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“For better or worse, you’re gonna hear a lot more lead guitar from me… I went crazy”: Mike McCready offers update on “heavier” new Pearl Jam album

McCready says it is heavier, it has the “melody and energy” of Ten and Vs, and we all might just hear it this year

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"It's a lot heavier than you'd expect": Mike McCready on Pearl Jam's next album, working with Andrew Watt, and the state of the US

Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready talks smashed Stratocasters, screaming solos, and why his band need their "asses kicked"

Louder

The Gaslight Anthem's Brian Fallon: My stories of Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vedder, Jon Bon Jovi, Dave Grohl and more

"He takes me down this dark path, and suddenly Mark Lanegan just appears out of nowhere, wreathed in smoke, kind of like the devil" - Brian Fallon

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Game-changers, taste-makers and trend-setters: here are 2023's guitarists of the year

We tip our hats to the players that made 2023 such a defining year in guitar history – and whose achievements we'll be talking about in years to come

Guitar World

"As metal staggered to its feet and limped out of the 80s, it was on the cusp of becoming stronger than ever before": How heavy metal got its mojo back

Big hair and bad spandex almost killed any credibility metal had in the 1980s. But metal not only survived, it also came back bigger and stronger than ever

Metal Hammer

"It's the biggest song we’ve ever had... and it wasn’t even for sale": the story of Pearl Jam's unexpected smash hit Last Kiss

The tale of a Christmas giveaway that turned into Eddie Vedder & co.'s most successful radio hit

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“I loved Hendrix – he was my first guitar hero... But seeing Stevie Ray Vaughan was transcendent. He made me understand Hendrix better”: Mike McCready says SRV helped him make sense of this Hendrix technique

“When he [Vaughan] did Voodoo Child, it was so bad-ass," McCready says. “He changed how I wanted to play, and if you listen to Even Flow, you can hear me trying to emulate his stuff”

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Classic Rock Magazine: our unmissable end-of-year issue is on sale now

In this issue: the best albums, the biggest shows, the greatest songs of 2023 - plus our 2024 Calendar, a sheet of rockin' wrappin' paper, and some Classic Rock Christmas gift tags

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10 moments of genius from MTV Unplugged

As Nirvana’s iconic set turns 30, we pick out the ten best songs from the famous sessions

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"Musically it didn't match its predecessor but Vs. had its moments": Pearl Jam's Vs. (30th anniversary edition)

The 30th anniversary edition of Pearl Jam's second album Vs. is a worthy reissue but light on extra content

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Fender Mike McCready Stratocaster review

A new level for a Mexican Fender – both in relic'ing scale and asking price

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“Flea said, ‘Dude, you have to sit down with my guitar player, John – he’s the best.’ I wasn’t a fan yet, but I said, ‘Cool. Let’s do it’”: How Zach Irons established a vital new voice in guitar playing – with a little help from John Frusciante

Guitarist for IRONTOM and AWOLNATION – and the son of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pearl Jam drummer Jack – Zach Irons takes a truly individual approach to the instrument. He reveals how he’s combating guitar self-indulgence, why he’s finally coming around to digital tones, and what makes the vintage…

Guitar World

"I can't wait to tell Stone that I've almost figured his riff out" – Mike McCready admits to Chris Shiflett he doesn't know how to play the famous guitar intro to Pearl Jam's Alive

But he can teach Chris Shiflett his legendary solo from it

MusicRadar

From Bruce Springsteen to Beyonce: 10 Eddie Vedder duets you need to watch

Springsteen, the Stones, Neil Young, R.E.M., Coldplay, QOTSA, The Doors, Beyoncé... the Pearl Jam frontman has sung with them all.

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Metal Hammer

“We were the same side of the coin – we were just different coins." Eddie Vedder on Kurt Cobain, and the time they slow danced together

The Pearl Jam frontman reflects on his complex relationship with Kurt Cobain

Louder

"Pearl Jam used to hire out bars to drink with us": Idlewild's Roddy Woomble on how four punk rock kids from Scotland emerged from the wreckage of Britpop, gatecrashed the UK charts and got adopted as Pearl Jam's new favourite band

With their 30th anniversary approaching, Idlewild look back on a career spent "existing in their own little place"

Chicago Sun-Times

Shelley Howard, concert poster artist and fixture of Chicago nightlife, dies at 76

By day, he made ads promoting musicians from Pearl Jam to the Rolling Stones, and by night he frequented bars, clubs, restaurants and parties, always with a camera at the ready.

The Independent UK

How to spend a day in Capitol Hill, Seattle’s trend-setting neighbourhood

This neighbourhood is one of the coolest on the US west coast, and a microcosm of modern, innovative Seattle – Richard Franks discovers superb drinking dens and a vibrant LGBTQ+ scene in the home of grunge

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From 'The Pale Ones' to, erm, 'Gwaaarrrgghhlllgh': 10 legendary metal bands that used to have incredibly goofy names

Before Slipknot, Black Sabbath and Linkin Park became stars, they had names that no one would have ever taken seriously

Guitar World

“The fun part is singing over it”: how John Mayer turned a DIY practice routine into “probably the most emo song” he has

Inspired by Dave Matthews Band's Satellite back in 2008, Mayer crafted a routine that would improve finger dexterity – and in doing so created one of his most popular songs to date

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"This is a song I wrote as a goodbye to my friend Chris Cornell" – Pearl Jam's Mike McCready performs rare live vocal performance with tribute song

Crying Moon is the guitarist's salute to his late Temple Of The Dog bandmate

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“Cameron Crowe said, ‘This is killer, it’s awesome!’”: Jerry Cantrell on how he wrote Alice In Chains’ classic hit Would?

The Alice In Chains songwriter was still grieving the death of Mother Love Bone's Andrew Wood when he wrote the song for Crowe’s 1992 grunge film Singles

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“I feel like everyone is culpable”: How Eddie Vedder reacted to the news that Amy Winehouse had died

Amy Winehouse’s death in 2011 had Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder wondering how it could have been avoided, and talking about what got his own band through the tough times

Metal Hammer

10 terrible grunge albums with one classic song

Grunge brought us some classic albums, but a lot of stinkers, too. Luckily, these poor efforts were all saved by one brilliant song

Guitar World

“So that harmonic, I'm kind of ripping The Firm's Radioactive”: How Jeff Ament discovered a slide harmonic on Pearl Jam’s Even Flow

“I remember accidentally hitting harmonics and sliding on it, so I just started experimenting”

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