Six7Six7 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 05, 2020 12:11 am
drwintercreeper wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2020 7:48 am
Six7Six7 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2020 8:31 pm
drwintercreeper wrote: ↑Sun Feb 02, 2020 11:05 pm
Oh and i love Matt Cameron, but he cannot play in my tree like jack. But then jack couldnt play any of dave a’s songs the right way. Love matt as a writer though, particularly Evacuation and you are.
The thing I like most about Matt is that he doesn't hit the symbols every 6 seconds like Dave A did.
That dude was a monster drummer, but holy fuck did he just never know how to leave the symbols alone. It's so annoying to hear loud crashes and tsss tsss tsss tsss tssss through every live song.
I liked how minimalist Jack was. I feel like it left a lot more space for other instruments to explore. Or maybe they were just exploring alot more in general back then. Either way, it worked really well.
agree, Dave A. could go overboard on the cymbals a lot. After thinking about it more, I think Matt most disservices Hail, Hail and Brain of J and In My Tree; Jack did not do justice to Not For You and others I am sure. But Matt is definitely their strongest drummer.
If you haven't checked out Jack's solo records, they are fun. Attention Dimension is fantastic.
I used to keep up with the solo projects way more in the past, but very few of them actually did much for me other than Brad. But 90% of that was Shawn Smith's voice. What an awful loss for the music community.
God dammit. I didn't know he died. How did I miss that?
I met Shawn when Brad was touring in 1997.
My GF and I were at the venue early and he walked out the front door. We said hello and he was beyond gracious. We chatted for quite awhile. He was happy to tell stories. I specifically remember him telling us how the band got its name and where the picture from the first album cover came from.
He then asked us if we wanted to meet the rest of the band and walked us around the building.
Everyone was in the back lot playing soccer with the opening band Headswim, minus Stone Gossard.
Shawn asked us if we wanted to meet Stone and of course we said yes. So he volunteered to go get him.
Keep in mind I think we are both around 17 years old at the time. We were very conscious of not wearing Pearl Jam t-shirts, unlike everyone else there, and made no mention of Pearl Jam to Shawn. We were big Brad fans and that's who we were there to see.
Stone appears very tentatively behind Shawn out the back door. Shawn is practically coaxing him out. Stone looks at us with zero expression. We say hello and tell him we are big Brad fans and love their then two records. He finally emerges but mumbles his responses.
After a few minutes he says he's going back in. I say "well thanks for not being a dick." And he replies "trust me I can be."
The rest of the band looked a little embarrassed.
And that's my story of when I determined Shawn Smith was an awesome person and Stone Gossard was not.
RIP Shawn.