Jack Steven Irons (born July 18, 1962 in Los Angeles, California) is an American musician who is best known as the former drummer of the American rock bands Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eleven, and Pearl Jam. He has also worked with Joe Strummer and The Latino Rockabilly War, Redd Kross, Raging Slab, and The Les Claypool Frog Brigade. In 2004, Irons released his first solo album, Attention Dimension.
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Jack Steven Irons (born July 18, 1962 in Los Angeles, California) is an American musician who is best known as the former drummer of the American rock bands Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eleven, and Pearl Jam. He has also worked with Joe Strummer and The Latino Rockabilly War, Redd Kross, Raging Slab, and The Les Claypool Frog Brigade. In 2004, Irons released his first solo album, Attention Dimension.
Jack Irons was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He is from a Jewish background. Irons grew up using his family's cutlery as drumsticks, playing along to whatever was on the radio. He talked his parents into buying him a drum set, and took a drum class. Irons attended Bancroft Jr. High School in Hollywood, where he met future bandmates Michael "Flea" Balzary and Hillel Slovak. He then went on to attend Fairfax High School in Los Angeles alongside Balzary and Slovak, as well as future bandmates Anthony Kiedis and Alain Johannes. Irons played drums in the school band and orchestra. He...
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