Mike McCready
Mike McCready
Michael "Mike" David McCreadyis an American musician who serves as the lead guitarist for the American rock band Pearl Jam. Along with Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard and Eddie Vedder, he is one of the founding members 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth5 April 1966
CityPensacola, FL
CountryUnited States of America
And watching Ed, he's really coming into his own doing some new things onstage I've never seen him do. He's really getting into it, putting 120 percent into the show. We feel comfortable and excited.
I think our relationship with Epic had run its natural course, and it happened to coincide with the fulfillment of our contract. We decided not to resign with them." ()
We also take time to be away from each other to live our separate lives, which allows us to be excited when we come back together to play music." ()
I feel very blessed we can still have a career making music.
I have had Crohn's for about 19 years. It is a debilitating disease that affects my colon.
At this point, because we have stayed the same course for so many years, I feel like we are freer to make choices that are motivated by what feels right creatively at a given point in time.
My favorite rocker is Go because it is heavy and chaotic.
We met with a lot of great labels, including J. We like Clive Davis and his staff a lot. There's a level of respect there that went both ways." ()
And we're always excited to expose our music to new people to see if we can have longevity and a long career. It's heading that way." ()
There are some really cool video pieces out there, though - we have done some videos that I've really liked and we may do them again." ()
There are some people who have stayed with us our whole career, which is pretty cool too.
It was by design that we mostly used pictures that you could not necessarily see what was going on, and that didn't really focus in on the band, but instead focused in on a theme.
But KISS inspired me personally to pick up a guitar and go for it.
Its extremely important to have a loyal fan base and be receptive to them.