Editing Jack Irons (section)

===Pearl Jam===
{{Main article|Pearl Jam}}
Bassist [[Jeff Ament]] and guitarist [[Stone Gossard]] invited Irons to join Mookie Blaylock, the band that became [[Pearl Jam]], in 1990, when the band was first forming and still looking for a singer and a drummer.<ref name="crowe">{{cite magazine | last = Crowe | first = Cameron | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10560431/five_against_the_world | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070519100135/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10560431/five_against_the_world | url-status = dead | archive-date = May 19, 2007 | title = Five Against the World | magazine = [[Rolling Stone]] | date = October 28, 1993 | access-date = June 23, 2007 }}</ref> Although he did not join the band at that time because he was committed to Eleven, he did pass on a cassette of the band's work to a singer and local musician in San Diego named [[Eddie Vedder]]. Irons had formed a friendship with Vedder after meeting him through the Southern California music scene and played basketball with him.<ref>Wall, Mick. "Alive". ''Nirvana and the Story of Grunge''. ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' p. 95</ref> Vedder subsequently joined the band. Irons also called the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1991 and asked the band to allow Vedder's new group to open for the band on its forthcoming ''[[Blood Sugar Sex Magik]]'' tour.<ref name="kiedis">{{cite book
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Irons became the drummer for Pearl Jam in late 1994 following the firing of drummer [[Dave Abbruzzese]]. His first recording with the band was "Hey Foxymophandlemama, That's Me" for ''[[Vitalogy]]'' (1994). Gossard said, "Jack entered the band right at the end of making ''Vitalogy''. Jack's a breath of fresh air, a family man. Everybody had a strong sense of friendship with him immediately. He was just there to play drums and help out."<ref name="tenpast">Weisbard, Eric, et al. "Ten Past Ten". [[Spin (magazine)|''Spin'']]. August 2001.</ref><ref name=fiveH>{{cite web|title=Ten Past Ten (archive on web site Five Horizons) |url=http://www.fivehorizons.com/archive/articles/spin801.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101216031601/http://fivehorizons.com/archive//articles/spin801.shtml |archive-date=December 16, 2010 }}</ref> Irons made his debut with the band at [[Neil Young]]'s 1994 [[Bridge School Benefit]], but he was not officially announced as the band's new drummer until its 1995 ''Self-Pollution'' satellite radio broadcast, a four-and-a-half-hour-long "pirate" broadcast out of [[Seattle]], Washington which was available to any radio stations that wanted to carry it.<ref>Gaar, Gillian G. "Radio Free Vedder". ''[[Rolling Stone]]''. February 23, 1995.</ref> Irons joined the group and played Pearl Jam's live shows supporting the ''Vitalogy'' album.

Irons performed with other members of Pearl Jam on Neil Young's 1995 album, ''[[Mirror Ball (Neil Young album)|Mirror Ball]]'', and subsequently toured Europe as part of Young's backing band. Talking about the album, Young called drummer Irons "unbelievable."<ref name="mojo">{{cite web|last=Kent|first=Nick|date=December 1995|title=Neil Young Interview MOJO Magazine Pt#2|url=http://www.thrasherswheat.org/tfa/mojointerview1295pt2.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811221219/https://www.thrasherswheat.org/tfa/mojointerview1295pt2.htm|archive-date=August 11, 2021|website=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]}}</ref> He stated that he "played his ass off on every take at every session," and added, "I can't say enough good things about him."<ref name="mojo"/>

With Irons, Pearl Jam recorded its fourth studio album, ''[[No Code]]'', released in 1996, for which Irons also toured. The band subsequently released ''[[Yield (album)|Yield]]'' in 1998. "[[Do the Evolution]]" (from ''Yield'') received a [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] nomination for [[Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance|Best Hard Rock Performance]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/specials/1999/grammys/bigpicture.html |title=41st annual Grammy nominees and winners |publisher=[[CNN]].com |access-date=August 3, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080613094347/http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/specials/1999/grammys/bigpicture.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = June 13, 2008}}</ref> As a member of Pearl Jam, Irons brought a unique drumming style to the band, particularly in the way he played his fills and with his use of a trash can lid as a cymbal.<ref>''[[Single Video Theory]]''. [[Pearl Jam]]. Video. [[Epic Records|Epic]], 1998.</ref> Irons co-wrote the music for the ''No Code'' songs "[[Who You Are (Pearl Jam song)|Who You Are]]", "In My Tree", "[[Red Mosquito]]", and "I'm Open". He also wrote and sang on the Pearl Jam songs "Happy When I'm Crying" (from the 1997 fan club Christmas single), "<span style="color:red;">●</span>" (from ''Yield''), and "Whale Song" (from the 1999 ''[[Music for Our Mother Ocean Vol. 3]]'' compilation). He played with Pearl Jam through March 20, 1998. In 1998, prior to Pearl Jam's U.S. [[Yield Tour]], Irons left the band due to dissatisfaction with touring.<ref name="fiveH"/><ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pearljam/articles/story/5928493/off_he_goes | title=Off He Goes | access-date=June 28, 2007 | author=Fischer, Blair R | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=April 17, 1998 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002115935/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pearljam/articles/story/5928493/off_he_goes | archive-date=October 2, 2007 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Pearl Jam's sound engineer Brett Eliason stated, "We went and did Hawaii and Australia with Jack. When we came back, Jack wasn't in a position to carry on. He made that decision more or less by himself. He can be a really great drummer but he had difficulty on tour putting out the energy for the length of shows they were doing. I don't know if he thought they'd put things on hold for him."<ref name="tenpast"/><ref name="fiveH"/> Vedder said, "I think that him deciding that he wasn't going to be in the band really hurt."<ref name="tenpast"/><ref name="fiveH"/> Coincidentally, Matt Cameron, from the recently split [[Soundgarden]], replaced him again as he did four years prior on Eleven's ''Thunk''.