Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron has recalled receiving a cease-and-desist letter from KISS when he was a teenager.
Speaking on the Howard Stern Show to promote Pearl Jam’s latest album ‘Dark Matter’, Cameron “ who was also in Soundgarden “ told the story about meeting KISS when he was young and how that resulted in him getting a cease-and-desist a few months later.
Cameron revealed that he had been in a KISS cover band growing up: We played local high schools, keggers, whatnot. And my dad was friends with the head of the stagehand union in San Diego, so when KISS was playing there… during the ˜Alive tour, that was 75, we got to go see KISS do a soundcheck at the San Diego Sports Arena.
Cameron continued: So I brought the two guys I was in the KISS band with, Tim and Dave Mahoney and we brought our photo album from our stupid KISS cover band to meet Paul Stanley, and we got a photo with him. We were like, ˜Hey man, we re in a KISS cover band, here s our stupid little photo album.’
Cut to like, I dunno, four-to-six months later, we get a cease-and-desist letter from Aucoin Management. We were big KISS fans, and KISS used to put the logo from Aucoin Management on their albums. So we were all excited, ˜Whoa, we re getting a letter from Aucoin Management, we ve made it! And it was a cease-and-desist from KISS, Cameron added.
However, Cameron attributes the letter to him and his bandmates marking the error of not naming their tribute band appropriately: I think we just called [our] band KISS. We didn t really think ahead there. So after that, we had ˜KISS and in parentheses: ˜Imitation .
NME gave Pearl Jam s latest album ˜Dark Matter a glowing four-star review, and praised it as some of their strongest work in recent memory .
For those longing for the charismatic songwriting that first put the band on the map over three decades ago, ˜Dark Matter will come as a pleasant surprise, it read. Not only does it showcase Pearl Jam reclaiming the charm that first made them a force to be reckoned with back in 1991, it comes alongside some of their most impressive musicianship yet, as well as a determination to take risks after years of playing it safe.
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