Drummer Kai Neukermans, a Tam High student, sat in for a song during the legendary rock band’s recent Bay Area show.
“It was surreal and I can’t believe it happened so quickly,” Neukermans said of the moment Friday the Oakland Arena. “It’s kind of mind-blowing that it’s gone viral and it’s spreading so fast and getting so much attention.”
Neukermans has been a drummer for 10 years. His main influences include Jimmy Chamberlain of the Smashing Pumpkins, Danny Carey of Tool, Jon Theodore of Queens of the Stone Age, Steven Perkins of Jane’s Addiction and, of course, Matt Cameron of Pearl Jam. The Mill Valley youth had actually just seen Pearl Jam play The Forum in Inglewood just days before. He said Vedder’s daughter Olivia –– whom he had met years before at Ohana Festival –– texted him that Cameron tested positive for COVID-19 and would miss the show in Oakland. There were some replacements lined up, including former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer and Oakland musician Richard Stuverud, but she said it was worth a shot for him to submit a recording.
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