Cameron stated, "The guys made me feel real welcome and it wasn't a struggle to get it musically, but my style was a little bit different, I think, than what they were used to. Oh shit, didn't know about this one; great find! [35], Cameron was described by Greg Prato of AllMusic as "unquestionably one of rock's finest and most versatile drummers". He worked with electronic punk act The Prodigy on their album The Fat of the Land, playing on the track "Narayan". As a member of Pearl Jam, Matt has been inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. In 2000, the band released its sixth studio album, Binaural, and initiated a successful and ongoing series of official bootlegs. [34], In 2013, Cameron performed with drummers Janet Weiss of Sleater Kinney, and Zach Hill of Death Grips on an all-drum album entitled Drumgasm. "[25] In 1998, Pearl Jam, with Cameron on drums, recorded "Last Kiss", a cover of a 1960s ballad made famous by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers. Matt Cameron is the grunge guru. The nickname "Foo" came from Cameron's older brother Pete, who pronounced Matthew as "Ma Foo".[5]. By the recording of 1996's Down on the Upside, and the album's subsequent tour, Cameron endorsed the Canadian custom outfit Ayotte,[39] a company Keplinger had teamed with offering mass-produced steel snares, and soon cohorts and fellow Keplinger fans Jeremy Taggart (Our Lady Peace), Matt Chamberlain (Pearl Jam, session), and Joey Waronker (Beck, Atoms for Peace) joined as well. During this stint, he met Paul Stanley. Recorded At Earthbound Central. By September 1986, Cameron had gained so much notoriety in the local music scene that he was chosen to play for Soundgarden, replacing drummer Scott Sundquist. Shade of disc color may vary. His ghost-note grooves and the uncanny ability to make odd time feel like straight time have already earned him status among rock's drumming's elite pacemakers. He also has contributed to other musical projects. [9] The band subsequently signed with A&M Records, becoming the first grunge band to sign to a major label. Browse Prodigy Disc's wide selection of Disc Golf Discs. Matt Cameron was born and raised in San Diego, California. The band had begun recording a new album in February 2011, which was later released in November 2012, known as King Animal. By 1993 his Superunknown era kit arrived, a black gloss kit with 12, 13, and a 14-inch hanging tom, which Cameron would mount in a snare stand, a 16-inch floor tom and a 24x16 inch bass drum. I was browsing through wikipedia and The Prodigy (was seeing if they had any new material coming out soon). Selling Jesus by Skunk Anansie. Cameron has enjoyed a friendship with fellow drummer Jeremy Taggart of Canadian rock group Our Lady Peace. 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Cameron began playing drums at an early age. The band's debut album, Declaration of Conformity, was released in 1997. Shortly after the release of Skin Yard, Cameron left the band, later joining Soundgarden. [14] In 1997, Soundgarden received another Grammy nomination, for the lead single "Pretty Noose". Matt Cameron of Soundgarden and later Pearl Jam, who is falsely credited as "Mark" in the liner notes, is also understood to have contributed samples to the album, though it is not clear where. Auto-Save Draft feature temporarily disabled. McCready stated that Cameron has made Pearl Jam "into a way better band. Other drumming contributions by Cameron include four tracks on Eleven's 1995 album, Thunk, the track "Disappearing One" on former bandmate Chris Cornell's 1999 solo album, Euphoria Morning, and Geddy Lee's 2000 solo album, My Favourite Headache. 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