Eddie Jerome Vedder, born Edward Louis Severson III on December 23, 1964, is an American singer, musician, and composer best known as Pearl Jam’s main voice and one of the band’s four guitarists. He also sang as a guest vocalist in Temple of the Dog, a tribute band too the late singer Andrew Wood.
Vedder married Hovercraft bassist Beth Liebling in 1994, after dating her since he was a teenager, around 1984. Vedder was the drummer for Hovercraft, who opened for Mike Watt’s US tour in 1995.
In September 2000, the couple divorced. In an interview published in the June 29, 2006 issue of Rolling Stone magazine, Vedder admitted that his divorce from Liebling had shattered him.
The divorce occurred at the same time as Pearl Jam’s biggest tragedy, June 30, 2000, the killing of nine fans at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark.
In an interview with Chris Cornell’s daughter Lily in 2020, Vedder revealed that their show started off on a high because they had just learned of her birth until tragedy struck approximately 40 minutes into their performance. According to Vedder, Pete Townshend assisted him in the early stages of dealing with the disaster.
Eddie Vedder family
In a group home, Vedder’s family fostered seven younger children.
In the mid-1970s, the family relocated to San Diego County, California, including Vedder’s three younger half-brothers.
When Vedder was in his late teens, his mother and Mueller split.
His mother and brothers returned to the Chicago area, but Vedder stayed in California with his stepfather to avoid having to change schools.
Eddie Vedder wife
Vedder married his longtime partner, model Jill McCormick, on September 18, 2010, after dating her since 2000.
Eddie Vedder children
Olivia, born in 2004, and Harper, born in 2008, are his two daughters.
Eddie Vedder parents
His parents are Karen Lee Vedder and Edward Louis Severson Jr. They divorced when Vedder was a baby in 1965.
His mother remarried soon after to a man named Peter Mueller.
Vedder was raised believing Mueller was his biological father, and for a while, he went by the name Edward Mueller.
Eddie Vedder siblings
Details regarding his siblings remain unknown. We still don’t know whether he has siblings or not.
