Earlier in an interview with The New York Times, Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder said he despised Motley Crue in the ’80s.
Vedder said:
“You know, I used to work in San Diego loading gear at a club. I’d end up being at shows that I wouldn’t have chosen to go to, bands that monopolized late-’80s MTV. The metal bands that, I’m trying to be nice, I despised. “Girls, Girls, Girls” and Motley Crue: [expletive] you.
“I hated it. I hated how it made the fellas look. I hated how it made the women look. It felt so vacuous. Guns N’ Roses came out and, thank God, at least had some teeth.
“But I’m circling back to say that one thing that I appreciated was that in Seattle and the alternative crowd, the girls could wear their combat boots and sweaters, and their hair looked like Cat Power‘s and not Heather Locklear’s, nothing against her.
“They weren’t selling themselves short. They could have an opinion and be respected. I think that’s a change that lasted. It sounds so trite, but before then it was bustiers. The only person who wore a bustier in the ’90s that I could appreciate was Perry Farrell.”
Then, Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx has come out and blasted Eddie Vedder, by calling Pearl Jam, one of the most boring bands.
“Made me laugh today reading how much the singer in PEARL JAM hated @MotleyCrue. Now considering that they’re one of the most boring bands in history it’s kind of a compliment isn’t it?”
Now, Vedder has taken a swipe at Motley Crue once more. It happened at the Pearl Jam singer’s solo performance in Newark, N.J., at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, in support of his upcoming solo album, Earthling, out on Friday (Feb. 11).
Ahead of a drum solo from current Vedder band drummer and Red Hot Chili Peppers member Chad Smith, Vedder told the audience:
“That drum kit — that silver, beautiful machine that he is the engine of — does not need to elevate or rotate to do its job. Let me just point that out.”
Watch it below:
Made me laugh today reading how much the singer in Pearl Jam hated @MotleyCrue. Now considering that they’re one of the most boring bands in history it’s kind of a compliment isn’t it?#TheStadiumTour #RocknRoll
— ? (@NikkiSixx) February 5, 2022