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
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 direction felt good growing musically remained success
We had all remained good friends, but musically Hillel felt he was growing in their direction and they were having more success than What Is This.
american-musician completed daily decision released since spring stop taking
Yield" was completed in 1997 and released in 1998. In the spring of 1997, I had made a decision to stop taking medications that I had been taking daily since 1988.
eleven cameron finished
I finished the recordings I had started with Eleven. Matt Cameron joined for the rest of those sessions.
couple cities europe
I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times.
running abbey-road waiting
I remember wearing overcoats, hiding in the bushes outside of Abbey Road Studios, waiting for the traffic to clear. As it did, we would drop our overcoats and run out on to the cross walk and strike our poses.
jam pearls radio
In January of 1995, my family and I moved to Seattle. Pearl Jam did the first of their live radio broadcasts, Monkey Wrench Radio, along with many other Seattle musicians.
school play age
I had wanted to play drums since the age of 9 when I saw a drum set in the window of a music store for the first time. We took lessons at a local music school and began playing together after about 6-9 months of lessons.
spring yield decision
"Yield" was completed in 1997 and released in 1998. In the spring of 1997, I had made a decision to stop taking medications that I had been taking daily since 1988.