reconcile with them.
My discharge from the band and the subsequent difficulties caused by the management of the band and the old label that made life difficult for me were not only my fault. Apart from a few petty comments and actions that I have never completely understood or expected, I have never made blame or resented against the band’s members.
“The years since 1995 helped me to grow as a person and musician”
I was lucky enough to take remarkable musical projects with remarkable people in the past 30 years. Even if I never really understood what was so important that you had to destroy the musical chemistry we had at the time – it is as it is and I can’t change anything. At least nothing I could find out. The years since 1995 have helped me grow as a person and musician.
It seems that the boys in the band are just as matured as I do, but the fact that I had no personal contact with one of them makes me believe that the water under the bridge is too deep and too icy than that there could be a reconciliation or reconciliation.
This is a shame and makes me very sad.
I know that I could and would contribute a lot if the call would come, but unfortunately I don’t see that.
I was involved in so many wonderful projects. The production of the Green Romance Orchestra albums with my beloved family Gary J. Muller, Paul Slavens, Doug Neil, Darrell Phillips, Jimmy Shoaf and the extraordinary mastering engineer and one of my best friends Joe innkeeper-everyone is very dear to me.
Cooperation with Roger Hodgson
Working with Roger Hodgson from Supertramp and the loving relationships with Roger’s wonderful family, Heidi Hodgson and Andrew Hodgson. G&R.
The collaboration with Eddie Kramer, Noel Redding, William Cox, Doug Pinnick, Corey Cornell, James Glover and Eric Schenkman … Co-productions, drums and blends for albums by Stevie Salas, who with my brothers Bernard Fowler, TM Stevens, Jara Harris, Melvin Jr. Brannon, Kevin W Smith, Vincent, Vincent, Vincent, Vincent, Vincent, p. Huxley, Jamie Seyberth, Matt Sorum brought together … and the joy of making live music with the IMFs on tour.
Cooperation with the incomparable Waddy Wachtel, Carmine Rojas, Reeves Gabriel, Rick the Bass Player and Robi Banerji. Mr. Peter Cornell, with whom I was lucky enough to work on a few mixes, together with Joseph Shayhnessy and wants to Evankovich when they were a band called Grace.
My heroes: Mike Dillon, JJ Jungle, Zac Baird, John IV Speiice-everyone gathered in my studio in the Magnolia district of Seattle for the Habmx album out. Jeff Fielder, Zach Harjo, Perry Morgan, John Bush and the Speakeasy Junction Jams. Peter Cornell’s album Champion. Pseutopia music with Shyam Narayan, Laji George & Mithun Raju. The Shy Blossom album. Countless single tracks. Carlos Garcia-Menocal.
Working with John X Volaitis, Scott Reeder and Royston Langdon. Not to mention the great time with quarantine jams with an incredibly talented line-up: Marcus Nand, Carmine Rojas, Bernard Fowler, Cici von Strangelove, Eric Schenkman, Benny Goodman, Jeff Field, James Mauri, Shani Kimelman, Aubrey Seaton, Lynn Seaton, Rob van den. Biggelaar, Taryn Taryn, Joanna Connor, Jeff Nolan, Jeff Weiss, Charlie Berezansky, Daniel James, Jim Regan, Brian Dahlen … Stacy Hogan & Sin Shake Sin.
Overcoming an addiction
Contribution from drum tracks for the album of the extraordinary Joanna Connor. The Lost Symphony with Jimi Bell, Brian Goodman, Benny Goodman, Siobhán Cronin, Joey Concepcion and many other talented musicians. The time I spent with my friend Shawn Smith in writing and planning before his early death. And so many more …
Added to this are the personal aspects of my life: blessed with a beautiful and talented daughter … overcoming addiction, the hugs of madness and survival on the other side, work in the field of recovery, legal problems, a failed marriage …
To say unnecessarily: music is still very important to me and an unbroken passion.
My drums and my passion to give everything are as strong as ever.
I wish Pearl Jam and her organization continued success, and I really hope that one day it will be possible to get in touch again at any level.
All of this said, I ask you not to send me any more messages in which you asks me or asks me to contact your management.
I understand your wish to see what could arise musically from such a reunion. I would lie if I said I wasn’t curious too.
With a lot of love and gratitude,
Dave