That's what music has always been to me: a feel. I've listened to the Stones many times and it still makes me have that feeling of joy every time. They are still around and put on a really exciting show. We also give it 120 percent.

" 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.