

and performed on a Saturday Night Live appearance. From Vs., the song " Daughter" received a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and the song " Go" received a Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance. was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album in 1995. set at the time the record for most copies of an album sold in a week, and spent five weeks at number one on the Billboard 200. With Abbruzzese, the band recorded its second studio album, Vs., released in 1993. The band found itself amidst the sudden popularity and attention given to the Seattle music scene and the genre known as grunge. Two songs for the Singles Soundtrack and the b-side "Dirty Frank" also came from the same recording session. They re-recorded the song for its single release with Abbruzzese on drums instead of original drummer Dave Krusen. Abbruzzese made his studio debut with Pearl Jam when the band released the single " Even Flow" in April 1992. Abbruzzese toured extensively for Ten and performed on MTV Unplugged and a Saturday Night Live appearance. Abbruzzese joined the group and played the rest of Pearl Jam's live shows supporting the Ten album. Then after his second show with Pearl Jam, Abbruzzese went straight down to his local tattoo parlor and had bassist Jeff Ament's stick figure drawing from the sleeve of the " Alive" single tattooed onto his left shoulder. Initially, Abbruzzese was reluctant to join the band full-time. Although his musical tastes were far different from the other members, Abbruzzese chose to join Pearl Jam, playing his first show on August 23, 1991. Abbruzzese left for Seattle, Washington to meet and become acquainted with the members of Pearl Jam. In 1991, Abbruzzese got a call from drummer and friend Matt Chamberlain, whom Abbruzzese knew through the Texas music scene, in regard to filling in for him in the band Pearl Jam when he left. Tongue, a three-piece, funk-influenced band that gigged in the Dallas and Denton area. He started playing in the Texas music scene, performing in such bands as Segueway, Flaming Hemorrhoids, and Course of Empire, and along the way, he formed a band called Dr. Abbruzzese dropped out of North Mesquite High School at an early age and began to focus on playing more than ever. While living at home the only thing in his bedroom (besides a bed) was his drum set. Abbruzzese grew up drumming on his dad's tackle boxes. 6.2 Green Romance Orchestra discographyĭave Abbruzzese was born in Stamford, Connecticut, and grew up in Mesquite, Texas, where he attended Vanston Jr.
