Matt Cameron Exits Pearl Jam After 27 Years Behind The Drums

Pearl Jam personnel Matt Cameron has announced he will beryllium leaving nan set aft 27 years arsenic their drummer.

"After 27 awesome years, I person taken my last steps down nan drum riser for nan mighty Pearl Jam. Much emotion and respect to Jeff, Ed, Mike and Stone for inviting maine into nan set successful 1998 and for giving maine nan opportunity of a lifetime, filled pinch friendships, artistry, challenges and laughter.

"I americium everlastingly grateful to nan crew, unit and fans nan world over. It’s been an unthinkable journey. More to follow. I convey you each from nan bottommost of my heart," Cameron wrote connected societal media.

Matt Cameron of Pearl Jam announced he was leaving nan set aft 27 years. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

Pearl Jam's remaining members, Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready and Jeff Ament, released their ain connection and thanked Cameron for his committedness to nan set for astir 3 decades.

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Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Matt Cameron and Boom Gaspar astatine nan New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival successful May. (Photo by Jim Bennett/WireImage)

"From being 1 of our first philharmonic heroes successful nan bands Skinyard and nan mighty Soundgarden, to playing connected our first demos successful 1990, Matt Cameron has been a singular and existent powerhouse of a musician and drummer. 

"I americium everlastingly grateful to nan crew, unit and fans nan world over. It’s been an unthinkable journey. More to follow. I convey you each from nan bottommost of my heart."

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"He has propelled nan past 27 years of Pearl Jam unrecorded shows and workplace recordings. It was a profoundly important section for our group and we wish him good always. He will beryllium profoundly missed and is everlastingly our friend successful creation and music. We emotion you Matt," their connection read.

Chris Cornell, Matt Cameron, Kim Thayil and Ben Shepherd of Soundgarden. (Photo by Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images)

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Cameron became a personnel of Pearl Jam successful 1998 pursuing nan break-up of his erstwhile euphony group, Soundgarden, successful 1997. Cameron is Pearl Jam's longest-serving drummer and was inducted into nan Rock and Roll Hall of Fame successful 2017.

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