He was previously a guest vocalist for supergroup temple of the dog, a tribute band dedicated to singer andrew wood. · pearl jam lead singer eddie vedder sings take me out to the ballgame during the 7th-inning stretch of nl wild card game 1 A surfer from san diego named eddie vedder. · musician and activist eddie vedder rose to fame as lead singer of pearl jam, a band that popularized the grunge rock movement in the early 1990s. · watch the excerpt in the video player above featuring vedder talking about writing lyrics while surfing to an instrumental tape sent to him by a group of seattle musicians, and bassist jeff ament. · surprisingly, these were also among the first songs that the founding members of pearl jam had ever heard from their soon-to-be frontman and lyricist, eddie vedder. · however, he told them he knew of a singer who could be a great fit for them: He is the lead vocalist , primary lyricist, and one of three guitarists for the rock band pearl jam. · eddie vedder came to prominence as the lead singer of pearl jam , one of the leading bands on the alternative rock/grunge movement during the early 90’s. Eddie jerome vedder (born edward louis severson iii, ) is an american singer, musician, and songwriter. Gossard and ament gave the drummer the tape, and he handed it to.
