Editing Eddie Vedder (section)

==Musical style and influences==
[[File:Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam.jpg|thumb|Vedder performing with Pearl Jam at Piazza del Duomo in Italy in September 2006]]
Music critic [[Jim DeRogatis]] has described Vedder's vocals as a "[[Jim Morrison]]-like vocal growl".<ref>DeRogatis, Jim. ''Milk It!: Collected Musings on the Alternative Music Explosion of the 90's''. Cambridge: Da Capo, 2003. {{ISBN|0-306-81271-1}}, pg. 57</ref> Greg Prato of ''[[AllMusic]]'' said, "With his hard-hitting and often confessional lyrical style and Jim Morrison-esque baritone, Vedder also became one of the most copied lead singers in all of rock."<ref>{{cite web | url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p134417|pure_url=yes}} | title = Eddie Vedder > Biography | access-date=April 20, 2009 | last = Prato | first = Greg | work =[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> Vedder has inducted [[Aerosmith]], [[the Doors]], [[Neil Young]], the [[Ramones]], and [[R.E.M.]] into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]], and in his induction speeches he has cited them all as influences. Other influences that Vedder has cited include [[Pete Townshend]] and [[the Who]], which the singer considers to be his favorite band of all time,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/eddie-vedder-on-how-the-who-blew-his-mind-as-a-kid-changed-his-life-237461/|title=Eddie Vedder on How the Who Changed His Life|website=Rollingstone.com|date=March 10, 2016|access-date=February 13, 2022}}</ref> [[the Beatles]], [[Bruce Springsteen]], [[Pink Floyd]], [[Talking Heads]], [[Fugazi]], and [[the Clash]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Givony |first=Ronen |author-link= |date=2020 |title=Not For You. Pearl Jam and the Present Tense |url= |location=United States |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|page=143 |isbn=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhqKCQXI8s0 | title=Eddie Vedder in Conversation with Bruce Springsteen | website=YouTube | date=February 13, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.spin.com/2003/07/my-life-music-eddie-vedder/ | title=My Life in Music: Eddie Vedder | newspaper=Spin | date=July 15, 2003 | last1=Milner | first1=Greg }}</ref>

Vedder's lyrical topics range from personal ("Alive", from ''Ten''; "Better Man", from ''Vitalogy'') to social and political concerns ("[[Even Flow]]", from ''Ten''; "[[World Wide Suicide]]", from ''Pearl Jam''). His lyrics have often invoked the use of storytelling and have included themes of freedom, [[individualism]], and sympathy for troubled individuals.<ref>Tannenbaum, Rob. [http://www.fivehorizons.com/archive/articles/george_700.shtml "Rebels Without a Pause"]. ''[[George (magazine)|George]]''. July 2000.</ref> Other recurring themes include the use of water metaphors,<ref>Lindgren, Hugo. [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/10/arts/music-pearl-jam-turns-pop-fame-on-its-head-less-is-more.html?scp=1&sq=pearl+jam+riot&st=nyt "Music; Pearl Jam Turns Pop Fame on Its Head: Less Is More"]. ''[[The New York Times]]''. November 10, 2002.</ref> and the concept of leaving everything behind to start again, which is featured in "[[Rearviewmirror (song)|Rearviewmirror]]", from ''Vs.''; "MFC", from ''Yield''; "Evacuation", from ''Binaural''; and "[[Gone (Pearl Jam song)|Gone]]", from ''Pearl Jam'').

Although primarily a vocalist, Vedder began playing guitar on some Pearl Jam songs with the ''Vs.'' songs "Rearviewmirror" and "[[Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town]]". When the band started, Gossard and McCready were clearly designated as rhythm and lead guitarists, respectively. The dynamic began to change when Vedder started to play more rhythm guitar during the ''Vitalogy'' era. McCready said in 2006, "Even though there are three guitars, I think there's maybe more room now. Stone will pull back and play a two-note line and Ed will do a [[power chord]] thing, and I fit into all that."<ref>Cross, Charles R. "Better Man". ''Guitar World Presents: Guitar Legends: Pearl Jam''. July 2006.</ref> Vedder's guitar playing helped the band's sound progress toward a more stripped-down style; the songs "Rearviewmirror" and "[[Corduroy (song)|Corduroy]]" (from ''Vitalogy'') feature Vedder's raw, punk-influenced guitar playing. As he had more influence on the band's sound, Vedder sought to make the band's musical output less [[Hook (music)|catchy]]. He said, "I felt that with more popularity, we were going to be crushed, our heads were going to pop like grapes."<ref name="secondcoming">{{cite magazine | last = Hiatt | first = Brian | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/pearl_jam_the_second_coming | title = The Second Coming of Pearl Jam | magazine = [[Rolling Stone]] | date = June 16, 2006 | access-date = June 22, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070823234208/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/pearl_jam_the_second_coming | archive-date = August 23, 2007 | url-status = dead }}</ref> He has also contributed performances on the [[ukulele]], harmonica, [[accordion]], and [[electric sitar]] to various Pearl Jam recordings.

===Live performances===
[[File:PearlJam01London2018.jpg|thumb|Vedder with Pearl Jam in June 2018]]
Throughout Pearl Jam's career, Vedder has interacted with the crowd during the band's concerts. Early in Pearl Jam's existence, Vedder and the band became known for their intense live performances. Vedder participated in [[stage diving]] as well as [[crowd surfing]]. During the early part of Pearl Jam's career, Vedder was known to climb the stage lighting rig and hang from the stage roof. Looking back at this time, Vedder said, "It's hard for us to watch early performances, even though that's when people think we were on fire and young. Playing music for as long as I had been playing music and then getting a shot at making a record and at having an audience and stuff, it's just like an untamed force...a different kind of energy. And I find it kind of hard to watch those early performances because it's so just fucking, semi-testosterone-fueled or whatever. But it didn't come from jock mentality. It came from just being let out of the gates."<ref name="hiatt">{{cite magazine | last = Hiatt | first = Brian | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10611546/eddie_vedders_embarrassing_tale_naked_in_public/2 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060703003128/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10611546/eddie_vedders_embarrassing_tale_naked_in_public/2 | url-status = dead | archive-date = July 3, 2006 | title = Eddie Vedder's Embarrassing Tale: Naked in Public | magazine = [[Rolling Stone]] | date = June 20, 2006 | access-date = March 3, 2009 }}</ref>

Vedder began incorporating social commentary and political criticism into his lyrics and performances early in his career with Pearl Jam. He usually comments on politics between songs, often to criticize [[Foreign policy of the United States|U.S. foreign policy]]. During Pearl Jam's 2007 [[Lollapalooza]] headlining show, Vedder and the band played a song telling the crowd in Chicago to boycott the oil company [[BP]] because they had been polluting [[Lake Michigan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/pearl-jam/30173 |title=Pearl Jam Close Out Last Night at Lollapalooza |access-date=April 25, 2009 |publisher=[[NME]] |date=August 7, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430120637/http://www.nme.com/news/pearl-jam/30173 |archive-date=April 30, 2009 }}</ref>

Vedder is known to use a Mike Lull-modified,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/news/esteemed-washington-luthier-mike-lull-dies-aged-65-pearl-jam-pay-tribute|title=Esteemed Washington luthier Mike Lull dies aged 65 - Pearl Jam pay tribute|author=Michael Astley-Brown|date=February 17, 2020|website=Guitarworld.com|access-date=February 13, 2022}}</ref> vintage Fender [[Fender_Telecaster|Telecaster]] that features a single coil pickup in the bridge position and a [[P-90]] pickup in the neck position, as well as various stickers as a tribute to his favorite band of all time, [[The Who]]. He uses three vintage Fender Tweed amplifiers, including a 1959 Deluxe and a 1957 Custom Twin. His two main acoustic guitars are a 1930s-era Martin 00-17 and a vintage Gibson Pete Townshend Signature SJ-200.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fretboardjournal.com/features/eddie-vedder-photo-outtakes/|title=Eddie Vedder - Photo Outtakes|website=Fretboardjournal.com|date=April 13, 2012|access-date=February 13, 2022}}</ref>