David Lynch, the filmmaker whose works include the classics Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks, has died aged 78.

“Make stuff. Every day. Seeing Eraserhead and Elephant Man in 1981 when I went to college in Missoula (where DL was born) was akin to seeing the Northern Lights, the Pacific Ocean, Francis Bacon or hearing Phillip Glass, Hendrix or dropping acid the first time” Jeff Ament wrote on his Instagram on Saturday.
David Lynch’s death was announced on his official Facebook page by his family on Thursday, January 15, 2025.
“Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole” – David Lynch
In 2017, Ed Vedder appeared (as Edward Louis Severson) in the third and final season of Twin Peaks to perform the previously unreleased track Out of Sand.
A few years earlier, Pearl Jam singer had been interviewed by David Lynch backstage at the Change Begins Within – A Benefit Concert for The David Lynch Foundation.
Below you can see the full interview.
UPDATE 1/21/25
On his Instagram, Jeff Ament remembered Leonad Peltier, a Native American activist who was convicted of two counts of first degree murder in the deaths of two FBI agents in a June 26, 1975, shooting on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment. On January 20, 2025, Peltier’s sentence was commuted to indefinite house arrest by President Joe Biden shortly before he left office. He is scheduled to be released from prison on February 18, 2025.

Born in Reggio Emilia in 1980. He created pearljamonline.it in 2001 and wrote the first edition of “Pearl Jam Evolution” in 2009 along with his wife Daria. Since 2022, he is behind 2 podcasts: “Pearl Jam dalla A alla Z” and “Fuori Orario Not Another Podcast”. He has collaborated with Barracuda Style, HvsR, Rolling Stone, Rockol and Il Fatto Quotidiano. He continues relentlessly to try to find “beautiful melodies that say terrible things”.
Favorite song: Present Tense
Favorite album: No Code
Favorite bands/artists other than PJ: Tom Waits, Soundgarden, Ramones, Bruce Springsteen, IDLES, Fontaines D.C., The Murder Capital, Dead Kennedys, Mark Lanegan, Cat Power, R.E.M.