Eddie Vedder (born Edward Louis Severson III ; December 23, 1964) is an American musician, multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter best known as the main vocalist and one of three guitarists from American rock band Pearl Jam. He is known for his powerful baritone vocals. He also appeared as guest vocalist at Temple of the Dog, a one-off tribute band dedicated to the late singer Andrew Wood.
He is also involved in the making of music and contributes to the album by other artists. In 2007, Vedder released his first solo album as the soundtrack for the movie Into the Wild (2007). Her second album Ukulele Songs and a live DVD entitled Water on the Road was released in 2011.
Vedder was appointed Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pearl Jam on April 7, 2017.
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Vedder was born Edward Louis SeversonÃ, III on the outskirts of Chicago, Evanston, Illinois, on December 23, 1964, to Karen Lee Vedder and Edward Louis Severson, Jr. His parents divorced in 1965, when Vedder was a baby. Her mother married again, with a man named Peter Mueller. Vedder grew up believing that Mueller was his biological father, and he went by the name of Edward Mueller for a while. Vedder's ancestry includes the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.
While living in Evanston, the Vedder family nurtured seven small children in the group house. In the mid-1970s, the family, including three younger Vedder's stepbrothers, moved to San Diego County, California. It was at this point that Vedder, who had received a guitar from his mother on his twelfth birthday, began switching to music (also surfing) as a source of comfort. He especially found entertainment on The Who's 1973 album, Quadrophenia. He said, "When I was around 15 or 16... I felt alone... I was alone - except for music." Her mother and Mueller divorced when Vedder was a teenager. Her mother and brother moved back to the Chicago area, but Vedder stayed with her stepfather in California so she did not have to move to high school.
After the divorce, Vedder learns the truth about his ancestors: Mueller is really his stepfather. Vedder had met his biological father briefly as a child, but believed that Severson was just an old friend of his parents. By the time Vedder learned the truth, Severson died of multiple sclerosis. In his final year at San Dieguito High School, Vedder himself, lived in an apartment and supported himself with a night job at a drugstore in Encinitas. He finally dropped out of high school in his senior year because of the pressure of balancing school with work. She joins the rest of her family in Chicago, and this is when she changed her name to Eddie Vedder, Vedder being her maiden name.
In the early 1980s, while working as a servant, Eddie grabbed his high school GED, and briefly attended a community lecture near Chicago. In 1984, Vedder returned to San Diego, with his girlfriend, Beth Liebling and his friend Frank. He kept busy recording demo tapes at his home and worked various jobs, including a position as a contracted security guard at La Valencia Hotel in La Jolla. Vedder has several assignments in San Diego area bands, including Surf and Destroy and The Butts. One of the bands, called Indian Style, included Rage Against the Machine in the future and Audioslave drummer Brad Wilk. In 1988, Vedder became the lead vocalist for the progressive rock funk band San Diego, Bad Radio. The music of the band's original incarnations was influenced by Duran Duran; However, after Vedder joined Bad Radio, the band moved to an alternative rock sound influenced by Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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In the 1980s he worked part-time as a night clerk at a local gas station. Through the Southern California music scene, Vedder meets former Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons, who is a friend of Vedder and will play basketball with him. Then in 1990, Irons gave him a demo tape from a band in Seattle, Washington, who was looking for a singer. He listened to the tape just before surfing, where the lyrics came to him. Vedder wrote the lyrics for three songs in what he later described as "mini-opera" titled Momma-Son . The songs tell the story of a young man who, like Vedder, knew that he had been lied to about his father and that his real father had died, grew into a serial killer, and was eventually imprisoned and sentenced to death. Vedder recorded vocals for three songs, and sent a demo tape back to Seattle. The three songs then became Pearl Jam's "Alive", "Once", and "Footsteps".
After hearing the recording of Vedder, former members of Mother Love Bone, Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament invited Vedder to come to Seattle to audition for their new band. They were instantly impressed by his unique voice. At the time, Gossard and Ament were working on the Temple of the Dog project founded by Soundgarden's Chris Cornell as a musical award for frontman Mother Love Bone, Andrew Wood, who died of a heroin overdose at the age of 24. Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron and newcomer Mike McCready is also part of this project. The song "Hunger Strike" became a duet between Cornell and Vedder. Cornell then said of Vedder that "he sang half of the song did not even know that I wanted that part to be there and he sang it exactly as I thought about doing it, just instinctively." Vedder will provide background vocals on some other songs as well. In April 1991, Temple of the Dog was released via A & amp; M Records. "Hunger Strike" became the Temple of the Dog's breakout; it was also Vedder's first lead vocal on the recording. Vedder says about the song in 2009 book Grunge Is Dead ; "I really like hearing that song, I feel like I can be really proud of that song - because one, I did not write it, and two, it's a great way to be escorted to vinyl for the first time. Chris [Cornell] time immortal for being invited to the track. "On the 2011 documentary Pearl Jam Twenty , Vedder states; "It was the first time I ever heard myself on a real recording, it could be one of my favorite songs I've played - or the most meaningful." Vedder and Cornell sang the song together for the last time on October 26, 2014 at Bridge School Benefit.
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam was formed in 1990 by Ament, Gossard, and McCready, who subsequently recruited Vedder and three different drummers in quick succession. The band originally took the name of Mookie Blaylock, but was forced to change it when the band signed to Epic Records in 1991 instead of calling their debut album Ten , after the Blaylock jersey number.
Ten brought the band to the mainstream, and became one of the best-selling alternative albums of the 1990s, becoming 13x certified Platinum. The band finds itself amid the sudden popularity and attention given to the Seattle music scene and the genre known as grunge. The single "Jeremy" received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Song and Best Hard Rock Performance in 1993. Pearl Jam received four awards at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards for his music video for "Jeremy", including Video of the Year and Best Video Group. Ten ranked number 207 on Rolling Stone's magazine list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and "Jeremy" was ranked number 11 on the VH1 list of the 100 greatest songs of the 90s.
After a hectic tour schedule, the band went into the studio to record what would be their second studio album, Vs. , released in 1993. Upon release, Vs. arranged the recording at the time for most copies of the album sold in a week, and spent five weeks at number one on Billboard 200. Vs. was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album in 1995. From Vs. , the song "Daughter" received a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Performance by Duo or Group with Vocals and the song "Go" received a Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance.
Feeling the pressure of success, with much of the burden of Pearl Jam's popularity falling on Vedder, the band decided to lower the promotional rate for the album, including refusing to release music videos. Vedder's problem with fame comes from what he claims to be "what happens when many of these people start thinking you can change their lives or save their lives or whatever and create this impossible fucking hope that has finally just torn apart You." In 1994, the band embarked on a much-publicized boycott of Ticketmaster, which lasted for three years and limited the band's ability to tour in the United States. Vedder confronted what he called a "pretty stalker problem" during the mid-1990s. Vedder will refer to the problem in the song "Lukin" from No Code .
Later that same year the band released their third studio album, Vitalogy , which became the band's third straight album to achieve multi-platinum status. It was at this time that Vedder began to show more on rhythm guitar, also on back up vocals and some drums. The pressure of fame is a common theme of Vedder's songs on the album. The album received a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year and Best Rock Album in 1996. Vitalogy was ranked number 492 on the magazine's list of the greatest-ever Rolling Stone magazine's 500 albums. The main single "Spin the Black Circle" won a Grammy Award in 1996 for Best Hard Rock Performance. Although Dave Abbruzzese appeared on the album Vitalogy , he was fired in August 1994, four months before the album was released. The band cites political differences between Abbruzzese and other members; for example, he does not agree with the Ticketmaster boycott. He was replaced by Jack Irons, a close friend of Vedder and former drummer of the original Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Regarding the approach taken Pearl Jam after its initial success, Vedder stated, "We have the luxury of writing our own job descriptions... and the description has basically been cut into just one line: make music." The band then released No Code in 1996 and Yield in 1998. In 1998, before Pearl Jam's U.S. Yield Tour, Irons left the band due to dissatisfaction with the tour. Pearl Jam asked former Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron as a temporary replacement for Irons, but he soon became a permanent replacement for Irons. "Do the Evolution" (from Yield ) received a Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance. In 1998, Pearl Jam recorded "Last Kiss", a 1960s ballad cover made famous by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers. The album was released in 1998 fans of a single-band Christmas club; however, with a popular demand, the cover was released to the public as a single in 1999. "Last Kiss" reached number two on the Billboard charts and became the band's highest single.
In 2000, the band released their sixth studio album, Binaural, and started a series of successful and sustainable official boguses. The band released seventy-two live albums such as in 2000 and 2001, and set a record for most albums to debut on Billboard 200 at the same time. "Complaints" (from Binaural ) received a Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance. The band released their seventh studio album, Riot Act, in 2002. Pearl Jam's contribution to the 2003 movie Big Fish, titled "Man of the Hour," was nominated for the Golden Globe Award in 2004. The band's eighth studio album, the eponymous Pearl Jam, was released in 2006. The band released their ninth studio album, Backspacer, in 2009 and a studio album tenth, Lightning Bolt , in 2013.
Vedder uses the pseudonym "Jerome Turner" on Pearl Jam's note for his non-musical contributions such as design and artwork. He also uses the pseudonym "Wes C. Addle" ("West Seattle").
Other music projects
Donation soundtrack
Vedder has contributed solo material for several soundtracks and compilations, including the soundtrack for Dead Man Walking movies (1995), I Am Sam (2001), A Brokedown Melody (2004), Body of War (2007), and Reign Over Me (2007). Vedder collaborated with Pakistani musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan for his contribution to the Dead Man Walking soundtrack. She covers The Beatles "You Have to Hide Your Beloved" for the soundtrack of I Am Sam . Vedder wrote "Man of the Hour" which Pearl Jam recorded for Big Fish Soundtrack Tim Burton (2003). Vedder wrote two songs for the 2007 feature documentary, Body of War, produced by Ellen Spiro and Phil Donahue: "No More" (a song referring to the Iraq War) and "Long Nights". Vedder and supergroup The Million Dollar Bashers, which included members from Sonic Youth, Wilco, and Bob Dylan's band, covered Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" for the biopic movie, I'm Not There (2007)). Pearl Jam recorded the cover version of The Who's song "Love, Reign o'er Me" for the movie Reign Over Me, which took the title of the song. In 2010, Vedder recorded a new song, "Better Days", which appeared on the soundtrack for the 2010 film Eat Pray Love.
Go to the Wild
Vedder contributed album songs to the soundtrack for the 2007 film, Into the Wild . The soundtrack was released on September 18, 2007 via J Records. It includes covers of Indio track "Hard Sun" and Jerry Hannan's song "Society". Vedder said that writing songs should be based on a "simplified" narrative. He said, "There are fewer choices, stories are there and the scenes are there." Vedder songs written for this film feature the voice of the people. Thom Jurek from AllMusic called the soundtrack "a collection of simple songs, rooted where rock & roll made a glimpse." Vedder won the 2008 Golden Globe award for the song "Guaranteed" from Into the Wild . He was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for his contribution to the original score of the film. At the 2008 Grammy Awards, "Guaranteed" received a nomination for Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media. "Guaranteed" was also nominated for the 2008 World Soundtrack Award in the category of Best Original Song Written for Film. At the 2009 Grammy Awards, "Rise" received a nomination for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo.
Vedder promoted the soundtrack of Into the Wild with his first solo tour, which began in April 2008. The April tour, dubbed "April Fool's Tour", began in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at the Center on April 2 2008 and consists of ten dates focused on the West Coast of the United States. Vedder went on tour with the second leg in August 2008 consisting of fourteen dates focusing on the East Coast and Canada. The second leg of the tour began in Boston, Massachusetts at the Boston Opera House and ended in Chicago, Illinois at Auditorium Theater. In June 2009, Vedder participated in a solo tour in 2008 with another fourteen-date solo tour focusing in the Eastern United States and Hawaii, which began in Albany, New York at the Palace Theater and continued to Honolulu at the Hawaii Theater.
Ukulele Song
Vedder released his second solo album titled Ukulele Songs , a collection of original songs and covers featured on ukulele, on May 31, 2011. The first single from the album, "Longing to Belong", was released via a digital retailer on March 21. The live DVD titled Water on the Road , featuring live performances from two shows in Washington, DC during Vedder's 2008 solo tour, was released on the same day as Ukulele Song
Collaboration
In addition to playing with Pearl Jam and Temple of the Dog, Vedder has been featured or recorded with many famous artists. He has appeared on albums by The Who, Ramones, Neil Young, REM, Neil Finn, Bad Religion, Mark Seymour, Cat Power, Mike Watt, Fastbacks, Wellwater Conspiracy, Jack Irons and John Doe, and has also been recorded with The Strokes , Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Supersuckers, Susan Sarandon, and Zeke. In June and July 2006, Vedder made live performances with Tom Petty and Heartbreakers, singing in many songs, including lead vocals on "The Waiting" and backing vocals on "American Girls". Vedder performed "Break on Through", "Light My Fire" and "Roadhouse Blues" tracks with the remaining members of The Doors at the 1993 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame lift ceremony. He also performed with R.E.M. at the appointment ceremony of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2007 and with The Stooges at the induction ceremony of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2010. Vedder made a guest appearance at the last Ramones event on August 6, 1996 at the Palace in Hollywood. Vedder also performed live on stage with some of the biggest names in music and movies including Pete Townshend, Paul McCartney, Rolling Stones, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Robert Plant, Roger Waters, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Cat Stevens, Chris Martin, Flea, Beyonce , Bryan Adams, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Roger Daltrey, Jay-Z, Leon Kings, Dave Grohl, Chad Smith, Perry Farrell, Cheap Trick, Stroke, My Morning Jacket, Beck, Sheryl Crow, Jerry Cantrell, Andrew Stockdale , Josh Homme, Mike Ness, Neil Young, Guided by Sound, Ace Frehley, Dave Matthews, Elvis Costello, X (American band), Natalie Maines, Tim Robbins, Johnny Depp, Adam Sandler, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Glen Hansard, Simon Townshend, Joe Elliott, and many others.
In movie
Vedder had a short acting in the 1992 film, Singles, along with Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam. She appeared as herself, playing drums in the band supporters of leader Matt Dillon, Citizen Dick. He was also interviewed for the 1996 grunge documentary, Hype! She appeared in the 2003 Ramones documentary, End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones . In 2007, she made a cameo as herself in a comedy movie, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story . She appeared in the 2007 Tom Petty documentary, Runnin 'Down a Dream, 2008 political documentary, Slacker Uprising , and Howard Zinn 2009 documentary, The People Speak >, based on A People's History of the United States . She was featured in the 2008 Greg Kohs documentary, Song Sung Blue , performing with Lightning and Thunder. He has a one-screen cameo in the second episode of the second season of the IFC Portlandia television show. He also appeared in the 2012 West Memphis documentary, as he protested the case. Vedder made an appearance in season 3 episode 16 of David Lynch Twin Peaks August 2017. He was referenced by the name of his birth, Edward Louis Severson.
Activism
Vedder is known for his social and political views. Discussing his views on current issues in the United States, Vedder says, "Men who are convicted to death, the treatment of animals, the right of women to vote, so much in America is based on fundamentalist Christianity, Grow! This is a modern world!" On In 1992, Spin printed an article by Vedder, entitled "Reclamation", which detailed his view of abortion. Vedder and Pearl Jam consistently supported the abortion rights and performed at Rock for Choice in 1994. Vedder was outspoken in favor of Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader in 2000 and played in Super Green Party demonstrations in Chicago and New York City. Pearl Jam played a series of concerts on the 2004 Vote for Change tour, supporting John Kerry's candidacy for the US President. Vedder told Rolling Stone magazine: "I support Ralph Nader in 2000, but this is a time of crisis, we must get a new administration." In 2005, during Pearl Jam's first South American tour, Vedder stated, for the direct and vigorous support of the crowd in Rio de Janeiro, that "the next time we come to Brazil, the world will be a better place to live, like George Bush. " will no longer be the President of the United States. "Vedder supports Barack Obama's candidacy in 2008 and 2012, and Bernie Sanders in 2016.
In his spare time, Vedder is a surfer and active in surf-related conservation efforts, notably The Surfrider Foundation. Vedder shows his support for environmental activism with Earth First sport! tattoo on his right calf. The logo is a pipe lock crossed with a rock hammer.
Vedder is a longtime and vocal supporter of the Free West Memphis Three movement, a reason which advocated the release of three youths convicted in 1994 for the horrific murder of three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas. In an interview with Larry King on December 19, 2007, Damien Echols, who was then sentenced to death for the murder, said that Vedder had become "the greatest friend anyone could have" and that he had collaborated with him while in prison. The song "Army Reserve" on Pearl Jam's self-titled album 2006 featured a lyrical collaboration between Vedder and Echols. On August 19, 2011, Vedder and Natalie Maines attended the liberation hearing and arranged a celebration party for them afterwards.
The style and influence of music
Critics Jim DeRogatis described vedder vedder as "vocal roar of Jim Morrison". Greg Prato of AllMusic said, "With his hard-to-understand and baritone lyrical style Jim Morrison-esque, Vedder is also one of the most widely-watched singers in all rocks." Vedder has appointed The Doors, Neil Young, the Ramones, and R.E.M. into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and in his or her speech he mentions them all as an influence. Other influences mentioned by Vedder include Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, U2, The Who, Pink Floyd, The Jackson 5, The Beatles, Frank Zappa, Tom Petty and Heartbreakers, Elvis Costello, Talking Heads, Sonic Youth, Fugazi, Tom Waits, Kwik Lewis, Bob Dylan, and Pixies.
Vedder was deeply inspired by Jethro Tull's early sound, stating that: "I'm a big fan of Jethro Tull, and I listen to this recording Stand-Up every night before I go onstage!"
Vedder's lyrics range from personal ("Alive", from "Better Man", from Vitalogy to social and political issues ("Even Flow", from > Ten ; "World Wide Suicide", from Pearl Jam ). The lyrics are often used for storytelling and include themes of freedom, individualism, and sympathy for troubled individuals. Other recurring themes include the use of water metaphors, as well as the idea of ​​leaving everything behind to start again (shown in songs like "Rearviewmirror", from Vs. ; "MFC", from Yield Evacuation, from binaural and Gone from Pearl Jam.
Though best known as a vocalist, Vedder also plays guitar on many Pearl Jam songs, starting with Vs. songs "Rearviewmirror" and "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town". When the band started, Gossard and McCready were clearly appointed as rhythm and lead guitarists, respectively. The dynamics began to change as Vedder began to play more rhythm guitar during the Vitalogy era. McCready said in 2006, "Even though there are three guitars, I think there might be more room now, the rock will pull back and play a two-note line and Ed will do a power chord, and I fit in with it." Playing Vedder guitars helps the band's progress towards a more stripped style; the songs "Rearviewmirror" and "Corduroy" (from Vitalogy ) feature a raw and punk-influenced Vedder guitar. Because he was more influential on the band's sound, Vedder tried to make the band's music output less attractive. He said, "I feel that with the growing popularity, we will be destroyed, our heads will erupt like grapes." He has also contributed performances on ukulele, harmonica, accordion, and electric sitar to various Pearl Jam recordings. In 2012, his black Fender Telecaster is featured in a painting by modern artist Karl Haglund.
'Weird Al' Yankovic wrote the song "My Baby's Love with Eddie Vedder" for his album Running with Scissors. The local H also wrote a song involving Eddie just named "Eddie Vedder" which appeared on their 1996 album As Good As Dead .
Vedder himself has influenced many musicians including British indie singer-songwriter David Knowles.
Live show
Throughout Pearl Jam's career, Vedder has been interacting with the audience during the band's concerts. At the beginning of Pearl Jam's existence, Vedder and the band became famous for their intense live performances. Vedder participates in the dive stage as well as the exploration of crowds. During the early part of Pearl Jam's career, Vedder was known to ride the stage lighting rigs and hang from the roof of the stage. Looking back at this time, Vedder said, "It was hard for us to watch the show early, though that's when people thought we were burning and young.Playing music as long as I had been playing music and then getting a chance to make a note and to have an audience and things are like wild forces... different kinds of energy And I find it a bit hard to watch the show early because it's just a damn, semi-testosterone fueled or anything "But that does not come from the athlete's mentality. It came from just left out of the gate. "
Vedder began to incorporate social commentary and political criticism into his lyrics and appearance early in his career with Pearl Jam. He usually comments on politics among songs, often to criticize U.S.'s foreign policy. During the appearance of Pearl Jam 1992 at MTV Unplugged, Vedder stood on his seat, picked up a marker, and wrote pro-choice on his arm in big letters when the band performed "Serambi". During the headlining event of Pearl Jam 2007 Lollapalooza, Vedder and the band played a song that told audiences in Chicago to boycott the oil company B.P. Amoco because they have polluted Lake Michigan.
Legacy
Vedder has been ranked # 7 on the list of "Top Singers of All Time", compiled by Rolling Stone . and Loudwire placed it at # 36 in the Top 50 Hard Rock Heavy Metal Frontmen. Other singers like Roger Daltrey of The Who and Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden praised him for his singing ability.
Personal life
Vedder is an atheist. Vedder attended San Dieguito High School, now called the San Dieguito Academy. Vedder donated the proceeds from the 2006 Pearl Jam concert in San Diego to the theater for school building on behalf of his former teacher, Clayton E. Liggett. Liggett is Vedder's mentor in high school. Vedder wrote the song "Long Road" (from Merkin Ball) after hearing Liggett's death in 1995. Vedder is a friend of the lead singer Alice in Chains Layne Staley, and wrote the song "4/20/02" on night he learned of Staley's death on April 20, 2002. Vedder also paid tribute to Staley during the Pearl Jam show in Chicago on August 22, 2016, which will be 49th anniversary of Staley; "It's the birthday of a man named Layne Staley tonight, and we think about it tonight.49 years," Vedder told the crowd before dedicating the song Man of the Hour to his late friend..
In 1994, Vedder married his old girlfriend, musician Beth Liebling. The couple divorced in 2000. Vedder's musical style changed around the same period with more focus on ukulele and deeper lyrics. Vedder married his old boyfriend, model Jill McCormick, on September 18, 2010. They have two daughters.
Vedder is a close friend of Soundgarden's front end and Audioslave, Chris Cornell. Cornell was one of the first to meet Vedder outside the band Pearl Jam after moving to Seattle in 1990. The two were neighbors for some time and had shared vocal duties at Temple of The Dog. Soundgarden manager Susan Silver recalled in the 2009 book "Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music" that Cornell drove Vedder to the stage in Pearl Jam (then called Mookie Blaylock) 'second show in Seattle , "Alice in Chains recorded a show at the Moore theater in 1990 and it was the show that this new band [Mookie Blaylock] opened for them. Everyone still has not recovered from the death of Andy [Andrew Wood]... and they did not really play The band came and Chris took Eddie to the stage - he was on his shoulder. It was one of those super strong moments, where it was all a great healing for everyone. He came out as the person who has all the credibility in the world - in terms of the people in Seattle - and Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone is a beloved band. Andy is a charming personality. That is a difficult thing to do - it comes after people die. And Chris took Eddie out, and pointed at him, many saying, 'This is your man now'. Pearl Jam lead guitarist Mike McCready said about their friendship; "Ed comes from San Diego and he feels very intimidated in Seattle, Chris really welcomes him, Ed super, super shy Chris invites him out for a beer and tells his stories He's like," Hi, welcome to Seattle. I love Jeff [Ament] and Stone [Gossard]. I give you the blessing. "Since then he's more relaxed - that's one of the coolest things I see Chris doing." In a 2009 interview with Uncut magazine, Vedder stated that Cornell is "the best singer we have on the planet". About the impact that Cornell had in his life, Vedder told the crowd in the Alpine Valley before doing a "Hunger strike" with him in September 2011; "I do not know how he will affect my life and my views on music and my views on friendship and what great impact he will have." These people [other members of Pearl Jam] know him longer than me and the impact is profound. The friendship between Vedder and Cornell was also featured in the 2011 Pearl Jam Twenty documentary. During his solo concert in London on June 6, 2017, Vedder spoke for the first time about Cornell since his death on May 18, 2017, saying that "he is not just a friend, he is someone I look like my older brother" and "I will live with those memories in my heart and I will love him forever ".
Vedder was a friend of The Who guitarist Pete Townshend, who did not advocate Vedder to retire in 1993. At the end of 2007, Vedder wrote the preface for the new Pete Townshend biography, Who Are You: The Life of Pete Townshend . The book was published in the UK in March 2008 and in the US in October 2008. Vedder is a close friend of Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone, with Vedder at his side when he died. Since Ramone's death, Vedder and Pearl Jam have played the Ramones "I Believe in Miracles" regularly in live performances. While driving home from Ramone's funeral, Vedder wrote lyrics for Pearl Jam's song "Life Wasted" (from Pearl Jam ). He is also a renowned surfing buddy of Kelly Slater, Laird Hamilton, and fellow musicians Jack Johnson and Ben Harper. He performed with Laird Hamilton in an episode of the documentary series Iconoclasts in 2006. While surfing with Finn's Team in New Zealand on March 25, 1995, Vedder was carried as far as 250 feet (76 m) offshore. and had to be rescued by the coast guard. He also has canoe canoes of caliber on occasions and in 2005 almost lost in the sea trying to row from Moloka'i to Oahu.
Vedder is a fan of Chicago Bulls and Chicago Bears and a longtime Chicago Cubs fan. He attended many Cubs 2016 playoff matches and was present, along with fellow Cubs fans John Cusack, Bill Murray, Bonnie Hunt and Craig Gass during the victorious Seven Game Cubs during the 2016 World Series. Vedder also became a fan of the Seattle SuperSonics while he lived in Seattle, and can be seen at KeyArena many nights attending the Sonics games, prior to their relocation in 2008. She befriended several Chicago sport figures, including former pitcher Jack White Sox McDowell, former Bulls player Dennis Rodman, former Blackhawks player Chris Chelios, Cubs GM Theo Epstein and former Cubs pitcher, Kerry Wood. Vedder occasionally wore Walter Payton jersey while performing on stage. Vedder wore a White Sox hat given to him by McDowell during the appearance of Pearl Jam's 1992 Saturday Night Live and MTV Unplugged .
In November 1993, Vedder and McDowell were involved in a bar room fight in New Orleans, Louisiana that resulted in Vedder being arrested for public drunkenness and disturbing the peace. The Pearl Jam song "Black, Red, Yellow" (from "Hail, Hail" single) is about the Rodman/Michael Jordan/Phil Jackson-era Chicago Bulls team. The middle of the song featured a voice-mail message that Rodman left for Vedder asking Vedder to return his call. Vedder sang the anthem before the third game of the 1998 NBA Finals in Chicago, and has been singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" in six Cubs games, including Game 5 of the 2016 World Series. In 2007, a few days before performing with Pearl Jam in Chicago for Lollapalooza, he dumped the first pitch at Wrigley Field, home of the Cubs. Vedder wrote a song at the request of the former shortstop Cubs and first baseman Ernie Banks paid tribute to the Cubs called "All the Way". On September 18, 2008, the song was available for digital download via Pearl Jam's official website for US $ 0.99. The day after the Cubs won the World Series 2016, Cubs' official Twitter account posted a montage video that was supported by the Vedder song as a tribute to Cubs fans.
Discography
Solo discography
Discography of the Dog Temple
Pearl Jam Discography
Singles
Music videos
- "Hard Sun" (2007)
- "Guaranteed" (2008)
- "No More" (2008)
- "Better Days" (2010)
- "You're True" (2011)
- "Longing for Belong" (2011)
- "Can not Keep" (2011)
- "Sleeping by Myself" (2012)
Contributions and collaboration
Movieography
Television
- Actors and actors
Movies
- Actors and actors
- * shows performance with Pearl Jam
- ** note: "Animal" is done with Pearl Jam and "Rockin 'in the Free World" done with Neil Young & amp; Pearl Jam
- ^ note: In the acceptance speech, Eddie famously stated, "I do not know what this means, I do not think it means anything."
- ^^ note: Vedder also performed the song: "Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand" & amp; "Getting in Tune" with The Who, but they are not released on DVD.
Awards and nominations
References
External links
- Eddie Vedder at AllMusic
- Eddie Vedder on IMDb
- Eddie Vedder on Charlie Rose
- Works by or about Eddie Vedder in the library (WorldCat catalog)
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