I Finished The Recordings I

I Remember A Tour Where We Played 50 Cities In 56 Days. We Also Went To Europe A Couple Of Times.

After Wrestling With Myself For Six Months, I Began Medical Treatment. During That Time I Started A Band With Some Friends Of Mine Called Jack's Car, But That Didn't Last.

I Could Not Finish The Rest Of The Tours The Band Had Planned. I Was Replaced By Matt Cameron. The Next Years Of My Life Were About Recovery, Healing, And Right Living. I Never Lost The Need To Create.

"yield" Was Completed In 1997 And Released In 1998. In The Spring Of 1997, I Had Made A Decision To Stop Taking Medications That I Had Been Taking Daily Since 1988.

I Remember Wearing Overcoats, Hiding In The Bushes Outside Of Abbey Road Studios, Waiting For The Traffic To Clear. As It Did, We Would Drop Our Overcoats And Run Out On To The Cross Walk And Strike Our Poses.