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 g…

- Jack Irons

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 Car,…

- Jack Irons

I began hearing rumors of apossible recording session with Neil Young. I was a huge fan of Neil's.

- Jack Irons

In January of 1995, my family and I moved to Seattle. Pearl Jam did the first of their live radio broadcasts, Monkey Wrench Radio, along with many ot…

- Jack Irons

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 over…

- Jack Irons

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

- Jack Irons

"Yield" was completed in 1997 and released in 1998. In the spring of 1997, I had made a decision to stop taking medications that I had been taking da…

- Jack Irons

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, healing…

- Jack Irons

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 mus…

- Jack Irons