Invoice Burr has revealed that he instructed Pearl Jam‘s Eddie Vedder that he as soon as hated his band at Saturday Night time Stay‘s latest fiftieth anniversary present.
Burr was the newest visitor on Late Night time with Seth Meyers to advertise his Broadway debut in a stage manufacturing of Glengarry Glen Ross, the place he stars alongside Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Michael McKean.
Burr – whose latest music-related information concerned the revelation that he is likely to be half-brothers with Billy Corgan – instructed Meyers that, every time he’s not wanted on stage throughout every showtime, he retreats to his dressing room to follow AC/DC and Led Zeppelin songs on an digital drum package.
Meyers, who was additionally current at SNL50, requested Burr if he “mended fences” with Vedder over a “one-sided subject” he had in the direction of the grunge band.
As a hair steel fan in his teenagers, the arrival of Pearl Jam was admittedly not welcomed by the comic: “Pearl Jam, that was the band that made me understand my youth was over,” Burr instructed Meyers.
“After which Nirvana got here in, and I used to be like, ‘What’s this?’ They all the time say, like, Nirvana knocked [the hair metal] out. It was Pearl Jam. When Pearl Jam got here, that was one other a type of grunge Seattle bands. And that’s after I was like, ‘Oh, my God. This isn’t ending.’ Like, that is simply gonna maintain coming.”
“After which all my bands, Skid Row and all of them, have been gone. And it was simply these unhappy guys singing about being below a bridge and never being glad. And I’m like, ‘What occurred to nothing however time and ignoring all of your issues with cocaine, proper?’ Like, that was throughout.”
So it was Burr’s attendance at SNL50 that he obtained to sit down subsequent to Vedder and settle the rating. “I did it in good nature,” Burr mentioned. “I used to be like, ‘Man, I hated your band. You ended my factor.’”
“And he was cracking up. I’m going, ‘Have you learnt how lengthy it took me to confess how nice a band Pearl Jam is?’ As a result of now I really like ’em. However it was like 20 years the place I simply, like, ‘I’m not listening to these guys.’” Watch the complete Late Night time section beneath.
Burr’s change-of-heart anecdote comes at a time when the comic – whose previous stand-up work usually concerned misanthropic jokes – had just lately launched his latest particular Invoice Burr: Drop Useless Years, which options the 56-year-old Burr opening up about previous regrets and progress in each private behaviours and views.
Burr has additionally made headlines along with his outspoken views on Luigi Mangione, billionaires and particularly, Elon Musk, whom he known as an “fool” and a “Nazi” final month.
As for Burr’s connection to Corgan, a shock assembly orchestrated by Howie Mandel between the 2 occurred in January – Burr wasn’t a fan of the shock assembly orchestrated by Howie Mandel, with the presenter finally apologising for the stunt.
In Pearl Jam information, the band just lately introduced their 2025 US tour dates in assist of recent album ‘Darkish Matter’. The exhibits kick off in Florida on April 24. Discover out extra right here.
