List Of Pearl Jam Band Members
Pearl Jam is an American alternative rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990. The original incarnation of Pearl Jam included bassist Jeff Ament, guitarists Stone Gossard and Mike McCready, vocalist Eddie Vedder, and drummer Dave Krusen. This line-up recorded Pearl Jam's debut studio album, Ten. Three months before the album was released, Krusen left the band in May 1991.
Krusen was replaced by Matt Chamberlain, who had previously played with Edie Brickell & New Bohemians. After playing only a handful of shows, one of which was filmed for the "Alive" video, Chamberlain left to join the Saturday Night Live band. As his replacement, Chamberlain suggested Dave Abbruzzese, who joined the group and played the rest of Pearl Jam's live shows supporting the Ten album. The band then recorded the studio albums Vs., released in 1993, and Vitalogy, released in 1994. Although Abbruzzese performed on the album Vitalogy, he was fired in August 1994, four months before the album was released. The band cited political differences between Abbruzzese and the other members; for example, he disagreed with the Ticketmaster boycott. He was replaced by Jack Irons, a close friend of Vedder and the former drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Irons' first recording with the band was "Hey Foxymophandlemama, That's Me" for Vitalogy. He drummed on the Pearl Jam/Neil Young collaborations Mirror Ball and Merkin Ball, both released in 1995, and the Pearl Jam studio albums No Code, released in 1996, and Yield, released in 1998. That same year, prior to Pearl Jam's U.S. Yield Tour, Irons left the band due to dissatisfaction with touring. Pearl Jam enlisted former Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron as Irons' replacement on an initially temporary basis, but he soon became an official member of the band. With Cameron, Pearl Jam has released the studio albums Binaural in 2000, Riot Act in 2002, Pearl Jam in 2006, and Backspacer in 2009. In 2002, the band brought in organist Boom Gaspar as an additional member. Gaspar has appeared on the studio albums Riot Act and Pearl Jam in addition to touring with the band.
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