| name | Eddie Vedder |
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| background | solo_singer |
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| birth name | Edward Louis Severson III |
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| alias | Ed VedderEdward Mueller |
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| birth date | December 23, 1964 |
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| Birth place | Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
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| genre | Alternative rock, folk rock, grunge, hard rock |
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| occupation | Musician, songwriter |
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| married to | Jill McCormick |
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| instrument | Vocals, guitar, harmonica, ukulele, accordion, bass guitar, drums, mandolin |
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| Associated acts | Pearl Jam, Bad Radio, Temple of the Dog, Hovercraft, 7 Worlds Collide, C Average |
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| notable instruments | Fender TelecasterSchecter PT ModelGibson SGGibson SG Jr.Martin 0-18Earnest Instruments Tululele, Custom Ukulele
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Eddie Vedder (born
Edward Louis Severson III; December 23, 1964) is an
American musician and
singer-songwriter who is best known for being the lead singer and one of three
guitarists of the
alternative rock band
Pearl Jam. He is widely considered an
icon of alternative rock.
He is also involved in soundtrack work and contributes to albums by other artists. In 2007, Vedder released his first solo album as a soundtrack for the film ''Into the Wild'' (2007). His second album, ''Ukulele Songs'', along with a live DVD titled ''Water on the Road'', was released on 31 May 2011.
Vedder was born Edward Louis Severson III in the
Chicago suburb of
Evanston,
Illinois, son of Karen Lee Vedder and Edward Louis Severson, Jr. His parents divorced in 1965, when Vedder was one year old. His mother soon remarried a man named Peter Mueller, an attorney, and Vedder was raised believing that Mueller was his biological father. His adopted name became Edward Mueller. While living in Evanston, Vedder's family fostered seven younger children in a group home.
In the mid-1970s, the family, including Vedder's three younger half-brothers, 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 turning to music (as well as basketball) as a source of comfort. He particularly found solace in The Who's 1973 album, ''Quadrophenia''. He said, "When I was around 15 or 16... I felt all alone... I was all alone—except for music." His mother and Mueller divorced when Vedder was in his late teens. His mother and brothers moved back to the Chicago area, but Vedder remained with his stepfather in California so he would not have to change high schools.
It was not until after the divorce that Vedder met Uncle Scott and learned the truth about his parentage, that Mueller was really his stepfather. Vedder had met his biological father briefly as a child, but had believed that Severson was merely an old friend of his parents. By the time Vedder learned the truth, Severson had died of multiple sclerosis. By his senior year at San Dieguito High School, Vedder was on his own, living in an apartment and supporting himself with a nightly job at a drug store in Encinitas. He eventually dropped out of high school in his senior year due to the pressures of balancing school with working. He joined the rest of his family in Chicago, and it was at this time that he changed his name to Eddie Vedder, Vedder being his mother's maiden name.
In the early 1980s, Vedder worked as a waiter, earned his high school GED, and briefly attended a community college near Chicago. In 1984, Vedder returned to San Diego, California, with his girlfriend, Beth Liebling. He kept busy recording demo tapes at his home and working various jobs, including a position as a contracted security guard at the La Valencia Hotel in La Jolla. Vedder had several stints in San Diego area bands, including Surf and Destroy and The Butts. included future Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave drummer Brad Wilk. In 1988, Vedder became the vocalist for the San Diego progressive funk rock band Bad Radio. The music of the original incarnation of the band was influenced by Duran Duran; however, after Vedder joined Bad Radio, the band moved on to a more alternative rock sound influenced by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
After leaving Bad Radio, Vedder was without a band, and throughout the rest of 1990 he worked part-time as a night attendant at a local
gas station. Through the Southern California music scene, Vedder met former Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer
Jack Irons, who became a friend of Vedder and who would play basketball with him. Later in 1990, Irons gave him a demo tape from a band in
Seattle,
Washington that was looking for a singer. He listened to the tape shortly before going
surfing, where lyrics came to him. Vedder wrote lyrics for three of the songs in what he later described as a "mini-opera" entitled ''Momma-Son''. The songs tell the story of a young man who, like Vedder, learns that he had been lied to about his paternity and that his real father is dead, grows up to become a serial killer, and is eventually imprisoned and sentenced to death. Vedder recorded vocals for the three songs, and mailed the demo tape back to Seattle. The three songs would later become Pearl Jam's "
Alive", "
Once", and "
Footsteps".
After hearing Vedder's tape, former Mother Love Bone members Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament invited Vedder to come to Seattle to audition for their new band. They were instantly impressed with his unique sound. At the time, Gossard and Ament were working on the Temple of the Dog project founded by Soundgarden's Chris Cornell as a musical tribute to Mother Love Bone's frontman Andrew Wood, who died of a heroin overdose at age 24. Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron and newcomer Mike McCready were also a part of the project. The song "Hunger Strike" became a duet between Cornell and Vedder. Cornell was having trouble with the vocals at practice, when Vedder stepped in. Cornell later said of Vedder that "he sang half of that song not even knowing that I'd wanted the part to be there and he sang it exactly the way I was thinking about doing it, just instinctively." Vedder would provide background vocals on several other songs as well. In April 1991, ''Temple of the Dog'' was released through A&M; Records.
Pearl Jam was formed in 1990 by Ament, Gossard, and McCready, who then recruited Vedder and drummer
Dave Krusen. The band originally took the name
Mookie Blaylock, but was forced to change it when the band signed to
Epic Records in 1991. After the recording sessions for ''
Ten'' were completed, Krusen left Pearl Jam in May 1991. As his replacement, Chamberlain suggested
Dave Abbruzzese, who joined the group and played the rest of Pearl Jam's live shows supporting the ''Ten'' album.
''Ten'' broke the band into the mainstream, and became one of the best selling alternative albums of the 1990s. The band found itself amidst the sudden popularity and attention given to the Seattle music scene and the genre known as grunge. The single "Jeremy" received Grammy Award nominations for Best Rock Song and Best Hard Rock Performance in 1993. Pearl Jam received four awards at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards for its music video for "Jeremy", including Video of the Year and Best Group Video. ''Ten'' ranks number 207 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and "Jeremy" was ranked number 11 on VH1's list of the 100 greatest songs of the '90s.
left|thumb|Eddie Vedder appeared on the cover of the October 25, 1993 issue of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time'', as part of the feature article discussing the rising popularity of the grunge movement. Vedder had declined to participate, and was upset with the magazine about the cover.]]Following an intense touring schedule, the band went into the studio to record what would become its second studio album, ''Vs.'', released in 1993. Upon its release, ''Vs.'' set the record at the time for most copies of an album sold in a week, and spent five weeks at number one on the ''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 a Duo or Group with Vocal and the song "Go" received a Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance.
Feeling the pressures of success, with much of the burden of Pearl Jam's popularity falling on Vedder, the band decided to decrease the level of promotion for its albums, including refusing to release music videos. Vedder's issue with fame came from what he stated as "what happens when a lot of these people start thinking you can change their lives or save their lives or whatever and create these impossible fuckin' expectations that in the end just start tearing you apart." In 1994, the band began a much-publicized boycott of Ticketmaster, which lasted for three years and limited the band's ability to tour in the United States. During the mid-1990s, Vedder faced what he called a "pretty intense stalker problem." Vedder would refer to the issue in the song "Lukin" from ''No Code''.
Later that same year the band released its third studio album, ''Vitalogy'', which became the band's third straight album to reach multi-platinum status. It was at this time that Vedder began to be featured more on rhythm guitar. Many of the songs on ''Vitalogy'' appear to be based by Vedder around the pressures of fame. The album received Grammy nominations for Album of the Year and Best Rock Album in 1996. ''Vitalogy'' was ranked number 492 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The lead single "Spin the Black Circle" won a Grammy Award in 1996 for Best Hard Rock Performance. Although Abbruzzese performed on the album ''Vitalogy'', he was fired in August 1994, four months before the album was released. The band cited political differences between Abbruzzese and the other members; for example, he disagreed with the Ticketmaster boycott. He was replaced by Jack Irons, a close friend of Vedder and the former and original drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The band subsequently released ''No Code'' in 1996 and ''Yield'' in 1998. In 1998, prior to Pearl Jam's U.S. Yield Tour, Irons left the band due to dissatisfaction with touring. Pearl Jam enlisted former Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron as Irons' replacement on an initially temporary basis, 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 cover of a 1960s ballad made famous by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers. It was released on the band's 1998 fan club Christmas single; however, by popular demand, the cover was released to the public as a single in 1999. "Last Kiss" peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' charts and became the band's highest-charting single.
In 2000, the band released its sixth studio album, ''Binaural'', and initiated a successful and ongoing series of official bootlegs. The band released seventy-two such live albums in 2000 and 2001, and set a record for most albums to debut in the ''Billboard'' 200 at the same time. "Grievance" (from ''Binaural'') received a Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance. The band released its seventh studio album, ''Riot Act'', in 2002. Pearl Jam's contribution to the 2003 film, ''Big Fish'', "Man of the Hour", was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 2004. The band's eighth studio album, the eponymous ''Pearl Jam'', was released in 2006. The band released its ninth studio album, ''Backspacer'', in 2009.
On Pearl Jam records, Vedder uses the pseudonym "Jerome Turner" for his non-musical (usually design and artwork) contributions. He has also at times used the pseudonym of "Wes C. Addle" ("West Seattle").
Vedder has contributed solo material to several soundtracks and compilations, including the soundtracks for the films ''
Dead Man Walking'' (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 contributions to the ''Dead Man Walking''
soundtrack. He covered The Beatles' "
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" for the ''I Am Sam''
soundtrack. Vedder wrote "
Man Of The Hour" that Pearl Jam recorded for Tim Burton's
Big Fish Soundtrack (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 the
supergroup The Million Dollar Bashers, which includes members from
Sonic Youth,
Wilco, and
Bob Dylan's band, covered Dylan's "
All Along the Watchtower" for the biopic film, ''
I'm Not There'' (2007). Pearl Jam recorded a cover version of The Who's song "
Love, Reign o'er Me" for the film ''
Reign Over Me'', which takes its title from the song. In 2010, Vedder recorded a new song, "Better Days", which appeared on the soundtrack to the 2010 film ''
Eat Pray Love''.
Vedder contributed an album's worth of songs to the
soundtrack for the 2007 film, ''
Into the Wild''. The soundtrack was released on September 18, 2007 through
J Records. It includes covers of the
Indio song "Hard Sun" and the
Jerry Hannan song "Society". Vedder said that having to write songs based on a narrative "simplified things." He said, "There were fewer choices. The story was there and the scenes were there." Vedder's songs written for the film feature a
folk sound. Thom Jurek of
Allmusic called the soundtrack a "collection of folksy, rootsy tunes where
rock & roll makes fleeting appearances." Vedder won a
2008 Golden Globe Award for the song "
Guaranteed" from ''Into the Wild''. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his contributions to the film's original score. At the
2008 Grammy Awards, "Guaranteed" received a nomination for
Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. "Guaranteed" was also nominated a 2008
World Soundtrack Award in the category of
Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film. At the
2009 Grammy Awards, "Rise" received a nomination for
Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo.
Vedder promoted the ''Into the Wild'' soundtrack with his first solo tour, which began in April 2008. The April leg of the tour, dubbed the "April Fools Tour", began in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at The Centre on April 2, 2008 and was composed of ten dates focusing on the West Coast of the United States. Vedder continued the tour with a second leg in August 2008 composed 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 the Auditorium Theatre. In June 2009, Vedder followed his 2008 solo tour with another solo tour composed of fourteen dates focusing on the Eastern United States and Hawaii, which began in Albany, New York at the Palace Theatre and continued through to Honolulu at the Hawaii Theatre.
Vedder released his second solo album titled ''
Ukulele Songs'', a collection of original songs and covers performed on the
ukulele, on May 31, 2011. The first single from the album, "Longing to Belong," was released through digital retailers on March 21. A live DVD titled ''
Water on the Road'', featuring live performances from two shows in
Washington, D.C. during Vedder's 2008 solo tour, was released the same day as ''Ukulele Songs''.
In addition to playing with Pearl Jam and Temple of the Dog, Vedder did perform or record with numerous well-known artists. He has appeared on albums by
The Who,
Ramones,
Neil Young,
R.E.M.,
Neil Finn,
Bad Religion,
Mark Seymour,
Cat Power,
Mike Watt,
Fastbacks,
Wellwater Conspiracy,
Jack Irons, and
John Doe, and has also recorded with
The Strokes,
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan,
Supersuckers,
Susan Sarandon, and
Zeke. In the months of June and July 2006, Vedder made live performances jamming with
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, singing on many tracks, including lead vocals on "
The Waiting" and backing vocals on "
American Girl". Vedder performed the songs "
Break on Through (To the Other Side)", "
Light My Fire" and "
Roadhouse Blues" with the remaining members of
The Doors at the 1993 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. He also performed with R.E.M. at the 2007 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. He also performed with
The Stooges at the 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Vedder made a guest appearance at the Ramones' last show on August 6, 1996 at the Palace in Hollywood. Vedder has also performed live on stage with some of the biggest names in music and film including
Pete Townshend,
Paul McCartney,
Rolling Stones,
U2,
Bruce Springsteen,
Robert Plant,
Flea,
Bryan Adams,
Ben Harper,
Jack Johnson,
Roger Daltrey,
Kings of Leon,
Dave Grohl,
Perry Farrell,
Beck,
Sheryl Crow,
Jerry Cantrell,
Andrew Stockdale,
Josh Homme,
Mike Ness,
Neil Young,
Guided By Voices,
Ace Frehley,
Dave Matthews,
Natalie Maines,
Tim Robbins,
Johnny Depp, and many others.
Vedder had a brief acting cameo in the 1992 movie, ''
Singles'', along with Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam. He appeared as himself, playing drums in lead actor
Matt Dillon's backing band, Citizen Dick. He was also interviewed for the 1996 grunge documentary, ''
Hype!'' He appears in the 2003 Ramones documentary, ''
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones''. In 2007, he made a cameo as himself in the comedy film, ''
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story''. He appears in the 2007
Tom Petty documentary, ''
Runnin' Down a Dream'', the 2008 political documentary, ''
Slacker Uprising'', and the 2009
Howard Zinn documentary, ''
The People Speak''. He had a one-scene cameo in the second episode of the second season of the IFC television show Portlandia.
Vedder is known for his outspoken left-wing/liberal social and political views. Discussing his views on current issues in the United States, Vedder said, "People on death row, the treatment of animals, women's right to choose. So much in America is based on religious fundamentalist Christianity. Grow up! This is the modern world!"
In 1992, ''Spin'' printed an article by Vedder, entitled "Reclamation", which detailed his views on abortion. Vedder was outspoken in support of Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader in 2000, and Pearl Jam played a series of concerts on the 2004 Vote for Change tour, supporting the candidacy of John Kerry for U.S. President. Vedder told ''Rolling Stone'' magazine, "I supported Ralph Nader in 2000, but it's a time of crisis. We have to get a new administration in." In 2005, during Pearl Jam's first South American tour, Vedder stated, to the immediate and effusive support from the crowd in Rio de Janeiro, that "next time we come to Brazil, the world will be a better place to live, as George Bush will no longer be the President of the United States." Vedder supported the candidacy of Barack Obama in 2008.
In his spare time, Vedder is a surfer and active in surf-related conservation efforts, most notably The Surfrider Foundation. Vedder shows his support for environmental activism by sporting an Earth First! tattoo on his right calf. The logo is of a monkey wrench crossed with a stone hammer. Vedder is vegetarian.
Vedder was a longtime and outspoken supporter for the Free the West Memphis 3 movement, a cause that advocated the release of three young men who were convicted in 1994 of the gruesome murders of three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas. In an interview with Larry King on December 19, 2007, Damien Echols, who was then on death row for the murders, said that Vedder had been the "greatest friend a person could have" and that he had collaborated with him while in prison. The song "Army Reserve" on Pearl Jam's 2006 self-titled album features a lyrical collaboration between Vedder and Echols. On their August 19, 2011, release, Vedder and Natalie Maines attended the release hearing and arranged a celebration party for them afterwards.
In 2009, Vedder performed in The People Speak a documentary feature film that uses dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries, and speeches of everyday Americans, based on historian Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States”.
Critic Jim DeRogatis describes Vedder's vocals as a "
Jim Morrison-like vocal growl." Greg Prato of ''
Allmusic'' said, "With his hard-hitting and often confessional lyrical style and Jim Morrison-esque baritone, Vedder also became one of the most copied lead singers in all of rock." Vedder has inducted The Doors, Neil Young, the Ramones, and R.E.M. into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and in his induction speeches he has cited them all as influences. Other influences that Vedder has cited include
Bruce Springsteen,
John Mellencamp,
U2,
The Who,
The Jackson 5,
The Beatles,
Frank Zappa,
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers,
Elvis Costello,
Talking Heads,
Sonic Youth,
Fugazi,
Tom Waits,
Huey Lewis,
Bob Dylan,
The Ramones and the
Pixies.
Vedder's lyrical topics range from personal ("Alive", from ''Ten''; "Better Man", from ''Vitalogy'') to social and political concerns ("Even Flow", from ''Ten''; "World Wide Suicide", from ''Pearl Jam''). His lyrics have often invoked the use of storytelling and have included 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 (featured in such songs as "Rearviewmirror", from ''Vs.''; "MFC", from ''Yield''; "Evacuation", from ''Binaural''; and "Gone", from ''Pearl Jam'').
Although best known as a vocalist, Vedder also plays guitar on many Pearl Jam songs, beginning with the ''Vs.'' songs "Rearviewmirror" and "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town". When the band started, Gossard and McCready were clearly designated as rhythm and lead guitarists, respectively. The dynamic began to change when Vedder started to play more rhythm guitar during the ''Vitalogy'' era. McCready said in 2006, "Even though there are three guitars, I think there's maybe more room now. Stone will pull back and play a two-note line and Ed will do a power chord thing, and I fit into all that." Vedder's guitar playing helped the band's sound progress toward a more stripped-down style; the songs "Rearviewmirror" and "Corduroy" (from ''Vitalogy'') feature Vedder's raw, punk-influenced guitar playing. As he had more influence on the band's sound, Vedder sought to make the band's musical output less catchy. He said, "I felt that with more popularity, we were going to be crushed, our heads were going to pop like grapes." He has also contributed performances on the ukulele, harmonica, accordion, and electric sitar to various Pearl Jam recordings. In 2012 his popular black Fender Telecaster was featured in a painting by modern artist Karl Haglund.
'Weird Al' Yankovic wrote the song "My Baby's in Love with Eddie Vedder" for his album ''Running with Scissors''.
Throughout Pearl Jam's career, Vedder has engaged in interactivity with the crowd during the band's concerts. Early in Pearl Jam's existence, Vedder and the band became known for their intense live performances. Vedder participated in
stage diving as well as
crowd surfing. During the early part of Pearl Jam's career, Vedder was known to climb the stage lighting rig and hang from the stage roof. Looking back at this time, Vedder said, "It's hard for us to watch early performances, even though that's when people think we were on fire and young. Playing music for as long as I had been playing music and then getting a shot at making a record and at having an audience and stuff, it's just like an untamed force...a different kind of energy. And I find it kind of hard to watch those early performances because it's so just fucking, semi-testosterone-fueled or whatever. But it didn't come from jock mentality. It came from just being let out of the gates."
Vedder began incorporating social commentary and political criticism into his lyrics and performances early in his career with Pearl Jam. He usually comments on politics between songs, often to criticize U.S. foreign policy. During Pearl Jam's 1992 appearance on ''MTV Unplugged'', Vedder stood atop his stool, took out a marker pen, and wrote "PRO-CHOICE" down his arm in large letters when the band performed the song "Porch". During Pearl Jam's 2007 Lollapalooza headlining show, Vedder and the band played a song telling the crowd in Chicago to boycott the oil company B.P. Amoco because they had been polluting Lake Michigan.
Vedder's first marriage was to longtime girlfriend
Beth Liebling. The couple were married in
Rome on June 3, 1994. Vedder briefly served as the drummer for Liebling's instrumental
experimental rock band
Hovercraft in the mid-1990s, going by the stage name Jerome230. Vedder and Liebling divorced in September 2000 after a 6-year marriage.
Vedder married model Jill McCormick on September 18, 2010. They have two daughters, Olivia (born June 11, 2004) and Harper (born September 23, 2008).
Vedder attended San Dieguito High School, now called San Dieguito Academy. Vedder donated proceeds from a 2006 Pearl Jam concert in San Diego toward the construction of a theater for the school in the name of his former drama teacher, Clayton E. Liggett. Liggett was Vedder's mentor in high school. Vedder wrote the song "Long Road" (from ''Merkin Ball'') upon hearing of Liggett's death in 1995.
Vedder is a friend of The Who guitarist Pete Townshend and former Audioslave and current Soundgarden frontman, Chris Cornell. Townshend discouraged Vedder from retiring in 1993. In late 2007, Vedder wrote the foreword to a 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 U.S. in October 2008. Vedder was a close friend of the late Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone, with Vedder being at his side when he died. Since Ramone's death, Vedder and Pearl Jam have played the Ramones' "I Believe in Miracles" regularly at live shows. While driving home from Ramone's funeral, Vedder wrote the lyrics for the Pearl Jam song "Life Wasted" (from ''Pearl Jam''). He is also a friend of famed surfers Kelly Slater, Laird Hamilton, and fellow musicians Jack Johnson and Ben Harper. He was featured with Laird Hamilton in an episode of the documentary series ''Iconoclasts'' in 2006. While surfing with Tim Finn in New Zealand on March 25, 1995, Vedder was carried off the coast and had to be rescued by lifeguards. He also has paddled outrigger canoes on occasion and in 2005 was nearly lost at sea trying to paddle from Moloka'i to Oahu.
Vedder is a Chicago Bulls and Chicago Bears fan and a long-time, die-hard fan of the Chicago Cubs.Vedder also became a fan of the Seattle SuperSonics while he was living in Seattle, and could be spotted at Key Arena many nights attending Sonics games. He is friends with several Chicago sports figures, including former White Sox pitcher Jack McDowell, former Bulls player Dennis Rodman, former Blackhawks player Chris Chelios and Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood. Vedder occasionally wears a Walter Payton jersey while performing onstage. Vedder was wearing a White Sox hat given to him by McDowell during Pearl Jam's 1992 ''Saturday Night Live'' and ''MTV Unplugged'' appearances. In November 1993, Vedder and McDowell were involved in a bar room brawl 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 the "Hail, Hail" single) is about the Rodman/Michael Jordan/Phil Jackson-era Chicago Bulls teams. The middle of the song features a voice-mail message Rodman left for Vedder asking Vedder to return his call. Vedder sang the national anthem before the third game of the 1998 NBA Finals in Chicago, and has sung "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" at five Cubs games since 1998. In 2007, a few days before performing with Pearl Jam in Chicago for Lollapalooza, he threw out the first pitch at Wrigley Field, the home of the Cubs. Vedder wrote a song at the request of former Cubs shortstop and first baseman Ernie Banks paying tribute to the Cubs called "All the Way". On September 18, 2008, the song was made available for digital download via Pearl Jam's official website for US$0.99.
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| rowspan="2" | 1993 |
''MTV Video Music Awards'' | | performer* |
Animal (Pearl Jam song)>Animal" and "Rockin' in the Free World" with Neil Young** |
September 2, 1993
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| ''The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration | Bob Dylan: 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration'' |
performer | | Masters of War" with Mike McCready and "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" with entire musical ensemble>ensemble (tribute concert for Bob Dylan) |
October 16, 1993
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| rowspan="3" | 1994 |
''24 Hours in Rock and Roll'' | | himself |
MTV documentary television>documentary about one day in the life of rock and roll |
March 13, 1994
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| ''Headbangers Ball'' |
himself | | "Kurt Cobain Tribute Special" (season 8, episode 3) |
April ?, 1994
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| ''Saturday Night Live'' |
performer* | | songs: "Not for You" and "Rearviewmirror" (season 19, episode 18) |
April 16, 1994
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| rowspan="3" | 1996 |
''Late Show with David Letterman'' | | performer |
Black (Pearl Jam song)>Black" with Paul Shaffer & the CBS Orchestra |
February 27, 1996
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| ''38th Grammy Awards'' |
himself | | Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance>Best Hard Rock Performance for the song, "Spin the Black Circle"^ |
February 28, 1996
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| ''Late Night with David Letterman'' |
performer* | | songs: "Hail, Hail" and "Leaving Here" |
September 20, 1996
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| rowspan="2" | 1998 |
''Late Night with David Letterman'' | | performer* |
Wishlist (song)>Wishlist" |
May 1, 1998
|
| ''Late Night with David Letterman'' |
himself | | ''Behind the Music'' parody about Paul Shaffer |
May 21, 1998
|
| 1999 |
''Late Night with David Letterman'' | | performer |
Heart to Hang Onto" and "Magic Bus (song)>Magic Bus" with Pete Townshend |
July 28, 1999
|
| 2000 |
''Late Night with David Letterman'' | | performer* |
Grievance (song)>Grievance" |
April 20, 2000
|
| 2001 |
''America: A Tribute to Heroes'' | | performer |
Long Road (song)>Long Road" with Mike McCready & Neil Young and "America the Beautiful" with Willie Nelson, et al. (benefit concert for the victims of the September 11 attacks) |
September 21, 2001
|
| rowspan="2" | 2002 |
''Late Show with David Letterman'' | | performer* |
song: "I Am Mine" |
November 14, 2002
|
| ''Late Show with David Letterman'' |
performer* | | song: "Save You" |
November 15, 2002
|
| rowspan="2" | 2004 |
''Late Show with David Letterman'' | | performer* |
song: "Masters of War" |
September 30, 2004
|
| ''National Anthem: Inside the Vote for Change Concert Tour'' |
performer* | | Vote for Change finale concert and tour documentary |
October 11, 2004
|
| rowspan="4" | 2006 |
''Saturday Night Live'' | | performer* |
World Wide Suicide" and "Severed Hand (song)>Severed Hand" (season 31, episode 16) |
April 15, 2006
|
| ''Late Show with David Letterman'' |
performer* | | song: "Life Wasted" |
May 4, 2006
|
| ''VH1 Storytellers | VH1 Storytellers: Pearl Jam'' |
performer* | | (season 9, episode 1) |
July 1, 2006
|
| ''Iconoclasts (TV series) | Iconoclasts'' |
himself | | "Eddie Vedder & Laird Hamilton" (season 2, episode 1) |
October 26, 2006
|
| 2008 |
''VH1 Rock HonorsVH1 Rock Honors: The Who'' || | performer* |
Love, Reign o'er Me" and "The Real Me (The Who song)>The Real Me" (tribute ceremony for The Who) |
July 17, 2008
|
| rowspan="2" | 2009 |
''Pearl Jam: Ten Revisited'' | | himself |
VH1 Classic documentary about Pearl Jam's debut album, ''Ten (Pearl Jam album)>Ten'' |
March 22, 2009
|
| ''Kennedy Center Honors | The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts'' |
performer | | song: "My City of Ruins" with gospel choir (tribute ceremony for Bruce Springsteen) |
December 29, 2009
|
| rowspan="2" | 2011 |
''Late Show with David Letterman'' | | performer |
Without You (Eddie Vedder song)>Without You" |
June 20, 2011
|
| ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'' |
performer | | song: "Balls in Your Mouth" with Jimmy Fallon & The Roots |
September 8, 2011
|
| 2012 |
''Portlandia (TV series)Portlandia'' || | himself |
"One Moore Episode" (season 2, episode 2) |
January 13, 2012
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*denotes performance with Pearl Jam
**note: "Animal" performed with Pearl Jam and "Rockin' in the Free World" performed with Neil Young & Pearl Jam
^note: In the acceptance speech, Eddie notoriously states, "I don't know what this means, I don't think it means anything."
| Award !! style="width:30px;" | Year !! Nominated work !! Category !! Result |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards |
style="text-align:center;" |
"Guaranteed (Eddie Vedder song)Guaranteed" from ''Into the Wild'' || | Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Song>Best Song |
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| SIMA Waterman's Honorees |
style="text-align:center;" 2007 || | Eddie Vedder |
Environmentalist of the Year |
|
| rowspan="2" | Golden Globe Awards |
rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" 2008 || | "Guaranteed" from ''Into the Wild'' |
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song>Best Original Song |
|
| ''Into the Wild'' (with Michael Brook and Kaki King) |
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score>Best Original Score |
| rowspan="2" | Grammy Awards |
style="text-align:center;" 2008 || | "Guaranteed" from ''Into the Wild'' |
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media>Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media |
|
| style="text-align:center;" | 2009 |
"Rise" | | Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo>Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo |
|
| Woodie Awards | mtvU Woodie Awards |
style="text-align:center;" 2008 || | Eddie Vedder |
The Good Woodie |
|
| Satellite Awards |
style="text-align:center;" 2007 || | "Rise" from ''Into the Wild'' |
Satellite Award for Best Original Song>Best Original Song |
|
| Online Film Critics Society | Online Film Critics Society Awards |
style="text-align:center;" 2008 || | ''Into the Wild'' (with Michael Brook and Kaki King) |
Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Score>Best Original Score |
|
| World Soundtrack Academy | World Soundtrack Awards |
style="text-align:center;" 2008 || | "Guaranteed" from ''Into the Wild'' |
World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film>Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film |
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