Back in the early nineties, Nirvana and Pearl Jam were possibly the two biggest bands in America, but despite both groups having sprung from the same Seattle grunge scene, Kurt Cobain didn’t initially think they had both stayed true to their roots....
Two weeks ago, Rolling Stone published their list of the 100 greatest singers of the Rock era as picked by a panel of people from the music industry. This past Friday, they asked their readers to let them have it. Tell them the names of all the singers that they felt should have been on the list. The list is interesting in that it didn't totally skew towards modern artists, as so often hap...
It's already the Fourth of July weekend? 2008 is going by quick! Hopefully the year keeps up the pace and before too long it's August. That's when Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder will hit the road again for a month …sans the band. Vedder and his acoustic will preach solely east of the Mississippi, which is only fair considering his last solo tour was out in the wild wild west. Wonder if he'll b...
From www.sirerecords.comBody of War is a new feature documentary about Iraq war vet Tomas Young. Tomas was in Iraq for less than a week before he was shot and paralyzed. He's personally selected all of the tracks on the double CD comp which includes songs by Bright Eyes, Bruce Springsteen, Rage Against The Machine, Sire's own Against Me!, Neil Young, Bad Religion, Laura Cantrell, and the Nightw...
If you are a fan of Eddie Vedder's solo work, more recently his score for the Sean Penn-directed film Into the Wild, then you'll want a ticket for Vedder's mini tour this spring. Vedder, sans Pearl Jam, will head out on the road with his acoustic guitar for stops along the west coast this April. The tour starts in Vancouver, British Columbia on April 2nd and caps off April 15th in San Diego. Ne...
Yeah I put this in the Pearl Jam category, but it would be more accurate to put it in an Eddie Vedder category, as it was an Ed solo show. But I don’t have an Ed solo category… Eddie VedderJune 11th, 2009The Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PAOpening act: Liam FinnSetlistWalking the Cow, (Brain Damage intro) [...]
For those who loved Pearl Jam at various times during their mercurial musical career - Eddie Vedder's solo effort, rife with allusions to his work with Neil Young, replete with a beautiful the simple sound heard at times beginning with No Code, with his distinct vibrato is brilliant in my opinion. I am usually "last to the party" but I happened to see Into the Wild and thought the soundtrack so...
It's already the Fourth of July weekend? 2008 is going by quick! Hopefully the year keeps up the pace and before too long it's August. That's when Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder will hit the road again for a month …sans the band. Vedder and his acoustic will preach solely east of the Mississippi, which is only fair considering his last solo tour was out in the wild wild west. Wonder if he'll b...
Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder will have to duke it out, along with his fellow composers Kaki King and Michael Brook for the Best Original Score in a Motion Picture Golden Globe. The trio are behind the music to Sean Penn's adapted film Into The Wild. Vedder is also up for the Best Original Song in a Motion Picture Golden Globe for the film's track "Guaranteed." In the latter category he is up...
You know the saying, "It aint over till it's over..." Today my beloved Chicago Cubs, yes all the way from the West Coast they are and will always be my team, came back to win. There were two outs and the Cubs were down my three when Soto hit the game tying homer. In the bottom of the twelth, D.Lee smacked a walk off hit to win the game. An incredible win for this team of destiny.Last year, Cubs...
Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder has written an entire album's worth of original songs for Sean Penn's new directorial effort, "Into The Wild," according to Theplaylist.Vedder, who previously contributed songs for such Penn films as Dead Man Walking and I am Sam scores tracks for the film which is based on the John Krakauer novel about the mysterious Alaskan adventure of wanderer Christopher M...
Despite the fact that we couldn't see him all dapper in an Armani suit, Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder received his first Golden Globe ever for his music work in Into The Wild. Vedder's track "Gauranteed" won for Best Original Song in the Sean Penn-directed flick.Vedder was also up for a Globe in the Best Original Score category, but lost to Atonement composer Dario Marianelli. ...