Editing Jack Irons (section)

{{short description|American drummer}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Jack Irons
| image            = Jack Irons - What Is This (cropped).jpg
| caption          = Irons in 1984
| birth_name       = Jack Steven Irons
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1962|7|18}}
| birth_place      = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| genre            = [[Alternative rock]], [[punk rock]], [[art rock]], [[funk rock]], [[funk metal]]
| occupation       = Drummer
| years_active     = 1976–present
| label            = [[MCA Records|MCA]], [[EMI Records|EMI]], [[Capitol Records|Capitol]], [[Epic Records|Epic]], [[Morgan Creek Productions|Morgan Creek]], [[RCA Records|RCA]], [[Hollywood Records|Hollywood]], Pollen, Breaching Whale, [[Sire Records|Sire]]
| past_member_of = [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]], [[Pearl Jam]], [[What Is This?]], [[Eleven (band)|Eleven]], [[Mark Lanegan Band]], [[Spinnerette]], [[The Latino Rockabilly War]], [[Redd Kross]], [[Courtney Love]], [[Raging Slab]], [[The Wallflowers]], [[Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade|The Les Claypool Frog Brigade]]
| website          = {{URL|jackirons.com/}}
}}
'''Jack Steven Irons''' (born July 18, 1962) is an American drummer. He is the founding drummer of the rock band [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] until he departed in 1988 and is a former member of [[Pearl Jam]] and [[Eleven (band)|Eleven]].

Alongside his work with Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pearl Jam, Irons has been a member of [[Eleven (band)|Eleven]], [[The Wallflowers]] and [[Mark Lanegan|Mark Lanegan Band]]. He has worked with [[Joe Strummer]] and [[The Latino Rockabilly War]], [[Redd Kross]], [[Raging Slab]], [[Spinnerette]] and [[Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade|The Les Claypool Frog Brigade]].  In 1995 Irons and the other members of Pearl Jam recorded and toured the ''[[Mirror Ball (Neil Young album)|Mirror Ball]]'' album with [[Neil Young]]. Irons has released two solo albums, ''[[Attention Dimension]]'' (2004) and ''No Heads Are Better Than One'' (2010).

Irons was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] as a member of Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.futurerocklegends.com/blog.php#unique-entry-id-270 |title=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame News, Commentary and Analysis |publisher=Future Rock Legends |access-date=February 14, 2012}}</ref> Irons, along with former drummer [[Cliff Martinez]], joined the band onstage for the first time in 24 years for a performance of their 1991 hit "[[Give It Away (Red Hot Chili Peppers song)|Give It Away]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.drummagazine.com/news/post/5494/ |title=DRUM! Magazine |publisher=DRUM! Magazine |date=April 6, 2012 |access-date=July 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928054947/http://www.drummagazine.com/news/post/5494/ |archive-date=September 28, 2013  }}</ref> Irons was an opening act in 2017 for Red Hot Chili Peppers on [[The Getaway World Tour]].<ref name="redhotchilipeppers.com">{{cite web|url=http://redhotchilipeppers.com/blog/news/432161/2017-north-american-tour|title=2017 North American Tour|date=September 23, 2016|publisher=RHCP|website=redhotchilipeppers.com|access-date=July 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901113556/https://redhotchilipeppers.com/blog/news/432161/2017-north-american-tour|archive-date=September 1, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>