Dave Abbruzzese Tells The "Glorified G" Story

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5 ай бұрын

Pearl Jam's "Glorified G" was inspired by a conversation the band had about guns after drummer Dave Abbruzzese bought two for a hunting trip. Dave is from Texas, and he and Eddie Vedder have very different views on the subject. In his Songfacts interview, he tells his side of the story.
Full interview is here:
www.songfacts.com/blog/interv...

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@bdbuds1 2 ай бұрын

I love Matt Cameron and Jack Irons. But Dave Ambruzzese will always be the machine that drove Pearl Jam for me.

@patrickr.452 Ай бұрын

I think 90% of PJ fans agree.

@E.C.2 Ай бұрын

@@patrickr.452 It's a fact,he is their drummer. Rotten freaking bastards.

@hiwattbob Ай бұрын

Goddamn right.

@E.C.2 Ай бұрын

Blasphemy leads to effeminacy. See Eddie Veddar as an example.

@deejay7060 23 күн бұрын

It still bugs me to this day that he was fired. That was decision was Eddie’s, and only Eddie’s.

@E.C.2 3 ай бұрын

Backfired on P.J. they were never the same after kicking out Dave.

@rickstalentedtongue910 2 ай бұрын

They still have a cult following, but they are woke now.

@E.C.2 2 ай бұрын

@@rickstalentedtongue910 They're a joke now,coffeehouse leftist blowhard community organizers who fired one of the best drummers of an entire decade. F pearl jam!

@williamh3845 2 ай бұрын

Did you not listen, they always were.

@E.C.2 2 ай бұрын

@@williamh3845P.J. Unplugged turned into a liberal feminist talk towards the end of their set.

@rickstalentedtongue910 2 ай бұрын

@@williamh3845 No, Ed and Jeff always were, because they are globalist NPC's. Dave was not, so he had to go. Ed is an industry plant, he is there to push the agendas handed to him and make sure the rest of the band is in step with it. Dave owns guns, the horror!

@robertmoritz7954 5 ай бұрын

Dave, forever but you and only you ..... Pearl Jam will forever the band with you. Für immer. Danke. LG

@jefftipton2470 3 ай бұрын

So glad Dave is finally speaking out. It confirms everything that I already believed about these condescending pretentious A wads

@rickstalentedtongue910 2 ай бұрын

Yup

@nicholaskruger9460 2 ай бұрын

Eddie took over where he should of just did what he did on ten. That was genius combo

@E.C.2 2 ай бұрын

Wish I could hear the version of Vitalogy which Dave talks about. He says the version he has at home is different than official release. Good job Eddie V you destroyed your band. Axl Rose Jr.

@rickstalentedtongue910 Ай бұрын

@@E.C.2 Basically, I think the issue is that Edd was given more control after Ten, and it should have been a democratic system. Mike should have a heavy hand in things, he is such a force in the band. I like the punk influence but not if it is at the expense of Mikes classic hard rock sound. Edd is also the bands connection to the dirtbags making the band be influencers, that is where the agendas are coming from. Dave A was his own man and had to go by their logic.

@E.C.2 Ай бұрын

@@rickstalentedtongue910 Disagree. The other 3 are woosies who whipped by Eddie Veddar. They baaaaaah aaaaaah like compliment sheep whenever Eddie V snaps his fingers & make demands.

@richardlang3743 Ай бұрын

Eddie's always been one of my heroes by this story he would definitely not like me😂

@WhyTheHorseface Ай бұрын

Excellent clip. I want to hear more!

@sunsetcliffs98 3 ай бұрын

Eddie really sounds like he was incredibly full of himself. Passive aggressive small man complex.

@denmac19 2 ай бұрын

He’s an a-hole

@rickstalentedtongue910 2 ай бұрын

He has always been about image. A real douchebag fake.

@vacumme 20 күн бұрын

Or more likely, Dave is telling a skewed version of things.

@rickchyczewski576 14 күн бұрын

@@vacumme Bullshit. I heard from stones mouth he was booted because of ED and he would not even tell the guy himself. Eddie Vedder is a great singer and songwriter but a huge douchebag. At least back then.

@WeThePeopleAudits 5 ай бұрын

I would love to hear the whole interview. Is it anywhere?

@deejay7060 23 күн бұрын

Click the “more” link in the title and it has the link to the full interview

@dubbatrubba1759 3 ай бұрын

Eddie should start a band named “Eddie and his Ego”. How about “Eddie and the LedVedder’s”. Or maybe “Eddie and The Virtue Signalers”. Finally, “No Holier than Vedder”.

@rickstalentedtongue910 2 ай бұрын

How about, Eddie and the globalist sock puppets.

@skutchypete Ай бұрын

How about Pearl Sham?

@706will 8 күн бұрын

Eddie, being judgy? The hell you say!

@1224Peterson 2 ай бұрын

PJ is one of those bands where their debut album was the best and it went downhill from there.

@danlc95 2 ай бұрын

A lot of people think this guy played on it too. Dave Krusen is a kick ass drummer.

@rickstalentedtongue910 2 ай бұрын

@@danlc95 Kruzen is the second best drummer after Dave A, but I hear you.

@danlc95 2 ай бұрын

@@rickstalentedtongue910 - After who?

@rickstalentedtongue910 2 ай бұрын

@@danlc95 After Dave abbruzzese

@rickstalentedtongue910 2 ай бұрын

Vs was their best, then Ten, Vitalogy would have been there best had they not sabotaged it with those two non songs, Bugs and Heyfoxymop. They could have put two songs from the lost dogs that were cut from the first two albums instead. Edd has control of the band and too much influence, took their balls away, the balls were known as Dave A. Still a great band, Ed and his butt boy Jeff are the snakes that diminished the band.

@christophercanter3425 3 ай бұрын

Used to admire eddie . But the more I learn about him he comes across like a real phony kind of guy.

@rickstalentedtongue910 2 ай бұрын

Ya think? He only loves his celebrity partners in crime, hates the slave class he performs for. I think he is trash.

@prestonhicks9752 Ай бұрын

Eddie's former guitar tech is very open about what a fraud Eddie is. He was his tech from 1996 to 2013 and says he is the worse boss he ever had and is drunk.

@rickstalentedtongue910 Ай бұрын

@@prestonhicks9752 I respect that he is a drunk, only because I am as well. But he is definitely not who people think he is. Think, Jerry Lewis.

@prestonhicks9752 Ай бұрын

@rickstalentedtongue910 yeah but working for a bad drunk is where he was coming from. He drinks 3 to 4 bottles of wine a show and said the more he drank the worse he would act towards him. I've seen it myself in some of their live shows on you tube. Rick has said he wishes he had charged him with assault. Says he has thrown wine bottles at him other crazy shit. But like I said I've seen enough myself to know Rick is telling the truth about Eddie. He even calls him the tiny terror. He does speak highly of Mike and Stone. Says they are nice guys. But says Jeff is an asshole which doesn't surprise me. He toured with the band every tour all those years and every thing in between so I can imagine he would know better than anyone what these guys are really like.

@rickstalentedtongue910 19 күн бұрын

@@prestonhicks9752 In interviews, Jeff often sits next to Edd and accompanies him on interviews the others don't. Jeff also wears the Satanic Disney shirts, and seems like Edd occultist bud. The symbolism is all over their album art and some of their songs. All hidden in plain sight.

@blizzyTX 3 ай бұрын

the issue is, in the PNW, they are so pathologically depressed, they'd rather use the gun for violence against themselves or others, vs. someone in Texas who will use it to hunt or for protection.

@acemacgruber6593 3 ай бұрын

PJ's first three albums were their peak if you go by sales numbers. Ten 15.7M, VS 8.2m, Vitalogy 6.1m, the rest are below 2m. Imo, VS was PJ's high water mark. The follow up for any band's debut that breaks out like theirs did is always tough. VS nailed it. Even Rolling Stone said that VS topped their debut. Dave gave PJ a more hard rock sound which I preferred. Would PJ's sales have declined as much had they not fired Dave for liking their recording facility for VS and for buying a gun or other personality conflicts? We'll never know.

@LaPelotaenlaCabeza 3 ай бұрын

That's very true: I stopped listening to Pearl Jam after their 4th album, they became very boring.

@Matt-oy7pz 3 ай бұрын

those were the reasons given.. not the real reasons… they couldn’t say the real reasons, because it would make them look bad

@nicholaskruger9460 3 ай бұрын

I lost interest after virology

@rickstalentedtongue910 2 ай бұрын

Classic hard rock was their style. Ed softened the style, took creative control which was given to him because he is the industry plant, and I suspect Andy Wood's death might have had something with making way for Vedder. Edd joked in a concert, which is on youtube, that Andy died so he could be here. Nobody laughed but Edd. "Many a true word hath been spoken in jest....

@Matt-oy7pz 2 ай бұрын

you should watch the MTV Pearl Jam show that never aired, here on KZfaq. Dave Abbruzzese OUTSHINED, the whole band.. EVEN Eddie Vedder… DON’T EVER, OUTSHINE EDDIE VEDDER… or you WILL, get fired… that’s the kind of egotist Eddie Vedder was, at that time… notice how they settled with a drummer who simply… plays the drums… B.O.R.I.N.G. … give me a REAL DRUMMER… like Stewart Copeland, Neil Peart, Sean Kinney, or Dave Abbruzzese… LIVE, THEY ROCK THE SHOW !!!! but then… Eddie Vedder wants to be the center of attention… don’t think that was the reason they fired Dave Abbruzzese?? you might be surprised. this stuff is real. it happens.

@r.g.armstrong2688 3 ай бұрын

That’s interesting. Vedder ruined a great band. Not just for firing Dave, he took control of the band and their music started to suck. Ament, Gossard and the other guy are just 3 sheeps. They got their money and have remained silent to their master.

@E.C.2 3 ай бұрын

👍

@dannybursace9151 2 ай бұрын

So agreed..boring & neutered..amazing talent but Vedder came in & the rest with a history..too bad about Andy Wood, with him Mother Love Bone was a much more interesting band..Ten is a fantastic album but after that it’s anti rock star, boring, political noise

@E.C.2 2 ай бұрын

@@dannybursace9151 Versus was a great record.

@rickstalentedtongue910 2 ай бұрын

Yes

@rickstalentedtongue910 2 ай бұрын

@@dannybursace9151 Did you know...Somewhere on youtube, there is concert footage, of scumbag Vedder, cracking a joke about Andie Wood Dying so he could be in the band? If you find the footage, note that nobody laughed but Edd.

@bofdiggy1918 2 ай бұрын

Kurt was a gun guy. We can only what he might have thought about that song? Only weak song on that album really. Great album.

@rickstalentedtongue910 2 ай бұрын

Kurt was murdered. Glorified G was not a weak song.

@rickstalentedtongue910 Ай бұрын

Kurt was murdered by the industry just like Chris C. was.

@dustylakewood9896 2 ай бұрын

Now is a better time than ever for Pearl Jam to reach out and have Dave perform with them during the upcoming tour. If only at a Texas show for a few songs. They need to do it. Especially for the people that pay the ridiculous price for tickets.

@rickstalentedtongue910 2 ай бұрын

If Dave rejoined them, it would last for a week, and his reputation would be stained by even trying to reunite with those sellouts.

@E.C.2 Ай бұрын

They need to shut up stop bowing to big govt and play music. Invite Dave Abbruzzese back for 1 tour. I'd pay to see them together again.

@rickstalentedtongue910 Ай бұрын

@@E.C.2 Edd is a tool, he would never allow that. The rapturous cheers from the fans would humiliate him, he would start crying and walk off the stage.

@E.C.2 Ай бұрын

@@rickstalentedtongue910 I could see it happening,you are correct.

@rickchyczewski576 14 күн бұрын

@@rickstalentedtongue910 this exactly. Will never happen because of ed.

@deepenwadhwa4027 Ай бұрын

I love Pearl Jam before, during and after Dave A. Vs is probably my fav album of theirs and Dave A my fav drummer of theirs. The band can get too woke at times (Gigaton...) and how Eddie treated Dave was bad. Eddie is right about a lot of things too though and the song turned out awesome, the backstory is kinda sad though. Obviously, woke people are also right about some things but they should recognize their biases and try to not treat people the way Eddie and Jeff treated Dave. Anyway, I still love PJ and wish Dave A the best. Hope he gets the apology he deserves.

@jamesulrich5929 2 ай бұрын

Dave A. deserved to be treated better. Comparing him to Dave Mustaine is ridiculous (not even close). I disagree with the idea of him being replaceable and not being intelligent or in-depth as other PJ members. All this could have been resolved.

@Matt-oy7pz Ай бұрын

was he ever replaced?? no. that ENDS, the “replaceable” theory.. he’s NEVER, been “replaced”… and that’s been… THIRTY YEARS AGO, now

@E.C.2 Ай бұрын

Eddie and his 3 Lackeys are too proud to admit they screwed up by kicking out Dave.

@jamesulrich5929 Ай бұрын

Yup. I disagree with the notion of the one commenter who called him a butthurt loser. I would argue that they are butthurt based on that disgraceful HOF snub & the blatant downplaying of what he brought to the band. It would be hard to imagine where they would be without the first 3 albums that helped define their sound & he had a role in that.

@E.C.2 Ай бұрын

@@jamesulrich5929 👍

@rickchyczewski576 14 күн бұрын

Ed was kind of a prick. A self righteous prick. Good thing I can separate the individual from the music because pearl jams first five records kick ass,

@slowwwwBurnnnn813 Ай бұрын

@kaylaHiggins92 maybe to you you’re a chick so you go to look at Eddie. Whatever it’s all about the groove man and I know everything about Pearl Jam from day one so go tell somebody else that story.

@fishntyme1417 3 ай бұрын

Im going to see pearl jam this summer but Eddie and his opinions are not one size fits all for a free country. I wish he would shut up sometimes!!!!

@rickstalentedtongue910 2 ай бұрын

He cant. He is controlled, souled out, and he must repeat the party line. Because he is a good guy, of course.

@fishntyme1417 2 ай бұрын

@@rickstalentedtongue910 I sold my tickets on StubHub

@nicholaskruger9460 2 ай бұрын

@@rickstalentedtongue910crazy right. That’s why he’s Alive. It that’s why he’s alcoholic. When you know you’re a sellout it’s the alcohol that …

@mjsheets5936 24 күн бұрын

He should shut up and sing. Eddie ran me off from Pearl Jam with his idiotic rambling.

@fishntyme1417 24 күн бұрын

@@mjsheets5936 I sold my tickets to finally see them because I can't support his nonsense.

@Matt-oy7pz Ай бұрын

isn’t it highly ironic, that Pearl Jam (THE BAND.. that was SUPPOSED TO BE, the “HARDEST” Rock Band of the 90’s) is afraid to have… A REAL, HARD ROCK DRUMMER. Pathetic, really. NO BALLS.

@KaylaHiggins92 2 ай бұрын

Eddie and Dave should have just had the fight and got it out of their systems, the two of them just don’t like each other. Unfortunately for Dave he was the replaceable one so he had to go.

@rickstalentedtongue910 2 ай бұрын

If they fought, limp wristed Edd would have been trounced, and the balls of the band known as Dave A, would have helped them find a new singer. The band would have remained rock.

@KaylaHiggins92 2 ай бұрын

I dunno, I think it could’ve gone either way. I’ve always got the impression Eddie could handle himself in a fight 🙂

@rickstalentedtongue910 2 ай бұрын

@@KaylaHiggins92 Maybe, I am just being extreme. Love the band, but there is more that goes on in this sick industry than most could imagine. Edd has always seemed like someone who puts on a front of being a good guy, when actually he is an industry shill and a sellout.

@peterquinn3424 2 ай бұрын

This comment is the best. It’s just the simple truth. Two personalities that clashed and they just shoulda met at the bike rack at 3pm to air it out with their fists.

@Matt-oy7pz Ай бұрын

Mr. Dave Abbruzzese has.. NEVER, BEEN “REPLACED”

@larrysuarez2996 2 ай бұрын

Dave is an amazing drummer...one of the greatest ever and diffinatly the best PJ drummer ever, but he diffinatly doesn't sound like he is on the same level of intelligent or depth as the other members of PJ. Maybe it just as simple as Dave not being on the same page as the rest of the band. It's a shame, but it is what it is...