Jack Irons
Jack Irons
Jack Steven Ironsis an American drummer and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the founding drummer of the American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, and as a former member of Pearl Jam, with whom he recorded two studio albums...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDrummer
Date of Birth18 July 1962
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
recovery healing years
I could not finish the rest of the tours the band had planned. I was replaced by Matt Cameron. The next years of my life were about recovery, healing, and right living. I never lost the need to create.
journey play band
We got a chance to go and play in some places that the usual European tour by an American band didn't go to.
eleven cameron finished
I finished the recordings I had started with Eleven. Matt Cameron joined for the rest of those sessions.
build bunch homes sit
I don't want to build a bunch of homes and sit on them.
american-musician became kinds living location remote terms unsure
I became unsure about the future, in terms of my career. I was living in a remote location contemplating other kinds of work, not only in music.
american-musician business difficult forced lack road success
It was a difficult road for What Is This. Their business did not come easy. Eventually, the lack of success forced different directions.
american-musician beginning beginnings brought european jam pearl recordings tour
The end of 1996 and beginning of 1997 brought a Pearl Jam European tour and the beginnings of preparation for the recordings of "Yield.
fall years albums
I began the process of recording myself seriously in the fall of 1999. If I could finish an album of my own music, I would. Five years later I am happy to say I have.
fall pearls jam
I began both auditioning with Pearl Jam and recording for Eleven. In the fall of 1994, I joined Pearl Jam.