Blog: Consequence Of Sound

Two years after he dazzled us with his solo work for Sean Penn's 2007 film, Into the Wild , Eddie Vedder faces a legal squabble because of it. The song in question? His take on Indio's "Big Hard Sun", which Vedder shortened to "Hard Sun" for the soundtrack. According to Spinner , Gordon Peterson, the Canadian-born singer who wrote and released the song under Indio, claims that, "Vedder altered certain key lyrics of 'Hard Sun' ... eroding the integrity of the composition" and that Universal never asked for his permission. He doesn't complain, however, [...]