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Was Eddie Vedder a junkie?

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Vedder is renowned for his robust baritone voice. Based on a readers’ survey conducted by Rolling Stone, he was ranked seventh on a list of the “Best Lead Singers of All Time.”

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Was Eddie Vedder a junkie?

While Cobain battled heroin addiction in recent years, Vedder claims he is not an addict. Since his adolescence, Vedder claims to have generally abstained from drugs—not completely, but never on a regular basis.

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The lead singer and one of the four guitarists of the rock band Pearl Jam, Eddie Jerome Vedder (born Edward Louis Severson III; December 23, 1964) is an American singer, musician, and songwriter. Additionally, he sang as a guest vocalist for Temple of the Dog, a one-time tribute group formed in memory of the late singer Andrew Wood.

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Edward Louis Severson III was born to Karen Lee Vedder and Edward Louis Severson Jr. on December 23, 1964, in Evanston, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.

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When Vedder was a young child in 1965, his parents were divorced. Soon after, his mother wed again, this time to Peter Mueller. Vedder used to go by the name Edward Mueller since he was raised to believe that Mueller was his biological father.

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