Eddie Vedder#Musical style and influences

Vedder was born Edward Louis Severson III on December 23, 1964, in Evanston, Illinois, to Karen Lee Vedder and Edward Louis Severson Jr.{{cite web |url=http://www.vedders.nl/index.html |title=Genealogieën van diverse families Vedder en Vedders |publisher=vedders.nl |access-date=January 28, 2018}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wargs.com/other/severson.html |title=Ancestry of Eddie Vedder |website=Wargs.com |access-date=December 8, 2011}} His parents divorced in 1965 when Vedder was an infant. His mother soon married Peter Mueller. Vedder was raised believing that Mueller was his biological father, and he went by the name Edward Mueller for a time.Hinckley, David. [http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1999/08/10/1999-08-10_eddie_vedder_on_the_record_p.html "Eddie Vedder on the Record: Pearl Jam's Private Front Man Opens Up About Rock Stardom and Where His Music Is Heading"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224192629/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1999/08/10/1999-08-10_eddie_vedder_on_the_record_p.html |date=February 24, 2009 }}. New York Daily News. August 10, 1999. Vedder's ancestry includes Dutch, German, English, and Danish on his mother's side (Vedder) and Norwegian on his father's side (Severson).

While living in Evanston, Vedder's family fostered seven younger children in a group home.Greene, Jo-Ann. [http://www.fivehorizons.com/archive/articles/gm082093_2.shtml "Intrigue and Incest: Pearl Jam and the Secret History of Seattle" (Part 2)]. Goldmine. August 20, 1993. In the mid-1970s, the family, including Vedder's three younger half-brothers, moved to San Diego County, California.{{Cite web |last=Vedder |first=Eddie |title=Eddie Vedder {{!}} San Diego Reader |url=https://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/eddie-vedder/ |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=www.sandiegoreader.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Lott-Schwartz • • |first=Hannah |date=2016-02-23 |title=Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder Schools His Encinitas Alma Mater |url=https://www.nbcsandiego.com/in-your-neighborhood/pearl-jam-frontman-surprises-students/2020201/ |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=NBC 7 San Diego |language=en-US}} Vedder received a guitar from his mother on his 12th birthday, and began turning to music and surfing as a source of comfort. He especially found solace in The Who's 1973 album, Quadrophenia.Kot, Greg. [http://www.fivehorizons.com/archive/articles/ct070995.shtml "Rebels With a Cause"]. Chicago Tribune. July 9, 1995. He said, "When I was around 15 or 16...I was all alone—except for music."{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-05-01-ca-52475-story.html |title=He Didn't Ask for All This |access-date=April 25, 2009 | author=Hilburn, Robert |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=May 1, 1994}} 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 did not have to change schools.

After the divorce, Vedder learned the truth about his parentage and that Mueller was really his stepfather, not his father, an incident that later inspired the song "Alive". Vedder met his biological father briefly as a child, but was led to believe that Severson was merely an old friend of his parents. By the time Vedder learned the truth, Severson had died of multiple sclerosis. During his senior year at San Dieguito High School, Vedder moved out to live in an apartment and supported himself with a nightly job at a drug store in Encinitas. Because of the pressure of work and school, Vedder dropped out of high school. He joined the rest of his family in the Chicago area, and changed his last name to Vedder, his mother's maiden name.

In the early 1980s, while working as a waiter, Vedder earned his high school GED from Oakton Community College.Macdonald, Patrick. [https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19931205/1735442/the-most-popular-band-in-the-world----after-screaming-their-way-to-the-top-of-the-rock-world-pearl-jam-and-a-silent-eddie-vedder-are-headed-home-to-seattle "The Most Popular Band In The World – After Screaming Their Way To The Top Of The Rock World, Pearl Jam And A Silent Eddie Vedder Are Headed Home To Seattle"]. The Seattle Times. December 5, 1993.

In 1984, Vedder returned to San Diego with his girlfriend Beth Liebling and his friend Frank. While living in the San Diego area, Vedder recorded demo tapes at his home and worked various jobs, including as a contracted security guard at the La Valencia Hotel in La Jolla.Donoho, Ron. [http://www.sandiegomagazine.com/media/San-Diego-Magazine/February-2001/La-Valencia-Hotel/ "La Valencia Hotel"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724040157/http://www.sandiegomagazine.com/media/San-Diego-Magazine/February-2001/La-Valencia-Hotel/ |date=July 24, 2011 }}. San Diego Magazine. February 2001. Vedder had several stints in San Diego area bands, including Surf and Destroy and the Butts. One of those bands, called Indian Style,Cross, Alan. [http://www.ongoinghistory.com/oghonm/ongoing_history_of_new_music.cfm?rem=23211&pge=1&arc=2 "Alt-Rock's Greatest Rhythm Sections – Seg. 2"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206031010/http://www.ongoinghistory.com/oghonm/ongoing_history_of_new_music.cfm?rem=23211&pge=1&arc=2 |date=December 6, 2008 }}. ongoinghistory.com. included future Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave drummer Brad Wilk.Bad Radio – I BelievePatrick. [https://web.archive.org/web/20031230213125/http://www.digital-noise.net/interviews/audioslave.php "IntBad Radio – I Believeerview with Brad Wilk, Drummer for Audioslave"]. digital-noise.net. 2003.

In 1988, Vedder became the vocalist for Bad Radio, a San Diego–based progressive funk rock band. The band's original incarnation was influenced by Duran Duran; however, after Vedder joined, the band moved to a more alternative rock sound influenced in part by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.Colapinto, John. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080328043111/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5937954/cover_story_pearl_jams_mystery_man/2 "Pearl Jam's Mystery Man"]. Rolling Stone. November 28, 1996.

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In the 1980s, Vedder worked part time as a night clerk at a local gas station.Farley, Christopher John. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081014224955/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1825138,00.html "Rock's Anxious Rebels"]. Time. October 25, 1993. Through the Southern California music scene, Vedder met former Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons, who became a friend and would play basketball with him.Wall, Mick. "Alive". Nirvana and the Story of Grunge. Q p. 95 Later in 1990, Irons gave him the demo tape of a Seattle band looking for a singer. Vedder listened to the tape shortly before going surfing, where lyrics came to him.{{cite magazine | last = Crowe | first = Cameron | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pearl-jam-five-against-the-world-19931028 | title = Five Against the World | magazine = Rolling Stone | date = October 28, 1993 | access-date = June 23, 2007 }} He 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 later said that Vedder "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."{{cite web|title=KISW 99.9 FM: Seattle, Radio Interview by Damon Stewart in The New Music Hour with Chris Cornell, Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard|author=Nicholls, Justin|publisher=Fivehorizons.com|url=http://www.fivehorizons.com/archive/articles/radio041491.shtml|access-date=October 3, 2007|date=April 14, 1991}}

Vedder also provided background vocals on several other Temple of the Dog songs. In April 1991, Temple of the Dog was released by A&M Records. "Hunger Strike" became Temple of the Dog's breakout single; it was also Vedder's first featured vocal on a record.{{cite magazine|title=Chris Cornell: Inside Soundgarden, Audioslave Singer's Final Days|magazine=Rolling Stone|author=David Fricke|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/chris-cornell-david-fricke-on-soundgarden-singer-final-days-w484560|access-date=May 30, 2017|date=May 29, 2017}} "I really like hearing that song. I feel like I could be real proud of it – because one, I didn't write it, and two, it was such a nice way to be ushered onto vinyl for the first time. I'm indebted to Chris (Cornell) time eternal for being invited onto that track", Vedder said in 2009.{{cite book

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Pearl Jam, initially called Mookie Blaylock after the former National Basketball Association player of the same name, was formed in 1990 by Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, and Mike McCready, who then recruited Vedder as lead singer but hired and fired three different drummers.The three early drummers were: Dave Krusen until May 1991 followed by Matt Chamberlain for a few shows and the "Alive" video followed by Dave Abbruzzese.{{cite magazine | url=https://pearljamhistory.no.sapo.pt/PJArticles_Interviews_12-xx-93_-_modern_drummer.htm | title=Dave Abbruzzese of Pearl Jam | access-date=July 1, 2007 | author=Peiken, Matt | magazine=Modern Drummer | date=December 1993 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721191329/http://pearljamhistory.no.sapo.pt/PJArticles_Interviews_12-xx-93_-_modern_drummer.htm | archive-date=July 21, 2011 | df=mdy-all }} The band was forced to change its name when they signed to Epic Records in 1991, becoming Pearl Jam, and instead naming their debut album Ten after Blaylock's jersey number.

Ten became one of the best-selling albums of the 1990s, being certified 13× Platinum. The single "Jeremy" received Grammy Award nominations for Best Rock Song and Best Hard Rock Performance in 1993.{{cite news |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19930107/1678641/clapton-tops-list-of-grammy-nominations |title=Clapton Tops List of Grammy Nominations |newspaper=The Seattle Times |access-date=August 3, 2008 |date=January 7, 1993 |archive-date=May 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519101016/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19930107&slug=1678641 |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite web| url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1993/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828202646/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1993/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=August 28, 2008 |title=1993 Video Music Awards |publisher=MTV.com |access-date=August 2, 2008}} Ten ranks number 209 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time,{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/ |title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time |date=May 31, 2012 |access-date=May 26, 2020 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} and "Jeremy" was ranked number 11 on VH1's list of the 100 greatest songs of the '90s.{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/127759/episode_featured_copy.jhtml |publisher=VH1 |title=VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the '90s |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216020506/http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/127759/episode_featured_copy.jhtml |archive-date=December 16, 2007|url-status=dead |access-date=May 26, 2020}}

Following an intense touring schedule, the band recorded its second studio album, Vs., which was released in 1993. Upon its release, Vs. set the record at the time for most copies of an album sold in a week,{{cite magazine | url=https://ew.com/article/1993/11/19/pearls-jam/| title=Pearl's Jam | access-date=November 9, 2019 | magazine=Entertainment Weekly | date=November 19, 1993 | first=Nisid | last=Hajari}} and spent five weeks at number one on the Billboard 200. Vs. was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album in 1995.{{cite news

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| access-date = August 2, 2008}} 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.{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE2DD113CF935A15751C0A963958260 |title=POP VIEW; Playing Grammy Roulette |newspaper=The New York Times |author=Pareles, Jon |access-date=August 3, 2008 | date=February 26, 1995}}

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.Ashare, Matt. "The Sweet Smell of (Moderate) Success". CMJ. July 2000. 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."Jones, Allan. "I'm Not Your Fuckin' Messiah". Melody Maker. May 21, 1994. 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.DeRogatis, Jim. Milk It!: Collected Musings on the Alternative Music Explosion of the 90's. Cambridge: Da Capo, 2003. {{ISBN|0-306-81271-1}}, pg. 58 Vedder faced what he called a "pretty intense stalker problem" during the mid-1990s. Vedder would refer to the issue in the song "Lukin" from No Code.{{cite web|author1=Eric Weisbard |author2=Jessica Letkemann |author3=Ann Powers |author4=Chris Norris |author5=William Van Meter |author6=Will Hermes|url=http://www.fivehorizons.com/archive/articles/spin801.shtml|title=Ten Past Ten|work=Spin|date=August 2001}}

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. On the album, Vedder was featured more extensively on rhythm guitar, and also provided back up vocals and some drumming. The pressure of fame is a common theme of Vedder's songs on the album.Weisel, Al. "Pearl Jam: Vitalogy". Rolling Stone. December 15, 1994. p. 91–92. The album received Grammy nominations for Album of the Year and Best Rock Album in 1996.{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E05EFDA1239F936A35752C0A960958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |title=New Faces in Grammy Nominations |newspaper=The New York Times |author=Strauss, Neil |access-date=August 3, 2008 | date=January 5, 1996}} Vitalogy was ranked 485th 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 Dave 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.{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pearljam/articles/story/5928493/off_he_goes | title=Off He Goes | access-date=June 28, 2007 | author=Fischer, Blair R | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=April 17, 1998 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002115935/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pearljam/articles/story/5928493/off_he_goes | archive-date=October 2, 2007 | url-status=dead }} Pearl Jam enlisted former Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron as Irons' replacement on an initially temporary basis, but he soon became the permanent replacement for Irons. "Do the Evolution" (from Yield) received a Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance.{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/specials/1999/grammys/bigpicture.html |title=41st annual Grammy nominees and winners |publisher=CNN.com |access-date=August 3, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080613094347/http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/specials/1999/grammys/bigpicture.html |archive-date = June 13, 2008}} Vedder described Pearl Jam's approach in 1998, saying "We've had the luxury of writing our own job description...and that description has basically been cut down to just one line: make music."Robinson, John. "It's Getting Vedder (Man!)". NME. January 17, 1998.

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.{{cite web|url=http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12055527 |title=Pearl Jam Breaks Its Own Chart Record |access-date=June 28, 2007 |author=Davis, Darren |publisher=Yahoo! Music |date=March 7, 2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060912100129/http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12055527 |archive-date=September 12, 2006 }} "Grievance" (from Binaural) received a Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance.{{cite web| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1439384/20010214/pearl_jam.jhtml | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010223215253/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1439384/20010214/pearl_jam.jhtml | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 23, 2001 |title=Pearl Jam DVD Compiles Tour Footage |publisher=MTV.com |author=Moss, Corey |access-date=August 3, 2008}} The band released its seventh studio album, Riot Act, in 2002. Pearl Jam's contribution to the 2003 film Big Fish, titled "Man of the Hour," was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 2004.{{cite web| url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/nominations/year/2003 |title=Golden Globes Nominations & Winners |publisher=goldenglobes.org |access-date=February 20, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080201120641/http://www.goldenglobes.org/nominations/year/2003 |archive-date = February 1, 2008}} The band's eighth studio album, the self-titled Pearl Jam, was released in 2006. The band released its ninth studio album, Backspacer, in 2009, its tenth studio album, Lightning Bolt, in 2013, its eleventh studio album, Gigaton, in 2020, and its twelfth studio album, Dark Matter, in 2024.

Vedder uses the pseudonym "Jerome Turner" on Pearl Jam records for his non-musical contributions{{Cite magazine |date=February 9, 2015 |title=Grammy Awards 2015: The Complete Winners List |url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/grammy-awards-2015-the-complete-winners-list-584/ |magazine=Rolling Stone}} such as design and artwork.{{Cite web |title=Jerome Turner - Credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jerome-turner-mn0001827253/credits |website=All Music}} He has also used the pseudonym "Wes C. Addle" ("West Seattle").{{Cite magazine |date=August 2001 |title=Reviews - Wellwater Conspiracy: The Scroll And Its Combinations |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kioEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA92 |magazine=CMJ New Music Monthly |page=92}}

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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.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0879870/|title=Eat Pray Love (2010)|author=aawhitham|date=August 13, 2010|work=IMDb}}{{cite web|url=http://pearljam.com/news/new-eddie-vedder-track-better-days-be-eat-pray-love-soundtrack |title=New Eddie Vedder track, Better Days to be on Eat Pray Love Soundtrack |access-date=June 18, 2010 |work=pearljam.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619235056/http://www.pearljam.com/news/new-eddie-vedder-track-better-days-be-eat-pray-love-soundtrack |archive-date=June 19, 2010}} Vedder contributed original music for the soundtrack to the 2021 film Flag Day, which also featured the musical debut of Vedder's daughter Olivia on lead vocals in the first single, "My Father’s Daughter", written by Vedder and Glen Hansard.{{Cite web |date=August 16, 2021 |title=Eddie Vedder's Daughter Olivia Makes Vocal Debut on 'Flag Day' Soundtrack |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/falg-day-soundtrack-eddie-vedder-daughter-olivia-1235042088/ |website=Variety}}

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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".Cohen, Jonathan. [https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1051139/vedder-goes-solo-for-into-the-wild-soundtrack "Vedder Goes Solo For 'Into The Wild' Soundtrack"]. Billboard. July 4, 2007. 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."Cohen, Jonathan. [https://www.reuters.com/article/musicNews/idUSN2638530120071027?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0 "Q&A: Penn, Vedder go where the "Wild" things are"]. Reuters. October 26, 2007. 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."Jurek, Thom. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1205099|pure_url=yes}} "Into the Wild"]. AllMusic. Vedder won a 2008 Golden Globe Award for the song "Guaranteed" from Into the Wild.{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/nominations/year/2007 |title=65th Golden Globe Awards Nominations & Winners |access-date=January 13, 2008 |publisher=goldenglobes.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120524113041/http://www.goldenglobes.org/nominations/year/2007 |archive-date=May 24, 2012 }} He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his contributions to the film's original score.Cohen, Jonathan. [https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1047053/vedder-shakira-snag-golden-globe-music-nods "Vedder, Shakira Snag Golden Globe Music Nods"]. Billboard. December 13, 2007. At the 2008 Grammy Awards, "Guaranteed" received a nomination for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.Futterman, Erica. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071207223346/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/12/06/bizarro-grammys-the-white-stripes-usbs-gerard-ways-mcr-packaging-flaming-lips-surround-sound/ "Bizarro Grammys: The White Stripes' USBs, Gerard Way's MCR Packaging, Flaming Lips' Surround Sound"]. Rolling Stone. December 6, 2007. "Guaranteed" was also nominated a 2008 World Soundtrack Award in the category of Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsoundtrackacademy.com/news2.cgi?go=detail&id=601&lang=en |title=Nominees World Soundtrack Awards 2008 announced |website=Worldsoundtrackawards.com |access-date=August 20, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125112911/http://www.worldsoundtrackacademy.com/news2.cgi?go=detail&id=601&lang=en |archive-date=January 25, 2009 }} At the 2009 Grammy Awards, "Rise" received a nomination for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo.{{cite web|url=http://content.grammy.com/grammy_awards/51st_show/list.aspx |title=The 51st Grammy Awards Nominations List |publisher=grammy.com |access-date=December 3, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205000233/http://content.grammy.com/grammy_awards/51st_show/list.aspx |archive-date=December 5, 2008 |url-status=dead }}

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.Reuters. [https://ew.com/article/2008/02/19/eddie-vedder-start-first-solo-tour-april/ "Eddie Vedder to Start Solo Tour"]. Entertainment Weekly. February 15, 2008.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-apr-04-et-vedder4-story.html|title=It's a lot to live up to: The Pearl Jam frontman opens his first solo tour with an intimate yet powerful performance in Vancouver|access-date=September 20, 2008|date=April 4, 2008|work=Los Angeles Times|author=Powers, Ann}} Vedder continued the tour with a second leg in August 2008 composed of fourteen dates focusing on the East Coast and Canada.Cohen, Jonathan. [https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1044913/eddie-vedder-plots-east-coast-solo-tour "Eddie Vedder Plots East Coast Solo Tour"]. Billboard. July 2, 2008. The second leg of the tour began in Boston, Massachusetts at the Boston Opera House and ended in Chicago, Illinois at the Auditorium Theatre.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/07/02/tour-tracker-eddie-vedder-goo-goo-dolls-and-alice-cooper/ |title=Tour Tracker: Eddie Vedder, Goo Goo Dolls and Alice Cooper |access-date=September 20, 2008 |date=July 2, 2008 |publisher=RealNetworks |magazine=Rolling Stone |author=Kreps, Daniel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080802164724/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/07/02/tour-tracker-eddie-vedder-goo-goo-dolls-and-alice-cooper/ |archive-date=August 2, 2008 |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.pearljam.com/news/ed-vedder-tour-announcement-presale-info |title=Ed Vedder Tour Announcement + Presale Info |access-date=April 8, 2009 |date=April 8, 2009 |publisher=pearljam.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090613005125/http://www.pearljam.com/news/ed-vedder-tour-announcement-presale-info |archive-date=June 13, 2009 }}

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 September 2021, Vedder released the single "Long Way",{{cite web|url=https://pearljam.com/news/new-eddie-vedder-singles-long-way-the-haves |title=New Eddie Vedder Singles "Long Way" & "The Haves" |work=Pearl Jam |access-date=September 8, 2021}} taken from his third studio album Earthling.{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/pearl-jams-eddie-vedder-shares-new-single-long-way-from-upcoming-solo-album-earthling/ |title=Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder shares new single, Long Way, from upcoming solo album Earthling |work=Kerrang |access-date=September 8, 2021}} This was followed by "The Haves" on November 18, 2021,{{Cite web|title=Pearl Jam - New Eddie Vedder Album & Single 'The Haves'|url=https://pearljam.com/news/new-eddie-vedder-album-single|access-date=January 15, 2022|website=pearljam.com}} and "Brother the Cloud" on January 14, 2022.{{Cite web|title=Pearl Jam -|url=https://pearljam.com/news/brother-the-cloud-lyric-video|access-date=January 15, 2022|website=pearljam.com}} "Long Way" and "The Haves" have been released as a limited edition 7" vinyl.{{Cite web|title=Pearl Jam - New Eddie Vedder Singles|url=https://pearljam.com/news/new-eddie-vedder-singles-long-way-the-haves|access-date=2022-01-15|website=pearljam.com}} To tour the album, Vedder assembled a backing band dubbed "The Earthlings", which includes Glen Hansard on rhythm guitar and backing vocals, Josh Klinghoffer on guitar, keyboard and vocals, Chad Smith on drums, Chris Chaney on bass, and guitarist Andrew Watt. Watt also produced the album.{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/eddie-vedder-2022-u-s-tour-the-earthlings-1265238/|title=Eddie Vedder Announces 2022 U.S. Tour With New Band the Earthlings|publisher=Rolling Stone|date=December 1, 2021|first=Andy|last=Greene}}

In addition to playing with Pearl Jam and Temple of the Dog, Vedder has performed or recorded 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 and 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.roughedge.com/live/ramones.htm|title=Ramones|work=RoughEdge.com|access-date=April 11, 2008}}

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.{{IMDb_name|0891641}} 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, based upon A People's History of the United States.{{Cite web |url=http://www.thepeoplespeak.com/pages/credits/ |title=Credits | The People Speak |date=November 14, 2010 |website= |access-date=March 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114055144/http://www.thepeoplespeak.com/pages/credits/ |archive-date=November 14, 2010 |url-status=dead}} He was featured in the 2008 Greg Kohs documentary, Song Sung Blue, performing with Lightning and Thunder. He had a one-scene cameo in the second episode of the second season of the IFC television show Portlandia. He also appears in the 2012 documentary West of Memphis, protesting against the case. Vedder made an appearance in the season 3 episode 16 of David Lynch's Twin Peaks Aug 2017. He was referred to by his birth name, Edward Louis Severson.

The character of Jackson Maine in the movie A Star is Born was partly influenced by Vedder. Bradley Cooper, who wrote the screenplay, produced, directed, and starred in the film as Jackson Maine, hung out with Vedder for four or five days to get some tips from him about the character.{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/movies/bradley-cooper-a-star-is-born-based-on-eddie-vedder/amp/|magazine=People|title=Bradley Cooper Reveals Close Friend Eddie Vedder Inspired His Star Is Born Rocker|date=September 26, 2018|access-date=December 23, 2018}}

Vedder has used his role as a musician to speak on several politically-oriented themes. In 2009, he 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!"{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/aug/13/pearl-jam | title=Pearl Jam: 'People get that this means something' | access-date=August 13, 2009 | author=Simpson, Dave | newspaper=The Guardian | date=August 13, 2009 | location=London}} In 1992, Spin printed an article by Vedder, titled "Reclamation", which detailed his views on abortion.Vedder, Eddie. "Reclamation". Spin. November 1992. Vedder and Pearl Jam performed at Rock for Choice in 1994.{{cite magazine|title=Rock in a Hard Place|url=http://www.fivehorizons.com/archive/articles/spin94.shtml|magazine=Spin Magazine|access-date=July 30, 2013}} During the band's appearance on MTV Unplugged in 1992, Vedder stood up on his stool during the instrumental break of the song "Porch" and wrote "PRO-CHOICE" on his left arm with a magic marker.{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/cuepoint/when-nirvana-and-pearl-jam-stood-up-for-feminism-96ec0b5c13|title=When Nirvana and Pearl Jam Stood Up for Feminism|first=Matthew|last=Reyes|publisher=Medium|date=September 8, 2016|access-date=July 16, 2019}}

Vedder was supportive of Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader in 2000 and played at Green Party super rallies in Chicago and New York City.{{cite news|url=http://archive.salon.com/ent/log/2000/09/26/vedder/index.html |title=Vedder on Nader: The better man |access-date=September 3, 2007 |author=Talvi, Silja J. A. |work=Salon.com |date=September 26, 2000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103041206/http://archive.salon.com/ent/log/2000/09/26/vedder/index.html |archive-date=November 3, 2007 }} Pearl Jam played a series of concerts on the 2004 Vote for Change tour, supporting the candidacy of John Kerry for U.S. president. "I supported Ralph Nader in 2000, but it's a time of crisis. We have to get a new administration in", Vedder told Rolling Stone magazine in 2004.{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6487639/voices_for_change | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060316085947/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6487639/voices_for_change/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=March 16, 2006 | title=Voices for Change | access-date=September 3, 2007 | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=October 14, 2004}} In 2005, during Pearl Jam's first South American tour, Vedder said, "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 Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election,Cross, Alan. [http://www.metronews.ca/edmonton/comment/article/174442 "Eddie Vedder and the New Face of America"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202063415/http://www.metronews.ca/edmonton/comment/article/174442 |date=February 2, 2009 }} Metro News Edmonton. January 30, 2009. and 2012,[https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/obama-hangs-out-pearl-jams-eddie-vedder-hawaii-n279176 Obama Hangs Out With Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder in Hawaii]. NBC News. Retrieved: January 4, 2015. Bernie Sanders in the 2016 and 2020 primaries,{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/TheBernReport/status/1229652598224908288|title=Ya just never know who's gonna show up to a @BernieSanders rally in the northwest. It was great seeing Ed there! Got him and @Jamie_Margolin to pose for a shot! #BernieInTacoma|last=Nando|first=The Bern Report|date=January 18, 2020|website=Twitter|language=en|access-date=January 19, 2020}} Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, and Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election against Donald Trump.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/pearl-jam-biden-harris-spouses-online-conversation-1234798351/|title=Pearl Jam Members Join Biden/Harris Spouses to Espouse Voter Activism in Online Conversation|website=Variety|date=October 8, 2020|first=Jonathan|last=Cohen}}

In his spare time, Vedder is a surfer and active in surf-related conservation efforts, including supporting The Surfrider Foundation.Brant-Zawadzki, Alex. [http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/241-toll-road/eddie-vedder-wants-you-to-save/ "Eddie Vedder Wants You To Save Trestles"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227130508/http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/241-toll-road/eddie-vedder-wants-you-to-save/ |date=December 27, 2008 }}. OCWeekly.com. April 4, 2006. In 1993, Vedder supported fellow Surfrider Foundation member/environmentalist, Aaron Ahearn who had gone AWOL from the United States Navy in protest of the Navy's at sea dumping policies. Vedder and Pearl Jam performed a concert in San Francisco, donating over $3,000 to Ahearn's legal fees.

Vedder supports Earth First! with a tattoo on his right calf. The logo is of a pipe wrench crossed with a stone hammer.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

Vedder was a longtime and outspoken supporter for the Free the West Memphis Three 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.{{cite news | url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0712/19/lkl.01.html | title=CNN Larry King Live |access-date=April 26, 2009 |publisher=CNN |date=December 19, 2007}} The song "Army Reserve" on Pearl Jam's 2006 self-titled album features a lyrical collaboration between Vedder and Echols. On August 19, 2011, Vedder and Natalie Maines attended the release hearing of the West Memphis Three.{{cite news |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/west-memphis-three-natalie-maines-eddie-vedder-arrive-131002608.html |title=West Memphis Three: Natalie Maines, Eddie Vedder Arrive at Court (Report) |date=August 19, 2011 |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date= September 22, 2020}}

Vedder is a gun control activist and has performed at benefit anti-gun violence concerts and participated on the 2019 Gun Sense Forum.{{Cite web |date=October 9, 2013 |title=Eddie Vedder On Gun Control Opponents: 'I Almost Wish Bad Things Upon These People' |url=https://www.huffpostbrasil.com/entry/eddie-vedder-gun-control_n_4059887 |website=Huffington Post }}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web |date=September 13, 2016 |title= Eddie Vedder Joins Concert Across America to End Gun Violence Show in Manhattan on September 25 |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/eddie-vedder-joins-concert-across-america-to-end-gun-violence-show-in-manhattan-on-september-25-300326735.html |website=PR Newswire}}{{Cite web |date=August 12, 2019 |title=Eddie Vedder joined Bernie Sanders to the Gun Sense Forum |url=https://www.pearljamonline.it/en/eddie-vedder-joined-bernie-sanders-to-the-gun-sense-forum/}}

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Music critic Jim DeRogatis has described Vedder's vocals as a "Jim Morrison-like vocal growl".DeRogatis, Jim. Milk It!: Collected Musings on the Alternative Music Explosion of the 90's. Cambridge: Da Capo, 2003. {{ISBN|0-306-81271-1}}, pg. 57 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."{{cite web | url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p134417|pure_url=yes}} | title = Eddie Vedder > Biography | access-date=April 20, 2009 | last = Prato | first = Greg | work =AllMusic}} Vedder has inducted Aerosmith, 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 Pete Townshend and the Who, which the singer considers to be his favorite band of all time,{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/eddie-vedder-on-how-the-who-blew-his-mind-as-a-kid-changed-his-life-237461/|title=Eddie Vedder on How the Who Changed His Life|website=Rollingstone.com|date=March 10, 2016|access-date=February 13, 2022}} the Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd, Talking Heads, Fugazi, and the Clash.{{cite book |last=Givony |first=Ronen |author-link= |date=2020 |title=Not For You. Pearl Jam and the Present Tense |url= |location=United States |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|page=143 |isbn=}}{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhqKCQXI8s0 | title=Eddie Vedder in Conversation with Bruce Springsteen | website=YouTube | date=February 13, 2022 }}{{cite news | url=https://www.spin.com/2003/07/my-life-music-eddie-vedder/ | title=My Life in Music: Eddie Vedder | newspaper=Spin | date=July 15, 2003 | last1=Milner | first1=Greg }}

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.Tannenbaum, Rob. [http://www.fivehorizons.com/archive/articles/george_700.shtml "Rebels Without a Pause"]. George. July 2000. Other recurring themes include the use of water metaphors,Lindgren, Hugo. [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/10/arts/music-pearl-jam-turns-pop-fame-on-its-head-less-is-more.html?scp=1&sq=pearl+jam+riot&st=nyt "Music; Pearl Jam Turns Pop Fame on Its Head: Less Is More"]. The New York Times. November 10, 2002. and the concept of leaving everything behind to start again, which is featured in "Rearviewmirror", from Vs.; "MFC", from Yield; "Evacuation", from Binaural; and "Gone", from Pearl Jam).

Although primarily a vocalist, Vedder began playing guitar on some Pearl Jam songs 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."Cross, Charles R. "Better Man". Guitar World Presents: Guitar Legends: Pearl Jam. July 2006. 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."{{cite magazine | last = Hiatt | first = Brian | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/pearl_jam_the_second_coming | title = The Second Coming of Pearl Jam | magazine = Rolling Stone | date = June 16, 2006 | access-date = June 22, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070823234208/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/pearl_jam_the_second_coming | archive-date = August 23, 2007 | url-status = dead }} He has also contributed performances on the ukulele, harmonica, accordion, and electric sitar to various Pearl Jam recordings.

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Throughout Pearl Jam's career, Vedder has interacted 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."{{cite magazine | last = Hiatt | first = Brian | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10611546/eddie_vedders_embarrassing_tale_naked_in_public/2 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060703003128/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10611546/eddie_vedders_embarrassing_tale_naked_in_public/2 | url-status = dead | archive-date = July 3, 2006 | title = Eddie Vedder's Embarrassing Tale: Naked in Public | magazine = Rolling Stone | date = June 20, 2006 | access-date = March 3, 2009 }}

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 2007 Lollapalooza headlining show, Vedder and the band played a song telling the crowd in Chicago to boycott the oil company BP because they had been polluting Lake Michigan.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/pearl-jam/30173 |title=Pearl Jam Close Out Last Night at Lollapalooza |access-date=April 25, 2009 |publisher=NME |date=August 7, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430120637/http://www.nme.com/news/pearl-jam/30173 |archive-date=April 30, 2009 }}

Vedder is known to use a Mike Lull-modified,{{Cite web|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/news/esteemed-washington-luthier-mike-lull-dies-aged-65-pearl-jam-pay-tribute|title=Esteemed Washington luthier Mike Lull dies aged 65 - Pearl Jam pay tribute|author=Michael Astley-Brown|date=February 17, 2020|website=Guitarworld.com|access-date=February 13, 2022}} vintage Fender Telecaster that features a single coil pickup in the bridge position and a P-90 pickup in the neck position, as well as various stickers as a tribute to his favorite band of all time, The Who. He uses three vintage Fender Tweed amplifiers, including a 1959 Deluxe and a 1957 Custom Twin. His two main acoustic guitars are a 1930s-era Martin 00-17 and a vintage Gibson Pete Townshend Signature SJ-200.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fretboardjournal.com/features/eddie-vedder-photo-outtakes/|title=Eddie Vedder - Photo Outtakes|website=Fretboardjournal.com|date=April 13, 2012|access-date=February 13, 2022}}

{{Quote box|width=30%|align=right|quote="I just love to hear Eddie sing. I think he's got such a distinctive, fabulous voice. He doesn't copy, so that's what I like; he does the Eddie Vedder version. It's never easy to do because most people will just try and copy what the Who have done. He's always himself."|source=—Roger Daltrey discussing Vedder's singing.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roger-daltrey-on-wild-beatles-fans-eddie-vedder-teen-cancer-charity-189814/|title=Roger Daltrey on Wild Beatles Fans, Eddie Vedder, Teen Cancer Charity|magazine=Rolling Stone|author=Kory Grow|date=31 May 2016|access-date=11 February 2019}}}}

Lamenting the constant waning of rock 'n roll from the music scene, Bono, in 2017, expounded that "Rage" is the fundamental component of rock 'n roll and said, "Some great rock’n’roll tends to have that, which is why the Who were such a great band. Or Pearl Jam. Eddie has that rage."{{Cite web|title=Music has 'gotten very girly', says Bono from U2 {{!}} Pop and rock {{!}} The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/dec/28/music-has-gotten-very-girly-says-bono-from-u2|access-date=December 24, 2021|website=amp.theguardian.com|date=December 28, 2017 |last1=Belam |first1=Martin }}

Vedder was ranked seventh on a list of "Best Lead Singers of All Time" compiled by Rolling Stone. Loudwire put him at number 35 on their Top 66 Hard Rock + Heavy Metal Frontmen of all time.{{cite web|url= http://loudwire.com/top-hard-rock-metal-frontmen-of-all-time/#photogallery-1=33|title=Top 66 Hard Rock + Metal Frontmen of All Time|date=October 13, 2016|access-date=September 9, 2018|website=Loudwire}} He has been ranked at number 5 on a list of "Singer with the Most Unique Voice", compiled by Rolling Stone.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/readers-poll-which-singer-has-the-most-unique-voice-11041/5-eddie-vedder-13220/|title=readers' Poll: Which Singer Has the Most Unique Voice?|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=January 25, 2012|access-date=September 8, 2018}} Singers Roger Daltrey of the Who,{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/roger-daltrey-on-wild-beatles-fans-eddie-vedder-teen-cancer-charity-20160531|title=Roger Daltrey on Wild Beatles Fans, Teen Cancer Charity|first=Kory|last=Grow|date=May 31, 2016|website=rollingstone.com}} Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden,{{cite web|url=http://dmme.net/interviews/dickinson.html|title=Interview with BRUCE DICKINSON|website=DMME.net|access-date=July 24, 2016|archive-date=October 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003231948/http://dmme.net/interviews/dickinson.html|url-status=dead}} and drummer John Densmore of the Doors have praised him for his singing ability.{{Cite web|title=Densmore Considers Full Doors Reunion - With Vedder|url=https://www.contactmusic.com/the-doors/news/densmore-considers-full-doors-reunion---with-vedder_1021472|website=Contactmusic.com|date=February 8, 2007|access-date=April 11, 2023}} Hit Parader magazine placed him at number 23 on their list of the "Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time".{{cite magazine|url=http://www.amiannoying.com/(S(wiiaaygav3w40tsiqzmndjaa))/collection.aspx?collection=7164|title=Hit Parader's Top 100 Heavy Metal Vocalists of All Time|magazine=Hit Parader|date=n.d.}} His solo album Into the Wild was ranked at number 20 on the list of "Top 20 Rock 'n' Roll Solo Albums" by Consequence of Sound.{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2017/09/top-20-rock-n-roll-solo-albums/|title=Top 20 Rock 'n' Roll Solo Albums|publisher=Consequence of Sound|date=September 6, 2017|access-date=December 24, 2019}} In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Vedder at number 105 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.{{Cite magazine|date=January 1, 2023|title=The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/eddie-vedder-15-1234643035/|access-date=June 8, 2023|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}

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Vedder attended San Dieguito High School, now called San Dieguito Academy, and 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.{{Cite web |last=Varga |first=George |date=July 10, 2006 |title=By finish, Pearl Jam, Vedder had a connection |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060710/news_1c10pearl.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224162030/http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060710/news_1c10pearl.html |archive-date=February 24, 2009 |website=The San Diego Union-Tribune}}

While living in the basement of Pearl Jam manager Kelly Curtis' house in Seattle in the early 1990s, Vedder was roommates with Alice in Chains guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell.{{Cite web |date=March 26, 2018 |title=Jerry Cantrell on being roommates with Eddie Vedder in Seattle |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmA48eau1lo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/bmA48eau1lo |archive-date=October 29, 2021 |access-date=March 21, 2019 |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} Vedder was also friends with Alice in Chains' lead singer Layne Staley, and wrote the song "4/20/02" (from Lost Dogs) on the night that he found out about Staley's death, on April 20, 2002 (though Staley had actually died over two weeks earlier on April 5, his body was found on April 19).{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/68529/vedders-staley-tribute-no-longer-lost |title=Vedder's Staley Tribute No Longer 'Lost' |date=October 22, 2003 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=May 30, 2017}} Vedder also paid tribute to Staley during a Pearl Jam show in Chicago on August 22, 2016, which would have been Staley's 49th birthday; "It's the birthday of a guy called Layne Staley tonight, and we're thinking of him tonight too. 49 years old", Vedder told the crowd before dedicating the song "Man of the Hour" to his late friend.{{cite web |url=http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/watch-eddie-vedders-heartbreaking-tribute-layne-staley-pearl-jams-us-show/ |title=Watch Eddie Vedder's Heartbreaking Tribute To Layne Staley During Pearl Jam's US Show |date=August 26, 2016 |work=Music Feeds |access-date=May 30, 2017}}

In 1994, Vedder married Hovercraft bass player Beth Liebling,{{Cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-10-24-9410240028-story.html |title=Simpson's Lawyers Just Can't Avoid The Video Screen |website=Chicago Tribune |date=October 24, 1994}} whom he had dated since he was a teenager, circa 1984.{{cite magazine |first=Brian |last=Hiatt |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pearl-jam-the-second-coming-20060629 |title=Pearl Jam: The Second Coming |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=June 29, 2006}}{{Cite web |last=Hilburn |first=Robert |date=May 1, 1994 |title=COVER STORY: He Didn't Ask for All This: Eddie Vedder always wanted his band Pearl Jam to make music that mattered. He can sometimes feel, as Kurt Cobain did, the pressure of mattering too much to his fans, but he's finding a way to deal with it. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-05-01-ca-52475-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times}} Vedder was Hovercraft's drummer during their opening slot for Mike Watt's U.S. tour in 1995.{{Cite magazine |last=Browne |first=David |date=May 12, 1995 |title=Eddie Vedder in Disguise (with Glasses) |url=https://ew.com/article/1995/05/12/eddie-vedder-disguise-glasses/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} The couple divorced in September 2000.{{Cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/eddie-vedder-remarries-20100921-15k8l.html |title=Eddie Vedder remarries |date=September 21, 2010 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=March 14, 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://www.zimbio.com/Beth+Liebling/articles/oPHYdT4cUeD/Beth+Liebling+Eddie+Vedder+First+Wife+Pictures |title=Beth Liebling, Eddie Vedder's First Wife, Pictures and Bio |date=December 7, 2009 |access-date=December 7, 2009}} In an interview published in the June 29, 2006, edition of Rolling Stone magazine, Vedder said that his divorce from Liebling had devastated him. The divorce happened around the same time as an incident where nine fans were crushed to death during the band's set at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark on June 30, 2000. In an interview with Chris Cornell's daughter Lily in 2020, Vedder explained that their show started on a high because they had just been told about her birth, until about 40 minutes into their performance when the tragedy happened. Vedder revealed that Pete Townshend helped him through the early stages of dealing with the tragedy.{{Cite web |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/pete-townshend-eddie-vedder-roskilde/ |title=How Pete Townshend Helped Eddie Vedder Deal With Roskilde Horror |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=August 25, 2020}}

On September 18, 2010, Vedder married his longtime girlfriend, model Jill McCormick, whom he had been dating since 2000.{{cite web |url=https://people.com/celebrity/photo-eddie-vedder-dips-and-kisses-his-bride/ |title=PHOTO: Eddie Vedder Dips and Kisses His Bride |work=people.com |date=September 22, 2010 |access-date=November 9, 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://www.babble.com/celebrity/who-is-jill-mccormick-5-things-about-eddie-vedders-new-wife/ |title=Who Is Jill McCormick? 5 Things About Eddie Vedder's New Wife |last=Brady |first=Emma |work=babble.com |date=September 20, 2010 |access-date=February 15, 2014}} They have two daughters, Olivia, born in 2004, and Harper, born in 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/pearl-jams-eddie-vedder-gets-married-2010209 |title=Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder Gets Married! |date=September 20, 2010 |access-date=March 26, 2013}} In 2011, McCormick appeared in the music video for Vedder's solo single, "Longing to Belong".{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqZ0-PhHsaE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/lqZ0-PhHsaE |archive-date=October 29, 2021 |title=Longing to Belong (Music Video) - Ukulele Songs - Eddie Vedder |date=April 21, 2011 |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} In 2014, Vedder and McCormick co-founded the EB Research Partnership,{{Cite web |url=https://www.ebresearch.org/board-of-directors.html |title=Board of Directors - EB Research Partnership |website=ebresearch.org}} a non-profit organization dedicated to finding a cure for the genetic skin disorder epidermolysis bullosa.{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/eddie-vedder-supports-research-for-curing-rare-skin-disease-eb-49787/ |title=Eddie Vedder Supports Research for Curing Rare Skin Disease EB |last=Reed |first=Ryan |magazine=Rolling Stone|date=October 10, 2014 }} They have raised over US$25 million to fund research to find a cure.{{Cite web |url=https://www.we.org/en-CA/we-stories/we-day/eddie-vedder-eb-research-partnership-we-day-california |title=Eddie Vedder surprises boy with life-changing genetic disorder at WE Day California |last=Demarco |first=Zoe |date=August 9, 2019 |website=We.org}}

Vedder was a close friend of Chris Cornell, the Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman. Aside from Vedder's Pearl Jam bandmates, Cornell was one of the first people Vedder met after moving to Seattle in 1990. The two were neighbors for a while and shared vocal duties in Temple of the Dog. In the 2009 book Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music, Soundgarden manager Susan Silver recalled that Cornell carried Vedder onstage on his shoulders at Pearl Jam's second show in Seattle (the band was known as Mookie Blaylock at the time): "Everyone was still reeling from [Andrew Wood]'s death... The band came on and Chris carried Eddie onto the stage – he was on his shoulders. It was one of those super powerful moments, where it was all a big healing for everybody. He came out as this guy who had all the credibility in the world – in terms of people in Seattle – and Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone were loved bands. Andy was such an endearing personality. It was a hard thing to do – to show up after people die. And Chris bringing Eddie out, and pointing at him, as much{{cite web |url=https://www.seattleweekly.com/music/how-chris-cornell-shaped-seattle-music/ |title=How Chris Cornell Shaped Seattle Music |author=Clint Brownlee |website=Seattle Weekly |date=22 May 2017 |access-date=6 June 2017}}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eTg4whS9ClUC |title=Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music, 2009 |access-date=2017-06-06 |isbn=9781554903474 |last1=Prato |first1=Greg |date=2010-12-15 |publisher=ECW Press }} Pearl Jam lead guitarist Mike McCready recalled that Cornell had helped welcome the "'super, super shy'" Vedder to Seattle: "He was like, 'Hey, welcome to Seattle. I love Jeff [Ament] and Stone [Gossard]. I give you my blessing". From then on [Vedder] was more relaxed. It was one of the coolest things I saw Chris do'".{{cite magazine

|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/temple-of-the-dog-an-oral-history-w442502 |title=Temple of the Dog: An Oral History |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=September 30, 2016 |access-date=May 30, 2017}} In a 2009 interview with Uncut magazine, Vedder stated that Cornell is "the best singer that we've got on the planet".{{cite web |url=http://www.pearljamonline.it/interviste/uncut09.htm |title=Q&A with Ed Vedder |work=Pearl Jam Online |date=August 6, 2009 |access-date=June 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711071933/http://www.pearljamonline.it/interviste/uncut09.htm |archive-date=July 11, 2016 |url-status=dead }} About the impact that Cornell had in his life, Vedder told a crowd in Alpine Valley before performing "Hunger Strike" with him in September 2011; "I had no idea how he would affect my life and my views on music and my views on friendship and what a big impact he would have. These guys [the other members of Pearl Jam] know him much longer than me and his impact is profound".{{cite web |url=http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/the-day-chris-cornell-and-eddie-vedder-watched-the-kingdome-implosion/527032626 |title=The day Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder watched the Kingdome implosion |work=Kiro7 |date=May 26, 2017 |access-date=May 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531004136/http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/the-day-chris-cornell-and-eddie-vedder-watched-the-kingdome-implosion/527032626 |archive-date=May 31, 2017 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web

|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbG9CNCettk | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927014054/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbG9CNCettk&gl=US&hl=en&has_verified=1| archive-date=September 27, 2011|title=PEARL JAM Chris Cornell *Hunger Strike* PJ20 night 2 @ Alpine Valley Temple of the Dog 9/4/2011 HD |work=YouTube | date=September 5, 2011 |access-date=May 30, 2017}} The friendship between Vedder and Cornell is featured in the 2011 documentary Pearl Jam Twenty.{{cite web

|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/pearl-jam-twenty-about-the-documentary-film/1860/ |title=Pearl Jam Twenty - About the Documentary Film |work=PBS |date=July 19, 2011 | access-date=June 6, 2017}}{{cite web

|url=https://vimeo.com/220127751 |title=Temple of the Dog and the friendship between Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder |work=Vimeo | access-date=June 6, 2017}} During his solo concert in London on June 6, 2017, Vedder talked for the first time about Cornell since his death on May 18, 2017, saying that "he wasn't just a friend, he was someone I looked up to like my older brother" and "I will live with those memories in my heart and I will love him forever".{{cite magazine

|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/read-eddie-vedders-tribute-to-older-brother-chris-cornell-w486208 |title=Read Eddie Vedder's Moving Tribute to 'Older Brother' Chris Cornell |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=June 7, 2017}}

Vedder is a friend of The Who guitarist Pete Townshend, who discouraged Vedder from retiring in 1993.Townshend, Pete. [https://archive.today/20120910130843/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/13511/73734/ "Pete Townshend Muses on Rock Honors, Smashing Computers, Eddie Vedder in E-Mail to Rolling Stone"]. Rolling Stone. July 23, 2008. 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 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).

While surfing with Tim Finn in New Zealand on March 25, 1995, Vedder was carried {{convert|250|ft|m}} off the coast and had to be rescued by lifeguards.[https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/27/nyregion/chronicle-041695.html?scp=2&sq=finn+vedder+zealand&st=nyt "Chronicle"]. The New York Times. March 27, 1995. He has also paddled outrigger canoes on occasion and in 2005 was nearly lost at sea trying to paddle from Molokaʻi to Oʻahu.[http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/vedder%20saved%20from%20drowning%20by%20fishermen "Vedder Saved From Drowning By Fishermen"]. Contactmusic.com.

Vedder has written songs and lyrics that question religious authority.{{Cite web |url=https://ffrf.org/news/day/dayitems/item/14740-eddie-vedder |title=Eddie Vedder |website=Freedom From Religion Foundation |date=December 23, 1980 |access-date=April 15, 2018}} Vedder is a Chicago Bulls and Chicago Bears fan{{Cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2020/05/eddie-vedder-and-dennis-rodman-once-flew-to-vegas-and-back-just-to-see-janes-addiction/|title=Eddie Vedder and Dennis Rodman Once Flew to Vegas and Back Just to See Jane's Addiction|date=May 16, 2020|website=Spin.com|access-date=March 17, 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/10/eddie-vedder-aaron-rodgers-jay-cutler-pearl-jam-milwaukee|title=Bears fan Eddie Vedder asked Aaron Rodgers if he could be traded for Jay Cutler|date=October 21, 2014|access-date=March 17, 2022}} and a long-time, die-hard fan of the Chicago Cubs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmvp2BS_tQw|title=Cubs fan Eddie Vedder reacts to World Series win|date=November 2, 2016 |access-date=March 17, 2022|via=YouTube}}{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/pearl-jam-eddie-vedder-broke-into-wrigley-field-batting-practice/|title=Eddie Vedder Broke Into Wrigley Field to Take Batting Practice|first=Chad|last=Childers|website=Loudwire.com|date=March 3, 2021 |access-date=March 17, 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/jose-cardenal-eddie-vedder-build-friendship-c265399974|title=Better men: Cardenal, Vedder build friendship|website=MLB.com|access-date=March 17, 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/pearl-jams-eddie-vedder-celebrated-with-the-chicago-cubs|title=Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder celebrated with the Chicago Cubs|website=FOX Sports|access-date=March 17, 2022}} In November 1993, Vedder and White Sox pitcher Jack McDowell were involved in a barroom brawl in New Orleans, Louisiana, that resulted in Vedder being arrested for public drunkenness and disturbing the peace.[https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/19/sports/sports-people-baseball-mcdowell-involved-in-new-orleans-scuffle.html "Sports People: Baseball; McDowell Involved in New Orleans Scuffle"]. The New York Times. November 19, 1993. Vedder sang the national anthem before the third game of the 1998 NBA Finals in Chicago,Papineau, Lou. [http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1535383/20060629/story.jhtml "20 Things You Should Know About Pearl Jam"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629132957/http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1535383/20060629/story.jhtml |date=June 29, 2011 }}. VH1.com. June 30, 2006. and has sung "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" at 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 threw out the first pitch at Wrigley Field, the home of the Cubs.Menconi, D. (May 21, 2006). Protest music takes a bow. News & Observer 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".{{cite web| last=Brown |first=David |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Answer-Man-Kerry-Wood-talks-Eddie-Vedder-bowli?urn=mlb,90554 |title=Answer Man: Kerry Wood talks Eddie Vedder, bowling, nudity |website=Yahoo! |date=June 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105155111/http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Answer-Man-Kerry-Wood-talks-Eddie-Vedder-bowli?urn=mlb,90554 |archive-date=January 5, 2013 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web| last=Koste |first=Kyle |url=http://blogs.suntimes.com/sportsprose/2008/09/eddie_vedders_song_pays_tribut.html |title=Eddie Vedder's song pays tribute to Chicago Cubs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921021906/http://blogs.suntimes.com/sportsprose/2008/09/eddie_vedders_song_pays_tribut.html |archive-date=September 21, 2008 |website=Chicago Sun-Times |date=September 18, 2008 |url-status=dead}} The day after the Cubs won the 2016 World Series, the Cubs' official Twitter account posted a montage video backed by Vedder's song in a tribute to Cubs fans.{{cite news |url=http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Chicago-Cubs-Say-Thank-You-in-Emotional-Fan-Tribute-399844631.html|title=Chicago Cubs Say Thank You in Emotional Fan Tribute|newspaper=NBC Chicago|date=November 3, 2016|access-date=November 3, 2016}}

The annual baseball series between the Seattle Mariners and San Diego Padres is often nicknamed the Vedder Cup due to both cities being hometowns of the singer. Eddie Vedder himself is a Chicago Cubs fan.{{cite web|url=https://www.pitcherlist.com/the-rotation-history-vedder-cup-baseballs-strangest-rivalry/|title=The Strange History of The Vedder Cup|website=Pitcherlist.com|date=May 24, 2019 }}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1758263/2020/04/20/a-vedder-cup-unlike-any-other-simming-the-2022-world-series/|title=A Vedder Cup unlike any other: Simming the 2022 World Series|first1=Corey|last1=Brock|first2=Dennis|last2=Lin|work=The New York Times |date=April 20, 2020 }}{{cite web|url= https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/how-the-vedder-cup-came-to-be/60870/?amp=1|title=How the Vedder Cup Came To Be|website=Nbcsandiego.com|date=May 30, 2016 }} The partnership with Vedder became official in 2025, when Vedder designed a trophy to be given to the winner of the series, while the two teams agreed to support Vedder's charity, the EB Research Partnership, in return.{{Cite news|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/mariners-padres-announce-eddie-vedder-cup|title=Who's the 'Better Man'? Mariners, Padres make Vedder Cup official|first1=AJ|last1=Cassavell|work=mlb.com}}

Vedder is an admirer of the American science fiction author Kurt Vonnegut.{{YouTube|T9kicxgDjo0|Teacher Appreciation Day 2020}} During an interview with Uncut, he stated that the novel Cat's Cradle is his favorite book of all time.{{cite web |url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/features/uncut-artist-interview-pearl-jam-s-eddie-vedder-37312/ |title=Uncut Artist Interview: Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder |website=Uncut.co.uk |date=August 6, 2009 |access-date=July 7, 2021 }}

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• "Hard Sun" (2007)
• "Guaranteed" (2008)
• "No More" (2008)
• "Better Days" (2010)
• "You're True" (2011)
• "Longing to Belong" (2011)
• "Can't Keep" (2011)
• "Sleeping by Myself" (2012)
• "Matter of Time" (2020)
• "Say Hi" (2020)
• "Long Way" (2021)
• "The Haves" (2021)
• "Brother the Cloud" (2022)

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• **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."
• ^^note: Vedder also performed the songs: "Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand" and "Getting in Tune" with the Who, but they were not released on the DVD.

2017 Documentary, Let's Play Two featuring Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam. Can be found on Amazon Prime and was directed by Danny Clinch. Concert documentary centering around Pearl Jams August 2016 shows at Wrigley Field.{{cite web |title=Pearl Jam: Let's Play Two (2017) - IMDb |website=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7435110/}}

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Category:20th-century American singers

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Category:21st-century American singers

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Category:People from Pacific Beach, San Diego