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Vedder took music to escape a difficult home life. He moved to San Diego in the 70s and after playing with the San Diego group Bad Radio in his twenties, Vedder joined Pearl Jam in 1990. The band (named for Vedder's great grandmother Pearl's famous homemade jam) was comprised of guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament, Mike McCready (lead guitar), Dave Krusen (drums) and Vedder (vocals). Based out of Seattle, Pearl Jam released their debut album Ten, in 1990 and it became one of the best selling alternative albums of the decade. The band found itself amidst the sudden popularity and attention being paid to the Seattle music scene and the genre known as grunge. Upon its release, the band's sophomore album, Vs., set at the time the record for most copies of an album sold in a week, and spent five weeks at number one on the Billboard 200. The band's third album, Vitalogy featured the band's third new drummer, this time the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Jack Irons. Just like the first two, the record quickly climbed to the top of the charts and was registered multi-platinum, effectively making Pearl Jam the spokespeople for a whole generation of disaffected youth.



Keeping a low profile, Pearl Jam continued to put out critically acclaimed albums throughout the late 1990s, including No Code in 1996, Yield and the live album Live on Two Legs in 1998, as well as Binaural in May 2000. Vedder has also contributed to several soundtracks and compilations, including the soundtracks for the films Dead Man Walking, I Am Sam, and Into the Wild. Despite several controversies along his musical way, Eddie Vedder remains one of the top alternative rock visionaries and has millions of fans who applaud him for his distinctive style and outspokenness. Says Vedder: "The love received is the love that is saved." If this is true, he certainly has saved a lot of love.