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" 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, but that didn't last. "
Jack Irons
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Time
Myself
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" 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 overcoats and run out on to the cross walk and strike our poses. "
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Walk
Waiting
" 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 music school and began playing together after about 6-9 months of lessons. "
Jack Irons
Together
Age
Music
" 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 good friends and spent a lot of time together including hearing Eddie sing in some of the bands he was in at the time. "
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Time
Together
" 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, and right living. I never lost the need to create. "
Jack Irons
Rest
Lost
My Life
" We completed and released 'No Code' in 1996. We began some off and on touring for that release. "
Jack Irons
Touring
Code
Off
" I began both auditioning with Pearl Jam and recording for Eleven. In the fall of 1994, I joined Pearl Jam. "
Jack Irons
Fall
Auditioning
Jam
" We got a chance to go and play in some places that the usual European tour by an American band didn't go to. "
Jack Irons
Places
American
Band
" '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 daily since 1988. "
Jack Irons
Been
Daily
Decision
" I began the process of recording myself seriously in the fall of 1999. If I could finish an album of my own music, I would. Five years later I am happy to say I have. "
Jack Irons
Music
I Am
Say
" 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 other Seattle musicians. "
Jack Irons
Monkey
Musicians
Seattle
" I began hearing rumors of apossible recording session with Neil Young. I was a huge fan of Neil's. "
Jack Irons
Recording
Rumors
Fan
" I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times. "
Jack Irons
Days
Where
Remember
" It was about this time that I began experiencing the beginnings of my battles with an anxiety disorder. We were touring a lot and there were some developing personal problems within the band. "
Jack Irons
Personal
Anxiety
Band