Michael David McCready 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. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a part of Pearl Jam in 2017 alongside the three other founding members, and former member Dave Krusen.
McCready performing with Pearl Jam in 2009
McCready on stage with Pearl Jam in Albany, New York on May 12, 2006
McCready on stage with Pearl Jam in Brooklyn on October 18, 2013
McCready on stage with Pearl Jam in London, England, on July 8, 2022
Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. The band's lineup consists of founding members Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, and Eddie Vedder, as well as Matt Cameron (drums), who joined in 1998. Keyboardist Boom Gaspar has also been a touring/session member with the band since 2002. Jack Irons, Dave Krusen, Matt Chamberlain and Dave Abbruzzese are all former drummers for the band. Pearl Jam has outsold and outlasted many of its contemporaries from the early 1990s, and is considered one of the most influential bands from that decade, dubbed "the most popular American rock and roll band of the '90s".
Pearl Jam performing in Amsterdam in 2012. From left to right: Mike McCready, Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Eddie Vedder, and Stone Gossard.
Pearl Jam performing in July 1991
Pearl Jam with President Bill Clinton in the Oval Office in April 1994
Lead guitarist Mike McCready performing in Columbia, Maryland in September 1998