Pearl Jam: Why Drummer Jack Irons Quit The Band
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Drummer Jack Irons has had a pretty storied career being the original drummer for the Red hot Chili Peppers and was inducted with the band into the rock n’ roll hall of fame. In addition to that he also played with Pearl Jam for nearly half a decade before leaving the group. Irons would go on to play with Courtney Love, Eleven, Neil Young, Joe Strummer and The Wallflowers in addition to having a solo career. One of my subscribers requested that I do a lstory on why he left Pearl Jam and that’s what we’re going to explore in today’s video.
Jack Irons would be an original member of Red Hot Chili Peppers who formed in 1983, but by 1988 the band’s guitarist Hillel Slovak passed away due to a drug overdose. For Irons it was the final straw and he soon left the band recalling to the book grunge is dead “I was really struggling with my mental health. I was having a nervous breakdown and that went on for a long time.” He would go on to reveal he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and was hospitalized for it and it was a life long battle he was still fighting. It was following Slovak’s death Irons thought about giving up on music and pursuing something else but he got an offer to drum for former Clash frontman Joe Strummer, something he decided to agree to do. It was on that tour Irons met his wife and future pearl jam frontman Eddie Vedder. It was at a gig in San Diego Vedder attended the show knowing some of the people who owned the venue, Vedder wanted to meet Irons because of his history with the Chili Peppers and wanted to meet Strummer. It was after that meeting with Vedder for the first time Irons would reveal in teh same book
“After that we kept in touch and started to hang out.and play basketball togetherLike every weekend he would drive up from San Diego to LA where i was living. He and my wife were the two main people in my life at the time.
In 1990 in Seattle one of the up and coming bands Mother Love Bone would disband after frontman Andrew Wood died of a drug overdose. Mother love bone member stone gossard and jeff ament were picking up the pieces and starting a new band that would eventually become pearl jam. Gossard and Ament would reach out to Irons knowing him for his work in the Chili peppers to join their new project but the timing wasn’t right with him tellig Rolling Stone
I remember meeting Stone and Jeff [Ament] at their hotel. They came to L.A. to do whatever they were doing, and I met them. We talked. They asked me about playing with them for their new band, trying it out.
I had so many things going on in L.A. Post-Joe Strummer, I had started my band Eleven… As I mentioned, I met my wife-to-be. By the time I met Jeff and Stone, she was pregnant. The gig required uprooting and going to Seattle. I couldn’t do it. I had already committed to doing a tour with Redd Kross for like three months and I really needed the gig.
While the pair were disappointed that Irons couldn’t join them they would give him their demo tape incase he knew any singers. He would end up passing the tape onto Eddie Vedder who of course became the group’s frontman. Pearl Jam would find a different drummer in Dave Krusen who played on the group’s first album Ten. He would be temporarily replaced by Matt Chamberlin and then replaced by fan favourite Dave Abbruzzese who played on 1993’s Versus and on some of the group’s third record 1994’s Vitalogy. But personality conflicts led the band to firing Abbruzzese, i’ve done a whole video on why Abbruzzese was fired the link is down below. I’ve also done one on Dave Krusen’s firing. By 1994 Irons was playing in his band Eleven who had just put out their second record and opened for Soundgarden, but the band struggled to have the same level of success as other alternative . It was at that point Irons and his family left LA and bought a cabin in Norman, California, but he hadn’t planned on what to do to make money.
By August of 94 Irons would hear that his friends in Pealr Jam had parted ways with Abbruzesse and he would call his friends in the band and ask if th
Here's the other Pearl Jam drummer videos I've done.
Dave Krusen Video
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Dave Abruzzese Video
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Jack Irons work on No Code and Yield is absolutely phenomenal. No disrespect to Matt, but Jack had that something extra. A very tribal sounding and exotic style of player.
Pretty sure his time in The Peppers had something to do with that.
Couldn't agree more
I love Jack Irons drumming style! No Code is an underrated gem and you can really hear his influence on it.
I totally agree. A big part of me thinks No Code is superior to Vitalogy because it has less filler and oddball material which proved not to be the band's forte.
@@MusclesHockeymask I never thought about it like that but you're right. Nobody has Hey Foxymophandlemama, That's Me on their playlist, lol.
@@curtislindsey1736 Rite? I compare that one to "Revolution 9" by The Beatles. Not everyone likes sound collages but I think The Beatles did it better with theirs. "Stupid Mop" is quite a statement to end an album but there's a lot on Vitalogy where it might have made more sense to keep it rockin'. I think about how much momentum is lost with "Pry, To."
No code and yield were the best stadium albums, great songs to play for the biggest stages when previously their songs were written just to be good except for one or two on their debut because it's cool to have that break out song ready for 5k crowds. Once no code was released I think the band stopped rebelling against the popularity and wrote two of the most epic sounding albums possible.
1:07 "It was on that tour Irons met his wife and future Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder..." The phrasing made me laugh.
I thought the same… “there’s a fact I never knew…”
So glad this comment is here. I busted a gut on that line and glad I'm not the only one.
@@norravdesign5327 Me, too, lol!
was about to write that same thing, lol
Best PJ drummer by FAR!! They where an absolute machine with Irons behind the kit!!! Shame they didn’t induct him in the Hall of fame with PJ. Especially since he helped put the whole thing together. Some of my favorite shows of any band ever where in those years.
“Fan favorite Dave Abbruzzese” 💯%
Great video. Jack Irons was a vital part of the band as they matured their sound. I feel like every Pearl Jam drummer has been keeping the seat warm for Matt Cameron to ultimately step back in.
No Jack Irons, No Pearl Jam... Ever.... Such a Great Important Band. The ONLY band I've never gotten tired of after 32 years straight!
I love Pearl Jam, and Jack. I don't get your comment, though, unless it's a vote of confidence for Jack. Nothing against Jack, but they existed before he joined, and still do after he left. Not razzing you, I promise.
@@joeymorvant161Jack was 100% the reason PJ exists, he passed along a tape given to him by Jeff and Stone to Ed
Jack Irons is the greatest feel drummer in history. Pearl Jam just released a rare 1998 show called Give Way. It’s with Jack Irons last shows in aus tour. Hear the feel
It’s actually the only official live album by Pearl Jam with Jack, absolutely love his drumming
1:09 I didn’t know Eddie Vedder was his wife 😂
I heard that too lol
He doesn't play on "several" Vitalogy tracks. He only plays on Stupid Mop and that was added at the 11th hour just to get him on the record.
I've been wondering why Jack left Pearl Jam. Thank you for this video!
I didn’t know Eddie Vedder was his wife!
Irons has the feel most drummers think they have.
Jack Irons has a very primitive touch on the drumkit almost ape-like drumming, I really dig his unusual drumming style
Jack is awesome and I believe is playing on my friend Ian’s record.
"His wife and future Pearl Jam front man Eddie Vedder" makes it sound like he met and married Eddie Vedder
I noticed, lol!
Listen to Jack smack the sticks on a song called “This Little Finger” by Eleven.
Love Jack Irons. He's so talented. Great video.
Jack Irons met his wife Eddie Veddar. 😄
lol
Jack Irons is the reason Pearl Jam exists
This is a very well known fact. Not news.
That's right.
Ok. I'm a fan of Pearl Jam and Jack Irons. That being said, I don't get your comment.
@@joeymorvant161 After Mother Love Bone, Stone and Jeff made a demo tape looking for a singer. They passed it around to people, including Jack Irons. Irons played basketball with Eddie Vedder in California and gave him the demo tape. In the course of one night, Eddie wrote and recorded lyrics for Evenflow, Alive, and Footsteps. So Jack Irons passed the tape to Eddie Vedder and history was made.
@@mikeg328 Ok. Thank you! Never doubted you, but I had no idea of that occurrence, or that Jack and Eddie knew one another.
Can you do a video on the breakup about The Jesus And Mary Chain?
I'm gonna do a whole video on their career later this year. They've been requested by a lot of people.
Excelent idea !!
How about the story of Pink Floyd and why was “Hey You” removed from the Wall movie??? It’s the only song from the album that doesn’t appear in the film¥
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He's the best drummer PJ had. Absolutely soulfully nailing the groove.
Dave Grohl said it best, "want to get fired as a drummer? bring your music to the lead singer"
Why does Eddie Vedder seem like dudes really surrounded by a
Black Cloud of Horror stories . . .
Like not just from the usual suspects like ex-bandmates I mean like the roadies / fans
& randos.
I didnt know pearl jam had so many albums
Fr ?
Irons is a powerful drummer!! Yield and no code, and mirrorball
You forgot to list Jack Iron's main gig for a lotta years with Natasha Shneider and Alain Johannes in the generally underrated and undermentioned band Eleven.
Oh, I stand corrected, you did mention Eleven. :/
Didn't mention Whats This? In this it sounded he was in RHCP the whole time until Hillel died
True...also Anthym
Yep, he intentionally forgot to name the other bands or that Alain was considered as a vocalist for PJ
@@seaminer5894: Wow, really? I never knew that!
Good one, I thought that too 😂😂😂
Interesting thanks
Just say 5 years. Half a decade sounds fishy.
Seen him playing for Pearl Jam in Australia on the Vitalogy tour. He could barely keep up with the early Dave(s) material
That's why he's the fan favorite ;)
Probably had quite a few tracks to learn.
@@joeymorvant161 he just didn’t have the energy.
@@jamesmason1347 Thank you. That's understandable.
@@joeymorvant161 urgent songs like ‘Go’ and ‘Blood’ are perfect examples.
I enjoyed his work on No Code though
DO THE HISTORY OF THE DISTILLERS NEXT! OR BRODY DALE AND TIM ARMSTRONG RELATIONSHIP LOL
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Pearl Jam weren’t funky enough for him.
Interesting.
Looking back these musicians were such losers. At least the hair metal guys didn’t take themselves so seriously. I can’t listen to 90s alt rock in my 40s now but I listen to hair metal, which I use to hate and make fun of.
Wow you don't understand how deep some of that music was in the alternative seen.
@@NBF1865 problem was I did understand. I just don’t like it as I’ve gotten older
🤔@@willnill7946 hair metal? 😂 Cringe 🤮
@@xp8969 Not to all of us!
Sought to devote his time to stupid looking hats
Maybe he wasn't CommieCapitlist enough
He quit cause vedder is a ****!