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
I am constantly amazed at their support over the years.
I love playing with Jeff. That's something I never really say in the press, but he's my favorite bass player. I've played right next to him for 10 years.
The average life spans of many bands are not that long, up to five years if they are lucky.
My life would have been different without Paul Stanley or Ace Frehley. They would have to be the greatest on my list as an influence to my life at 11 years old.
At some shows, the set list gets changed while we are on stage. I know Ed thinks about the set very hard throughout the day in order to make the best show possible for the fans and for us.
I have had Crohn's for about 19 years. It is a debilitating disease that affects my colon.
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." ()
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.
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 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." ()
Some people are still not into us. That makes sense. We haven't really done a lot of press. We haven't put ourselves out there in ways that a lot of people would know we are still around. Unless you tour or record, they don't know you are around.
I feel very blessed we can still have a career making music.