Eddie Vedder by Chris Carrabba

In high school a friend named John and I got into music and started to play guitar together. We were both 16, loathed what we heard on the radio, and were mad about punk rock. When we saw on MTV that Pearl Jam were about to release an album called Ten we pooled our pocked money and bought the cassette version as soon as it came out [December 1991 in the US]. I had it for one week, John had it for the next. In fact, I?ve only just purchased my own copy!
Ten is the definitive grunge record. Being a fan of it really made you feel part of something. Along with Nirvana, Pearl Jam were the pioneers of that whole thing ? though they?ve now transcended it to become almost a heritage band.
Eddie Vedder?s vocal delivery was so innovative, nobody of my generation had done the husky-voiced Jim Morrison thing, but his lyrics were what drew me in. When you?re young and rebellious, you think that no one in the world understands you except for the singer in your favourite band. Once I was supposed to be seeing Pearl Jam play live and my dad didn?t come home in time for me to borrow the car so I had to walk six miles in a Florida monsoon. I think I ruined my cassette player.
To me, Eddie Vedder was a punk. Like me, he listened to Fugazi and as we would discover, he had principles and he was clearly educated. Even the songs he sang on that first record proved that. I liked Guns N? Roses but by the time the hair metal bands had reached their third generation, they were singing about nothing. I liked the fact that Vedder was a socially conscious guy, a bit of a thinker. There was something blue collar about him, too.
In later years I met Eddie several times. He lived up to all my expectations ? and then some. We did a school benefit a few years ago and I met him at a barbecue at Neil Young?s house. He came over and said hi, and the next day he watched us from the side of the stage. We?ve toured with U2 and I was less nervous about that than having Eddie Vedder watch what I do. Afterwards he said: ?Chris, you?ve got a really great voice.? You know what? I could pretty much retire right now.

Chris Carrabba is Dashboard Confessional. The new album Dusk And Summer is out now on Vagrant.

Link:
http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/page/classicrock?entry=eddie_vedder_by_chris_carrabba

É uma revista se nao me engano, e tem uma listagem dos maiores icones do rock, e alguem famoso falando sobre esse icone.

Abracows, espero que gostem.