Edward Louis Severson III, better known as Eddie Vedder, was born on December 23, 1964, in the Evanston, Illinois suburb of Chicago. His father Louis Severson, Jr., and mother Karen Vedder divorced in 1965. Soon after, his mother wed Peter Mueller again. Mueller was thought to be Vedder’s biological father when he was a child. In the middle of the 1970s, Vedder relocated to San Diego with his parents and brothers. His mother gave him his first guitar for his 12th birthday. As a teenager, Vedder turned to music and surfing for solace.
Mother Love Bone was a Seattle-based band comprised of Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Andrew Wood, and others. Wood died at the age of 24 from a heroin overdose. Temple of the Dog is a one-time tribute to Wood by Ament, Gossard, Chris Cornell, Mike McCready, and Matt Cameron. Ament and Gossard received Vedder’s demo tape and invited him to audition for Temple of the Dog in Seattle. Temple of the Dog’s sole album was released in April 1991. “Hunger Strike,” a duet between Vedder and Cornell, became the band’s breakthrough hit.
People generally associate Pearl Jam with Eddie Vedder. However, Ament, Gossard, and McCready founded the band in 1990. The band then hired Vedder and several drummers. Pearl Jam was named after NBA player Mookie Blaylock at first. The band had to change its name when it signed with Epic Records in 1991.
The debut album by Pearl Jam, “Ten,” was one of the best-selling alternative rock albums of the 1990s. The band was thrust into the spotlight and is widely regarded as one of the forefathers of Seattle-based rock’s grunge era.
When did Eddie Vedder lose his voice?
After Vedder’s vocal cords were harmed by smoke from the Paris fires, Pearl Jam postponed their July 20 Vienna performance. The band posted a statement on social media explaining that singer Ed Vedder’s throat was harmed as a result of the severe conditions at the last outdoor location outside of Paris (heat, dust, and smoke from the fires).
