bad radio demos
Eddie’s first band, bad radio, was a southern california quartet whose initial focus was Red Hot Chili Peppers covers; they formed in 1986. Eddie’s last show with bad radio was in february of 1990.
These songs are notable in that they offer a glimpse into the incipient stages of Eddie Vedder’s song writing development. It was during his stint with bad radio he penned “betterman”.
goof & gremmie had their first taste of bad radio from a Pearl Jam bootleg that was purchased for an exorbitant $30 from a record store called – we kid you not – “the vinyl solution”. Classy.
twofeetthick has a great write-up of a handful of these songs. click here to go there.
- Answer [Demo]
- Believe You Me [Demo]
- Believe You Me
- Betterman [Demo]
- Betterman [Live]
- Crossroads [Demo]
- Homeless [Demo]
- Homeless
- I’m Alive [Demo]
- Just a Book [Demo]
- One Step Up [Demo]
- One Step Up
- Reggae Woman
- Sock ‘O Pussies [Demo]
- Street Funky Man [Demo]
- What [Demo]
- What the Funk [Demo]
[...] It’s been a long time since anything “new” has surfaced, but Antiquiet recently came into possession of a direct copy of a tape that Eddie dubbed for a co-worker at his old job at San Diego Petroleum, somewhere in range of late 1989 or early 1990. On it we found thirteen tracks, including a couple entirely “new” recordings (to the PJ fanbase at least), a few familiar ones, and most substantially, far more listenable dubs of both 1989 Bad Radio demos.” [...]
[...] It’s been a long time since anything “new” has surfaced, but Antiquiet recently came into possession of a direct copy of a tape that Eddie dubbed for a co-worker at his old job at San Diego Petroleum, somewhere in range of late 1989 or early 1990. On it we found thirteen tracks, including a couple entirely “new” recordings (to the PJ fanbase at least), a few familiar ones, and most substantially, far more listenable dubs of both 1989 Bad Radio demos. [...]
[...] There’s an early recording of Pearl Jam classic Betterman and covers of Kenny Rogers’ Something Inside So Strong and What A Wonderful World by Sam Cooke. This new collection also has better quality demos from Vedder’s first band Bad Radio. [...]
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