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15 quotes by Jack Irons

Jack Steven Irons (born July 18, 1962) is an American musician, best known as the founding drummer of American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, and the former drummer of Pearl Jam, Eleven and The Wallflowers. He has worked with Joe Strummer and The Latino Rockabilly War, Redd Kross, Raging Slab, Spinnerette and The Les Claypool Frog Brigade. In 2004, Irons released his first solo album, Attention Dimension, and released his second, No Heads Are...
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I began hearing rumors of apossible recording session with Neil Young. I was a huge fan of Neil's.

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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It was about this time that I began experiencing the beginnings of my battles with an anxiety disorder. We were touring a lot and there were some... →

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I began both auditioning with Pearl Jam and recording for Eleven. In the fall of 1994, I joined Pearl Jam.

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I finished the recordings I had started with Eleven. Matt Cameron joined for the rest of those sessions.

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I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times.

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We completed and released 'No Code' in 1996. We began some off and on touring for that release.

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We got a chance to go and play in some places that the usual European tour by an American band didn't go to.

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We were playing a small club in San Diego and the power had gone out in the building. Eddie had a lighter and kept us lit backstage. We became very... →

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After wrestling with myself for six months, I began medical treatment. During that time I started a band with some friends of mine called Jack's... →

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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... →

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