Vedder was born on December 23, 1964, in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, the United States as Edward Louis Severson III. While he was a child, his parent's mother, Karen Lee Vedder, and father, Edward Louis Severson Jr., got divorced.
After the divorce, his mother soon married Peter Mueller. Vedder was raised with his stepfather Mueller believing that Muller was his biological father. However, later he came to know that Mueller is his stepfather after his mother got divorced from him. He is of Dutch, German, and Danish ancestry.
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In his early career, Vedder worked as a part-time night attendant at a local gas station. Later, he met a former Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons and became friendly with him. After some time, Iron gave him a demo tape from a band in Seattle, Washington, looking for a singer. He listened to the tape shortly before going surfing, and from there he created lyrics in his mind.
CAPTION: Eddie Vedder SOURCE: Instagram After that, he wrote lyrics for three songs, which describe the story of a young man. He recorded these songs with the demo tape, which was also loved by the former Mother Love Bone members, Stone Gossard and Jeff.
Vedder was invited by Seattle for the audition of their new band. By listening to Vedder's unique voice they were impressed and selected him to work as a vocalist. He began working on the band along with Chris Cornell. During his time with the band "Hunger Strike" became a duet between him and Cornell, which led him to much fame. He has also worked for Pearl Jam and Temple of the Dog band as a drummer and vocalist.
After his successful career, Vedder worked as a vocalist in an American romantic comedy movie, Singles, which was directed by Cameron Crowe. The co-stars of the movie are Campbell Scott, Kyra Sedgwick, and Bill Pullman. The movie became a huge hit and made a collection of $18.5 million on a $9 million budget.
Similarly, Vedder has appeared and worked in numerous movies and television shows including The Late Show, and MTV Unplugged: Pearl Jam. Further, Ramones: Raw, Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, The People Speak, Conan O'Brien Can't Stop, and Jay-Z: Made in America.
CAPTION: Eddie Vedder SOURCE: Instagram Vedder is an American by nationality and belongs to the white ethnicity. He married his longtime girlfriend Beth Liebling. The couple lived a happy married life for more than six years and then got divorced. After his divorce from his first wife, he began dating his girlfriend Jill McCormick and also married her. He has two daughters Olivia Vedder and Harper Vedder. Vedder lives a happily married life along with his spouse and children and the couple has no rumor of divorce.
Vedder is a popular singer and musician, who earns a huge amount of money from his professional career. He has worked for numerous bands and movies from which he must have collected a decent amount of money. He bought a house in Seattle by paying $0.8 million amount of money. He has a luxurious car called Continental Mark IV, which cost $40.000. According to some sources, his current net worth is about $100 million.
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