Mike McCready

Mike McCready was born in Pensacola, Florida, and his family moved to Seattle when he was still a child. A guitarist, he has been in Pearl Jam since its formation in 1990 and played on the group’s main albums, from Ten to Dark Matter.

Before that, he played in the band Shadow and, after stepping away from music for a while, started playing again when Stone Gossard invited him to join the project that would become Pearl Jam.