Mike McCready

Pearl Jam are now in the homestretch of recording their next album and guitarist Mike McCready has some hefty expectations for what's to come. He told Seattle's KIRO Radio that he foresees the still untitled disc as being "way better than 'Backspacer.''

With the presidential election just over two weeks away, Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready has teamed up with filmmaker Jesse Dylan in a video encouraging people to vote only for Congressional candidates that support the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare (watch below).

Fans anxiously awaiting the follow-up to Pearl Jam's 2010 album 'Backspacer' will have to wait a little longer. Guitarist Mike McCready tells Spin.com that although there were reports the band was spending time together in the studio, they are currently in a 'holding pattern.'

When Jeff Angell and Barrett Martin decided to form a new band, they didn't have to look very far for support. As two longtime members of the Seattle music scene, with time served in bands like Mad Season and Screaming Trees, they only needed to reach out to some old friends. Some very famous old friends.

World Fire Brigade has an impressive lineup in their own respect, but when you add Pearl Jam and Anthrax members to the mix -- the supergroup sounds even more super. Get all the details on the exciting new project that has somehow kept a relatively low profile until now.

‘S.O.S. (Save Our Studio) A Benefit Album’ is a new 49-track disc pulled together to support the revitalization of The Compound Studio, a studio frequented by a bevy of musicians in Southern California including Pearl Jam’s own Mike McCready.

Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready has been dipping his toes into the film world in recent years, and his latest effort comes as part of the Matthew Lillard-directed movie 'Fat Kid Rules the World.'

It was a Mike-heavy episode of 'That Metal Show' last night (May 5), with Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready and German guitar god Michael Schenker of UFO fame making their debuts on the metal gab fest.