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NEWS HEADLINES

  • PEARL JAM SOUTH AMERICA VIDEO, BOOTLEGS, AND POSTER
  • May 21, 2013
  • PEARL JAM JOINS GLOBAL CITIZEN TICKETS INITIATIVE
  • May 02, 2013
  • MOONLANDER SOFTIE AND ART PRINT GIVEAWAY
  • April 26, 2013
  • FLIGHT TO MARS BENEFIT AT THE SHOWBOX MARKET ON MAY 10, 2013
  • April 26, 2013
  • MAD SEASON AT EASY STREET FOR RECORD STORE DAY 2013
  • April 17, 2013
  • STONE GOSSARD TO RELEASE "MOONLANDER" ON JUNE 25TH
  • April 16, 2013
  • PEARL JAM HEADLINE VOODOO FEST IN NEW ORLEANS
  • April 15, 2013
  • RNDM HAS A BEEF WITH CONAN
  • April 09, 2013
  • EDDIE & THE FAITHFULL PEARL JAM FANS IN BUENOS AIRES
  • April 03, 2013
  • MAD SEASON - ABOVE DELUXE - AVAILABLE NOW
  • April 02, 2013

SERGIO AVENIA (Sept. 23, 1964 - March 5, 2013)

March 05 2013

SERGIO AVENIA (Sept. 23, 1964 - March 5, 2013)

Sergio and I moved to Seattle from Missoula thirty years ago this May in my

yellow Dart filled with his drums and my bass gear and little else.  When

I stopped to pick him up, his Mom gave us a giant bucket of home fried

chicken, gave him a teary kiss and off we went into the great unknown.  

I was lucky to learn to play my instrument with a great musician like

Sergio.  He motivated our band,Deranged Diction to be tight and professional,

and he gave an original jazzy sound to our basic hardcore structures.

Sergio was a huge talent, as good of an cartoonist, piano player and

tattoo artist as he was a drummer.

He enjoyed life as much as anybody I've ever known and I will always

carry that part of him with me.

I'll miss you, friend.

Jeff Ament

PS Say hello to Max Roach for the rest of us.