Trivia

Wrote the song "Alive" after learning the man he presumed to be his father was actually his step-father.

Vedder was born Edward Louis Severson III in 1964. He spent most of his childhood under the impression that his stepfather (last name Mueller) was his real father. Later he changed his last name from "Mueller" to "Vedder," which is his mother's maiden name.

Is a vinyl fanatic and avid surfer.

Was best friends with Chris Cornell, who initiated him into the Seattle music scene.

After doing a small east coast and midwest tour promoting his self released album "Ukulele Songs," Eddie Vedder will be joining his band mates over Labor Day weekend in Alpine Valley, Wisconsin to celebrate the band's 20th anniversary. The celebration, named Pearl Jam Twenty, will be a two day festival with big name acts performing following with Pearl Jam closing each night. After Pearl Jam Twenty, Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam will embark on a small Canadian tour followed by a Central and South American tour. (July 2011)

Arrested and charged with drunkeness and disturbing the peace, November 18, 1993, along with then White Sox pitcher Jack McDowell, after the two scuffled with bar patrons in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Lead singer for Seattle grunge band, Pearl Jam.

Musical influences include The Who, Neil Young, and The Doors.

Daughters, Olivia, born June 11th 2004, and Harper Moon Margaret, born September 23, 2008. Mother is Jill McCormick.

Admires American writer Kurt Vonnegut Jr..

Vedder is also a big fan of "The Ramones". In 1996, he traveled incognito with them to Argentina when "The Ramones" said goodbye to the stages there, in the tour "Adiós Ramones".

Was in the San Diego band, 'Bad Radio', which won a music contest set up by Z90, a rock radio station. At this event, he met a new friend, Boris, who forecast to him that his band would be the winner. Sometime later on, Boris, encourage Eddie, during hard times, to not give up because he was sure he was gonna make it.

In fall of 2004, as a member of Pearl Jam, he participated in the Vote for Change concert tour organized to encourage the defeat of George W. Bush in the U.S. presidential election.

Supported Green Party candidate Ralph Nader in the 2000 elections.

Wrote the song "4/20/02" in the night that he found out about Layne Staley's death, on April 20, 2002. Vedder also paid tribute to Staley during a Pearl Jam concert in Chicago on August 22, 2016, which would be 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.

Ranked #64 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.

Is mentioned in the liner notes of Blues Traveler's 1994 album "Four.".