10 Hard Rock Musicians With The Most Endearing Hobbies

10. Surfing - Eddie Vedder

You don't get the nickname Crazy Eddie between your rock friends for no reason. From the beginning of Pearl Jam's career, Eddie Vedder was already making waves in the grunge scene as the guy who would climb the scaffolding at gigs and have absolutely zero care about his own self preservation. So you'd be surprised that when he's back home, he's just the casual surfer dude on a board.

Yeah, it turns out that Eddie's time off the road reads more like a guy who listens to something like the Beach Boys than Pearl Jam. Before he even joined the band, Eddie already wrote the beginnings of songs like Alive and Once after an inspired session when he was out surfing in his native San Diego.

If you didn't catch the drift of that, just look at a good half of the more mellow side of Pearl Jam's songs. In between the Jeremys of the world, there are songs like Oceans that are just about the joys of surfing or tracks like Amongst the Waves from Backspacer that immortalize Eddie's affinity for the tide. Given that he's taking to playing ukulele in his spare time now, it wouldn't be surprising if Eddie just retired to a life of being a beach bum once he decides to hang up his rock and roll boots.