"I was thinking about all the singers that came from the Seattle scene and how many of them had since died." Pearl Jam's Mike McCready announces rock opera about the history of grunge in Seattle

Mike McCrasdy photographed at Emerald City Comic Con at Seattle Convention Center.

Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready has announced a 'long-lost' rock opera based on the music scene in Seattle between the mid-eighties and the mid-nineties, the era that saw the rise of grunge. Farewell To Seasons will also be published as a graphic novel.

The music for Farewell To Seasons will be released on an album featuring Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan, Stefan Lessard (Dave Matthews Band) and Mike Musburger (Fastbacks, Posies), as well as Chris Friel from Shadow, the band McCready led before being asked to join Temple Of The Dog in 1990.