There's Eddie's conviction and his lyrics and his ideals, and he can just rock straight out. His vocals are incredible. And we all are really competent musicians.

" 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.