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Pearl Jam celebrate Ten's 35th birthday with rare live performance on vinyl

Pearl Jam have played Ten in its entirety just twice in the decades since it was released

Louder · Aug 28

Soundgarden set for Seahawks halftime show with Taylor Momsen and Mike McCready

Soundgarden announce Seahawks halftime performance as the band edges closer to releasing their long‑awaited Chris Cornell album.

BANG Premier · Aug 26

Soundgarden announce live return with Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready and The Pretty Reckless’ Taylor Momsen

The band will perform at the halftime show during Seattle Seahawks’ NFC West season opener next month

Guitar World · Aug 26

From Cream and Velvet Revolver to Them Crooked Vultures and Temple Of The Dog, these are the best supergroups in rock history

Some supergroups just aren't worth the sum of their parts. These are the exceptions

Louder · May 19

“The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself. Be stronger than those people. And then you can come back”: How Pearl Jam created a powerful signature song inspired by a real-life tragedy

“I guess they can’t sue us because I’m writing about it after it happened”

MusicRadar · May 1

“When he started soloing he turned every knob up on the amp – all the way up. It was great!”: Sadler Vaden on when he and Jason Isbell jammed Little Wing with Pearl Jam's Mike McCready

Vaden and Isbell were playing the Paramount in Jimi Hendrix's hometown Seattle when they invited another local legend onstage to join them. A top-tier performance ensues

MusicRadar · Apr 29

“I got to play with Layne and Chris and Lanegan. Now they’re gone. What would they be doing now? That haunts me to this day”: Mike McCready opens up on his new rock opera, the Seattle jams that changed him, and the future of Pearl Jam

Farewell to Seasons documents McCready’s path through the Seattle grunge explosion of the ’90s. He reflects on the singers he’s loved and lost, the guitarists who left the biggest mark on his playing and why going digital has made him a better player

Guitar World · Apr 1

“I quit playing music for two years. I was done. Then I got a call from Stone”: Mike McCready followed Duff McKagan to LA to make it big – but he nearly missed his shot in Seattle

Before Pearl Jam, the lead guitarist sought to make a success of his teenage hard-rock outfit, Shadow

Guitar World · Mar 24

"It's our most emotional and moving song." In 1986, Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder taped something off the TV. Years later, that recording would leave fans wondering what in the name of grunge was going on

The story behind the weirdest track on their third album Vitalogy – and it's not Bugs

Louder · Mar 14

“Inspired by the creativity, community, and chaos of the Seattle music scene”: Mike McCready has spent 20 years making a rock opera that explores an alternate history of grunge – and it’s finally ready

Farewell to Seasons has been a two-decade labor of love from the Pearl Jam guitarist

Guitar World · Mar 13