Eddie Jerome Vedder, an American singer, guitarist, and composer best known as the main vocalist and one of Pearl Jam’s four guitarists was born Edward Louis Severson III on December 23, 1964. As a one-time memorial to the late singer Andrew Wood, Temple of the Dog, also made an appearance as a guest vocalist.
Pearl Jam was founded in 1990 by Ament, Gossard, and McCready, who then brought in Vedder and three drummers in succession. The band was originally called Mookie Blaylock, but when they signed with Epic Records in 1991, they were forced to change their name, naming their debut album Ten after Blaylock’s jersey number.
Ten launched the band into the mainstream and went on to become one of the best-selling alternative albums of the 1990s, earning the band 13 Platinum certification. The band found itself in the midst of the sudden popularity and attention paid to the Seattle music scene and the grunge genre. In 1993, the single “Jeremy” received Grammy nominations for Best Rock Song and Best Hard Rock Performance. Pearl Jam won four MTV Video Music Awards in 1993 for its music video for “Jeremy,” including Video of the Year and Best Group Video. Ten is ranked 209 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and “Jeremy” is ranked 11 on VH1’s list of the 100 greatest songs of the 1990s.
Eddie Vedder’s parents: Meet Edward Louis Severson, Karen Lee Vedder
Vedder was born to Karen Lee Vedder and Edward Louis Severson Jr. in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois. When Vedder was a baby, his parents divorced. His mother remarried soon after to a man named Peter Mueller. Vedder was raised believing Mueller was his biological father, and for a time he went by the name Edward Mueller. Vedder’s ancestors are Norwegian (Severson) as well as Dutch, German, and Danish (Vedder).
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