Eddie Vedder: The 90s Rock Frontman That Cheated Death By the summer of ’92, Eddie Vedder wasn’t just crowd-surfing and diving from 20 feet in the air — he was scaling the scaffolding at Lollapalooza shows with a mic IN HIS HAND! Hanging from the top of festival stages that were never intended for that kind of chaos. In the book, Lollapalooza: The Uncensored Story of Alternative Rock’s Wildest Festival, by Richard Bienstock and Tom Beaujour, Vedder admits the stunt escalated every single night: