I think that Matt Cameron is the best drummer they've had, but he fits Soundgarden MUCH better! Jack Irons fit them the best! And Abbruzzese WAS WAAAAAY TOO BUSY for a band as eclectic as Pearl Jam. IMO, their WORST fit. You HAVE to slow down sometimes, Dave! Just imagine how much better Elderly Woman... would have sounded without SOOOOO MANY damn cymbals!?!
@@HeelSection3825 I realize it’s all subjective but read the comments on any video involving Dave A as the drummer. 98% agree he was the best. What’s sad to me is the megalomaniac in chief (Liddle Eddie), couldn’t stand for a drummer to take the spotlight at times.
The era with Dave Abbruzzese is kinda the only era that matters. It has not been the same band since he left. It's always that way. If you have the right drummer and you change it, unless you get really lucky, you're never going to re-create that same vibe. But after 'Vitalogy,' Pearl Jam openly stopped caring about trying to be great.
that’s it exactly. the band didn’t want to be popular anymore. they got rid of Dave and embraced songs that don’t make me feel anything. let’s be honest. a lot of people would like to punch eddie in the face. i’ve never punched anyone in the face, but if i was the type…
I met Dave at a clinic in Colorado right before he was fired. Like one day before, I think. I was only 13. He had given me his number and we talked by phone and he was really bummed and sad to have been fired. He was such a cool guy to make time for a kid like me. Changed my life.
Dave Abbruzzeze got the short end of it, no question; I read somewhere that another "reason" for his firing was that Vedder said Dave's kit had "too many cymbals" & looked "too rock" for the band's aesthetic. Not long after being let go Dave was on a radio show with Stan Lynch and other drummers and Neil Peart called. He said to Dave "I'm so happy to hear you got rid of your sidemen!" which made Dave's day, pretty great support from The Professor.
DAVE was the only one of them that understood that no matter how hard you try, if you’re a rockstar you’re a rockstar. Period. Trying not to be a rockstar when you are just makes you look like a douche bag.
Well said!! wish Eddie could see this!! He wanted to be “Fugazi” but still have the bank account and power / privilege of someone like “prince” 😂 .. love Eddie’s voice, and I’m glad for the tunes he’s enriched my life with, but seriously! Eddie is a douche!!
I hear a lot of "he's too busy in his playing", but I love for one, love his little accents and fills. He and Sean Kinney have similar styles and I enjoy them both. No one played Porch quite like him.
The way he played Even Flow towers over how Dave Krusen, Jack Irons, and Matt Cameron all played it. So much more groove and really excellent work with the cymbals.
@@yoshikigrg8 Kind of weird thing to say considering the band blew up with the release of Ten. That album is what made them. Dave isnt on it. Nothing against Dave, great drummer. Just a weird claim.
Yes! When I heard that song for the first time I didn't even know that Pearl Jam's old drummer was gone and Dave had joined the band inbetween albums. When I heard that song I thought, "Pearl Jam's drummer got a lot better or something!"
So true. Vitalogy smacks you in the face in the first 2 seconds with Dave's drumming on Last Exit. Still one of my all time fave PJ tunes for that reason.
Dave Abbruzzese and Nick Menza were two of my favorite drummers, and I was always a bit amazed they both faded away and never got picked up by other bands.
I met him when he was touring on one of these records with the band (him and Eddie came into my work) and he was one of the nicest people we had come through the doors there. Really, really nice dude. I think the band kind of dicked him over
Dave caught my friends and I crawling under the scaffolding of the stage at some club in New York City… I cannot remember the name of it right now. But it was Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers and we went two nights in a row. The second night Dave met us and brought us backstage. He was so nice to us. Introduced us to everyone… We wound up dropping him off at his hotel in New York City in my friends Ford Tempo which stalled at red lights. No joke!! Lol He even wrote me a postcard and told me to keep teaching the kids well as I was just starting to substitute teach and try to find my first job.
they farkd up when they got rid of dave he has feel and technical god like skills i'm a drummer of 30 years and dave is one of my biggest influences personally they haven't been the same since
Personally, I think that PJ was at their best when Dave was behind the kit. He's an absolute beast of a drummer. I had the pleasure of recording a cover of Mississippi Queen with him and not only is he an elite talent, he's also incredibly cool, down to earth and really upbeat/positive. I loved working with him.
Dave was the best. The only reason Vitalogy is listenable to me is because of him. That being said, Pearl Jam chose to go their own way. More power to them, but...
PJ never recaptured the magic they had with Dave. Sometimes there’s just a chemistry in a band and it’s not replicable. Matt Cameron is a good drummer is his own right, crushed in Soundgarden, but anyone with a set of ears can hear he doesn’t hold a candle to the energy and approach to the music that Dave brought. Similar situation with Chad Channing and Nirvana, IMHO.
Agree. Matt is great. Very technical. Very precise and mathematical. Dave is soul and groove. Just raw rock. Like someone else noted, he plays like his life depends on it.
I really wish Abbruzzesse had recorded more material with Pearl Jam. I genuinely believe Pearl Jam's re-recorded version of "Even Flow" with Abbruzzese is superior to the original one with Krusen.
Dave Abbruzzese was the best drummer Pearl Jam ever had. With him and because of him they became legends. He put the whole band on a level they never ever even came close again. In his era from '91 to '94 they had been so incredibly tight and on fire, Pearl Jam was the best live band at all. They still benefit from these days and Dave Abbruzzese was a main part of it. In '94, he was fired because Vedder can't stand the fact that the drummer got song credits and some attention. Vedder wanted to become the boss of the band, started to play guitar at every show and took all the last decisions. Over the years they lost all their tightness and brilliance. Today they sound like an average Pearl Jam coverband.
Yes I agree. And the whole "he's too technical while we feel the music" excuse sounds like bs to me. Eddie should be smart enough to know a good band always has a good musician as a drummer. Dave was that and more. Excellent technically, which served to take their music to a higher level, and the best stage presence in live acts. In fact, after Vitalogy, I didn't followed PJ as I did compared to their first albums and drumming quality was probably one of the factors.
@@kamest, same here. I guess that's really a thing for the oldest PJ fans. For me, all albums after Vitalogy, but Binaural, are underwhelming. Dave Abbruzzese was the heart of the band. Too bad all other PJ members don't recognize his importance ...
The best PJ drummer. They never were the same without him and there´s no Matt Cameron track that´s half as iconic as any track in VS. Vedder just didn´t like that Dave wouldn´t submit to him
Amazing awesome drummer. He was "too aggressive" for little Eddie. Also, from what I heard,the women loved Dave and this drove Eddie insane w jealousy.
@@TheNBSPerry no shit?? I had no idea how it works. So there's no weird rule on how many former members can get amongst it, , they simply chose not to acknowldege his contribution?
Dave cymbals paying in the mtv unpluggeded was a shock for the 13year old drummer i was at the time. His charleston playing. The bass drum. I have watched it thousands of times and is always a joy to watch.
He and Cameron are definitely the best drummers the band has had. Cameron didn't really join though, until their success began to wane a bit. And personally, song for song, I think VS is their best album. Tons of hits, yet still somehow underrated.
VS. Was like the shining star emerging, and that's when the weird anti rock star, we don't want the attention started seeping in too. You saw it like a cancer creeping with vitalogy. Dave was the rock in that band imo. The rest of their stuff has good tracks, and riffs and what not, but it just started feeling really hippie art drenched in soy in a lot of ways. Never was as good as what was emerging with VS. Matt came in at a time that I think they really needed a pick me up and he has been that for PJ. Dave A. was the best for PJ though.
Yeah, it's Dave. Dave's energy, and explosiveness, is rivalled only by heavy hitters like John Bonham, and Dave Grohl. When you were at the show and he began to hit his skins you felt it right through you, and he drove the band fast and furious full of energy through their hard rock and punk songs. And during their ballads he could reel it all in and create beautiful percussion. Pearl Jam with Dave was a ferocious live monster rivalling Metallica in bombastic pure power and passion back in the day.
Eddie and the boys really got a lot of mileage out of the "but we dont wanna be rock stars!" bit. Dave was making them look less cool. Never go against "the brand".
Back in college i was recruited by a cover band to play "Go" and "Animal". I remember "Go" was challenging to play but to this day is one of the most cathartic, intense songs i've ever played as a drummer (and i've been in some metal bands). The climax is so intense i remember our singer hitting my cymbals with his hands till they bled at one gig. Fell in love with those two songs and a few others like "Given to Fly", but not necessarily the rest of Pearl Jam's catalog which i explored later. Point is, it's a real shame they excluded Dave at their RnRHoF induction.
What does "too busy" mean? Too many fills and changes to the beat going on? Or was he too busy drumming to take part in all of Pearl Jam's nauseating causes? His ego never got too big for the stage.
Abbruzzzzzzeeeeeee was the reason I stuck around for VS. and Vitology. OTOH, Matt Cameron is a great drummer, just not for Pearl Jam. He plays like he's bored.
Andy Wood should have never died. Then Mother Love Bone would have been making records. Eddie would have been working at a car wash in San Diego. End of story.
Sometimes a bands magic is never recaptured due to losing members. The sum of the parts are often not valued enough. Dave was the best imo. PJ def had more of those early album vibes in them before they changed. I respect U2 so much for keeping it together because of this. A good thing is a good thing.
Dave definitely was an integral part of that distinctive sound in the early days. All things point to personality clashes, not drumming. After all these years, the ‘busy’drumming style still sounds good but the vocals sound flat to me . And I used to LOVE pj when I was younger.
It’s too bad. We all make mistakes in life with the way we treat people…and we all have people we hate for reasons that are petty and work related. It’s too bad for Dave because he seems like a great guy. An obvious clash of personalities, and one Ed probably wishes he could do over. That’s life, though. I love Pearl Jam and I love Dave, both so wonderful and creative. 😎
Basically the band did't want fame but Dave was ok with it. I loved the sound of Dave's kit and aggressiveness. The band in interviews said they wish they had handled the rise to fame differently. Good story for hardcore PJ fans
While Eddie was trying really hard to move the band to be 'grungy' so as to impress his man-crush Kurt Kobain, this guy added drum parts that actually made those songs enjoyable.
This is uncalled for and totally out of the blue. It feels like you wanted to shoehorn the words grunge and Cobain in your sentence for the sake of it.
Were you not paying attention? If anything Vedder was leading PJ down a LESS "grungy" path. The band was hanging out with Niel Young and the influence he had on Vitalogy is undeniable. From then on, Pearl Jam never made a "grunge" album again.
Hahahaha PJ without Dave A? What a joke. Can't believe how crap they have been all these years without him. No Code was a huge insane departure from that classic PJ sound. Hate it.
They made so many stupid decisions at the time they fired Dave, they threw the baby out with the bath water and forgot how to make good music in the process. Unforgivable that Dave’s not in the HOF. Finished by 96, bar a pair of singles.
He was my major inspiration for how my drums would be set up. Chinas, mini-chinas, multiple splashes and crashes!! I remember reading his ModernDrummer like a bible!!!!
From the northeast…is a musician…likes fun stuff like guns (which probably means he likes other cool things like airplanes/cars/whatever). Dave sounds like the type of dude with whom I would get along quite well 🧐
Abbrussese was and will always be their best drummer. The big issue way Edward Louis Severson III addiction to control, his narcissisms and Faux protesting.. What severson III didn't like was the fact Abbruzzese would stand up against Edward and he stood several inches taller.
Took a lot of albums with Jack Irons and Matt Cameron for me to realize that Pearl Jam wants to be a mid tempo "rock" band and that the eras of Dave Krusen and Dave Abbruzzese were anomalies that they're not super happy about. Which is insane but there it is anyway.
If you ever watch live performances back then the camera always focused on Dave or Ed.. I have a feeling Ed didn’t like sharing the attention. The band has 3 good albums.. after that they turned into grumpy old men..
@@HeelSection3825he literally played every one of krusens songs way better. Even flow breath alone and state of love and trust the drumming is superior with abbruzzese. Krusen was ok, just like irons. Nothing special
Dave was Pearl Jams best drummer. His performance at Boston’s Orpheum 1994 Live Show was one of the Best Shows wver put on by the Band and Dave was above any Drummer before or since putting on a display of Music Genius. As Matt Cameron is a incredible Drummer in His Own right He more so just fit into the Bands Narrative as a Band that can gel as Friends and Longevity without Egos. Not that Dave was egotistic but His Style and Presence was over powering and Eddie likely didnt approve of a Singular Band Member being “The Guy.” Abbruzzese Genius was all over VS Album and a lot of why the Album had such a long lasting effect on many Fans and why it was one of Their Better Albums!
Honestly I think the way they treated him was pretty shitty. Eddie Vedder in the 90's was kind of insufferable and sanctimonious, I feel Dave deserved better. So what if he liked guns or wanted to do drum clinics etc, just because he wasn't sitting in a dark room eating organic tofu and complaining about the state of the world? Let people be themselves FFS.
Ed couldn’t accept it because he knew Dave saw thru his shitty stage persona. After 97 Eddie cooled down but couldn’t do so with Dave in the band, just petty ego
"Stage persona." Well put. If you see footage of Eddie with the band he was in before PJ, you see the theater kid that he was known for in HS pretty clearly trying to do his best Anthony Kiedis impersonation. Despite what the director Cameron Crowe said about his being "the most authentic person I've met, his stage presence and off-stage demeanor isn't an act," the guy morphs into what he needs to be for a given situation. @@TheNBSPerry
DA was my favorite for his amazing snare sound, his great use of drags, rolls etc., use of hi-hats for accents/fills and just the general energy when he played with PJ. I love Soundgarden (probably even more than PJ to be honest) but when I heard Matt Cameron was gonna be PJ's drummer I had little interest. Cameron is a great drummer but the tuning/tone of his kit (especially the snare) never felt like a fit for PJ, imo. Dave Krusen and Abbruzzese had much more similar punchy/popping snare and drum sounds and that sort of defined Pearl Jam to me. It always felt like the band ditched Abbruzzese because he was too proud of his chops, which is the opposite of the punk/Neil Young persona PJ (especially Eddie) wanted. It always seemed so silly. Killer chops and slightly-flashy play can be awesome even for indie/alternative bands (which PJ was trying to be at the time). Just look at Jimmy Chamberlain's masterful work with Smashing Pumpkins. All that said I don't really know much of PJ's Irons/Cameron work because I had mostly moved on from PJ after Vitalogy.
Was Dave A. pearl jam's best drummer? BTW here's my full blown story on Pearl Jam's Ticketmaster SAGA th-cam.com/video/Hml5FHp5ouM/w-d-xo.html
The guys in PJ seem like douches.
I think that Matt Cameron is the best drummer they've had, but he fits Soundgarden MUCH better! Jack Irons fit them the best! And Abbruzzese WAS WAAAAAY TOO BUSY for a band as eclectic as Pearl Jam. IMO, their WORST fit. You HAVE to slow down sometimes, Dave! Just imagine how much better Elderly Woman... would have sounded without SOOOOO MANY damn cymbals!?!
Dave A was the best. No contest.
@@victorb.1356 We must be listening to different drummers. Dave Abbruzzese doesn't hold a candle to Matt Cameron or Jack Irons.
@@HeelSection3825 I realize it’s all subjective but read the comments on any video involving Dave A as the drummer. 98% agree he was the best. What’s sad to me is the megalomaniac in chief (Liddle Eddie), couldn’t stand for a drummer to take the spotlight at times.
The era with Dave Abbruzzese is kinda the only era that matters. It has not been the same band since he left. It's always that way. If you have the right drummer and you change it, unless you get really lucky, you're never going to re-create that same vibe. But after 'Vitalogy,' Pearl Jam openly stopped caring about trying to be great.
that’s it exactly. the band didn’t want to be popular anymore. they got rid of Dave and embraced songs that don’t make me feel anything.
let’s be honest. a lot of people would like to punch eddie in the face. i’ve never punched anyone in the face, but if i was the type…
I met Dave at a clinic in Colorado right before he was fired. Like one day before, I think. I was only 13. He had given me his number and we talked by phone and he was really bummed and sad to have been fired. He was such a cool guy to make time for a kid like me. Changed my life.
He gave his number to a 13 year old: D:D:D Jee whiz, thank God they got rid of him.... Go to therapy.
@@babayega1717 You come across like a steaming turd.
@@babayega1717I think what you’re insinuating is more Ed’s territory. Allegedly
@@babayega1717 Calm down, this bs story never happened
believe it or not there was a time before PC weirdos....not all 13 yr olds are little wimps,at least back then.even had jobs!
Dave Abbruzzeze got the short end of it, no question; I read somewhere that another "reason" for his firing was that Vedder said Dave's kit had "too many cymbals" & looked "too rock" for the band's aesthetic. Not long after being let go Dave was on a radio show with Stan Lynch and other drummers and Neil Peart called. He said to Dave "I'm so happy to hear you got rid of your sidemen!" which made Dave's day, pretty great support from The Professor.
eddie vedder is the biggest rock n roll candyass that ever lived. tried too hard to be mr. liberal non offensive guy. what a bore.
Dave's playing definitely made pearl jams music more dynamic. Everything after always seemed so dry and robotic. Dave had a awesome groove .
they became a bore when they got rid of him@@frv1995
To hear that Neil took Dave's side in the firing really warms my heart. Pearl Jam is in my top 12 for favorite bands but Rush is in my top 3
That's great to hear Neil did that. Classy guy he was.
Not being inducted into the BS hall is the highest of RnR accolades. Congrats to him!
Agreed
Jack was in the band longer and he wasn’t inducted
DAVE was the only one of them that understood that no matter how hard you try, if you’re a rockstar you’re a rockstar. Period. Trying not to be a rockstar when you are just makes you look like a douche bag.
Well said!! wish Eddie could see this!! He wanted to be “Fugazi” but still have the bank account and power / privilege of someone like “prince” 😂 .. love Eddie’s voice, and I’m glad for the tunes he’s enriched my life with, but seriously! Eddie is a douche!!
Facts
Dave here. That is the truth.
I hear a lot of "he's too busy in his playing", but I love for one, love his little accents and fills. He and Sean Kinney have similar styles and I enjoy them both. No one played Porch quite like him.
He gave PJ a punk-ish energy that they really haven't had since.
Or Rearviewmirror!!🥁💚
The way he played Even Flow towers over how Dave Krusen, Jack Irons, and Matt Cameron all played it. So much more groove and really excellent work with the cymbals.
@@1mlb704 I agree
Yer So Right About That... And He Was Not "Busy" In an ego way..
but more for the Song - Dave Played Musically For The Song!
Dave has a fantastic groove. Listening to that MTV Unplugged special they did years ago, you can really hear how good he is.
I found he hit a little too hard in that unplugged.
Sooo good!! Love his cymbal playing..
My favorite era of Pearl Jam was with Dave. Period!
I'm with you. And I was a huge fan up until Binaural.
To political. Don’t really listen to any of their stuff anymore.
@@324cmac VS after that its boring
Absolutely. Dave's beats was so captivating and mesmerizing and it made pearl what they are now. 😎 👍
@@yoshikigrg8 Kind of weird thing to say considering the band blew up with the release of Ten. That album is what made them. Dave isnt on it. Nothing against Dave, great drummer. Just a weird claim.
From the downbeat of “Go”, it was clear to me that Dave brought PJ up about 10 levels from Ten. He plays like his life depends on it.
This!
Sounds like a david Coverdale getting rid of JOHN SYKES!!!!!!!... JEALOUSY IS THE BEST FORM.OF FLATTERY....PERIOD...
Yes! When I heard that song for the first time I didn't even know that Pearl Jam's old drummer was gone and Dave had joined the band inbetween albums. When I heard that song I thought, "Pearl Jam's drummer got a lot better or something!"
@@burnindownthehouseno doubt! Watch his performance on mtv unplugged, he was just dialed in to what the songs needed.
So true. Vitalogy smacks you in the face in the first 2 seconds with Dave's drumming on Last Exit. Still one of my all time fave PJ tunes for that reason.
Dave is very accessible on social media and very nice guy. Still records. Has a signature snare drum.
Dave Abbruzzese and Nick Menza were two of my favorite drummers, and I was always a bit amazed they both faded away and never got picked up by other bands.
I know Dave did do a lot of stuff. And a lot of him not touring or joining other bands was his choice. He def got, and still gets calls.
This should tell you something.
Nick was in terrible shape from drug abuse...
I believe Nick Menza had been playing in Ohm not long before he passed - Ohm being Chris Poland's hard fusion trio.
@@Monotremata He died behind the kit during a show...
I met him when he was touring on one of these records with the band (him and Eddie came into my work) and he was one of the nicest people we had come through the doors there. Really, really nice dude. I think the band kind of dicked him over
He was the best Pearl Jam drummer. They re-recorded Even Flow. Which is the radio version.
Where can I find this version?
Definitely Dave is the man and should be in Pearl Jam. I love Matt Cameron, but Dave was iconic for the band's early success.
Not even close lol
@07foxmulder he's right. PJ peak was with DA. And it's not close lol!
@@MT-sk1ln Lol okay
Matt Cameron is talented but he's always been a better fit in Soundgarden. Dave was my favorite drummer in Pearl Jam.
@@swordoflaban6594he also did some good work in Temple of the Dog.
Dave caught my friends and I crawling under the scaffolding of the stage at some club in New York City… I cannot remember the name of it right now. But it was Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers and we went two nights in a row. The second night Dave met us and brought us backstage. He was so nice to us. Introduced us to everyone… We wound up dropping him off at his hotel in New York City in my friends Ford Tempo which stalled at red lights. No joke!! Lol He even wrote me a postcard and told me to keep teaching the kids well as I was just starting to substitute teach and try to find my first job.
Hey! I remember that night as if it were yesterday!
I hope you're doing great things! D.
they farkd up when they got rid of dave he has feel and technical god like skills i'm a drummer of 30 years and dave is one of my biggest influences personally they haven't been the same since
Dave is hands down my favorite Pearl Jam drummer. And my favorite era of the band was with him.
Personally, I think that PJ was at their best when Dave was behind the kit. He's an absolute beast of a drummer. I had the pleasure of recording a cover of Mississippi Queen with him and not only is he an elite talent, he's also incredibly cool, down to earth and really upbeat/positive. I loved working with him.
Dave was the best. The only reason Vitalogy is listenable to me is because of him. That being said, Pearl Jam chose to go their own way. More power to them, but...
Definitely, without a doubt Dave was the best drummer Pearl Jam ever had.
I think Jack Irons was their best one, but that’s just me. All of the guys they’ve had playing for them are good drummers.
PJ never recaptured the magic they had with Dave. Sometimes there’s just a chemistry in a band and it’s not replicable. Matt Cameron is a good drummer is his own right, crushed in Soundgarden, but anyone with a set of ears can hear he doesn’t hold a candle to the energy and approach to the music that Dave brought. Similar situation with Chad Channing and Nirvana, IMHO.
Agree. Matt is great. Very technical. Very precise and mathematical. Dave is soul and groove. Just raw rock. Like someone else noted, he plays like his life depends on it.
Dave A, all the way! And he's literally the nicest guy in rock n roll. He's genuinely there for his fans. Super cool guy.
Nothin makes me cringe more than rock stars whining about being rock stars. Like someone had them at gunpoint to sign those contracts
Having Dave Abbruzzese back on Pearl Jam would be the greatest encounter in Rock n´ Roll in the the last 30 years!
I really wish Abbruzzesse had recorded more material with Pearl Jam. I genuinely believe Pearl Jam's re-recorded version of "Even Flow" with Abbruzzese is superior to the original one with Krusen.
Without a doubt!
Unpopular opinion but I think they should have re-recorded the whole album. He turned great songs into masterpieces.
Where's the re-recorded version of "Even Flow" with Abbruzzese?
I still think Abbruzzese' recording of 'Alone' is still the best.
@@Warstub It's the one used in the music video.
@@bangslamwham88 cheers
Best drummer they ever had
as much as I love soundgarden and Matt Cameron, it's with soundgarden. Abbruzzese gave their music energy and in my opinion is a key part missed
@@theolajide exactly
Disagree.
Hmmm, I think not. I don't dislike him, but nowhere near as good at Matt.
agree; he really woke up their songs its like when dave was playing you knew it was dave he was that good
Eddie just could not forgive Dave for the crime of smiling.
I like Pearl Jam one of my fav bands but i don't like them as people. They are left wing nut jobs! Dave is a decent guy he must have been right wing
Joking aside, this is pretty much true. Dave Abbruzzese = the Jason Newstead of Pearl Jam.
Eddie is so insufferable.
What a real observation. Ironic that now Eddie having been married to a model for years is getting Botox and face peals. 😂 Lol.
@@mikepalmer1971 oh please
What a bunch of wusses “the guy in the back is getting too much attention” lol wtf?
Dave was drummer for my first PJ show I saw in 91'. His playing is ingrained in me as 'The way it is' for PJ.
All the diff drummers are solid but Dave A’s energy is unparalleled
Dave Abbruzzese was the best drummer Pearl Jam ever had. With him and because of him they became legends. He put the whole band on a level they never ever even came close again. In his era from '91 to '94 they had been so incredibly tight and on fire, Pearl Jam was the best live band at all. They still benefit from these days and Dave Abbruzzese was a main part of it. In '94, he was fired because Vedder can't stand the fact that the drummer got song credits and some attention. Vedder wanted to become the boss of the band, started to play guitar at every show and took all the last decisions. Over the years they lost all their tightness and brilliance. Today they sound like an average Pearl Jam coverband.
Totally agree... Speddie Vedder was a jealous prick.
Yes I agree. And the whole "he's too technical while we feel the music" excuse sounds like bs to me. Eddie should be smart enough to know a good band always has a good musician as a drummer. Dave was that and more. Excellent technically, which served to take their music to a higher level, and the best stage presence in live acts. In fact, after Vitalogy, I didn't followed PJ as I did compared to their first albums and drumming quality was probably one of the factors.
@@MrCroky123 Eddie is a liberal doushe.
I don’t think I can even name ONE song from anything that was recorded after Vitalogy. That’s how important Dave was.
@@kamest, same here. I guess that's really a thing for the oldest PJ fans. For me, all albums after Vitalogy, but Binaural, are underwhelming. Dave Abbruzzese was the heart of the band. Too bad all other PJ members don't recognize his importance ...
The biggest irony of all this is their tickets are now so fucking expensive😂
Nice work. What a drummer, Legendary Band. Excellent Journalism.
The best PJ drummer. They never were the same without him and there´s no Matt Cameron track that´s half as iconic as any track in VS. Vedder just didn´t like that Dave wouldn´t submit to him
Matt was excellent in soundgarden.
Pearl Jam restrains his skills considerably
I always thought PJ fired Dave because he was the only Republican in the band.
He basically wasn't a libtard like the rest of them
How does he not get elected into the Hall of Fame? He played on several albums.
Eddie and the band didn’t demand his induction. Just pure disrespect
@@TheNBSPerry They know everyone loves Dave A
Amazing awesome drummer.
He was "too aggressive" for little Eddie.
Also, from what I heard,the women loved Dave and this drove Eddie insane w jealousy.
@@TheNBSPerry no shit?? I had no idea how it works. So there's no weird rule on how many former members can get amongst it, , they simply chose not to acknowldege his contribution?
Where did you hear that ?
Dave cymbals paying in the mtv unpluggeded was a shock for the 13year old drummer i was at the time. His charleston playing. The bass drum. I have watched it thousands of times and is always a joy to watch.
It’s a shame the way he was treated
I was a huge Pearl Jam fan! Saw them for the first time on SNL. 😊
Dave was the man....
He and Cameron are definitely the best drummers the band has had. Cameron didn't really join though, until their success began to wane a bit. And personally, song for song, I think VS is their best album. Tons of hits, yet still somehow underrated.
I agree, I would say VS is their best album hands down.
Vs is okay. But maybe that’s because it’s sandwiched between two actual masterpieces.
@@07foxmulderVitalogy is good. But it has too much wasted space. VS IS their best album!
Chamberlain blows away Cameron... At least from what i've seen such as the recording (video) of evenflow. Very similar to Dave A's playing.
VS. Was like the shining star emerging, and that's when the weird anti rock star, we don't want the attention started seeping in too. You saw it like a cancer creeping with vitalogy. Dave was the rock in that band imo. The rest of their stuff has good tracks, and riffs and what not, but it just started feeling really hippie art drenched in soy in a lot of ways. Never was as good as what was emerging with VS. Matt came in at a time that I think they really needed a pick me up and he has been that for PJ. Dave A. was the best for PJ though.
A horrible and crippling disease known as L.S.D. or Lead Singer's Disease ruined Pearl Jam. Sad.
Yep, happens a lot
That phrase was coined by none other than EVH I believe.
Yeah they're one of those bands that sound good but you know you wouldn't want to meet any of the members.
Ot has been the downfall of many bands sadly.
I think that Eddie was a pr1ck to Dave..
Yeah, it's Dave. Dave's energy, and explosiveness, is rivalled only by heavy hitters like John Bonham, and Dave Grohl. When you were at the show and he began to hit his skins you felt it right through you, and he drove the band fast and furious full of energy through their hard rock and punk songs. And during their ballads he could reel it all in and create beautiful percussion. Pearl Jam with Dave was a ferocious live monster rivalling Metallica in bombastic pure power and passion back in the day.
Eddie and the boys really got a lot of mileage out of the "but we dont wanna be rock stars!" bit. Dave was making them look less cool.
Never go against "the brand".
Yes, they were so uncommercial 🤔 this started way back in Green River and MLB.
I think that was the exact reason the he was fired. He went against the whole "everything sucks" image that the Seattle bands liked to portray
Back in college i was recruited by a cover band to play "Go" and "Animal". I remember "Go" was challenging to play but to this day is one of the most cathartic, intense songs i've ever played as a drummer (and i've been in some metal bands). The climax is so intense i remember our singer hitting my cymbals with his hands till they bled at one gig. Fell in love with those two songs and a few others like "Given to Fly", but not necessarily the rest of Pearl Jam's catalog which i explored later.
Point is, it's a real shame they excluded Dave at their RnRHoF induction.
Eddie Vedder and his holier than thou attitude!
Ikr? His attitude is so ironic imho, since he's an atheist 🤣🤣🤣
100%
He is a great awesome drummer and was taking the spotlight away from little Eddie. Once he was gone P.J. were never the same.
I wrote Dave a letter in Vs. days and he write back. Super cool!
Never mind the too busy remarks, the man has serious chops
He IS TOO BUSY on any of their songs that aren't full speed ahead!! Except Indifference.
@@HeelSection3825 ummm listening to nothing man, awesome brush work. He was too "technical" for them aka too good.
@@TXJ471 Ok. Good point. About Nothing Man I mean, I still think Jack Irons was a WAY BETTER fit for PJ.
What does "too busy" mean? Too many fills and changes to the beat going on? Or was he too busy drumming to take part in all of Pearl Jam's nauseating causes? His ego never got too big for the stage.
Abbruzzzzzzeeeeeee was the reason I stuck around for VS. and Vitology. OTOH, Matt Cameron is a great drummer, just not for Pearl Jam. He plays like he's bored.
didnt we do this video on this channel already??
So they fired him because he's too good. Makes sense.
Pearl Jam is literally Spinal Tap when it comes to drummers
Andy Wood should have never died. Then Mother Love Bone would have been making records. Eddie would have been working at a car wash in San Diego. End of story.
Absolutely the best Pearl Jam drummer. And one of the top drummers in the world during his peak
Sometimes a bands magic is never recaptured due to losing members. The sum of the parts are often not valued enough. Dave was the best imo. PJ def had more of those early album vibes in them before they changed. I respect U2 so much for keeping it together because of this. A good thing is a good thing.
Dave definitely was an integral part of that distinctive sound in the early days. All things point to personality clashes, not drumming. After all these years, the ‘busy’drumming style still sounds good but the vocals sound flat to me . And I used to LOVE pj when I was younger.
It’s too bad. We all make mistakes in life with the way we treat people…and we all have people we hate for reasons that are petty and work related. It’s too bad for Dave because he seems like a great guy. An obvious clash of personalities, and one Ed probably wishes he could do over. That’s life, though. I love Pearl Jam and I love Dave, both so wonderful and creative. 😎
Basically the band did't want fame but Dave was ok with it. I loved the sound of Dave's kit and aggressiveness. The band in interviews said they wish they had handled the rise to fame differently. Good story for hardcore PJ fans
Love PJ and always will, but their treatment of DA was so bad...especially not including him in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Dave dared to displease Lord Vedder. Eddie ruined Pearl Jam more and more every album.
He played on two of the three best and most important albums from them. There's no question he should have been inducted.
Dave's drumming made the songs and the Band! He created the Vibe the Feel that created Pearl Jam.
Odd because Krusen was the one on Ten….
@@07foxmulderThat's what I was going to say. And do you agree that he's good, but definitely the worst drummer to play on a PJ album?
@@HeelSection3825 Krusen? No way. Abbruzzese’s always been my least favourite, followed by Cameron.
@@07foxmulder Sorry, phrased that badly. I agree that Abbruzzese was their worst drummer!
and he had that swing...
While Eddie was trying really hard to move the band to be 'grungy' so as to impress his man-crush Kurt Kobain, this guy added drum parts that actually made those songs enjoyable.
Whatever.
This is uncalled for and totally out of the blue. It feels like you wanted to shoehorn the words grunge and Cobain in your sentence for the sake of it.
Were you not paying attention? If anything Vedder was leading PJ down a LESS "grungy" path. The band was hanging out with Niel Young and the influence he had on Vitalogy is undeniable. From then on, Pearl Jam never made a "grunge" album again.
Dave A gave Pearl Jam it’s groove. Even Flow at that time really did slow. He wasn’t the most technical of drummers but he didn’t need to be.
Hahahaha PJ without Dave A? What a joke. Can't believe how crap they have been all these years without him. No Code was a huge insane departure from that classic PJ sound. Hate it.
Pearl Jam was never the same after Dave. He was no doubt the best drummer they ever had.
Dave all the way.
he plays a lot of Vs Pearl Jam songs drums solo on his YT channel.. it's pretty cool
Dave is the man. He's still at it and I've seen him comment on several videos. Personally I stopped listening to PJ after Dave left.
“The new pearl jam album, tentatively titled vite-ology”
Dave Abbruzzese was definitely Pearl Jams best drummer. The band was never nearly as good once he was fired.
The HOF snub was a total douche move.F Pearl Jam
STP!!!!!!!
Lowkey teaching plant store customers to grow weed? Legend
They made so many stupid decisions at the time they fired Dave, they threw the baby out with the bath water and forgot how to make good music in the process. Unforgivable that Dave’s not in the HOF. Finished by 96, bar a pair of singles.
He was my major inspiration for how my drums would be set up. Chinas, mini-chinas, multiple splashes and crashes!! I remember reading his ModernDrummer like a bible!!!!
Pearl Jam is in the hall of fame but Bad Company is not? How ludicrous!
From the northeast…is a musician…likes fun stuff like guns (which probably means he likes other cool things like airplanes/cars/whatever).
Dave sounds like the type of dude with whom I would get along quite well 🧐
Without a doubt Dave Abbruzzese for sure 🤘🤘🤘
Abbrussese was and will always be their best drummer. The big issue way Edward Louis Severson III addiction to control, his narcissisms and Faux protesting.. What severson III didn't like was the fact Abbruzzese would stand up against Edward and he stood several inches taller.
Are you okay? Please takey our medication
With that comment, you don't look as smart as you expected, you just look weird and pedantic.
$320 for nosebleeds to see Pearl Jam in 2024...... I'm team Dave
I saw Pearl Jam for $17.50 in 1993 still have the ticket stub.
Took a lot of albums with Jack Irons and Matt Cameron for me to realize that Pearl Jam wants to be a mid tempo "rock" band and that the eras of Dave Krusen and Dave Abbruzzese were anomalies that they're not super happy about. Which is insane but there it is anyway.
If you ever watch live performances back then the camera always focused on Dave or Ed.. I have a feeling Ed didn’t like sharing the attention. The band has 3 good albums.. after that they turned into grumpy old men..
PJ had 3 solid albums to start. Following the departure of Abbruzzese they got weak. The drummer is an important part of any band.
Yes they lost a step with Dave leaving, also coincided with Eddie taking over song direction. Sucks that they went downhill.
Couldn't disagree more! He was a good drummer, but definitely the weakest to play on any PJ album!
@@HeelSection3825he literally played every one of krusens songs way better. Even flow breath alone and state of love and trust the drumming is superior with abbruzzese. Krusen was ok, just like irons. Nothing special
Dave was their best drummer. Drove the songs like a beast. Eddie is the king of uncatchy hooks and dull writing
Pearl jam definitely lost their energy after letting Dave go. He's an amazing drummer.
Dave was Pearl Jams best drummer. His performance at Boston’s Orpheum 1994 Live Show was one of the Best Shows wver put on by the Band and Dave was above any Drummer before or since putting on a display of Music Genius. As Matt Cameron is a incredible Drummer in His Own right He more so just fit into the Bands Narrative as a Band that can gel as Friends and Longevity without Egos. Not that Dave was egotistic but His Style and Presence was over powering and Eddie likely didnt approve of a Singular Band Member being “The Guy.” Abbruzzese Genius was all over VS Album and a lot of why the Album had such a long lasting effect on many Fans and why it was one of Their Better Albums!
Fun fact. Dr Tongue is a John Candy character from SCTV.
Honestly I think the way they treated him was pretty shitty.
Eddie Vedder in the 90's was kind of insufferable and sanctimonious, I feel Dave deserved better.
So what if he liked guns or wanted to do drum clinics etc, just because he wasn't sitting in a dark room eating organic tofu and complaining about the state of the world? Let people be themselves FFS.
Agreed
Ed couldn’t accept it because he knew Dave saw thru his shitty stage persona. After 97 Eddie cooled down but couldn’t do so with Dave in the band, just petty ego
"Stage persona." Well put.
If you see footage of Eddie with the band he was in before PJ, you see the theater kid that he was known for in HS pretty clearly trying to do his best Anthony Kiedis impersonation. Despite what the director Cameron Crowe said about his being "the most authentic person I've met, his stage presence and off-stage demeanor isn't an act," the guy morphs into what he needs to be for a given situation. @@TheNBSPerry
Was?
Dave played on the first 3 albums that the ones worth listening to
Best PJ drummer 🥁, end of discussion.
The reporter chick “dave a-bruisey playing on Vite-ollogy”
Yeah, wtf? Weird chick.
Dave made Pearl Jam hits, they couldn’t have that anymore after Kirt criticized them for some reason
Dave killed it on those two albums! Pearl Jam has been lack luster ever since.
I Hope You Get The Chance , Dave !!!!
I really do!!!!!
Eddie’s RHOF speech says it all; to him, he is the center of the known universe.
Dave made their best music.
DA was my favorite for his amazing snare sound, his great use of drags, rolls etc., use of hi-hats for accents/fills and just the general energy when he played with PJ. I love Soundgarden (probably even more than PJ to be honest) but when I heard Matt Cameron was gonna be PJ's drummer I had little interest. Cameron is a great drummer but the tuning/tone of his kit (especially the snare) never felt like a fit for PJ, imo. Dave Krusen and Abbruzzese had much more similar punchy/popping snare and drum sounds and that sort of defined Pearl Jam to me. It always felt like the band ditched Abbruzzese because he was too proud of his chops, which is the opposite of the punk/Neil Young persona PJ (especially Eddie) wanted. It always seemed so silly. Killer chops and slightly-flashy play can be awesome even for indie/alternative bands (which PJ was trying to be at the time). Just look at Jimmy Chamberlain's masterful work with Smashing Pumpkins. All that said I don't really know much of PJ's Irons/Cameron work because I had mostly moved on from PJ after Vitalogy.
DAVE HANDS DOWN!!!!! =)
Dave was real. The other 3 got what they deserved.....they never really did that good again.