Eddie Vedder is shaping up to be the Neil Young of his generation. Vedder sang the song better than Young ever could, and the crowd sat silent with jaws dropped and goose bumps forming. It was a moment. We were no longer witnessing the Eddie Vedder who hangs from scaffolding and dives into crowds. We were instead witnessing Eddie Vedder the accomplished, adult musician.
As he tuned his guitar, Vedder joked how he felt like his young children, blocking out completely what others ask him to do. Another time during the evening, he did ask people to stop taking photos as it just looked like wild fire flies going off to him. Benaroya had a strict anti-photo policy on this evening. It was difficult as I was in the second row and I wanted to be able to look back on the experience with a photo; however it seemed respectful to honor his request.
Vedder felt like an amp had gone out about halfway through the song and he stopped it dead in its tracks. He debated re-starting the song somewhere in the middle but when he asked the crowd if they wanted the song to start over fresh from the start, of course they said yes! The film will have an accompanying soundtrack album and book. Nicole Brodeur: or nbrodeur seattletimes. Show caption. By Nicole Brodeur. Nicole Brodeur : nbrodeur seattletimes. Getting in touch for media inquiries You will want to get in touch with the press team of Eddie Vedder.
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And surely enough, Vedder has proven to be someone who remembers those who have helped him in the past. One notable incident? Back in the early s, according to Rolling Stone , Vedder and five other people went sailing between Maui and Molokai, only to see their canoe get overturned. While half of them were able to get back aboard after a broken mast righted the boat, the paddles were lost, and before Vedder and two others could climb back on, a powerful wind pushed the boat too far away.
Luckily, a local man named Keith Baxter, and his daughter Ashley, happened to be nearby: Ashley heard the stranded group's voices, and the Baxters were able to save their lives. Vedder never forgot this. In , he told the story at a concert, dedicated "Future Days" to her, and then brought Ashley Baxter out before the crowd. Three years later, he found out that Keith Baxter had been in a terrible boating accident, leaving his leg nearly severed, and that the man was now unable to afford the medical treatments needed to save him from infection.
Much of nineties grunge, as everyone knows, came from a place of deep, personal pain. Sadly, for many artists, the combination of depression and sudden, overwhelming fame has often led to drug abuse. Kurt Cobain's struggle with heroin remains one of the most notable examples. Eddie Vedder, unlike most of his peers, never fit into this scene, as pointed out by the Washington Post. That certainly doesn't mean that he had an easier time than others, as seen in an Alternative Nation article where he describes his past struggles with depression, but hard drugs simply haven't been something he ever really turned to.
Though heroin use was rampant among the music community at the time, as Stone Gossard told the Sydney Morning Herald , Pearl Jam stopped doing drugs pretty early on. As for Vedder, specifically, he swore off these substances as a teenager, according to the Los Angeles Times , and while he certainly isn't straight edge — in a interview, he said he drank about as much as the average person does — he has never seemed to have any problems with addiction or substance abuse.
It's not easy keeping a band together. By their nature, bands tend to be chaotic. Keeping harmony in the average group of people can get stressful, and those stresses only escalate when said people are passionate artists who each have their own idea about what the band's meaning is. It's no wonder that you can name just about any major band, and there will be a tragic breakup story somewhere along the lines, whether it's the Beatles, Oasis, or Sting leaving The Police.
Pearl Jam, though, is different, and this was demonstrated when the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as reported by Rolling Stone. While the initial inclusion of longtime drummer Matt Cameron alongside Vedder, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, and Mike McCready didn't surprise anyone, as well as the inclusion of "Ten" drummer Dave Krusen, Vedder and his bandmates also didn't want any other former drummers to feel left out.
So, they made a point to publicly invite the other three drummers from the band's history — Dave Abbruzzese, Matt Chamberlain, and Jack Irons — to the induction ceremony. If there's one thing that Eddie Vedder is — besides, you know, a musician, and an activist — it's a thrill seeker. Back in the day, Vedder was known for doing things like climbing up girders or jumping into the sea off cliffs, according to the Sydney Morning Herald , earning him the nickname of "Crazy Eddie" from the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Perhaps his favorite thrill of all, though, is to be out in the ocean, beneath the sun, riding a nice wave.
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