Editing Jack Irons

{{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>

==Biography==

===Early life===
Jack Irons was born and raised in Los Angeles. He is from a [[Jew]]ish background.<ref name="Fornication">{{cite book | last = Apter | first = Jeff | title = Fornication: The Red Hot Chili Peppers Story | year = 2004 | publisher = [[Omnibus Press]] | isbn = 1-84449-381-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Bloom|first=Nate|title=Jewish Stars 12/16 |newspaper=[[Cleveland Jewish News]]|date=December 15, 2011|url=https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/jewish-stars/article_7be302da-267e-11e1-b2fe-001871e3ce6c.html}}</ref> Irons grew up using his family's [[cutlery]] as drumsticks, playing along to whatever was on the radio. He talked his parents into buying him a drum set, and took a drum class.<ref name="Fornication"/> Irons attended Bancroft Jr. High School in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], where he met future bandmates [[Flea (musician)|Michael "Flea" Balzary]] and [[Hillel Slovak]]. He then went on to attend [[Fairfax High School (Los Angeles)|Fairfax High School]] in Los Angeles alongside Balzary and Slovak, as well as future bandmates [[Anthony Kiedis]] and [[Alain Johannes]].  He and Slovak were both fans of [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]], and they formed a tribute act.<ref name="Fornication"/> Irons was influenced by [[Jack DeJohnette]], [[Stewart Copeland]], and [[Keith Moon]].<ref name="modern drummer">Peiken, Matt. [https://pearljamhistory.no.sapo.pt/PJArticles_Interviews_06-xx-98_-_modern_drummer.htm "Jack Irons: This Inner Life"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121083205/http://pearljamhistory.no.sapo.pt/PJArticles_Interviews_06-xx-98_-_modern_drummer.htm |date=January 21, 2011 }}. ''[[Modern Drummer]]''. June 1998.</ref>

===What Is This? and Red Hot Chili Peppers===
{{Main article|What Is This?|Red Hot Chili Peppers}}
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As teenagers, Irons, Johannes, Slovak, and schoolmate Todd Strassman formed the band Chain Reaction in 1976. After its first gig, the band renamed itself Anthym. Slovak, dissatisfied with Strassman's bass playing, taught friend [[Flea (musician)|Michael "Flea" Balzary]] to play then replaced Strassman with Flea. After graduating high school, the band changed its name to [[What Is This?]] after a question often asked by people who heard the band play. Flea soon departed to play bass in the prominent Los Angeles punk band [[Fear (band)|Fear]]. What Is This? continued, performing many shows along the California coast.

In 1983, Flea formed a "one-off" band, Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem, with Kiedis, Slovak and Irons. Their performance was a hit and, after deciding to continue past the single concert, they changed their name to [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]], quickly gaining popularity around Los Angeles. After six months, they earned a record deal with [[EMI]] and prepared to record its first album. Since What Is This? had signed a record deal two weeks earlier and Slovak and Irons considered Red Hot Chili Peppers a side project, they quit. With What Is This?, Irons recorded 1984's ''[[Squeezed (EP)]]'', 1985's ''[[3 Out of 5 Live]]'' EP, and a full-length [[What Is This?|self-titled album]] that same year. The band broke up following the album's recording as Slovak became frustrated with the band and rejoined Red Hot Chili Peppers. In the meantime, Irons played on several recordings by Walk the Moon, a duo made up of Johannes and [[Natasha Shneider]]. In 1986, after learning that drummer [[Cliff Martinez]] had resigned, Irons returned to the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Irons played drums on Red Hot Chili Peppers' first demo tape and their third album, 1987's ''[[The Uplift Mofo Party Plan]]''. When Slovak died of a [[drug overdose|heroin overdose]] on June 25, 1988, Irons again quit the band because he did not want to be part of a group where his friends were dying.<ref name="kiedis" /> In 2006, Irons said Slovak's death had been such a huge shock that he had been suffering from depression ever since.<ref>[http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/chili%20peppers%20jack%20irons%20pays%20tribute%20to%20slovak_14_05_2006 "Chili Peppers' Jack Irons Pays Tribute to Slovak"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112164631/http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/chili%20peppers%20jack%20irons%20pays%20tribute%20to%20slovak_14_05_2006 |date=January 12, 2009 }}. [[Contactmusic.com]]. May 14, 2006.</ref>

On August 12, 2012, Irons and  Martinez performed "Give It Away" with Red Hot Chili Peppers at a Los Angeles concert. In 2017, Irons was an opening act for several dates on ''[[The Getaway World Tour]]''.<ref name="redhotchilipeppers.com"/>

===Eleven===
{{Main article|Eleven (band)}}
After Irons left Red Hot Chili Peppers, he went to a [[psychiatric hospital]] to receive treatment.<ref name="spin">Marks, Craig. [http://www.fivehorizons.com/archive/articles/spin0297.shtml "The Road Less Traveled"]. ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''. February 1997.</ref> After a brief stint with [[Joe Strummer]]'s backing band the [[Latino Rockabilly War]], Irons teamed up with Johannes and Shneider in 1990 to form [[Eleven (band)|Eleven]]. With Eleven, Irons recorded the albums [[Awake in a Dream (album)|''Awake in a Dream'']] (1991) and ''Eleven'' (1993). Midway through the recording of Eleven's third album, ''Thunk'' (1995), Irons left to drum with Pearl Jam, and [[Matt Cameron]] of [[Soundgarden]] played drums on the album's remaining four tracks. Irons returned to the band once again in 2002 prior to the recording of the band's fifth album, ''Howling Book'' (2003). Shneider died on July 2, 2008, following a battle with cancer.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1044912/elevens-natasha-shneider-dies-of-cancer|title=Eleven's Natasha Shneider Dies of Cancer|last=Cohen|first=Johnathan|date=July 2, 2008|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=July 3, 2008}}</ref> Prior to Shneider's death, the band was working on a sixth album due for release in the fall of 2008.

===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
 | last = Kiedis
 | first = Anthony
 | author-link = Anthony Kiedis
 | author2=Sloman, Larry
 | title = [[Scar Tissue (autobiography)|Scar Tissue]]
 | date = October 6, 2004
| publisher = [[Hyperion (publisher)|Hyperion]]
 | isbn = 1-4013-0101-0
 }}</ref>

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''.

==Other musical projects==

===''Attention Dimension''===
{{Main article|Attention Dimension}}
On September 7, 2004, Irons released a solo album called ''[[Attention Dimension]]''. Irons started creating his first pieces of drum music in 1994, but it wasn't until fall 1999, about a year after he left Pearl Jam, that he seriously began recording himself for a possible solo album. The album features appearances by former bandmates such as Alain Johannes, Flea, Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, and [[Les Claypool]]. Vedder contributed vocals to a cover of [[Pink Floyd]]'s "[[Shine On You Crazy Diamond]]". Johnny Loftus of [[Allmusic]] said, "''Attention Dimension'' is the drummer's chance to be in the bright white [[klieg light]]."<ref>Loftus, Johnny. [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r708959|pure_url=yes}} "Attention Dimension"]. [[Allmusic]].</ref>

===Collaborations===
Aside from the aforementioned bands, Irons recorded and toured as a member of Joe Strummer's backing band [[The Latino Rockabilly War]] for the album ''[[Earthquake Weather (album)|Earthquake Weather]]'' (1989), and also toured with [[Redd Kross]] in support of the band's album ''[[Third Eye (Redd Kross album)|Third Eye]]'' (1990). He appears in Redd Kross' promotional video for the song "Annie's Gone". In 1992, [[Raging Slab]] (a band notorious for having over 25 different drummers over the course of the band's 18-year career), complete with Irons on drums, began recording the follow-up to its 1989 RCA Records self-titled debut, with producer [[Michael Beinhorn]] at the helm. The entire album was recorded, mixed, and mastered; however when RCA Records executives heard the album, it was rejected. The album, titled ''Freeburden'', remains unreleased. In 2000, Irons played as part of the initial line-up of [[Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade]]. Irons is featured on the track "Milky Ave" on the album ''[[Ultra Payloaded]]'' (2007) by [[Perry Farrell]]'s band [[Satellite Party]].<ref>Bilton, Chris. [http://www.ukula.com/TorontoArticle.aspx?SectionID=2&ObjectID=1941&CityID=2 "Satellite Party: Is Jane's New Addiction Worth Feeding?"]. ''[[Ukula]]''. 2007.</ref> Joining him on the album is former bandmate Flea. In 2012 he appeared on former Chili Pepper bandmate, Flea's debut solo EP ''[[Helen Burns (EP)|Helen Burns]]''. Aside from popular music, Irons has worked as a drumming advisor and teacher for numerous U.S. television projects. Irons appeared on five of the ten songs on ''[[To Be One With You]]'', the debut solo album by former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist [[Josh Klinghoffer]] who released the album under the name Pluralone. The album was released on November 22, 2019.  He then went on to record four songs on Josh's follow-up record, ''[[I Don't Feel Well]]'' released on October 16, 2020.

==Equipment==
Irons currently endorses Masters of Maple Drums, [[Avedis Zildjian Company|Zildjian]] cymbals, and [[Pro-Mark]] drumsticks.<ref>[http://www.jackirons.com/photos.html "Jack Irons: Photos"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414095111/http://www.jackirons.com/photos.html |date=April 14, 2009 }}. jackirons.com.</ref>

==Personal life==
Irons has been diagnosed with [[bipolar disorder]]. About being diagnosed, he said "back in my twenties they said, 'When you get to your forties you might be able to turn a corner with this kind of a thing'. And I think that's very accurate. I had to learn to decipher sort of what was real and what was in my head. And that took time."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://drummagazine.com/jack-irons-alt-rock-anti-hero|title = Jack Irons: Alt Rock Anti Hero|date = April 4, 2011}}</ref>

He is married and has two children.<ref name="modern drummer"/> His son, Zach Irons, is founder and lead guitarist for Irontom. In September 2015, Zach Irons became lead guitarist for [[Awolnation|AWOLNATION]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/23529-rig-rundown-awolnations-zach-irons|title=Rig Rundown: AWOLNATION's Zach Irons|date=December 23, 2015}}</ref>

==Discography==

===What Is This? discography===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! '''Year'''
! '''Title'''
! '''Label'''
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Squeezed (EP)|Squeezed]]''
| [[MCA Records|MCA]]
|-
| rowspan="2"|1985
| ''[[What Is This?]]''
| MCA
|-
| ''[[3 Out of 5 Live]]''
| MCA
|}

===Red Hot Chili Peppers discography===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! '''Year'''
! '''Title'''
! '''Label'''
! '''Track(s)'''
|-
| 1984
| ''[[The Red Hot Chili Peppers (album)|The Red Hot Chili Peppers]]''
| [[EMI]]/[[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
| Does not perform on album however co-wrote "Baby Appeal", "[[Get Up and Jump]]", "Green Heaven", "Out in L.A., and "Police Helicopter"
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Freaky Styley]]''
| EMI/Capitol Records
| Does not perform on album however co-wrote "Nevermind" and "Sex Rap" 
|-
| 1987
| ''[[The Uplift Mofo Party Plan]]''
| EMI/Capitol Records
| All
|-
| 1988
| ''[[The Abbey Road E.P.]]''
| EMI/Capitol
| "[[Fire (The Jimi Hendrix Experience song)|Fire]]" and "Backwoods"
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Mother's Milk (album)|Mother's Milk]]''
| EMI/Capitol
| "Fire"
|-
| 1992
| ''[[What Hits!?]]''
| EMI
| "[[Fight Like a Brave]]", "[[Behind the Sun (Red Hot Chili Peppers song)|Behind the Sun]]", "[[Me and My Friends]]", "Backwoods", and "Fire"
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Out in L.A.]]''
| EMI
| "Behind the Sun" (Ben Grosse remix), "Get Up and Jump" (demo version), "Out in L.A." (demo version), "Green Heaven" (demo version), "Police Helicopter" (demo version), "Nevermind" (demo version), "Sex Rap" (demo version), "You Always Sing the Same", "Stranded", "Flea Fly", and "Deck The Halls"
|-
| 1997
| ''[[The Best of Red Hot Chili Peppers]]''
| EMI/Capitol
| "Behind the Sun", "Me and My Friends", "Fire", and "Fight Like a Brave"
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Under the Covers: Essential Red Hot Chili Peppers]]''
| EMI/Capitol
| "Fire" and "[[Subterranean Homesick Blues]]"
|}

===Eleven discography===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! '''Year'''
! '''Title'''
! '''Label'''
! '''Track(s)'''
|-
| 1991
| ''Awake in a Dream''
| [[Morgan Creek Productions|Morgan Creek]]
| All
|-
| 1993
| ''Eleven''
| [[Hollywood Records|Hollywood]]/Third Rail
| All
|-
| 1995
| ''Thunk''
| Hollywood
| All except "Why", "Seasick of You", "Big Sleep", and "No Ground"
|-
| 2003
| ''Howling Book''
| Pollen
| All
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen]]''
| Hollywood
| "[[Stone Cold Crazy]]" (with [[Josh Homme]])
|}

===Pearl Jam discography===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! '''Year'''
! '''Title'''
! '''Label'''
! '''Track(s)'''
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Vitalogy]]''
| [[Epic Records|Epic]]
| "Hey Foxymophandlemama, That's Me"
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Merkin Ball]]''
| Epic
| All
|-
| rowspan="4"|1996
| ''[[Home Alive|Home Alive: The Art of Self Defense]]''
| Epic
| "[[Leaving Here]]"
|-
| ''[[M.O.M., Vol. 1: Music for Our Mother Ocean]]''
| [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| "Gremmie Out of Control"
|-
| ''[[No Code]]''
| Epic
| All
|-
| ''[[Hype! (soundtrack)|Hype!: The Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''
| [[Sub Pop]]
| "[[Not for You]]" (live from ''Self-Pollution'' Radio)
|-
| 1997
| ''The Bridge School Concerts, Vol. 1''
| [[Reprise Records|Reprise]]
| "[[Nothingman]]" (live)
|-
| rowspan="2"|1998
| ''[[Yield (album)|Yield]]''
| Epic
| All
|-
| ''Chicago Cab: Soundtrack''
| [[Loosegroove Records|Loosegroove]]
| "[[Who You Are (Pearl Jam song)|Who You Are]]"
|-
| 1999
| ''[[M.O.M., Vol. 3: Music for Our Mother Ocean]]''
| Hollywood
| "Whale Song"
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Lost Dogs (album)|Lost Dogs]]''
| Epic
| "All Night", "Don't Gimme No Lip", "Black, Red, Yellow", "Leaving Here", "Gremmie Out of Control", "Whale Song", and "Dead Man"
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003)|Rearviewmirror]]''
| Epic
| "[[I Got Id]]", "[[Hail, Hail]]", "[[Do the Evolution]]", "Who You Are", "[[Off He Goes]]", "[[Given to Fly]]", and "[[Wishlist (song)|Wishlist]]"
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Arctic Tale#Soundtrack|Arctic Tale: Music from and Inspired By the Motion Picture]]''
| BulletProof
| "Whale Song"
|}

===Solo discography===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! '''Year'''
! '''Title'''
! '''Label'''
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Attention Dimension]]''
| Breaching Whale
|-
| 2010
| ''[[No Heads Are Better Than One]]''
| The Orchard / Ten Club
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Blue Manatee]]''
| Kalaidoscope Groove-BMI
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Koi Fish in Space]]''
| Org Music
|}

===Spinnerette discography===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! '''Year'''
! '''Title'''
! '''Label'''
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Ghetto Love (Spinnerette EP)|Ghetto Love]]'' EP
| [[Anthem Records|Anthem]]
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Spinnerette (album)|Spinnerette]]''
| Anthem
|}

===Contributions and collaborations===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! '''Year'''
! '''Group'''
! '''Title'''
! '''Label'''
! '''Track(s)'''
|-
| 1988
| [[Joe Strummer]]
| ''[[Permanent Record (film)#Soundtrack|Permanent Record: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''
| Epic/[[Columbia Records|CBS]]
| "Trash City", "Baby the Trans", "Nefertiti Rock", "Nothin' 'bout Nothin'", and "Theme from ''Permanent Record''"
|-
| rowspan="2"|1989
| [[Keith Levene]]
| ''Keith Levene's Violent Opposition''
| [[Rykodisc]]
| Some
|-
| [[Joe Strummer]]
| ''[[Earthquake Weather (album)|Earthquake Weather]]''
| Epic
| "Gangsterville", "Slant Six", "Shouting Street", "Sikorsky Parts", "Jewellers and Bums", and "Ride Your Donkey"
|-
| 1990
| [[The Buck Pets]]
| ''Mercurotones''
| [[Island Records|Island]]
| All
|-
| 1991
| [[Michelle Shocked]]
| ''[[Arkansas Traveler (Michelle Shocked album)|Arkansas Traveler]]''
| [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
| Some
|-
| rowspan="2"|1993
| [[Sun-60]]
| ''Only''
| Epic
| "Mary X-Mess" and "Tell Me Like You Know"
|-
| [[The Buck Pets]]
| ''To the Quick''
| [[Restless Records|Restless]]
| Rocket to You (from demo sessions)
|-
| 1994
| [[Ethan Hawke]]
| ''[[Turnip Farm|Reality Bites: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''
| [[RCA Records|RCA]]
| "I'm Nuthin'"
|-
| 1995
| [[Carole Pope]]
| ''[[Radiate (Carol Pope of Rough Trade solo album)|Radiate]]''
| [[Joan Tone Music]]
| "Kiss the Ground'"
|-
| 1995
| [[Neil Young]]
| ''[[Mirror Ball (Neil Young album)|Mirror Ball]]''
| Reprise
| All
|-
| 2007
| [[Satellite Party]]
| ''[[Ultra Payloaded]]''
| Columbia
| "Milky Ave"
|-
| 2010
| [[Hole (band)|Hole]]
| ''[[Nobody's Daughter]]''
| Mercury
| Some
|-
| 2012
| [[Mark Lanegan]]
| ''[[Blues Funeral]]'' 
| 4AD
| All
|-
| 2012
| [[Flea (musician)|Flea]]
| ''[[Helen Burns (EP)|Helen Burns]]'' 
| Warner Bros
| "333" and "Lovelovelove"
|-
| 2019
| [[Josh Klinghoffer|Pluralone]]
| ''[[To Be One With You]]'' 
| ORG Music
| "Barreling", "Rat Bastards at Every Turn", "Was Never There", "Shade", "Mourning", "Overflowing", "Obscene" and "Nowhere I Am"
|-
| 2020
| [[Josh Klinghoffer|Pluralone]]
| ''[[I Don't Feel Well]]''
| ORG Music
| "Red Don't Feel", "The Night Won't Scare Me", "Carry" and "Plank"
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{official website}}
*{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p89346|label=Jack Irons}}
*{{IMDb name|0410076}}

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