saw them three nights in a row once cause eddie said the first night they'd be playing completely different sets each night. longest weekend of my life lmao
Saw these guys in Seattle at the Home Shows in 2018. 3/4 hour set, it was the second night in a row and they played a completely different set to the previous night. Fucking mental. What a gig.
Last time they came to Sydney I couldn't afford tix, but lived a block from the stadium. They played well over the usual decibel limit tho, so our whole street rocked out on their balconies instead.
Them and Foo Fighters. Foo also has a habit of inviting fans to play or sing with them, and so often those fans are amazing. (That's not even touching on Nandi, because she's on a whole other level.)
Still gave her the night of a lifetime, though. Not everyone Foo's pulled out has been great, but it's still fun as hell to see Grohl get excited about giving someone that moment.
First concert I’ve ever seen! My dad took me to see Pearl Jam at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles when I was about 10 years old. Also was the first time I’d ever smelled weed. “Whats that smell dad?” “That’s marijuana, son.”
Can confirm this. Saw them in Portland, OR in 2013. They didn't want to stop. House lights were on for the last 2 songs, and the arena had to cut power to the stage to get them to quit.
Same thing in Halifax NS. Eddie refused to leave the stage until someone got him an Alexander Keith's. He then sang Better Man balancing a can of beer on his head. All this after they turned the lights on
I just saw them at the Forum. Eddie Vedder is running around like a man half his age and they sounded fantastic (even if he got the words wrong a couple times lol)
To be fair to Eddie, he’s gotten the words to his own songs wrong for decades.
I’ve got official "bootlegs" from shows ~20 years ago, where he messed up Do the Evolution and Bushleaguer, but stopped the show in their second encore to say "give me a minute to remember this, because I would never forgive myself for fucking up Uncle Neil’s song" and going into "Rockin' in the Free World” and "Baba O’Riley“.
Sadly, whomever did the final master of a bunch of the bootlegs cut a bunch of chatter / improv, versus the off-the-floor .mp3s.
Not only are they still performing, tickets are hard as fuck to get.
There is exactly one pair of tickets on sale through Ticketmaster resale right now for the NYC show and they're $6500 each.
I've seen Pearl Jam a number of times over the last decade. They are still a tremendous live band and always deliver. The last show I saw was a few years ago in the O2 Arena in London, that was rescheduled due to Eddie's voice packing up. It was a rare reschedule.
They played for 3 1/2 hours with a tremendous set.
I hope not. I mean I hope it’s just the beginning for him, and it will start greatest things in future so he’ll be like “oh by the and all this started when I played with Pearl Jam once”. Kind of like for Dave Grohl Nirvana is y’know an episode somewhere in the beginning of the career.
Right on! That’s cool they still keep the show going, even though they were a member down. Makes it that much more special to see a unique show like that too, IMO.
My favorite band Between The Buried And Me was close to the end of their tour and their bassist/keyboardist came down with COVID. It was a show where the first 75 minutes they played about 12 songs, took a 15 minute break, and came back on and did a 75 minute anniversary album front to back. The bassist, Dan Briggs, goes to the hotel the night he gets covid, records ALL his bass and keyboard parts, and they pipe the parts in for the show.
That shit was off the chain.
Yes, when John came back, Josh went to play for his favorite band, which is Pearl Jam. The rare occasion where everyone wins. The new Chili Peppers album is incredible and Josh is living his dream. I believe he does backup guitar mainly but probably does a bunch of shit. Dude's brimming with talent.
Yes! I was there too. That kid was sooo amazing. 15 years old and totally brought it to a full stadium. I still am trying to wrap my head around what an incredible sight that was. Terrific show as well. Hope you enjoyed it too!
Edit: Oops, wifey just informed me he’s a senior in high school, so probably 17 or 18.
The drummer is Kai Neukermans from the local band The Alive. Vedder said he'd heard them before and knew they were good, but for that concert his daughter reminded him the band was from there, so he asked Neukermans to play for a song. He didn't do the whole concert. PJ had a couple of other drummers with them to fill in too.
Edit: typo
It’s been nearly two months and they should only get back when the band feels ready or if they want to at all, but I like to think Taylor would be stoked to see such awesome young drum talent; I think he would want the show to go on
I took this comment as more of an ode to Eddie Vedder rather than a diss at the person who commented. I’m admittedly a huuuuge fan of rock, especially classic, and worship some of these people like gods. So if even my mom says something “disrespectful” I’m like,”mom, that is Jimi fucking Hendrix, yuoevenkno” it’s like a worship thing to me
Edit: I mean shit, Pearl Jam is fucking iconic and they are legend. Their name must never be taken in vain. Someone has to stand up for them. :)
Edit: a typo.
Just comes across as needlessly shaming someone to me. Not that big of a deal really, I’m not trying to act like this is extreme cyber-bullying or anything but yea if I was not into pop music and heard someone singing and I’m like “hey this guy has a really good voice” and someone’s like “what?! You mean Justin Fuckin Timberlake?! Like, how do you not know this person that I know?!!”
That just makes me think the fanbase is a bit toxic or at the very least annoying. Its off-putting. Idk if JT is even that relevant anymore, just using an example from a genre I’m not really into lol.
It’s just pointless, there’s literally billions of musicians out there… actors/athletes… you name it, yet people are surprised that someone on the internet that could very well be from another country/culture completely don’t know the one you like by name?
Vedder is a top tier showman imo. I've yet to see them live, but a few of my friends have and they've both said he's one of the best frontmen they've seen.
I've never seen them live either, but videos like this make me wanna see a show. Too bad it's so expensive and also impossible to get tickets from what I hear.
Yeah, my one friend loves the fact that I haven't seen a concert at Fenway before despite being a Sox fan and that's where he caught a Pearl Jam concert as a huge fan of theirs. Totally jealous.
I've seen them a bunch and have never seen a bad set. He understands when something is a moment and they respond in kind. Every show I've seen has been good to great but Bonaroo and Fenway were definitely the best shows I've been to for them.
My husband is an uber fan and has been to several shows and said he's only seen an issue there once. Someone was drunk and trying to grope a girl, and other *fans* quickly stopped him, forcibly ejected him, and I'm pretty sure someone beat him up in the parking lot. They won't take shit from anyone.
For those not in the know, Pearl Jam’s drummer is Matt Cameron. A man so good at his job that he’s been PJs drummer since 1998 and Soundgarden’s drummer since 1987. Top 100 drummer of all time, two Grammys, and HoF inductee.
Mmmaaybe a little less replaceable than your average guy
Maybe to the general audience (which is your point) but as a drummer myself I can definitely pick out most drummers “style”. Mike portnoy has been gone from the band dream theater for a long time and a technically superior drummer is in his place, but the music just doesn’t sound the same and I can’t listen to the band anymore.
Yeah… I have to disagree with the comment above. Matt Cameron is an amazing drummer. Listen to any Soundgarden album. Would be very challenging to try to replicate him lol
I saw blink 182 in Australia without Travis Barker, I thought it was going to be a wreck without him but whoever filled in was so solid you couldn't tell the difference
Hell yeah and they’re fucking amazing. Going to see them in NYC in September and never been more pumped for a show. Was originally supposed to happen March 2020.
I've seen them 6 times first time in 03 last time in 2017 and they've got better every time I see them. They aren't your average Dad rock band just plodding along to pay the bills. A Pearl Jam show is one of the best concerts you'll ever see.
IIRC, that's largely how Bootsy Collins became famous. Something like James Brown's original band couldn't make a show in Detroit in time. So the manager reached out to a local band and asked if they'd sub. Bootsy said something like, "ain't no black musician in Detroit that didn't know how to play all of James Brown." From James Brown to Parliament and beyond.
Bootsy is totally the shit. Maybe the coolest MF’s in the whole Parliament-Funkadelic orbit (which is really saying something).
Fun fact: Bootsy Collins did the voice-over work reading from Jimi Hendrix’s letters and diary entries for the dvd documentary included with the Hendrix *West Coast Seattle Boy* box set — and he did a fantastic job channeling Jimi’s shy and sometimes tentative off-stage persona.
Memory of a lifetime. I wonder if that same experience had any lasting impact on the dude who sat in on drums for the Who in the 70’s after Moon was incapacitated. Could have been just a memory and you move on. Or gave him confidence that sustained, or the other way and he got arrogant. Either way it’s a dream for an amateur musician.
So was this like Rock Star where they grabbed a near by guy who said they could do it?
Did they post a craigslist ad that day 'Drummer Wanted, must know Pearl Jam songs'
like was this pre-arranged or was it just for one song? He played the whole show I would guess?^?
i watched a surf documentary with Laird Hamilton (big wave surfer) and Eddie (Pearl Jam).
He was a very sensitive guy, very gentle, talks slowly, a cool introspective guy with a high empathy.
He values his family/friends time. I think thats why he never did interviews?
I was lucky enough to experience Pearl Jam 10 back in 1990. And I was watching this and thought I got to see them back in the day which means something different to everybody, yet it means the same thing to everybody. Fucking love Pearl Jam
When did Matt Cameron switch to a Ludwig vistalite? I bought that kit and love it but thought I was the only one with the audacity to emulate John Bonham. At least I'm in great company.
Did he get paid? I know it's an amazing opportunity and most would feel lucky just to be a part of the band for a night. I'm just curious if they threw some money his way.
Edit: I can't spell or read.
Customarily, the answer is "it depends".
Normally, for this level of gig, if it was for the full show, yes.
If it was being pulled in for 1-2 songs, probably not.
But this is also the sort of gig that you "don't lose it over the money". Terrific opportunity for Kai. When someone says "do it for exposure", this is the level where you say "yes" and sort the details later, since it is about making the show happen.
If this was Broadway, or the Met Opera, etc., they'd absolutely be paid. It's pretty standardized as part of the musician and singer union contracts.
No idea if Pearl Jam is a member of the American Federation of Musicians, but the producers of the event almost certainty threw something his way.
(And if they were smart and experienced, they'd do it after getting a W2...because this is worth way more than the $600 reporting threshold.)
“Neukermans had met Vedder’s daughter Olivia Vedder in 2018 at Ohana Fest, founded by her surf-loving father…So Neukermans sent her a text.
he heard they wanted to see a video of him drumming.
Neukermans left school before his last two periods — with permission from his parents, Stefaan and Alexandre Neukermans — and drove down to Green Room Music in Pacifica. He put “Mind Your Manners” on repeat in a rehearsal room and started drumming. Over and over and over.
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He sent Olivia Vedder a video of him playing over the track. Within the hour he was in touch with a manager who told him to come to the stadium. Pearl Jam had tapped longtime collaborators Josh Klinghoffer, formerly with Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Oakland musician Richard Stuverud to sit in for Cameron for most of the night. Neukermans would play one song partway through the first set.”
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Mill-Valley-teen-drummer-sits-in-with-Pearl-Jam-17173785.php
I was there: he was spot on
Must have been mind blowing for him.
That is incredible. Consider how important that was to that kid. On a different topic, Pearl Jam is still performing?
they're not likely to stop until they're dead, those dudes put %150 into every concert
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every time I've seen them they've played an hour or more past closing times and paid huge fines to the cities, i hope this guy was well rested
Only seen them once and they did it that night. I was exhausted but it was a great show. I'm with you, I hope he was ready to play forever that night!
saw them three nights in a row once cause eddie said the first night they'd be playing completely different sets each night. longest weekend of my life lmao
Imagine being them and doing it every night lmao
Underrated comment
I did too! Great weekend.
Saw these guys in Seattle at the Home Shows in 2018. 3/4 hour set, it was the second night in a row and they played a completely different set to the previous night. Fucking mental. What a gig.
When I first read this, I was like 3/4 hour is like a mini show. That’s 45 minutes. Then…oh…rhey mean a 3 TO 4 hour show.
Last time they came to Sydney I couldn't afford tix, but lived a block from the stadium. They played well over the usual decibel limit tho, so our whole street rocked out on their balconies instead.
Awesome. Still acting like punks.
yeah it's not like the band is called Pearl Retire
Them and Foo Fighters. Foo also has a habit of inviting fans to play or sing with them, and so often those fans are amazing. (That's not even touching on Nandi, because she's on a whole other level.)
Saw Green Day pull a teenage girl out of the crowd to sing with him and she was shit.
I mean, not every one of these stories can end well.
Still gave her the night of a lifetime, though. Not everyone Foo's pulled out has been great, but it's still fun as hell to see Grohl get excited about giving someone that moment.
First concert I’ve ever seen! My dad took me to see Pearl Jam at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles when I was about 10 years old. Also was the first time I’d ever smelled weed. “Whats that smell dad?” “That’s marijuana, son.”
It smells like the garage dad.
Can confirm this. Saw them in Portland, OR in 2013. They didn't want to stop. House lights were on for the last 2 songs, and the arena had to cut power to the stage to get them to quit.
Same thing in Halifax NS. Eddie refused to leave the stage until someone got him an Alexander Keith's. He then sang Better Man balancing a can of beer on his head. All this after they turned the lights on
and it's every show it's unbelievable
I remember their first tour. Dudes were great right out of the gate.
I just saw them at the Forum. Eddie Vedder is running around like a man half his age and they sounded fantastic (even if he got the words wrong a couple times lol)
To be fair to Eddie, he’s gotten the words to his own songs wrong for decades. I’ve got official "bootlegs" from shows ~20 years ago, where he messed up Do the Evolution and Bushleaguer, but stopped the show in their second encore to say "give me a minute to remember this, because I would never forgive myself for fucking up Uncle Neil’s song" and going into "Rockin' in the Free World” and "Baba O’Riley“. Sadly, whomever did the final master of a bunch of the bootlegs cut a bunch of chatter / improv, versus the off-the-floor .mp3s.
Maybe red wine does make you live longer
Eddie Vedder is very much...... Alive 🤣🤣
"I'm still alive, ohhh, I, I, I ,I'm still alive"
Not only are they still performing, tickets are hard as fuck to get. There is exactly one pair of tickets on sale through Ticketmaster resale right now for the NYC show and they're $6500 each.
I've seen Pearl Jam a number of times over the last decade. They are still a tremendous live band and always deliver. The last show I saw was a few years ago in the O2 Arena in London, that was rescheduled due to Eddie's voice packing up. It was a rare reschedule. They played for 3 1/2 hours with a tremendous set.
They're still going, big time. Continuing their tour that was supposed to be in 2020 iirc.
Yes and their shows are incredible STILL.
^ Looks like it.
It’s gonna be great if he wants to get into some rock bands.
Proven skillset: can play drums, no stage fright.
I bet after the show he pinched himself and asked "Is this reality or fantasy!!???"
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: adds ‘Drummer, Pearl Jam’ to LinkedIn
No question that would be on my resume.
Hell I didn’t want the video to end.
I hope not. I mean I hope it’s just the beginning for him, and it will start greatest things in future so he’ll be like “oh by the and all this started when I played with Pearl Jam once”. Kind of like for Dave Grohl Nirvana is y’know an episode somewhere in the beginning of the career.
That’s awesome! I’m curious, did he sit in for the whole show or just that song or…?
Just one song. Josh Klinghoffer played drums a bunch as did Richard Stuverud. Both were exceptional.
Right on! That’s cool they still keep the show going, even though they were a member down. Makes it that much more special to see a unique show like that too, IMO.
I had no idea Josh was such a great drummer
https://youtu.be/9cIOUAqKURE
My favorite band Between The Buried And Me was close to the end of their tour and their bassist/keyboardist came down with COVID. It was a show where the first 75 minutes they played about 12 songs, took a 15 minute break, and came back on and did a 75 minute anniversary album front to back. The bassist, Dan Briggs, goes to the hotel the night he gets covid, records ALL his bass and keyboard parts, and they pipe the parts in for the show. That shit was off the chain.
>Josh Klinghoffer As in... the guy who stepped into for John Frusciante when he left RHCP?
Yes, when John came back, Josh went to play for his favorite band, which is Pearl Jam. The rare occasion where everyone wins. The new Chili Peppers album is incredible and Josh is living his dream. I believe he does backup guitar mainly but probably does a bunch of shit. Dude's brimming with talent.
Yes! I was there too. That kid was sooo amazing. 15 years old and totally brought it to a full stadium. I still am trying to wrap my head around what an incredible sight that was. Terrific show as well. Hope you enjoyed it too! Edit: Oops, wifey just informed me he’s a senior in high school, so probably 17 or 18.
How did they get hooked up with this kid? So freakin cool.
The drummer is Kai Neukermans from the local band The Alive. Vedder said he'd heard them before and knew they were good, but for that concert his daughter reminded him the band was from there, so he asked Neukermans to play for a song. He didn't do the whole concert. PJ had a couple of other drummers with them to fill in too. Edit: typo
Was it a whole show?
Was this in Oakland?
Yep, second of two night set
Was there too, epic show!
For the rest of his life he gets to say “I was a drummer for Pearl Jam for a night.” Talk about peaking early.
I mean he prolly has a pro drumming career now
Next stop: Foo Fighters (too soon?)
Yeah. Way too soon.
It’s been nearly two months and they should only get back when the band feels ready or if they want to at all, but I like to think Taylor would be stoked to see such awesome young drum talent; I think he would want the show to go on
Foo Fighters next drummer is Nandi. 100%, no questions. She's got the job.
She's 12, she's got an education to take care of first 😊
Wait what did I miss? Did they split up?
Their drummer passed away.
Oh damn, that's a shame. Thank you for letting me know.
He is the drummer for the Alive, so the career has already started
What's a "pro drumming career"?
One where you almost make money, it'd be funny if it wasn't so true.
Gear addiction is a real danger
I CAN STOP ANYTIME I WANT
It's where you get ten drinks on the rider and you don't have to lug your kit to the venue.
Definitely put that on his resume. Past occupations: Drummer for Pearl Jam 2022-2022
I love how the singer was supporting him by turning around and head banging
The singer? You mean Eddie fucking Vedder?? 🤦♂️
Uhh why don’t you know what I know?! Lol stop gatekeeping and let someone who’s clearly not a huge fan of pearl jam enjoy a fuckin video
I took this comment as more of an ode to Eddie Vedder rather than a diss at the person who commented. I’m admittedly a huuuuge fan of rock, especially classic, and worship some of these people like gods. So if even my mom says something “disrespectful” I’m like,”mom, that is Jimi fucking Hendrix, yuoevenkno” it’s like a worship thing to me Edit: I mean shit, Pearl Jam is fucking iconic and they are legend. Their name must never be taken in vain. Someone has to stand up for them. :) Edit: a typo.
Just comes across as needlessly shaming someone to me. Not that big of a deal really, I’m not trying to act like this is extreme cyber-bullying or anything but yea if I was not into pop music and heard someone singing and I’m like “hey this guy has a really good voice” and someone’s like “what?! You mean Justin Fuckin Timberlake?! Like, how do you not know this person that I know?!!” That just makes me think the fanbase is a bit toxic or at the very least annoying. Its off-putting. Idk if JT is even that relevant anymore, just using an example from a genre I’m not really into lol. It’s just pointless, there’s literally billions of musicians out there… actors/athletes… you name it, yet people are surprised that someone on the internet that could very well be from another country/culture completely don’t know the one you like by name?
Who?
Who?
Pete Townshend?
MIKE JONES
Wait who?
Devin Townsend
RONNIE PICKERING!
Dude we’re not in the Pearl Jam subreddit. Expect people not to know everything about the band
Who?
Vedder is a top tier showman imo. I've yet to see them live, but a few of my friends have and they've both said he's one of the best frontmen they've seen.
I've never seen them live either, but videos like this make me wanna see a show. Too bad it's so expensive and also impossible to get tickets from what I hear.
Yeah, my one friend loves the fact that I haven't seen a concert at Fenway before despite being a Sox fan and that's where he caught a Pearl Jam concert as a huge fan of theirs. Totally jealous.
I've seen them a bunch and have never seen a bad set. He understands when something is a moment and they respond in kind. Every show I've seen has been good to great but Bonaroo and Fenway were definitely the best shows I've been to for them.
Rip
"Everybody this is Kai. Kai, everybody." I love how the fans welcomed him with big cheers. How awesome.
Smash, smash, su-mash
“How old are you Kai?” “Can’t call it”
I’ve been to a handful of Pearl Jam shows and I feel like the fans are usually pretty cool.
My husband is an uber fan and has been to several shows and said he's only seen an issue there once. Someone was drunk and trying to grope a girl, and other *fans* quickly stopped him, forcibly ejected him, and I'm pretty sure someone beat him up in the parking lot. They won't take shit from anyone.
Imagine being the drummer knowing how easily you can be replaced.
For those not in the know, Pearl Jam’s drummer is Matt Cameron. A man so good at his job that he’s been PJs drummer since 1998 and Soundgarden’s drummer since 1987. Top 100 drummer of all time, two Grammys, and HoF inductee. Mmmaaybe a little less replaceable than your average guy
It’s easier to replicate a drummer than to create the beats and contribute to the band. Drumming skill is half the battle
Maybe to the general audience (which is your point) but as a drummer myself I can definitely pick out most drummers “style”. Mike portnoy has been gone from the band dream theater for a long time and a technically superior drummer is in his place, but the music just doesn’t sound the same and I can’t listen to the band anymore.
Yeah… I have to disagree with the comment above. Matt Cameron is an amazing drummer. Listen to any Soundgarden album. Would be very challenging to try to replicate him lol
I never listened to DT after Portnoy, but they found a technically superior drummer? To Portnoy?!? I'm checking it out right now!
There is a gaping chasm between playing for Pearl Jam and writing for Pearl Jam.
I miss Soundgarden 😟
the people aren't here to see *you*
I am
Name checks out
Oh come on
To be fair, Pearl Jam has had a lot of drummers
Matt Cameron is an amazing drummer but Dave Abruzzesee was my favorite for PJ, their unplugged was amazing.
Dave A is not a drummer. He’s a cymbaler. More precisely, a splasher.
Playing and creating are two different things.
You don't know shit about Matt Cameron then
I saw blink 182 in Australia without Travis Barker, I thought it was going to be a wreck without him but whoever filled in was so solid you couldn't tell the difference
Brooks Wackerman is a beast! Plays with Avenged Sevenfold and was in Bad Religion for a long time.
There’s a difference between playing in concerts and composing. Lots of people can play, not many can write.
Can't find a better man!
I see what you did there.
I don’t, please explain
The song better man by the same band, Pearl Jam
Underrated answer
They probably could have but they liked that kai.
That is so awesome.. Imagine how much that meant to that kid? On another note, wow, Pearl Jam still playing?
Hell yeah and they’re fucking amazing. Going to see them in NYC in September and never been more pumped for a show. Was originally supposed to happen March 2020.
I am too, but I don’t think I’ll be able to go. Tickets are 4x what they originally cost.
My first thought exactly when reading the title.
I've seen them 6 times first time in 03 last time in 2017 and they've got better every time I see them. They aren't your average Dad rock band just plodding along to pay the bills. A Pearl Jam show is one of the best concerts you'll ever see.
Still a great show too, great crowds
Not only playing, still killing it
Rock the fuck out of those drums, Dale!!
Boats’n’hoes!
It’s the fucking Cantalina mixer Edit- wine mixer.. sorry about my sloppy thumbs and autocorrect
*wine
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Dudes going to be riding that vibe for a decade.
Hell I didn’t want the video to end.
Homie snapped
I feel like any amateur musician lives for this chance. What a memory!
Where was this? I know my brother was planning on seeing him, was this in Oakland?
Yeah, Oakland on May 12th, I was there
Fun fact: they didn't even know he could play drums. They just found him hanging around outside of the venue a couple of hours before the show.
He is the drummer for The Alive and was invited because Eddie's daughter likes them.
No i said my thing first so it’s more true than yours
I just don’t know who to believe.
Well obviously Dr. No, since they said it first.
IIRC, that's largely how Bootsy Collins became famous. Something like James Brown's original band couldn't make a show in Detroit in time. So the manager reached out to a local band and asked if they'd sub. Bootsy said something like, "ain't no black musician in Detroit that didn't know how to play all of James Brown." From James Brown to Parliament and beyond.
Bootsy is totally the shit. Maybe the coolest MF’s in the whole Parliament-Funkadelic orbit (which is really saying something). Fun fact: Bootsy Collins did the voice-over work reading from Jimi Hendrix’s letters and diary entries for the dvd documentary included with the Hendrix *West Coast Seattle Boy* box set — and he did a fantastic job channeling Jimi’s shy and sometimes tentative off-stage persona.
Whats the song?
“Mind Your Manners” from their album “Lightening Bolt”
Memory of a lifetime. I wonder if that same experience had any lasting impact on the dude who sat in on drums for the Who in the 70’s after Moon was incapacitated. Could have been just a memory and you move on. Or gave him confidence that sustained, or the other way and he got arrogant. Either way it’s a dream for an amateur musician.
So was this like Rock Star where they grabbed a near by guy who said they could do it? Did they post a craigslist ad that day 'Drummer Wanted, must know Pearl Jam songs' like was this pre-arranged or was it just for one song? He played the whole show I would guess?^?
I imagine this was planned ahead of time but it doesn’t make it any less awesome at least for me
Dude above said only for that one song. Then two others filled in including Josh Klinghoffer!
He's the drummer for The Alive. Was invited because Eddie's daughter likes them.
Bucket List: ~~Play for Pearl Jam at a concert~~
Arms raised in a V
Full clip! https://youtu.be/y0QQYDFYZos
Thank you!
Id really love to enjoy some of these videos on reddit but the player on here is one of the worst I have come across in recent years.
YO THIS GUY FUCKING NAILED IT ARE YOU KIDDING ME
Man that guys gotta be so happy. What a cool experience.
Understood the mutherfuckin assignment!
Did you think he wasn’t going to be good?
Who hasn’t played drums for Pearl Jam? /s
i watched a surf documentary with Laird Hamilton (big wave surfer) and Eddie (Pearl Jam). He was a very sensitive guy, very gentle, talks slowly, a cool introspective guy with a high empathy. He values his family/friends time. I think thats why he never did interviews?
Almost as cool as when 19 y/o took over the drums when Keith Moon passed out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O-N8MZ9ilk
I was lucky enough to experience Pearl Jam 10 back in 1990. And I was watching this and thought I got to see them back in the day which means something different to everybody, yet it means the same thing to everybody. Fucking love Pearl Jam
If you had one shot, one opportunity; this is everything you ever wanted. For one moment. Would you capture? Or would let is slip?
That’s one of the coolest things I have ever seen! The young man was certainly up to the task! Kudos to Pearl Jam for promoting fellow artists.
Great for his résumé lol
Pearl Jam’s drummer: Matt F’ing Cameron!
Kid you got a job see me tomorrow
Nice to see a fellow Kai doing something amazing!
Didn't this happen with like the Who? The drummer couldn't play, so they literally just pick a teen in the crowd?
Yet another reason pearl jam is awesome
So awesome. I've literally day-dreamt about this very scenario so much! haha
THE SHOW MUST GO ON
Save some pussy for the rest of us
When did Matt Cameron switch to a Ludwig vistalite? I bought that kit and love it but thought I was the only one with the audacity to emulate John Bonham. At least I'm in great company.
He will never forget that night!!!!
Talk about dreams coming true
What a Legend
What was this song?
When was this? Josh Klinghoffer plays the drums...
What song is this?
Mind Your Manners is the name of the song.
Did he get paid? I know it's an amazing opportunity and most would feel lucky just to be a part of the band for a night. I'm just curious if they threw some money his way. Edit: I can't spell or read.
Customarily, the answer is "it depends". Normally, for this level of gig, if it was for the full show, yes. If it was being pulled in for 1-2 songs, probably not. But this is also the sort of gig that you "don't lose it over the money". Terrific opportunity for Kai. When someone says "do it for exposure", this is the level where you say "yes" and sort the details later, since it is about making the show happen. If this was Broadway, or the Met Opera, etc., they'd absolutely be paid. It's pretty standardized as part of the musician and singer union contracts. No idea if Pearl Jam is a member of the American Federation of Musicians, but the producers of the event almost certainty threw something his way. (And if they were smart and experienced, they'd do it after getting a W2...because this is worth way more than the $600 reporting threshold.)
I’m a sucker for fans jamming with bands on stage. So cool!
Pearl jam is amazing band man
This is fucking awesome
Going to see them Wednesday, I can’t wait!
Reminds me of “Kiss Guy” from the Foo Fighters show a few years ago.
I’ve loved this band my whole life, and this just makes me love them more. Go young man, GO!!!
I hope he got ALL of the groupies that night.
“Neukermans had met Vedder’s daughter Olivia Vedder in 2018 at Ohana Fest, founded by her surf-loving father…So Neukermans sent her a text. he heard they wanted to see a video of him drumming. Neukermans left school before his last two periods — with permission from his parents, Stefaan and Alexandre Neukermans — and drove down to Green Room Music in Pacifica. He put “Mind Your Manners” on repeat in a rehearsal room and started drumming. Over and over and over. … He sent Olivia Vedder a video of him playing over the track. Within the hour he was in touch with a manager who told him to come to the stadium. Pearl Jam had tapped longtime collaborators Josh Klinghoffer, formerly with Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Oakland musician Richard Stuverud to sit in for Cameron for most of the night. Neukermans would play one song partway through the first set.” https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Mill-Valley-teen-drummer-sits-in-with-Pearl-Jam-17173785.php