I absolutely LOVE how 95% of comments on Pearl jam live videos in the early 90s are about Dave. What a legend - his playing speaks for itself to this day!
Proud member of that 95%. Love PJ to this day..especially live and especially around and after 2008-2010.. The live shows with Dave though…🤯 Dude they were just stupid tight then. Especially towards the end of the Vs. tour. March and April of 1994 is straight magic. Playing the Vitalogy songs and the covers and the impromptu jams. Dude Dave knew how to keep PJ time. Would love to hear the real actual story of why he got fired. I always imagined he smiled too much and enjoyed being a rockstar too much for Eddie. Musically though……their best work came with Dave. I’m sayin that and I love them to this day. He knew how to rule 🤘🏻
@@richdawkins4453 i can't understand When Smashing pumpkins played their stuff way faster than studio, everyone felt okay, and no one complained about "ruining the vibe"
Dave A was a fucking monster on the drums. I've been listening to Pearl Jam since 1991 and they have never sounded as alive and as good as they did when he was in the band in my humble opinion. He brought a ridiculously good groove and replicated Dave Krusen's drums perfectly. I've seen them with all their drummers from Dave A on and he is by far the best. Matt is a beast too but he's Soundgarden's drummer if you get my meaning... ✌️❤️
You just nailed it. Pearl Jam never returned to the level of VS & Vitalogy, because they didn’t invite Dave A back. RHCP returned to the level of Blood Sugar because Frusciante was invited to return. This is ultimately Eddie Vedder’s fault because he couldn’t get along with Dave A, and he didn’t like Dave A’s playing. “Why” is a mystery to me, because Dave A was the best PJ ever had.
Even though Dave isn't in the band and hasn't been for a long time it must feel great that 90% of all comments for most PJ videos are about him and that he was and will be the best PJ drummer all time, I'm sure as hell miss him in the band ❤
Matt’s better, but not 1998 and after, he was the best drummer they had, because of his works with soundgarden, but not Pj. Dave was the one who was the best while at Pearl Jam. But he might’ve not been that good in 1998+.
Who's here in 2024? I was struggling a little during these years, I loved and hated this tour. The anxiety is real today. Love to all Pearl Jam lovers, and welcome to those finding the band for the first time 😍❤️
The golden era of PJ with Dave the beast keeping the groove. This is one of the best 1-2 punches to open an album that I've heard. Them Bones & Dam That River is up there too.
If you're talking about Dave Krusen you're right, but if you're talking bout Dave Abbruzzese, that's wrong. The album they got popular with and probably the only album most people know is Ten and Ten's drum work is by Dave Krusen, even Dave Abbruzzese got to play all the Ten live shows. He surely deserves credit, but not really for that.
@@joandrumz3176 EXCEPT he took all those ten songs and made them better. Even Flow as exhibit A. With that said, I prefer Pearl Jam with krusen over Cameron
@@buysjproperties true that. Studio TEN was good and from the concerts I watched in the day, Dave A. played it pretty close. The same can't be said with present day PJ though when it comes to TEN and VS played live. I love all of Matt's work though. Badmotor is still one of the baddest and hardest fkn drum takes to play w/ the complex tempo and attacks and sht. Good times.
Agree… I don’t know, PJ is the band that aged the fastest, in my view. Crazy young puppy energy in 91-92, maybe too much so, with Jeff missing every other chord because he couldn’t stop running and tripping on stage, while Eddie risked breaking his neck every other day of the week. Then came 93, and PJ peaked for literally a few months. After that, the band slowed down, lost that fire, Matt assumed the drums in 1998 and forever cemented that old dad vibe and tempo. PJ remains great and probably evolved musically, but I fell like they went from fiery teens to middle-aged uncles in about 5 years.
This is a band making their 2nd album with musicians who had all played in bands for well over a decade. This 2nd album probably has more years in it than any 2nd album in history.
This just proves Jeff Ament is a disciplined bassist. No "You cannot play bass with a pick" BS. He can nail fretless bass fingerstyle like no one's business, but here he is after the slightly ice-picky gnarl of distorted bass that you can only get from a pick.
I'm a guitarist, but I've only played in a band as a bass player. Some songs I used a pick and some I didn't. Just depends on what is best for the particular song. But I always did the same thing throughout the entire song.
I agree, but here’s something most PJ fans aren’t aware of: Matt Cameron CREATED most of the drum parts for TEN. He helped Stone and Jeff and Mike put together the demo they made in ‘90 that they sent out to find a lead singer after Wood died. Cameron is the drummer on most of those DEMO songs. Later, Krusen joined and mimicked most of Cameron’s drum parts.
Pearl Jam was always at their best with Dave A. It’s funny that Eddie and Jeff didn’t get along with him as they were doing the whole anti-rockstar thing. It’s cool Stone admitted it wasn’t all Dave’s fault they fell out though.
I started my journey with pearl jam in 2000 from albums Ten and Binaural and had these on cassettes, so i was all between dave and matt, and as the years goes by i must say those two drummers were equal good for two pearl jam era and i'm thankfull for both of them for making my childhood, i was 15 years old back then, so god damn good, thank you guys :)
Top of the genre along with Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, STP, and Pumpkins(My personal favorite due to beauty and sadness). I remember watching Pearl Jam debut Animal on MTV at my GF's mom's pad. I totally was blown away.
I've been a Pearl Jam fan since the release of Ten, and seen them live a number of times in the past 12 years, but unfortunately Matt Cameron's playing can't come close to this. Go, as well as a few other songs, like Porch, Even Flow, Rearviewmirror just sound like punk songs with Matt Cameron's drumming. Interestingly, his drumming sounded much better with Soundgarden.
Agreed I saw soundgarden live in the 90’s a few times and Matt’s drumming was slick, diverse and aggressive.. in soundgarden he was better than Dave in PJ but Matt in PJ not so good. Weird huh
Totally Agree, specially on the Ten and Vs Songs. On later albums i think he is OK. Not great, but OK. Totally the opposite to his drums on soundgarden. He is so interesting with all that weird time signatures. Soundgarden is where he was at his best. I Miss Cornell so much.
Many of us saw these performances back then and were just shook. It was just different. The best. Angry Eddie, Dave A just crushing ,Jeff ping ponging around, Stone doing the pelican thing and Mike just shredding. Good times.
I miss Dave Abbruzzese a lot, he was the heart of the band, he brought out the best in everyone. What happened?. I hope one day I'll be part of the band again.
@@fjp1247 Idk what they lost, but they definitely found something new to replace it. Their new albums are different but very great, they matured, I appreciate it a lot.
❤ Just saw a picture of you and the band. God Eddie, I just have to tell you that you are so f***ing cute!😊 I love and thank you for being so kind and ON IT! Let's pray that the doctors can heal my face soon so I can be beautiful again. I love you and hope you are hanging in there. Be strong baby.
Whether Dave is in the video or not, the comment section is always full of support for the guy. I can't think of any band situatuon that equals the consensus we have regarding the question of who was the best they ever had.
Abruzzese killing it effortlessly with his insane groove and power. Pearl Jam would never be the same without him.
FOR SURE
👏🏼👏🏼
Yes Dave was far better at tempos and feel than Matt
@@GregScott616Dave is a better drummer period
Dave wrote the song as well
I absolutely LOVE how 95% of comments on Pearl jam live videos in the early 90s are about Dave. What a legend - his playing speaks for itself to this day!
Had the same thought two seconds before I read your comment. lmao
Best drummer pearl jam ever had. Period
The Alice In Chains , stp, Pearl Jam , Nirvana days god how I miss that era when I was 13 years old 🤘
100%❤❤❤
Proud member of that 95%. Love PJ to this day..especially live and especially around and after 2008-2010.. The live shows with Dave though…🤯 Dude they were just stupid tight then. Especially towards the end of the Vs. tour. March and April of 1994 is straight magic. Playing the Vitalogy songs and the covers and the impromptu jams. Dude Dave knew how to keep PJ time. Would love to hear the real actual story of why he got fired. I always imagined he smiled too much and enjoyed being a rockstar too much for Eddie. Musically though……their best work came with Dave. I’m sayin that and I love them to this day. He knew how to rule 🤘🏻
Dave on the drums was memorable.
True, but Dave might have axed himself, anyway s...he's awsome behind the kit...and pj...era with him is fast tight
Dave is a beast!
Kung Fu Panda reaction: “Pleased”
Dave is the most solid in the pocket drummer they ever had, every time I hear Matt Cameron live I feel like every song is sped up and rushed
To be fair I don't think that this is a Matt only thing.
He used to play the original tempos just fine. It's a band decision.
Dave's kick is super rushed on everything too. It's "that Pearl Jam sound!"
Matt kinda ruins the vibe of the songs. What has become of Jeremy, Animal when played live?? Love ALL of his work on Soundgarden though.
@@richdawkins4453 Probably not Matt's decision
@@richdawkins4453 i can't understand
When Smashing pumpkins played their stuff way faster than studio, everyone felt okay, and no one complained about "ruining the vibe"
Dave A of PJ + Dave G of nirvana = 90`s rule
In an alternate universe, Grohl hired Abbruzzese to drum for Foo Fighters after he was fired.
Dave K of PJ was amazing aswell, I mean think about the drumming on Ten. Once has one of my favourite drum work ever.
Dave A was a fucking monster on the drums. I've been listening to Pearl Jam since 1991 and they have never sounded as alive and as good as they did when he was in the band in my humble opinion. He brought a ridiculously good groove and replicated Dave Krusen's drums perfectly. I've seen them with all their drummers from Dave A on and he is by far the best. Matt is a beast too but he's Soundgarden's drummer if you get my meaning... ✌️❤️
Absolutley True! ❤
I liked Irons better than Cameron for PJ and I LOVE SG.
Dave is to Pearl Jam fans what Frusciante is to RHCP's fans
Absolutely.
Indeed!
He made them a borderline hardcore band. Matt is a fantastic studio drummer, and also kick ass. But yeah
You just nailed it. Pearl Jam never returned to the level of VS & Vitalogy, because they didn’t invite Dave A back. RHCP returned to the level of Blood Sugar because Frusciante was invited to return. This is ultimately Eddie Vedder’s fault because he couldn’t get along with Dave A, and he didn’t like Dave A’s playing. “Why” is a mystery to me, because Dave A was the best PJ ever had.
Those right foot triplets 🤘🤤
Miss you Dave.
Even though Dave isn't in the band and hasn't been for a long time it must feel great that 90% of all comments for most PJ videos are about him and that he was and will be the best PJ drummer all time, I'm sure as hell miss him in the band ❤
Perhaps that’s why Pearl Jam turned off all comments on their official TH-cam channel.
@@wildmercuryfilms I think you’re spot-on.
Matt’s better, but not 1998 and after, he was the best drummer they had, because of his works with soundgarden, but not Pj. Dave was the one who was the best while at Pearl Jam. But he might’ve not been that good in 1998+.
@@michaelscott7258 he is still kickin' ass right now
@@madebymarco yea I think if they had all drummers at this age today test, then Matt would defo come out on top.
Who's here in 2024?
I was struggling a little during these years, I loved and hated this tour.
The anxiety is real today.
Love to all Pearl Jam lovers, and welcome to those finding the band for the first time 😍❤️
Dave Abbruzesse on the drums. It's amazing!
OMG! Dave A. IS THE MAN!!
Best drummer ever of Pearl Jam, I love Dave
Jeff and Ed sound good in this. I love when you can actually hear the bass.
Dave was the perfect drummer of PJ!
Dave Abruzzese is the best Drummer....fantastic
The golden era of PJ with Dave the beast keeping the groove. This is one of the best 1-2 punches to open an album that I've heard. Them Bones & Dam That River is up there too.
1:38 DAVE!!!
da beast
He's a BEAST on the drums!!!
dave was the one of key of pearljam success
If you're talking about Dave Krusen you're right, but if you're talking bout Dave Abbruzzese, that's wrong. The album they got popular with and probably the only album most people know is Ten and Ten's drum work is by Dave Krusen, even Dave Abbruzzese got to play all the Ten live shows. He surely deserves credit, but not really for that.
@@joandrumz3176 i likeAbruzzese and his work in vs./Vitalogy
But damn his fanboys are getting too far
@@joandrumz3176 EXCEPT he took all those ten songs and made them better. Even Flow as exhibit A. With that said, I prefer Pearl Jam with krusen over Cameron
@@buysjproperties true that. Studio TEN was good and from the concerts I watched in the day, Dave A. played it pretty close. The same can't be said with present day PJ though when it comes to TEN and VS played live. I love all of Matt's work though. Badmotor is still one of the baddest and hardest fkn drum takes to play w/ the complex tempo and attacks and sht. Good times.
I love how these new kids do not understand the attachment of the first PJ fans to the sound of the first two albums. LOL
Eddies voice from that album is phenomenal also like dave's drumming
I didn’t want to like PJ when they first hit the scene but as a drummer I couldn’t help it because of Dave, love this band!
The best drummer
A rare Pearl Jam classic performance. Absolutely fantastic!
Look at that crowd! Amazing
Dave was a Gigantic monster. Never the same band since,
Dave made PJ what they were IHO. That guys drumming is off the charts amazing.
dave A by far the best pearl jam drummer. this sound was never replicated without him and thats a damn shame. incredible drummer.
Dave killing it as usual,,, Go Dave
Aaah Dave ♥
Dave A for the world.
Yep, some drummers you barely notice, but not Dave
Love Dave A. Could watch him for hours, oh I have!! 💗🥁
지금 들어도 포효할 수 밖에 없는.......
Dave was in total command of his art. It was a huge loss for rock fans when he was dropped. A once in a generation musician.
That drum fill at 1:38!
El baterista!!!! Woooooow!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
91-94 were the best years musically for PJ. And Dave A was the reason for that….he’s a beast
Agree… I don’t know, PJ is the band that aged the fastest, in my view. Crazy young puppy energy in 91-92, maybe too much so, with Jeff missing every other chord because he couldn’t stop running and tripping on stage, while Eddie risked breaking his neck every other day of the week. Then came 93, and PJ peaked for literally a few months. After that, the band slowed down, lost that fire, Matt assumed the drums in 1998 and forever cemented that old dad vibe and tempo. PJ remains great and probably evolved musically, but I fell like they went from fiery teens to middle-aged uncles in about 5 years.
Hell drumming!!! Great version!!!
Dave Abruzzese waw the best ever and crazy of them to let him go!
This is a band making their 2nd album with musicians who had all played in bands for well over a decade. This 2nd album probably has more years in it than any 2nd album in history.
And they were all only in their mid to late twenties! Crazy. Sorry, 3 yrs late to the party.
Pearl Jam Badass Days...
This just proves Jeff Ament is a disciplined bassist. No "You cannot play bass with a pick" BS. He can nail fretless bass fingerstyle like no one's business, but here he is after the slightly ice-picky gnarl of distorted bass that you can only get from a pick.
bass with pick just sounds so much better for rock/metal in my opinion
I'm a guitarist, but I've only
played in a band as a bass player. Some songs I used a pick and some I didn't. Just depends on what is best for the particular song. But I always did the same thing throughout the entire song.
Dave is hands down the best drummer these guys have had!
2nd would be Mr. Krusen
Can't go wrong with a Dave, apparently!
I agree, but here’s something most PJ fans aren’t aware of: Matt Cameron CREATED most of the drum parts for TEN. He helped Stone and Jeff and Mike put together the demo they made in ‘90 that they sent out to find a lead singer after Wood died. Cameron is the drummer on most of those DEMO songs. Later, Krusen joined and mimicked most of Cameron’s drum parts.
@@wildmercuryfilms source?
1: Dave abbruzzese
2: Dave Krusen
3: Jack Irons
4: Matt chamberlain
5: Matt Cameron
You clearly can because he was fired.
@@kubabednarz225 Matt played on the demo that was given to Eddie
O Dave era monstro demais!!
Dave's bass pedal and symbal work is incredible makes irons and Cameron look stjpid
Dave amaizing
Dave !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Excelente edición de video! Dave fue el mejor batero de PJ, no cabe duda...
The Best!!!
I’m going not comment on Dave and just say young Ed’s voice was a god damn nuclear power plant of incredible.
Pearl Jam was always at their best with Dave A. It’s funny that Eddie and Jeff didn’t get along with him as they were doing the whole anti-rockstar thing.
It’s cool Stone admitted it wasn’t all Dave’s fault they fell out though.
DAVE A. Wow.
I started my journey with pearl jam in 2000 from albums Ten and Binaural and had these on cassettes, so i was all between dave and matt, and as the years goes by i must say those two drummers were equal good for two pearl jam era and i'm thankfull for both of them for making my childhood, i was 15 years old back then, so god damn good, thank you guys :)
Back before they fired Dave, Eddie blew out his vocal cords, and developed 'Low T." I still say Dave A. was the life blood of PJ in the 90's.
Top of the genre along with Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, STP, and Pumpkins(My personal favorite due to beauty and sadness). I remember watching Pearl Jam debut Animal on MTV at my GF's mom's pad. I totally was blown away.
La voz de Vedder a tope en esos años y con ese batería tan bestial pues la banda sonaba tremendo!!!!
El mejor prime Vocal de la Historia fue el de vedder
Dave Abbruzzese ❤❤❤❤
Never been the same without Dave! Yo Dave! You the man bro 🤘🥁🤘DC
Dayum! Dave killing’ the drums! 😬😬🤟🏿😧
What a fantastic job of editing!
I've been a Pearl Jam fan since the release of Ten, and seen them live a number of times in the past 12 years, but unfortunately Matt Cameron's playing can't come close to this. Go, as well as a few other songs, like Porch, Even Flow, Rearviewmirror just sound like punk songs with Matt Cameron's drumming. Interestingly, his drumming sounded much better with Soundgarden.
Oliver Racz - nail on head, right here.
Agreed I saw soundgarden live in the 90’s a few times and Matt’s drumming was slick, diverse and aggressive.. in soundgarden he was better than Dave in PJ but Matt in PJ not so good. Weird huh
Totally Agree, specially on the Ten and Vs Songs. On later albums i think he is OK. Not great, but OK. Totally the opposite to his drums on soundgarden. He is so interesting with all that weird time signatures. Soundgarden is where he was at his best. I Miss Cornell so much.
Many of us saw these performances back then and were just shook. It was just different. The best. Angry Eddie, Dave A just crushing ,Jeff ping ponging around, Stone doing the pelican thing and Mike just shredding. Good times.
dave for president
dave!!!!
There was no one like Pearl Jam on those days
This is one of my favorites and so relatable sending smiles 😀🙂😋
I miss Dave Abbruzzese a lot, he was the heart of the band, he brought out the best in everyone. What happened?. I hope one day I'll be part of the band again.
this is a GEM...Vs. was my favorite PJ album
That drummer!!!!!!!!!!
1:39 fuck me. Fucking genius. No wonder they sucked after they stupidly sacked him.
Dave play a very high level!! Is a amazing drummer!!
Dave is The Best Peerl Jam Drummer
Amazing performances all around.
David is Goliath! My fav drummer for PJ.
Phenomenal.
Dave Dave Dave !!!!
Ladies and Gentlemen: Dave “The Beast” Abbruzzese!
Ah, Dave A, we miss you...
thats energy... i was on the streets in the 90s
Dave the beast
Dave 2020
DAVE!!!!!!!!!!!
i just know that "go" was written by dave abbruzzese ....
He wrote the main riff ..
@@williambarcus8861 and the killer drum line so that counts for like half the song technically😂
Just listen to those fucking drums. Look at that man go. We didn't know it at the time but this was the peak. Absolutely tremendous!
No special effects, no BS, just pure and raw talents fully displayed here.
HOLY SHIT THE ENERGY
They were best grunge band till mid- vitalogy- era
Aw cmon No Codes great! They definitely lost that "umph" in their music without Dave A but they still are amazing
@@fjp1247 Idk what they lost, but they definitely found something new to replace it.
Their new albums are different but very great, they matured, I appreciate it a lot.
@@Faks.09 Yeah I don’t think they ever fell off for me. But they definitely don’t sound this “hard” anymore without Dave. Dave always went hard.
@@travis2950 i know what you mean, but on the other hand - save you or getaway or mind you manners are pretty hard songs
Awesome editing on this. Well done! 🙌🏽
Love song
the beast Abbruzzese
4,000 like, with Hella reason. These two live versions of these two songs are probably the Best Two Live Versions Of ANY Two Songs 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
There was definitely a “softening” to Pearl Jams sound after Dave
Fortunate to first see them live on 01/15/1995 with Jack Irons. I’m very grateful that I was in my early twenties when they broke. Intense times.
thank you for uploading this!!!
❤ Just saw a picture of you and the band. God Eddie, I just have to tell you that you are so f***ing cute!😊 I love and thank you for being so kind and ON IT! Let's pray that the doctors can heal my face soon so I can be beautiful again. I love you and hope you are hanging in there. Be strong baby.
I think this is his best vocals on any song...no one...no one...could ever cover this song
Amazing tubthumping from a brother to another mother. Awesome.
God bless you, Dave! You are the groove!
Whether Dave is in the video or not, the comment section is always full of support for the guy. I can't think of any band situatuon that equals the consensus we have regarding the question of who was the best they ever had.
I wish I had been there!
1:33-1:44 fucking beast