Eddie Vedder is a big Bon Jovi fan
 

Just listen to these nice comments:


What a nice dude :(.

Envious of JBJ's hits methinks.

Its easy to poke fun at JBJ and the guys.
But Vedder is just dirt on their shoe. And only wishes he could be that successful.

And then he would just complain about it, and write an album about how much it sucks.

OMG he made fun of Richie's white fur coat! *offended*

=P

Hm a little coward? Bashing infront of other people is poor. He should say it face-to-face but I bet he couldn't do that

Jealousy.

Pearl Jam isn't a bleep on Bon Jovi's success radar. When grunge wiped out the hair bands, it didn't succeed with Bon Jovi.

Can you imagine Jon saying something like that? That's the difference between a guy with class, and guy without.

Haha, right on. Grunge bands, indie bands, alt rock bands, etc might act like they're above continued mainstream/commercial success but they crave it just as much the Bon Jovis of the world.

I like Pearl Jam, some of their music is mind blowing and they were probably the best band to come out of the grunge scene.

But Vedder lost a lot of respect with this rant, he's picked an easy target and tried to make himself look cool.

No cool Ed, no cool :rolleyes:

Ah Pearl Jam, released first album 1991 and has managed to sell over 60 million albums, not bad.

But what's this? Only 8 years before Bon Jovi released their first album and have racked up over 130 million records sold despite a huge break in 1996 till 2000 which is bigger than any break pearl jam has ever taken.

Pearl Jam have failed to sell over a million copies of any of their studio albums since 1998, over ten years. Wheras Lost Highway, Jovis latest album has sold over 3,800,000 worldwide in 2 years.

I can see why Vedder is so bitter. I think we can proclaim a Jovi win. :cool:

I don't like Pearl Jam, but I might as well take the opportunity to say that you lot are taking Eddie Vedder's comments to heart a bit. I'm sure Jon doesn't particularly care, and it's just his opinions after all!

On a slightly related note (artists discussing the band), Noel Gallagher did an interview with Chris Moyles on Thursday and Bon Jovi were mentioned. They were talking about Familiar To Millions, Oasis' live album they recorded at Wembley Stadium in 2000, and how Noel thought it was shit (quite rightly so). Noel said something along the lines of "We were the last British band to play Wembley Stadium. We were gonna be the last band but, err, Bon Jovi somewhat tainted that for us."

For some reason he's always held off giving the band a proper slagging, like he does alot of bands, despite the fact he obviously doesn't like them. Maybe it's because he's met Jon and likes him?

Aloha !

To be fair though, Oasis' shows were a lot better (and exciting, with Liam being that drunk) than Bon Jovi's last shows at Wembley.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

Pretty tame by Noel's standards tbh

I'm a huge Oasis fan, but Noel's out of his tree. They are absolutely massive in the UK, but in the US, no one has given a shit about anything they've done in 10 years. Hell, I saw them supporting the Black Crowes about 4 years back.

I say this with all unbias sincerity - Many of these bands are jealous of Bon Jovi. There isn't one band that has ever slagged off on them that is more successfull, and BJ have done it without critical acclaim, controversy or a shitty attitude. They haven't broken up time and again like other bands. And one thing that I'm sure sticks in their craws is that Jon, make fun of them as they do, is a hell of a lot more savvy and intelligent than they are. If his music career ended today, he'd have something to back up on. What the hell would Eddie Vedder or Noel Gallagher do?

Although they're nowhere near as successful in the US, they have sold out MSG, and Dig Out Your Soul got to Number 5 last year!

That was a co-headlining tour.

I don't know quite what you mean by that, but I'm sure they could both have pretty succesfull solo careers.

It's because Bon Jovi had a big fanbase. Bon Jovi went from 7x Platinum to 2x Platinum. Grunge downsized the fanbase of popular bands like Van Halen, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Black Crowes, Guns N' Roses and Van Halen, to name a few.

I particularly dislike entertainers who disparage other entertainers. Say what you will - as entertainers they have the power of the microphone. I think far too many abuse that power.

I enjoy Pearl Jam and/or Eddie Vedder casually - I'm not a huge fan. However I have always liked what I perceived as his integrity. Too bad he blows that image on cheap shots such as this.

I'm not gonna throw Eddie under the bus or anything here, and I think Pearl Jam are by far the best of the grunge bands, but that's just a pointless shot at an "easy" target.

From everything I have read, Liam and Noel have had something to say about every band and not always the best remarks, even about the Beatles and the Stones...Talk about ego. They sure seem to think that they are the best rock n roll band in the world...and it seems like they are slagging all these bands that might be in competition with them for that title.

Idiotic comments like saying that they hate all Green Day fans...WTF I' am Green Day fan and I have also slowly become an Oasis fan and shit like that just turns me off.

It may have been co-headlining, but it didn't come off that way. Black Crowes played about 30 minutes longer, played last, had a bigger stage, and there were many more people there for them.

I'm not talking musically. I'm talking outside of music. Jon's a smart guy, with a lot of business savvy, and his hand in many other outlets. Noel and Eddie have nothing beside music.

This may be my biased Pearl Jam loving viewpoint talking, but from what you guys were saying, I expected far worse than what he actually said. It was more like a swipe at patriotism that just so happened to include Jon because he wears an American flag sometimes

I honestly couldn't understand most of what Eddie mumbled, but if I caught it correctly, he called Jon "forty." He can take that as a compliment. LOL Otherwise, it just comes across as sour grapes to hear someone like Eddie Vedder dissing someone who's more successful in multiple avenues.

Much the same as listening to any of his music.

I think he said something along the lines of a "forty year old butt rocker"
though I could be wrong.....

you have obviously never heard the Soundtrack to Into The wild. My all time favourite album. No other record has moved me to such extent. Even more so considering that I don't like Pearl Jam at all.

Anyhow, a "a 40 year old butt-rocker" cracked me up. And all the comments about Vedder being "jealous" and what not are just retarded. Just as a reminder, when he was accused on riding the success of Nirvana, Vedder decided to not film videoclips any longer...videoclips, probably the main driver of record sales in the 1990s. Still, Pearl Jam are probably the biggest band to come out of the 90s. He's just honest. I also think JBJ is a butt-rocker although I'm a fan. There's things he does that make me be ashamed of being a Jovi fan...the ass shaking at concerts is one of them and many people here pointed it out. Now suddenly Vedder is a bad guy. What the hell...

Not to mention that JBJ ranted about everyone from Axl Rose, to Justin Timberlake, to the Darkness, to Michael Jackson. But that's usually fine...

Oasis aren't as massive as they used to be in the UK. Other bands are usurped them of late.

Funny you should say that - That was my favorite movie from last year, and I've had the soundtrack since the day it came out. I love it. And yes, I can understand what he's saying, most of the time on that one. The songs fit the movie perfectly, especially Long Nights and Society.

I think Guaranteed is the best song on the album, but every single song is just a masterpiece in its own right. Every now and then I take a long walk and just listen to that record 2-3 times in a row. Just amazing stuff...

I'm downloading this now.... see what you guys made me do?? you made me steal.....bad bad bad influences....

I couldn't agree more - it's fantastic. I read the book when it first came out and was really sucked in - I loved it. But then I am always more moved by a book than a movie - I usually hate what Hollywood does to my favorite books when they make a movie.

This was was done well though and the soundtrack really fit the movie. Not your typical overwrought Hollywood score :roll:

Javier - go buy the damn soundtrack - it's not that expensive and it's worth it LOL.

I know I'm 12 years late to comment on this, but I don't think Eddie hates Bon Jovi, just Jon's attitude and his "tricks". We all know what Jon is like.

A later date, in 2017 Pearl Jam was inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame. Jeff Ament (the bassist of the band) wore a t-shirt with all Bands/artists that he loved and the Rock n Roll Of Fame was ignoring them. On that list, there was Bon Jovi. (Interestingly, Bon Jovi was inducted the following year.)

The T-shirt:https://www.instagram.com/p/BSor1Cmg...ource=ig_embed
https://www.futurerocklegends.com/bl...ment_shirt.jpg

https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/cf6/...ontal.w700.jpg

Do not forget that all artists have an ego and an opinion. Reminder video: Something For The Pain. A video that was basically poking fun at the grunge music and hip hop of those years, including an Eddie impersonator.