{"id":150224,"date":"2025-09-17T17:26:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T17:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/150224\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T17:26:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T17:26:05","slug":"i-was-having-some-issues-with-three-hour-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/150224\/","title":{"rendered":"I Was Having Some Issues with Three-Hour Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matt Cameron<\/a> has offered more insight into his decision to leave Pearl Jam<\/a> after 27 years in the band. The drummer explains in a new interview that the legendary rock act\u2019s marathon shows were taking a toll on him, among other reasons.<\/p>\n

Back in July, Cameron announced his departure<\/a> from Pearl Jam, but didn\u2019t really delve into any details. In a new conversation with Billboard<\/a>, he revealed that the physical demands of their live show as well as his desire to pursue other musical projects were among the major contributing factors behind his exit from the band.<\/p>\n

Cameron began by saying he didn\u2019t just blindside Pearl Jam with his decision, noting, \u201cI definitely gave them a lot of notice. I\u2019ve spoken with Jeff [Ament] and Stone [Gossard] a little bit\u2026 It\u2019s been fine. Hopefully we\u2019ll get back together at some point and have a beer or something.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He continued, \u201cI\u2019m at a point in my life where I want to redirect my time and energy in a way that is a little bit based on what I want to pursue as an artist at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for the physical challenges of Pearl Jam\u2019s concerts, Cameron remarked, \u201cI was having some issues with [Pearl Jam\u2019s] three-hour shows and constant touring and stuff. That\u2019s definitely an art form unto itself, to be able to do those types of shows\u2026I\u2019m at a point now where I want to do a face-melting 70-minute set, and that\u2019s kind of what I\u2019m focusing on right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among Cameron\u2019s various projects is an act he is fronting called Is This Real?, which started out as a tribute to the band Wipers, but has evolved into project that is writing and recording original material. He\u2019s also continuing to drum in the band 3rd Street with Nirvana\u2019s Krist Novoselic and others.<\/p>\n

On top of that, Cameron is in the middle of working with the fellow surviving members of his other famous band, Soundgarden, on a new album<\/a> that features vocals recorded by Chris Cornell prior to the singer\u2019s death in 2017.<\/p>\n

Cameron will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame<\/a> with Soundgarden during a ceremony in Los Angeles on November 8th. It will mark the drummer\u2019s second induction into the Rock Hall, after getting enshrined with Pearl Jam in 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Matt Cameron has offered more insight into his decision to leave Pearl Jam after 27 years in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":["post-150224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}