Pearl Jam frontman recalled that his friendship with the Soundgarden singer went far beyond musical issues
Eddie Vedder and the homesick Chris Cornellrespectively vocalists of Pearl Jam It is soundgarden, had a long-standing friendship. In 1990, they worked together on the project’s only album Temple of the Dog, released the following year. It was also in 1991 that both singers’ bands began to become famous, with the albums have It is Badmotorfinger.
Unfortunately, in 2017, cornell ended his own life. From then on, Vedder he always avoided talking publicly about his friend; at best, she vented at solo shows, but never got into personal details about the relationship.
This protocol was broken only in 2020, when eddie finally decided to comment on the situation in an interview with the broadcaster’s program Howard Stern (via blabbermouth), in a conversation that lasted approximately three hours and, of course, addressed several other subjects. At the time, the singer admitted to having gone into a “kind of denial” after the loss.
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I feel like I didn’t even have a choice. I was terrified of where I would go if I allowed myself to feel what I needed to feel, or what I was instinctively wanting to feel, or how dark it felt.”
A feeling of regret may also have knocked in the heart of Vedderbearing in mind that he Cornell, due to life circumstances and the rush of life on the road, they didn’t keep much contact in the last decade of the frontman’s life. soundgarden.
“Having not seen him that often in the last 10 years – probably four or five times, and usually at a concert – I still haven’t really dealt with it. I get stronger as time goes by.”
Eddie Vedder and Chris Cornell
Even during the interview, Eddie Vedder revealed that he had a strong friendship with Chris Cornell, in addition to musical affinity. the singer of Pearl Jam was closer to Soundgarden’s lead singer than his own bandmates.
We were close. It wasn’t just that we played music. We were neighbors. I hung out with him outside the band a lot more than the other guys in the band. I didn’t know that many people in Seattle, so we’d go on crazy hiking adventures, or mountain biking, or chasing a dog in the rain while drinking bad beer. And it was cool. It had nothing to do with being around other music people or anything typical of Los Angeles.”
A message to those affected
In June 2017 (via Whiplash)a month after the death of Chris Cornell, Eddie Vedder made an emotional outburst during a show held at the Hammersmith Apollo, in London. The vocalist of Pearl Jamin a solo performance at the time, recalled that he had also lost one of his brothers a few years earlier and left a message for those affected by the loss of Cornell.
“I want to be there for the family, for the community, for my bandmates, certainly the brothers in this band. But these things take time and my friend is gone forever. I just have to send this message to everyone affected. […] y’all know he wasn’t just a friend, he was someone I had like a big brother.
[…] I don’t want to be sad, I’d rather be grateful than sad. I’m still thinking about those little memories that will forever be in my heart and I… will love him forever.”
*In Brazil, the Centro de Valorização da Vida (CVV) provides free emotional support and suicide prevention, serving all people who want and need to talk. Contact available by telephone 188 or online (email, chat, Skype) with data available on the website www.cvv.org.br.
Source: Rollingstone
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