Into the Wild (Music for the Motion Picture)

Along with Kurt Cobain, Eddie Vedder reluctantly became a celebrity and an alt-rock spokesman when his band, Pearl Jam, hit the big time in the early '90s. But things didn't come easy for Vedder. With a tumultuous home life as a youngster, he turned to surfing and rock music as a teenager — most notably such classic rockers as the Who, Neil Young, and the Doors — as well as such punk bands as the Clash and Minor Threat. His residence alternated between Chicago and San Diego, as he formed...