A San Diego-based rock star/surfer who took over the helm of the moribund, Seattle, grunge band
Mother Love Bone and turned it into the mega-platnum, hit machine Pearl Jam in 1991.
Sang on the album Ten which was one of the five most influential albums of the 1990s (along with Nirvana's Nevermind, Dr Dre's the Chronic, Alice in Chains' Facelift and Slayer's Seasons in the Abyss)
Is an example of a good yuppie - rich but cares about the environment, ending racism/sexism/homophobia and electing
liberal Democrats to office.
Used to swing from the rafters like Tarzan and give free concerts like the Day
on the Green in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1992. (I was there).