10 Rockstars That Hate You For Liking Their Music

When Pearl Jam was first starting to get the ball rolling, Eddie Vedder always had an ambition to be in a big name act. Much like his heroes in R.E.M. and Fugazi, Vedder was looking for the slow ascent, paying your dues record after record until you become greater than just a few guys in a room playing music. So when it all happened at once, Vedder changed his tune real quick.

Much like the entire Seattle scene, Vedder was taken off guard by the sudden ascent into fame, and didn't really like what he saw at the top. Aside from the few artistic ventures happening in the music videos, Vedder felt no need to play the game with the media, almost cutting off interviews entirely and even entertaining the idea of breaking up the band and selling cassettes out of the back of his house.

Unlike most artists uncomfortable with their celebrity, Vedder was one of the few who even tried to lose some of his audience, with albums like Vitalogy and No Code having tracks intentionally meant to get as impersonal as possible with his fans. Though Vedder has seemed to have mellowed out into his Neil Young inspired elderstatesmen phase, he still likes to keep his relationship with the spotlight ever so slightly out of reach.