Monday on The Howard Stern Show, Eddie Vedder was interviewed for a couple hours about numerous topics. Some of the standouts included Bradley Cooper observing the Pearl Jam frontman for his role in A Star Is Born, Vedder on the The Late Show with David Letterman, and his feelings about his old friend Chris Cornell.

A piece of rockstar advice from Eddie Vedder to Bradley Cooper: “Make sure your guitar covers your balls at all times”.

You can watch the interview below.

Eddie Vedder being on The Late Show started because David Letterman had their song “Black” stuck in his head. You can hear that story below.

Near the end of the interview, Howard Stern got him to open up about Chris Cornell’s passing. It was an emotional part of the interview but we also got the chance to hear some heartwarming stories about their friendship.

“I’ll get stronger as time goes, but we were close, and it wasn’t just because we were playing music. We were neighbors. I would hang out with him outside of the band even more than the band guys, and I didn’t know that many people in Seattle. So, we would go on crazy hiking adventures or we would go mountain biking or we would chase the dog in the rain drinking shitty beer. It was cool, because it had nothing to do with anything like being around other music people or some kind of LA life.”

You can watch that segment of the interview below.

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