Ben was more improvisational, and relied less on methodology, and basically is a guitarist who switched to bass, whereas Jeff has a more traditional approach to playing bass in a band, and has a great sense of what his band sounds like, and we lock up nicely.

The fact that Eddie Vedder likes to play 3 hour plus shows a night, I have to be ready for that.

No matter how much success you're having, you can't continue working together if you can't communicate.

My recording career has luckily run the gamut of recording environments.

I've always liked to be the kind of drummer and musician who likes to go outside of what's expected of me.

In my last band, Soundgarden, I had a couple of different drummers sit in on some stuff and it was fun for me to kind of take a break and watch the band.

Ben was more improvisational, and relied less on methodology, and basically is a guitarist who switched to bass, whereas Jeff has a more traditional approach to playing bass in a band, and has a great sense of what his band sounds like, and we lock up nicely.