Pearl Jam deny selling out

EDDIE VEDDER has said the band have not sold out and he is not a "corporate whore".

The singer-guitarist said Kurt Cobain had accused the band of playing a corporate version of alternative rock in the early 1990s.

Vedder said: "Any conversations we hear about 'So who are Pearl Jam marketing to?' are despicable. People offered us money to sell out but do I look like a whore?

"It's always about being honest and the positive side of the huge success for whatever negatives there were, was that it gave us the power to say no and be able to commit to making decisions on our own and stick by them."

He added that he and the Nirvana frontman, who committed suicide in 1994, had some "great conversations" when he was still alive.

Vedder said: "If Kurt were around today, I know he'd say to me, 'Well, you turned out OK'."

Pearl Jam reissue their debut album Ten in four formats next week.