Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron says he’s leaving the band after nearly 30 years

File – Matt Cameron of Pearl Jam performs on Saturday, Might 25, 2024 throughout Bottlerock Napa Valley in Napa, California (photograph by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

Pearl Drummer Matt Cameron mentioned on Monday that he leaves the band after nearly 30 years.

The 62-year-old Cameron introduced his departure in a put up on social media.

“After 27 improbable years I took my final steps down the drum riser for the highly effective Pearl Jam,” Cameron mentioned. “A whole lot of love and respect for Jeff, Ed, Mike and Stone for inviting within the band in 1998 and for giving the potential for your life, stuffed with friendships, artistry, challenges and laughter.”

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Cameron gave no cause for his departure.

“Matt Cameron has been a singular and actual powerhouse of a musician and drummer. He has propelled Stay Exhibits and Studio -recordings within the final 27 years. It was a deeply vital chapter for our group and we at all times want him nicely,” mentioned Pearl Jam -members posted in a press release on the social media accounts of the band.

They didn’t point out a alternative.

Cameron, who had been enjoying drums for Soundgarden for greater than a decade earlier than he got here to Pearl Jam, was not one of the founders of the band and performed no drums for the early albums that made them Rock Superstars.

However he supplied a lot wanted stability within the drum package after the band had passed by 4 others since its basis. He first entered in 1998 as a brief alternative for Jack Irons, who performed throughout a protracted tour earlier than he made his studio debut with the group on ‘Binaural’ from 2000.

He has simply ended a one -year tour with the band to assist his twelfth studio album, “Darkish Matter.”

Cameron was born and raised in San Diego earlier than transferring to Seattle shortly earlier than the music scene turned a world phenomenon. He performed in Proto-Grunge Band Pores and skin Yard earlier than he got here to Soundgarden. He did double responsibility with Pearl Jam and a reunited Soundgarden from 2010 to 2017.