Pearl Jam’s Drummer Status in Question

Pearl Jam is familiar with drumseat vacancies and changes so it should come as no surprise that the drummer situation remains unsettled.  At the quartet’s September live performance in Ohana, Abe Laboriel Jr. sat in after several rehearsals.  But Paul McCartney’s drummer for the last 25 years isn’t necessarily the latest PJ member. 

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, Mike McCready claimed that Laboriel Jr. is the one they want backing them, but Abe isn’t quite ready to leave McCartney after decades.  The Pearl Jam guitarist also stated that they’d like to play more shows in 2027 but they won’t think about that seriously until the cloudiness of the situation clears up.

As many Pearl Jam fans know, the current foursome of Eddie Vedder, Mike McCready, Stone Gossard, and Jeff Ament have all remained in the band for all 36 years of their existence but the drummer situation was different.  Once a turnstile in the 1990s, by the 2000s, the crew were set with Mike Cameron for the next 25 years but he called it quits last year.  There’s a good chance it may be a little while until we next here an update on this situation.