“If it's a band I like, I just hope they will survive it all. And I'll admit that if it's crap music, I hope they won't and it'll go away. Simply because there are too many great bands who should be heard in their place.” IfsShouldHeardBandGoing AwayCrapRap Music Author:Eddie Vedder
“One thing you might suggest to a young band is don't get involved in any kind of long-term contract because everything changes on a bimonthly basis: The way people hear music and access it, the way it is distributed.” PeopleWayKindLongMightYoungTermOne ThingInvolvedBandBasesAccessLong TermContractsThings ChangeGet Involved Author:Eddie Vedder
“You know, punk bands now sell with one record - their first or second record - sell 10 times the amount of records than the Ramones did throughout their career with 20-something records. That's why I go over to Johnny Ramone's house and do yard work three times a week, just to absolve some of the guilt.” KnowsFirstsThreeHouseCareersRecordsWeekAmountBandSellsGuiltPunkYardsThree TimesRamonesYard Work Author:Eddie Vedder
“Our influences are who we are. It's rare that anything is an absolutely pure vision; even Daniel Johnston sounds like the Beatles. And that's the problem with the bands I'm always asked about, the ones derivative of the early Seattle sound. They don't dilute their influences enough.” EnoughProblemSoundVisionInfluencePureBandWho We AreSeattleDerivatives Author:Eddie Vedder
“When it comes to grunge or even just Seattle, I think there was one band that made the definitive music of the time. It wasn't us or Nirvana, but Mudhoney. Nirvana delivered it to the world, but Mudhoney were the band of that time and sound.” ThinkingWorldMadeSoundBandSeattleGrunge Author:Eddie Vedder
“There's a lot of bands that get to a certain level, and it just stops. They scrap it. Compare this to, say, The Rolling Stones or The Who, where they just continued on forever and are still playing, or they quit after 20 years.” YearsStillsCertainLevelsForeverBandStonesQuittingCompareRollingScrapRolling Stones Author:Eddie Vedder
“That makes it even more offensive to me that she's interested in our band and she did something for Slaughter.” BandOffensiveSlaughter Author:Eddie Vedder
