Eddie Vedder

The Five Best Concerts in OC This Week

Monday, February 25 Ramona Falls Constellation Room Brent Knopf was the polymath co-founder of Portland's Menomena, the impressively (or was that intimidatingly?) creative band that would reverse-engineer their live songs from an insane collection of custom loops--kind of like an indie rock band d ... More >>

The Un-Exonerated of 'West of Memphis'

A new doc achieves the impossible: freeing the West Memphis Three

Paul McCartney To Play With Nirvana Tonight At The 12-12-12 Concert? Unfortunately, Yes

For those of you who may or may not know, tonight in New York City is the granddaddy of all Sandy concerts. Taking place at Madison Square Garden, tonight's show will feature some of the biggest names in music history including (drumroll please) Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band, Bon Jovi, Eri ... More >>

Sega Genocide

La Cave

Top Five Movie Soundtracks Made By Handpicked Rockstars

When a film is made, part of the main process of getting the soundtrack together is finding the right musician's to play for the album. Sometimes it's a single song or it is an entire soundtrack. These top five albums made for a movie by handpicked musicians have been, for the most part, nominated ... More >>

Top 10 Rock Star Backup Vocal Collabortions

Every now and then, rockstars align to bring us a classic we never saw coming. No matter what the genre, you have plenty of examples of two (sometimes three or more) powerhouses coming together to back each other up with a set of voices that are usually so different that they sound like they were ma ... More >>

Five Most Skewed Moments In Grammy History

​This Sunday night, the Grammy Awards will once again be held at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The 54th version promises to be an eventful night with confirmed performers like The Beach Boys, Maroon 5, Kelly Clarkson, Foo Fighters, Bruno Mars, Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift, the night promises to b ... More >>

Bruce Springsteen Announces SoCal Date; Eight Potential Guests To Join Him Onstage

​Though there have been rumblings for some time, Bruce Springsteen and what's left of the E Street Band will be returning to Southern California for the first time since 2009's Working on A Dream tour. Springsteen will be playing at the Los Angeles Sports Arena on April 26 with tickets to go on-sa ... More >>

NAMM: So Much More Than Long Hairs and Van Halen Fans

Brandon Ferguson​Almost every year for the past decade it seems like I have some musician friend who struts around waving a NAMM show pass in my face like the fucking golden ticket to Wonka's Chocolate Factory. My turn to stroll amongst the aisles of new musical products finally came this weekend. ... More >>

3hree Things: On Pearl Jam Twenty

Watch out for 3hree Things every Tuesday, in which Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice, gives his take on life in Southern California as an OC native.​Pearl Jam was one of a very tiny handful of bands that made me want to start playing in a rock ... More >>

Album Attack to Play Rocket from the Crypt's 'Circa:Now!'

Circa:Now! will be performed, but not by these guys​Cover songs are a dicey subject. On the one hand, you got your bands that write their own awesome shit and play other people's tunes as either a nod to great music or as a fun escape from their own material. But on the other, you got your band ... More >>

Pearl Jam's Ten Club: Are They Eddie Vedder's Copyright Police?

​We don't condone the violation of copyright law. But if you try to upload a video on YouTube featuring a live Pearl Jam or Eddie Vedder performance, chances are your account will be blocked due to a copyright claim filed by a third party. At least that's what happened when I attempted to upl ... More >>

All the Bands We Love are Old: Metallica, Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine, No Doubt

Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​This year, Metallica is celebrating its 30th anniversary. (Apparently, there will be a week-long celebration in San Francisco this December.) Rage Against the Machine and Pearl Jam are 20 years old this year too. No Doubt is 25. After the jump, watch clips of these b ... More >>

Eddie Vedder at The Terrace Theater in Long Beach Last Night

Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​Eddie VedderJuly 6, 2011Terrace Theater, Long BeachWhen I first heard Eddie Vedder was releasing an album composed solely of ukulele songs, I  wondered if we were about to watch the venerable grungeman do a David Lee Roth-style scissor kick over the proverbial s ... More >>

Six Surprises from the New Pearl Jam Documentary

​ Along with reissues of their early records, Pearl Jam is releasing a documentary this year by their old friend, director Cameron Crowe (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Almost Famous). Filled with behind-the-scenes footage and performance clips from the 1990s to present day, the film also reveal ... More >>

Dave Grohl, Pat Smear, Eddie Vedder Join Mike Watt & the Missing Men On Stage in Seattle

One of our favorite perma-performing musicians around, Mike Watt, was joined on stage last night at the Triple Door in Seattle during his encore by Dave Grohl, Eddie Vedder and Pat Smear. The group performed "Big Train," the first track off Watt's 1994 debut solo album Ball-Hog or Tugboat?--which yo ... More >>

Eddie Vedder Announces Solo Tour With Three SoCal Stops

Jon Gitchoff/Riverfront Times​Pearl Jam front man Eddie Vedder today announced a tour to support his soon-to-be-released solo album, Ukulele Songs. He's performing at the Long Beach Terrace Theatre on July 6 and The Wiltern on July 8.

The White Buffalo At Detroit Bar Last Night

Chasen Marshall/OC WeeklyThe White BuffaloDecember 14, 2010Detroit BarNot much is known or written about singer-songwriter, The White Buffalo. Just finding his real name is difficult.But to those who know his music or have heard him play, they're sold. The following isn't great, but it's growin ... More >>

The White Buffalo, aka Jake Smith: 'I Didn't Know I Could Sing at All, or That I Had an Interesting Voice'

Danielle Bacher/ OC Weekly​Folk singer Jake Smith, a.k.a. the White Buffalo, has released his new five-track EP entitled Prepare for Black & Blue. Smith captivates his audiences with his folksy jangles, earthy vocals and poetic lyrics. Even though he doesn't quite understand the compariso ... More >>

WTF of the Week: Scott Stapp at San Manuel Indian Casino

​WTF? "Good Christian" and former Creed frontman Scott Stapp performing at the San Manuel Casino, amidst the frenzied action of slot machines and black jack tables. Apparently, Stapp will present newly deconstructed Creed material--intimately and acoustically--along with some "newer" solo stuff fr ... More >>

Last Night: Ximena Sariñana at Detroit Bar

We don't have any live shots from Detroit Bar, but were able to grab this alluring photo from Ximena's Facebook fan page. We don't know for sure if she leaned on any cars during her time in Costa Mesa, but it's distinctly possible.​The Hype: Two years ago, Guadalajara-born former telenovela star X ... More >>

Dave Wakeling Hasn't Missed a Beat

The man in the 'Mirror In the Bathroom' still marches to his own . . . rhythm

Toody Cole of Pierced Arrows on Hanging with Eddie Vedder and Being Rock's Coolest Grandma

Pierced Arrows perform at Detroit Bar, Costa Mesa, Thurs., March 25, 9 p.m. $10. 21 .​Fred and Toody Cole have been married since 1967 and have spent most of the past 25 years playing music together, first as the Rats, then as legendary Portland garage punks Dead Moon (legendary as in Pearl Jam of ... More >>

Pioneering Garage-Punks Pierced Arrows Target Detroit Bar

The Eddie Vedder-approved Fred and Toody Cole have finally become hip-in their 60s!

Happy New Year! Here's the Hangover Playlist

Head's on fire. Stomach turns. Bruises in the oddest places. Who's that stranger snoring on my sofa? Happy New Year's! The day when we all try to put together the pieces from the previous night's debauchery. Here are some songs to help you nurse that world-class hangover.Flickr user Sebastian-DarioC ... More >>

Happy New Year! Here's the Hangover Playlist

Head's on fire. Stomach turns. Bruises in the oddest places. Who's that stranger snoring on my sofa? Happy New Year's! The day when we all try to put together the pieces from the previous night's debauchery. Here are some songs to help you nurse that world-class hangover.Flickr user Sebastian-DarioC ... More >>

[Aural Reports] Old-School Headbangers Unorthodox Regroup for Long Beach Show

[DVDish] Stranded by Oscar: Reviews of Into the Wild, More

Hock the Line

Sending up the biopic, Walk Hard sells cheap laughs, lame cameos and lifeless Cox

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WEB EXCLUSIVE! The Kids Were Alright

Chris Cornell's worst cover ever?

Ex-Soundgarden/ex-Audioslave vocalist Chris Cornell recently released a solo album, Carry On, which is an effortfully mediocre and thoroughly undistinguished collection of 40-something-former-hard-rock-guy-tentatively-enters-maturity songs. Ordinarily, I would let its arrival go without mention or s ... More >>

Joyful Noises

Pearl Jam, Springsteen and R.E.M. open their vaults

The 129 Greatest OC Bands Ever: 90 - 129

Not Embalmed Yet

Rocket From the Crypts locomotive breath

The Substitute Soundtrack

Midnight Wine

Eddie Loves the Coach House

Sonic Zoom

Billy Zoom takes the Angoras on a shakedown cruise of his new Orange studio.

Rape Him

They saved Kurt Cobains pain

Vandals Incorporated

Oi to the world!

Humpa Humpa Burnin Love

The near return of the Humper

Why Pearl Jam Still Matters

Yes! Pearl Jam!

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We're a Nostalgia Act. We Do Oldies

X guitarist Billy Zoom on the past, present and future of punk rock

The Truth About Beauty

It can be downright ugly

This weeks featured NFL game: San Diego Chargers (4-7) vs. Minnesota Vikings (7-4)

San Diego Chargers (4-6) vs. Minnesota Vikings (6-4)

Swimming From Cambodia

Stranger Death 19 recall horrorand joy

Great Bands of the County, Unite!