Dave Abbruzzese Sound check '92 part 1 ( Pearl Jam drummer '91 - '94 )

[dhoosee]

Dave, you and Dave Krusen both rocked PJ! The rest can go home. You dont know how many times I've watched your DW promo interview with you playing "Even Flow". UN-FREAKING-BELIEVEABLE! (wish I could get it in standard/high res). I'm 48 and started drumming about 1-1/2 yrs ago. I still suck, but have fun with it, and I guess that's what counts! Keep slammin' the skins, Dave, and thanks for the videos!

[GahDub]

Dave was the best drummer for Pearl Jam's best cuts....ever. Just listen to the original or live version of "Even Flow" or "Jeremy". No comparison. Abbruzzese was "fired" by mister egomaniac Eddie "the drunk" Vedder because Dave was getting a TON of drum press and endorsements. It was all jealous ego ...period. Eddy said "Pearl Jam's not about selling out." wah, wah, wah... Right Ed. It's good thing you did at least a little "selling out" yourself to afford your rehabs ya stinkin drunk.

[jocorocket]

You guys should read the book 5 against 1. Dave was fired because of personality conflicts w/ Jeff and Ed. Particuliary Ed, who just didn't like Dave for whatever reason. Dave was devestated and shocked when he was fired. I don't think it was style as much as his personality. Because look at how much Matt uses his cymbals. Although they do have different styles. Great drummers though!

[pballinstar]

@jocorocket i have that book ive just never finished it. i think ill get back to it

[elementboy2]

Fact is Dave is the man! Like others have posted this band hasnt been the same since... Look at the boring drummers of the time. Bands like Winger, BonJovi, and the other same cookie cutter drummers doing the same BS.. Dave had spirt and it showed in his style.. He is the only drum in the last 20 years I can hear a couple notes of and know who it is..

[Irpanocca]

Si soñar no cuesta nada, entonces que Matt se quede en SOUNDGARDEN y que Dave regrese a PEARL JAM.

[Baillie18]

whats the sick shuffle at 1:43

[betofilizola]

fu.... vedder pearl jam lost their soul and energy when they fired him

pj please get dave backkkkkkkkkk

[porcaroful]

plus as matt cameron

[ruzzell75]

he's not as good as matt cameron

[PrettyColours]

yeah he's good, eddie seems like a decent guy, they fired him because they didn't like him not because of his playing ability..

i guess you cant have everything!

[grungenrocknroll]

He is heavily inspired by John Bonham. That's why he is so good! Eddie must be so regretful of having fired him.

[bakedaddy747]

@grungenrocknroll His style is nothing like Bonham. Matt Camron's playing is more in the mold of John Bonham. Dave can't seem to play one note without hitting a cymbal. It's annoying and it made pearl jam sound like a garage band.

[itaintlikethat90]

@bakedaddy747 here you are again on another video that says Dave Abbruzzese, if your gonna talk shit go to a fucking matt cameron video

[bakedaddy747]

@itaintlikethat90 kiss my ass. Dave is not even in the same league as Matt Cameron. If he was, he'd currently be playing with a band that someone has actually heard of. Dave A. hasn't done jack squat since Pearl Jam.

[itaintlikethat90]

@bakedaddy747 ok, great drummer, didn't have the right attitude, so why would other bands want him? that's why he isn't with a big band ok? so fuck off, you act like you can play better, you're 41 huh? haven't heard of you! so you can call yourself a drummer, when you talk shit about a real one, make yourself feel better.

[bakedaddy747]

@itaintlikethat90 Attitude? If he was so great, bands would hire him for studio work or touring regardless of his attitude. He sucks and was fired by PJ because he overplayed every single note and because he wanted to make PJ sound like a clown band. Eddie told him to get packin'

Listen to this sound check...he can't help but hit cymbals like they are going out of style. He can't even tone it down for a fucking sound check!!! He sucks!!!

[itaintlikethat90]

@bakedaddy747 oh yes he does suck thats why he was in the band for 3 years. he got fired becuase he wanted everthing to be commercial, him and eddie didn't get along, that's why he was fired. learn a thing or two before running your mouth. honestly it seems like i'm talking to a little kid.

[healsound]

@itaintlikethat90 naa, itaintlike that either chief...

[BBEEAANN1]

@bakedaddy747 you definitley have no idead what you are talking about since PJ fired him over confilct of interest not talent. PJ has never been the same without his energy or his spirit behind the kit. I personally love his cymbal work and that is what makes him an individual on the kit. Cameron and Irons can drum but, they are no where near the creative force he was behind the kit in PJ

[whyhatestrangers]

@bakedaddy747 you have your facts all mixed up. i'm not saying i'm a close friend of Eddie's but he and Jeff Ament are friends of family. Dave was fired, but he left willingly because he didn't like the way Pearl Jam's style was progressing on Vitalogy and he wanted nothing to do with their feud with Ticketmaster - he wanted to work with Ticketmaster and Pearl Jam (rightly) wanted to fight them. He has found plenty of work since then. It's obvious you don't like him, but maybe you're jealous?

[bakedaddy747]

@grungenrocknroll I'm sure Eddie regrets not firing him sooner. He overplays every single song that he recorded with pearl jam. Dave A needs to grow as a drummer and stop trying to impress people with his overuse of cymbals and ghost notes.

[Scroteypoo]

@bakedaddy747 So in other words, he should just stop drumming? Because use of cymbals and ghost notes are part of the craft if you wish to use them and he did. You may not like his style sunshine but he has influenced a whole generation of drummers. Cameron is superb but better suited to Soundgarden which luckily enough have refomed. Read Modern Drummer: December 1993 about Dave Abbruzzese if you wish to critique him, that explains his style and choice as to why he uses cymbals.

[saauuulll]

DAVE!!!.... no manchen.... he's the shit!!! 1 of my fav's.... best drummer pearl jam's ever had.

[lsjllsjl]

he definitely was, but he was a hothead... he was too comfortable in the spotlight for everyone else in the band, who, and you probibly know, were not comfortable with the spotlight. everyone hated him lol. great drummer though, big influence of mine.

[golluba]

1:44 fool in the rain BONHAM!!!!!!!!!!!

[mambril666]

Dave Abbruzzese Cuando Dave partio, se llevo con el una de las mejores etapas de pearl Jam!!!!!

[camilobew]

este culiao era seco

[contrapunteado]

1:42....Jeff Porcaro

[pinchedharmonic]

Ha! Excellent spotting - well done!

[JuniorAbbruzzese]

Dave's GOD!

[drumrabbi]

Did anyone pick up the shuffle groove that Dave was playing at the 1:42.

That had the same feel as the main groove from "Look Away" which appears on GRO's Play Parts I and V

[Bluestonered]

also a John Bonham groove

[glorified81]

....cool !!

[Elgavyx]

yes it is!!!!hard to imagine in 1993!!!! amazing

[Brento44]

'92

[Elgavyx]

no one like you, you make me jump, scream, cry...all those kind of things that really music can make. The best!!!!

[GregJDrummer]

Is that Hard to Imagine I hear at the end?

[Brento44]

This is the one you were telling me about! before you had a tech. Very cool!