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.
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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...
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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...
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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. ...
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If Three 6 Mafia can be called "an Academy Award award-winning American hip hop" group, why in the world are neither Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder or Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood nominated for an 2008 Oscar? The nominees for the 80th annual Academy Awards aka Oscars were announced Tuesday morning. And despite the fact that Eddie Vedder's original track "Guaranteed" for the Sean Penn-directed flick In...
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Eddie Vedder has the soundtrack bug. He recently released the OST for Sean Penn's movie, Into The Wild, and news is breaking today that Vedder signed up to handle a new soundtrack. Vedder will work with RnB singer John Legend to organize musical accompaniment for a new documentary mini-series about America. The documentary is based on the incredible book, "A People's History of the United St...
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courtesy of the playlist:Eddie Vedder’s love for Sean Penn films has become a full-on crush. The Pearl Jam frontman will release an entire album of solo compositions for Into the Wild, a new film directed by Penn. Vedder has previously performed songs for Penn vehicles Dead Man Walking (”Long Road”) and I Am Sam (The Beatles’ “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away”).He’ll also have a s
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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...
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There are rumors that Pearl Jam frontman will go on tour to play "small gigs" to support his work on the soundtrack of the film "Into The Wild"."As previous reported":PR, Eddie Vedder contributed a few songs for the soundtrack. The film, directed by Sean Penn, is based on a book recounting the true story of Chris McCandless. (SPOILER WARNING)McCandless cut ties with his family, gave all his mon...
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Eddie Vedder is about to release his solo debut album. The long-time frontman for Pearl Jam was hand-picked by Sean Penn to compose a soundtrack for the director's newest film. The solo debut and movie are titled Into The Wild and the album will be released on September 18th while the movie hits theatres three days later.The album is said to consist of "folky-ballads" including a song titled...
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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...
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Pearl Jam frontman, Eddie Vedder will perform at the world premiere of the documentary "Body of War" on Sept. 11 at the Toronto International Film Festival, reports Billboard."Body of War" chronicles the story of Tomas Young, who was paralyzed by a bullet during his first week of military service in Iraq. Vedder was inspired to write material for the film, which was co-directed by talk show leg...
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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....
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It’s no secret that Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder is an outspoken, politically conscious dude, a grunge rocker from Seattle who doesn’t mince his words and won’t sit idly by when the system—in his opinion—is broken. As Vedder would say (via Backspacer’s...
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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...
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