After Pearl Jam's drummer gets Covid, an 18-year-old steps on stage to fill in

Originally published at: After Pearl Jam's drummer gets Covid, an 18-year-old steps on stage to fill in | Boing Boing

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When 18-year-old drummer Kai **Neukermans**

Great name for a band.

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The kid is stepping into some big shoes, Cameron really is a drummer’s drummer. Also the original drummer for Soundgarden and the legendary Bam Bam, as well as a million side projects like Tone Dogs with Amy Denio.

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holy shit that kid really killed it!

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This sounds like a movie plot!

But man, he seems really good!

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10 years from now we will get “VH1’s Behind The Music: The Real Kai Neukermans Story”

(Is VH1 still a thing? Am I dating myself?)

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It kinda-sorta was

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The kid is solid, just having the huevos to even ask let alone getting out there in front of the world and still having to think about homework and final exams. You rock Kai.

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LOVE these types of stories. You can’t play if you don’t ask! This kid is living his best life.

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