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Mike McCready. Michael David McCready (born April 5, 1966) is an American musician known for being a founding member and lead guitarist of Pearl Jam. McCready was also a member of the side project bands Flight to Mars, Temple of the Dog, Mad Season, and The Rockfords.
- Reach Down (Temple of the Dog, 1990) “That was my first lead on an album, and I was so excited. I’d been in a studio before, but never to record an album or anything.
- Hunger Strike (Temple of the Dog) “I remember thinking that this was a really beautiful song when I heard it. Chris Cornell showed me the riff. I had a ’62 reissue Strat and I wanted to use the fourth-position tone setting – between the bridge and the middle pickups – for the beginning of the song because I like that softer sound.
- Even Flow (Ten, 1991) “That’s me pretending to be Stevie Ray Vaughan, and a feeble attempt at that. Stone [Gossard, guitarist] wrote the riff and song; I think it’s a D tuning.
- Alive (Ten) “I copied Ace Frehley’s solo from Kiss’s She, which was copied from Robby Krieger’s solo in the Doors’ Five to One.”
Jan 5, 2024 · This year Fender issued a seriously beat-up Mike McCready signature guitar. It’s based on my 1960 Stratocaster. Y’know, that thing is a workhorse. I really get into it when I’m playing live – and I’m not faking it, I’m feeling it. So I’ll start picking really hard, and that’ll take off the top of the paint.
Jun 8, 2021 · Pearl Jam aren't exactly a band prone to nostalgia. That said, lead guitarist Mike McCready does acknowledge, when asked about the origins of the band’s debut album, Ten – which, given the incredible speed at which they moved in the early days also dovetails with the origin of Pearl Jam itself – that he looks back at that time and marvels at how it all went down.
Mar 5, 2013 · McCready opens up about Mad Season, remembering bandmates Layne Staley and John Baker Saunders, and Pearl Jam’s forthcoming album. In 1994, Pearl Jam lead guitarist Mike McCready exited an alcohol rehabilitation center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In addition to successfully kicking his addictions there, McCready also met a kindred spirit in ...
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May 11, 2018 · Mike Ness of Social Distortion, one of McCready’s favorite bands. And Chad Smith and Josh Klinghoffer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers represented Pearl Jam’s first big tour. It was the Peppers ...
Sep 13, 2023 · Pearl Jam ’s Mike McCready is transforming the tragedies and triumphs of the Seattle grunge scene into a new rock opera, the guitarist told Guitar World magazine. McCready offered the first ...
