Eddie Vedder opens up on the loss of Chris Cornell: “I still haven’t quite dealt with it” – NME
Eddie Vedder has opened up on the impact Chris Cornell‘s death had on him during a new radio interview.
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Appearing on The Howard Stern Show, the Pearl Jam frontman discussed his ongoing experiences with grief following Cornell’s suicide back in 2017.
“I’ve had to be somewhat in denial,” Vedder said. “I don’t even feel like I had a choice. I was just terrified where I would go if I allowed myself to feel what I needed to feel or what I was instinctively wanting to feel or how dark I felt like I was gonna go.
“And because I didn’t see him that often in the last 10 years – probably only, like, four or five times, and usually at a gig or something – I still haven’t quite dealt with it. I’ll get stro...