I finished the recordings I had started with Eleven. Matt Cameron joined for the rest of those sessions.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I began both auditioning with Pearl Jam and recording for Eleven. In the fall of 1994, I joined Pearl Jam.
The thing is, it really did take us too long to get these recordings done. We've had our rough times in the studio in the past, but after four weeks most of the material would have been recorded. This time it seemed like it just goes on and on.
I needed an opportunity to get back in the studio and get my recording chops back together.
It's been over 15 years since I toured... over 12 years since I did any recording under my own name. I never really intended to take that long of a hiatus.
I did loads of sessions with Andrew Oldham.
So I went and did an audition and became the biggest radio actor in Sydney, and that's how it all started.
I've turned down a lot of roles to make time to record and tour.
My very first audition was on the lot of Paramount, and I was put on tape and it was very nerve-racking. I think it was about 15 pages.
On the day of the audition for 'Sullivan and Son,' I had three other auditions all around Los Angeles. It was so hectic. I remember changing in my car before I went in to read.
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.