Pearl Jam - C or D?

Yeah, that was Cameron - Hyde Park was one of the only Soundgarden shows he played at in 2014, Chamberlain played the rest for the most part.

I get the impression that was a one-off arrangement for last year though, Cameron's played at every Soundgarden show since.

Funnily enough, I'd be thrilled to see Chamberlain sit in with Pearl Jam (again). He's a GREAT drummer and his style seems a lot more suited to them than Soundgarden.

Chamberlain's a great session drummer. I even liked him back in Edie Brickell's band, and he was an integral part of Tori Amos' band sound, too, and he's great when he plays with Jon Brion. Not sure how well he ultimately fits PJ, though. I mean, he's a session guy and can fit in anywhere, in the end, but I actually like Cameron's contributions.

E/G# is a very common inversion, it's just E major with the 3rd in the bass instead of the root. I've seen inversions like that in countless songs. On guitar, I tend to just play a standard E major chord but use my little finger to fret the G# on the low E string. Using chords like this is great for creating descending basslines, e.g. A E/G# D/F# E, or ascending basslines, e.g.: F D/F# G E/G# A.

oh yeah, chamberlain was in pj between krusen and abbrusseze, wasn't he?

Soundgarden getting a Cameron replacement while he does PJ shows irritated me so much...I get it from a logistical standpoint, because PJ has a bigger repertoire and changes setlists dramatically from night to night, so it's easier for a guy to come in and learn a set that Soundgarden plays every night than to keep up with the demands of a PJ tour. But Cameron is Soundgarden's backbone more fundamentally than any drummer has been for PJ. Totally agree that having Jack Irons back for one tour would've been wonderful.

Jack was beautifully loose, No Code is so great partly bcz of him.

But Cameron is good! He's a great fit, and while maybe he's not someones technical cup of tea, he's a keen collaborator, plus his steadiness & easygoingness has helped glue the band together in a positive way. They are a better band collectively for having him imo

But it would def suck seeing Soundgarden without him, that's some bullshit

Maybe he needs cloning to play both bands at the same time

oh yeah, chamberlain was in pj between krusen and abbrusseze, wasn't he?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM0zINtulhM

It was recorded live, so that's his playing too.

yeah Cameron is good with PJ...I wish more of their work with him had the interesting spark he brought to the best parts of Binaural, but that's more down to the band already being on a creative decline by the time he joined.

I wish more of their work with him had the interesting spark he brought to the best parts of Binaural, but that's more down to the band already being on a creative decline by the time he joined.

That said, Matt does seem like more of a cerebral, 'straight' drummer (in terms of feel) that someone like Irons or Abbruzzese who, despite having very different styles, both seem like looser, groovier players which I think fits right in with the band's expansive 70s rock thing.

If anybody is interested, this bod has a really good YT channel in which they sync the soundboard recordings of full gigs to crowd digicam footage, I know there's a lot of this stuff to be found out there but this guy/girl is especially good at putting them together.

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn-WEUogXBFbwfm3nmGN3rw

Getting a little too into the rhythms of even flow at the bar ...will bring it down a notch

Nah, take it up a notch buddy

Looks like I get to see them at Wrigley Field, pretty psyched. I've seen the band a bunch but not for a long while, and even though I never put on their records I've always been impressed by them live.

Unrelated, I heard "Hard to Handle" by the Black Crowes today, and parts of it sort of reminded me of a slower, major key version of "Even Flow."

my friend is going to the Home shows in Seattle & i am crazy jealous

They were fine last night but not their best. A friend in the know told me that Seattle - the planning, the playing, the organization - took a lot out of them.

really? My FB page was full of friends in all. Was that the show at which he used Tom Petty's guitar or some shit?

Yeah, among other stunts. Dennis Rodman was there babbling, Vedder played a Petty guitar, Cubs World Series trophy on stage, they covered "Rebel Rebel," etc. I've seen them before and they've been better. They just never gathered momentum. Bolstering my position, I know they had permission to blow past the curfew, which was 11pm, but they stopped more or less right there.

I mean, it wasn't bad! They're a good live act. But this was not the keeper among the sets I've seen them play.

And indeed, band was significantly better tonight, rain delay and all.

Looks like a great setlist both nights, with some fun songs thrown in. Got the itch to attack the PJ DVD collection tonight.

2020 European tour announced - got my London tickets and hopefully grab Krakow ones on Saturday. Merry Christmas to me.

those london ticket prices though :-(
might do amsterdam and might be able to blag stockholm lollapalooza... definitely want to catch a few if i can anyway

they havent had a US tour in SIX YEARS wtf are they doing a european tour :( why do they hate me

Warming up for a US tour?

^^ My guess. Rumor has it a new album will be out next year, so it makes sense. Still leaves time for an appearance at Lolla in August, otherwise maybe Summer 2021 for their big North American tour?

Damn, I haven't seen them since the Backspacer tour in 2010!

ok kneejerk reaction set aside...
i just talked to a fanclub friend, scuttlebutt is that they will ~hopefully~ also announce US tour as well
so i am crossing fingers & toes

🚨NEW ALBUM MARCH 27 🚨
🚨🚨🚨🚨US TOUR🚨🚨🚨🚨

https://pearljam.com

Snagged tix for Oakland on April 18 woooop
Excited!!!

Feel free to commence cynically distancing yrself from my excitement since this is ilm after all

single is called "Dance of the Clairvoyants" so I guess they're finally going prog

Vedder is so cute these days.

“these days”

cute in all decades imo

Album cover is very Rush!

it def is

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/60/Pearl_Jam_-_Gigaton.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/66/Rush_Grace_Under_Pressure.jpg

I follow the nature photographer who shot the PJ cover on Instagram. He has a lot of amazing shots of Arctic wildlife.

https://www.instagram.com/paulnicklen/

would be a pretty cool cover without the heartbeat gimmick

Ottawa, Quebec City and fucking Hamilton? but no Montreal date.

Eh, there will be more. I mean, I could have sworn there was no Chicago date, either.

"US Tour"

***skips everyplace between NY and Nashville

>:(

so they've finally done their "Eminence Front"

https://youtu.be/hdietlvGkds

Well, that was unexpected.

Weird, for some reason I thought Brendan O'Brien had produced every PJ album (except "Binaural"), but no, just most of them. But not this one.

I dig it.

Kind of Muse-y, tbh. But I like it, too.

lol i love this

cameron sounds like he's having a blast

I dig the many-Vedders coda

wow this was unexpected to say the least

I dig it

that was fun! they might as well stretch out a bit at this point

this is so good wtf

when does the prins thomas discomiks drop