As a member of Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Temple of the Canine, drummer Matt Cameron is grunge royalty.
One in all his most well-known performances got here on Soundgarden’s iconic hit “Black Gap Solar.” In a brand new clip for Drumeo, Cameron pulled again the curtains to supply a measured walkthrough of his enjoying and kit-work on the music — and he even introduced the seven-inch Keplinger snare drum used on Superunknown, a significant half his drum sound on the recordings.
Within the video’s introduction, Cameron mentioned the impromptu nature through which “Black Gap Solar” took place. Arriving late within the album classes, the band didn’t have an opportunity to rehearse the music earlier than monitoring it within the studio. However, the band knocked it out like clockwork.
“It took like one afternoon; we didn’t actually sweat the main points on that one as a result of the association was so good,” Cameron recalled. “It’s a brilliant enjoyable monitor to play [on drums] as a result of there’s a number of area. You’ll be able to lay into the cymbals; a number of enjoyable tom-work.”
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Cameron then proceeds to information the viewer by means of every part of the music, from verse to refrain to bridge. One focal point is when he stops to spotlight the aforementioned snare drum that cuts by means of the combo on the unique recording. The snare was commissioned for Cameron and constructed by Gregg Keplinger within the early Nineties.
“It’s stainless-steel, and there’s a giant ol’ weld in the midst of it, which I’ve all the time preferred,” Cameron stated. “That is just about a Frankenstein sort of snare drum.”
Cameron stated he needed to realize a tonal mix between the snare, toms, and cymbals, which the Keplinger helped meld collectively for the Superunknown classes. Going one step additional, Drumeo went so far as to recreate Cameron’s equipment utilized in Pearl Jam, albeit with the addition of the “Black Gap Solar” Keplinger snare. That may be seen in a separate video.
Followers can catch Cameron with Pearl Jam on the band’s spring tour that kicks off this Thursday (April twenty fourth) in Hollywood, Florida. Tickets can be found right here.
Beneath you possibly can watch Matt Cameron’s drum walkthrough for “Black Gap Solar,” plus Drumeo’s recreation of Cameron’s Pearl Jam equipment.
