Pearl Jam Still Looking For Drummer

Pearl Jam's whole drummer situation is still up in the air. The band has had a number of drummers over the years, and the longest-tenured of them just left the band last year. Matt Cameron, also of Soundgarden, announced that he was departing Pearl Jam after 27 years in July 2025. (Cameron has since rejoined Soundgarden and played sets at their Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction and the NFL's season opener, and there are rumors of a 2027 tour.) Pearl Jam, meanwhile, found a temporary replacement for Cameron, but they haven't yet named a permanent member of the band.In September, Pearl Jam played two sets at Eddie Vedder's Ohana Festival, their first since Cameron left the band. For those shows, Pearl Jam brought in Abe Laboriel Jr., a 55-year-old session musician and a member of Paul McCartney's touring band. During the show, Vedder introduced Laboriel and thanked him for "helping us out on drums tonight." In a statement after the festival, the band thanked Laboriel for "sitting in on drums," which also seems to suggest that his time with the band was temporary. Now, bassist Jeff Ament has shed a little more light on the situation.Ament recently published a new photo book called ...