Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard Weighs in on Eddie Vedder vs Mötley Crüe Feud, Says He ‘Loved’ ’80s Hard Rock

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While Eddie Vedder recently shared that he “despised” bands like Motley Crue, that was not the case for other Pearl Jam members.

In a new interview, guitarist Stone Gossard said he and bandmates Jeff Ament and Mike McCready were fans of ’80s hard rock.

“For sure, Jeff and Mike and I loved hard rock, went through it all,” Gossard said to Revolver. “I bought the first Motley Crue [album on] Leathur Records. At the time, it was punk-like. It was like Motorhead There [were] things about it that I was discovering about British hard rock at that time that felt also like rebellious or against the norm, or something that made me interested in it. And I always liked heavy.”

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