Thursday, January 22, 2009

Eddie Vedder

"I Called him A Hero of 1990"and "The Legend Of GRUNGE" .Eddie Vedder was born Edward Louis Severson III in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, the son of Karen Lee Vedder and Edward Louis Severson, Jr.His father was a lounge musician.His parents divorced in 1965, when Vedder was a year old. His mother soon remarried a man named Peter Mueller, an attorney, and young Vedder was raised believing that Mueller was his biological father. His adopted name became Edward Mueller.While living in Evanston, Vedder's family fostered seven younger children in a group home.
In the mid-1970s, the family, including Vedder's three younger half-brothers, moved to San Diego County, California. It was at this point that Vedder, who had received a guitar from his mother on his 12th birthday, began turning to music as a source of comfort. He particularly found solace in The Who's 1973 album, Quadrophenia.His mother and Mueller divorced when Vedder was in his late teens. His mother and brothers moved back to the Chicago area, but Vedder remained with his stepfather in California so he would not have to change high schools.
It was not until after the divorce that Vedder learned the truth about his parentage, that Mueller was really his stepfather. Vedder had met his biological father briefly as a child, but had believed that Severson was merely an old friend of his parents. By the time Vedder learned the truth, Severson had died of multiple sclerosis. Vedder's already bad relationship with his stepfather became increasingly strained. He eventually dropped out of San Dieguito High School in his senior year due to the pressures of balancing school with a nightly job at a drug store in Encinitas.He joined the rest of his family in Chicago, and it was at this time that he changed his name to Eddie Vedder, "Vedder" being his mother's maiden name.
In the early 1980s, Vedder earned his high school GED and briefly attended a community college near Chicago.
In 1984, Vedder returned to San Diego, California with his girlfriend, Beth Liebling. He kept busy recording demo tapes
at his home and working various jobs, including positions as a night attendant at a local gas station and a contracted security guard at the La Valencia Hotel in La Jolla. Vedder had several stints in San Diego area bands, including Surf and Destroy and The Butts.One of those bands, called Indian Style,included future Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave drummer Brad Wilk.
Terakhir Eddie Vedder menggarap soundtrack Into The Wild sebuah film yang diangkat dari Novel dengan judul yang sama.( http://www.intothewild.com/ )
Beberapa sikap kesederhanaan si Eddie menginspirasi hidup saya,sangat down to earth. Stylenya masih seperti dulu waktu baru2 ngetop ( era 90'an ),KONSISTEN di jalurnya n' TOTALLY GRUNGE......................
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Eddie live in Chicago
( sorry masih in english biografinya,sekalian belajar bhs.inggris)
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