Aicdrummer
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I am a huge pearl jam fan. And i think matt and dave are both great drummers. Who do you think is a better drummer
While I, like most on this forum, generally shy away from the "who is better" debates, in this case I will chime in due to Matt Cameron being not only one of my favorite drummers, but likely my largest influence. His work in Soundgarden, especially on louder than love and badmotorfinger, are a clinic for odd time signatures and syncopated rhythms. Dave's work on Ten is legendary, no doubt, but he never seemed to be able to capture that in any further recordings.
I liked Dave Krusen's playing over DA's in Pearl Jam.
Dave a is a fine enough drummer, but he way overplayed the cymbals IMO.
Some people or drummers may like it, but I didn't. Especially when he'd hit a splash cymbal or crash as part of the beat every single bar.
When he laid off, I liked what he played.
This was his live playing, he may have done things differently in the studio, but I don't own any PJ recordings. They were played enough on the radio and on videos.
I saw PJ with Matt Cameron and they were great. Matt was a pretty nice guy, and so was the rest of the band.
Eddie Vedder was VERY excited to be singing with Cheap Trick that night. I wish I would have had a camera to get a shot of the smile on his face. It would have blown his "serious" image back then haha!