My life would have been different without Paul Stanley or Ace Frehley. They would have to be the greatest on my list as an influence to my life at 11 years old.

" Of his live performances McCready has said "I can kind of get into a meditative state when I’m playing something I don’t get any other way. That fucked with everybody really hard. I got caught up in it because of my pain.

Michael David McCready (born April 5 1966) is an American musician who serves as the lead guitarist for the American rock band Pearl Jam. McCready was also a member of the side project bands Temple of the Dog Mad Season and The Rockfords. Along with Jeff Ament Stone Gossard and Eddie Vedder he is one of the founding members of Pearl Jam.