Song: "No More"
Artist: Eddie Vedder
Album: "Into The Wild"
Year: 2007
Place Of Origin: Evanston, Illinois
Years Active: 1987 - present
WHAT I THINK THE SONG IS ABOUT:
"No More" was inspired by a 26 year old Army veteran Tomas Young. Young was shot and paralyzed from the waist down after serving in Iraq for less than a week. He is the subject of a documentary called "Body Of War". Eddie Vedder struck up a friendship with Young and was inspired by Young's own words about the war to write this anti-war protest song.
EDDIE VEDDER DISCOGRAPHY (Full length albums only):
2007 - Into The Wild (J Records)
2011 - Ukulele Songs (Monkey Wrench Records)
CURRENT STATUS OF EDDIE VEDDER:
Eddie Vedder got his start in the music world back in 1987. While he was born just outside of Chicago, it was in 1987 when he was living in San Diego, California that he started to get involved in bands. Some of the bands he was in were Surf And Destroy, The Butts and Indian Style, which also featured drummer Brad Wilk of Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave fame. In 1988, Vedder joined Bad Radio, which had an alternative rock/funk vibe like Red Hot Chili Peppers. In 1990, Vedder was given a demo tape by Jack Irons, drummer of the Chili Peppers at the time. The music was from a Seattle band with members of Mother Love Bone who disbanded when their frontman Andy Wood died of a drug overdose. Eddie wrote lyrics to the songs on the demo, songs that would become "Alive", "Once" and "Footsteps". The band was blown away, flew him up to Seattle and Mookie Blaylock was formed. Around the same time, Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell had some tribute songs written for his fallen friend Andy Wood and decided to record them with Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Mike McCready and Matt Cameron. This project would be called Temple Of The Dog and Eddie Vedder would record his very first vocal track on record for the song "Hunger Strike". Fast forward. Mookie Blaylock changes their name to Pearl Jam. In 1991, the album "Ten" is released. The Seattle sound officially takes over the music world! Eddie Vedder along with Chris Cornell, Kurt Cobain of Nirvana and Layne Staley of Alice In Chains, become the voices of that generation, whether they wanted to or not. Pearl Jam has released ten full length studio albums from 1991 to the present day as well as a shitload of live bootlegs that you can order through their website. Eddie Vedder is easily one of the best vocalists in rock music of all time. In 2007, Eddie Vedder wrote music for the soundtrack of the film "Into The Wild". This would be his first venture as a solo artist. It would also lead to his first solo tours in support of this album. The song "Guaranteed" from this album would win a Golden Globe award. In 2011, Vedder released his second full length solo album, "Ukulele Songs". As you can guess, the album features Eddie and his trusty ukulele. Vedder also released a DVD in 2011 called "Water On The Road" which is basically a live solo show and other features. Eddie Vedder still often does solo tours. Pearl Jam haven't put out a studio album since 2013, long over-fuckin'-do boys! But, they have gotten together to do tours, most recently a stadium tour which featured live shows in Seattle's Kingdome, Chicago's Wrigley Field and Boston's Fenway Park. Vedder has gotten much better at his guitar playing and that has shown in his solo material as well as his guitar work in Pearl Jam. Eddie has also contributed songs to several soundtracks over the years. What more can I say about this dude?! Pearl Jam is my all time favorite band and Vedder is an incredible vocalist, unbelievable songwriter and one of the best frontmen in rock history! Whether he is going full blaze stadium rock with Pearl Jam, or getting Dylan-esqe folksy on his solo material, Vedder shines through with his lyrics and songwriting ability. He was influenced by many greats, The Who, The Ramones, The Clash, Neil Young, Neil Finn, Bruce Springsteen, U2, and R.E.M. to name a few, and he has inspired many a young band to pick up their guitars and go all out, balls out rockin' in the free world... Ok I'll slow down. NOW MAKE A NEW FUCKIN' PEARL JAM ALBUM IS ALL!!
TEN EDDIE VEDDER SONGS YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT:
1. Against The 70's (w/ Mike Watt and Dave Grohl)
2. Guaranteed
3. My City Of Ruins (Bruce Springsteen cover)
4. Hard Sun (Indio cover)
5. The Waiting (w/ Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
6. Ship Song (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds cover)
7. Trouble (Cat Stevens cover)
8. Constellations (w/ Jack Johnson)
9. Man Of The Hour
10. Society
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