<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Pearl-jam ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/pearl-jam Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:05:08 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “I’d put his riffs up against anyone in rock today. He’s as good as Homme or Morello”: First he got a DM from Pearl Jam, now Stone Gossard is hailing him as one of the best riffers in the business ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jamie-hall-tigercub-nets-to-catch-the-wind 7XhcXQqRHdS6itrNFLT5U Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:05:08 +0000 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:20:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I got to play with Layne and Chris and Lanegan. Now they’re gone. What would they be doing now? That haunts me to this day”: Mike McCready opens up on his new rock opera, the Seattle jams that changed him, and the future of Pearl Jam ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mike-mccready-farewell-to-seasons-interview xiqVZUV38p6Bojg2C47yJn Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:35:00 +0000 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:35:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I know there’s purists that aren’t into that, but it made me a better guitar player”: Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready explains why switching to digital modeling improved his guitar playing ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mike-mccready-on-switching-to-amp-modelers hsX7kh2p4qUHnVHHY6hj4V Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:24:39 +0000 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:33:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I quit playing music for two years. I was done. Then I got a call from Stone”: Mike McCready followed Duff McKagan to LA to make it big – but he nearly missed his shot in Seattle ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mike-mccready-followed-duff-mckagan-to-la-to-make-it-big B8qkDtZqxYzLAp8jNr6VNG Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:41:11 +0000 Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:59:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Inspired by the creativity, community, and chaos of the Seattle music scene”: Mike McCready has spent 20 years making a rock opera that explores an alternate history of grunge – and it’s finally ready ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/music-releases/mike-mccready-farewell-seasons RASh385ntLmwLKhkTGHEaR Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:54:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He doesn’t want it to be a hang-on-the-wall trophy piece. He wants it to be played”: Eddie Vedder and Fender have designed a new custom Telecaster – and it’s a trophy for a baseball tournament ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/eddie-vedder-fender-basebell-telecaster-trophy nMWj5uDeVeKASKCq76L63k Tue, 26 Aug 2025 11:55:58 +0000 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:18:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When the Ozzy thing came around I was so excited, but also doubting myself. Duff McKagan and Chad Smith were like, ‘You can do it. It's everything you love’”: From Pearl Jam to the Stones, the stars have aligned for Andrew Watt – but he owes it to Ozzy ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/andrew-watt-black-sabbath-back-to-the-beginning ibMyKDDKTLi24joMwxybUk Thu, 12 Jun 2025 15:29:59 +0000 Thu, 19 Jun 2025 09:36:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There are so many musicians that, live, you could be blown away by, but once they get into the studio, they can’t come up with parts that will last”: Andrew Watt on the essential studio skill that’s enabled him to work with rock gods and pop icons alike ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/andrew-watt-on-the-essential-skill-for-studio-guitarists VDc9vkEbFVkuBSb6bR6zSd Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:50:03 +0000 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 14:30:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It all started with Ozzy. He and Sharon were the first ones to believe that I could make them a great rock album”: How super-producer Andrew Watt pivoted from Justin Bieber and Shawn Mendes to The Rolling Stones, Ozzy Osbourne and Iggy Pop ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-producer-andrew-watt-pivoted-from-justin-bieber-and-shawn-mendes-to-the-rolling-stones-ozzy-osbourne-and-iggy-pop U6pDJHWQE8Wanh3gqWGQLP Mon, 26 May 2025 09:30:00 +0000 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 11:12:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This gentleman was someone we looked up to. He was right up there”: Peter Frampton joins Pearl Jam and trades solos with Mike McCready over Black during Nashville performance ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/concerts-gigs-tours/peter-frampton-joins-pearl-jam-for-black-in-nashville hzWcdqugQNM7ByGEcanPFN Tue, 13 May 2025 11:26:37 +0000 Wed, 21 May 2025 10:02:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ Eddie Vedder uses one of Jack White’s signature guitars to play a Pearl Jam deep cut – after receiving it as a gift from the White Stripes legend ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/concerts-gigs-tours/jack-white-gifts-eddie-vedder-his-signature-acoustasonic vNqXhyXB3MSD83ugyEMkMg Thu, 08 May 2025 15:49:39 +0000 Tue, 13 May 2025 14:25:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We had accidentally stored the bass in Seattle and paid $2,500 in rental fees!” 32 years ago, Jeff Ament rented a ’61 Jazz Bass from Norman's Rare Guitars to record Pearl Jam’s iconic Vs. record – and now he’s been reunited with it ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jeff-ament-reunited-with-1961-fender-jazz-bass-pearl-jam-vs JBJnTVWnKbhrhhLbpanGQR Thu, 01 May 2025 14:43:57 +0000 Wed, 07 May 2025 10:43:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I said, ‘Mike, I don’t know how to tell you this, but that’s a note-for-note guitar solo from...” Mike McCready stole his Alive solo from Kiss – but Ace Frehley had already stolen it from another legendary classic rock band ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mike-mccready-alive-solo-stolen-rom-kiss-stolen-from-the-doors vvq7wBQdmNVqjLuxFVj5HU Fri, 11 Apr 2025 14:45:38 +0000 Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:26:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Well, yesterday was nuts”: Metallica pull out all the stops for All Within My Hands charity gig – bringing out oddball Danelectros, Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament and rarities ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/concerts-gigs-tours/metallica-all-within-my-hands-show-2024 SmGtnDBifs6o9fXLD4kqwG Mon, 16 Dec 2024 17:20:03 +0000 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:23:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I begged to have an electric guitar. I walked in Christmas morning and I could see the silhouette of it, and my heart dropped”: Eddie Vedder recalls the time he received his first guitar – and mistook it for a vacuum cleaner ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/eddie-vedder-first-guitar-mistaken-for-a-vacuum 2pbLQqn3meDWhYFXS2Tef8 Mon, 23 Sep 2024 15:51:32 +0000 Tue, 24 Dec 2024 10:27:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You really know how to play guitar?” This superfan travelled 7,000 miles to see Pearl Jam live – and wound up playing guitar on Yellow Ledbetter ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pearl-jam-superfan-plays-guitar-onstage-during-yellow-ledbetter uAKuYY9KhKrx3fpSNfm6d6 Mon, 15 Jul 2024 15:09:32 +0000 Tue, 30 Jul 2024 11:12:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer sued for wrongful death ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/josh-klinghoffer-sued-for-wrongful-death Yds4U2zaCmkSjGLemymPcn Thu, 11 Jul 2024 09:51:34 +0000 Thu, 11 Jul 2024 10:02:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When I saw it, I just was blown away. It just… took me there”: Eddie Vedder invites his “great, great pal” Bradley Cooper to join Pearl Jam for Neil Young and A Star is Born covers ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/bradley-cooper-joins-pearl-jam-eddie-vedder-on-stage HU2MsyJ85vm3FY3zeVxUpE Tue, 28 May 2024 10:51:29 +0000 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 16:00:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was no fool – I’d have guitars laying around my living room and a couple of little amps”: Heart’s Ann Wilson on how she convinced Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, and Alice in Chains to jam together at her house ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/heart-ann-wilson-on-soundgarden-pearl-jam-alice-in-chains-jamming-at-her-house D25UvwVVm8fkgfH7brSJVZ Wed, 22 May 2024 11:16:16 +0000 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 11:21:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Back to being 12 years old, going to a show and holding a sign that said, ‘Can I play the guitar solo for Alive?’” Pearl Jam producer Andrew Watt joins Mike McCready to share one of the all-time great guitar solos ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/andrew-watt-joins-pearl-jam-mike-mccready-onstage-for-alive-solo XFUs6zU7qFWikRnMub4uM9 Mon, 20 May 2024 11:41:47 +0000 Mon, 20 May 2024 11:42:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was four days of recording – I had the flu for two days. You’re in the studio with one of your favorite artists ever, and not wanting to let him down”: Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament on recording with one of their biggest idols ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pearl-jam-neil-young-mirror-ball-recording-sessions qdMTsRFmTh4ibW39NNQSMb Wed, 15 May 2024 12:53:16 +0000 Wed, 15 May 2024 13:01:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That was one hell of a fall”: Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready falls off stage mid-solo – but doesn’t miss a note ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pearl-jam-mike-mccready-stage-fall-vancouver RkX7aq8aYHK7neEi8g6GEd Wed, 08 May 2024 10:44:46 +0000 Wed, 22 May 2024 14:56:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When Van Halen came out, I thought it was the greatest sound I’d ever heard. Eddie was like, ‘Nah, I never really liked the sound of that record’”: Mike McCready recalls meeting Eddie Van Halen – and tries his hand at playing Eruption off the cuff ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/mike-mccready-meeting-van-halen oXcBFcJD5yqhM9jW8wHPYb Fri, 26 Apr 2024 14:09:51 +0000 Wed, 08 May 2024 14:47:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Dumble would refuse to build them for a lot of people, but for whatever reason, he agreed to make four for me”: Pearl Jam used Dumble amps on new album Dark Matter, reveals producer Andrew Watt ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pearl-jam-used-andrew-watts-dumble-amps btfAH3pUNmthiyX22vKdeF Fri, 19 Apr 2024 15:18:49 +0000 Tue, 30 Apr 2024 09:58:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “John Paul Jones is one of the only musicians I’ve been around where I was starstruck. I asked him some stupid questions about Achilles Last Stand… but he was very kind!” Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament names 11 bassists who shaped his sound ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jeff-ament-11-bassists-who-shaped-my-sound 4aJ37CnLcRJN2e9LH73nNe Thu, 18 Apr 2024 09:37:46 +0000 Tue, 30 Apr 2024 10:05:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This song presents a kind of revisionist history where guitar solos were cool after all in the early noughties”: February 2024 Guitar World editors' picks ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/guitar-world-editors-picks-february-2024 E8w7HmQZZaqYqHFsedpLfY Thu, 29 Feb 2024 18:59:33 +0000 Thu, 07 Mar 2024 11:11:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Playability is where this guitar shines. This Strat is a player”: Fender Mike McCready Stratocaster review ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/reviews/fender-mike-mccready-stratocaster P7Bgnvex5UfCsrRz5ea6y3 Wed, 24 Jan 2024 21:06:43 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ The electric guitar shredded itself to death in the ‘80s. It had to start over, but the ‘90s grunge revolution didn‘t just change the face of guitar playing – it changed the world ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/a-grunge-guitar-guide-to-the-90s uZ4KGgyPKjh3pqhouiMpcT Wed, 01 Nov 2023 13:36:24 +0000 Fri, 26 Jan 2024 15:16:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Two of rock’s elite guitar soloists go lick for lick”: Watch Slash and Mike McCready trade leads on Paradise City as the Pearl Jam guitarist joins Guns N’ Roses onstage ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/slash-mike-mccready-paradise-city-guns-n-roses-seattle kMDEzqdT6ZpNSHvRW3jcNo Mon, 16 Oct 2023 11:01:38 +0000 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 11:57:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My original ’60 Stratocaster will always sound the best. This one is right next to the best”: Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready on why he’s playing his more affordable signature guitar live, covering Eruption and embracing digital amps ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/pearl-jam-mike-mccready-signature-fender-stratocaster 9BG6i5spHxRpyVE8HHKsyW Mon, 18 Sep 2023 11:04:57 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They’re some of the best amps I’ve ever played”: Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready on why he made the switch to Fender’s digital Tone Master amps ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pearl-jam-mike-mccready-switch-to-fender-digital-tone-master-amps 7CfSR8229QECUJgwQTxCEL Fri, 15 Sep 2023 09:39:45 +0000 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:39:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Andrew Watt pushed us as hard as we could be pushed”: Pearl Jam’s energetic new album is “just about finished” – but Mike McCready is also working on a rock opera about the Seattle music scene ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pearl-jam-new-album-just-about-finished-mike-mccready-rock-opera zWkaRiMNQg54JjWk6fDzER Wed, 13 Sep 2023 10:58:19 +0000 Tue, 17 Sep 2024 15:21:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’m honored to deliver a more approachable guitar to the next generation of players”: Fender makes Mike McCready’s iconic 1960 Stratocaster accessible to the masses with new signature model ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/fender-mike-mccready-signature-stratocaster-2023 MwYBGPFVFoWr6oYBcoEBVj Tue, 12 Sep 2023 13:00:58 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “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 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jeff-ament-pearl-jam-evenflow piP9HR9MBpwpYEpkJmhpZ5 Sat, 15 Jul 2023 13:15:52 +0000 Mon, 17 Jul 2023 08:46:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ Stone Gossard spotted playing Pearl Jam bandmate Mike McCready’s signature Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster onstage ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pearl-jam-stone-gossard-mike-mccready-fender-custom-shop-stratocaster EWyKPPa5ZPxnGVDZpMaoC3 Tue, 14 Mar 2023 10:54:25 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ Learn the rhythm and soloing styles of Pearl Jam's Mike McCready ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/mike-mccready-pearl-jam sdnkQ6UdW7XdRVYwFUxU2a Mon, 30 Jan 2023 12:56:55 +0000 Mon, 30 Jan 2023 19:06:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ Josh Klinghoffer: “I’ve never lost this sense that I’m a beginner, and I think that gives me a more primal approach to the guitar” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/josh-klinghoffer-pluralone-pearl-jam-red-hot-chili-peppers 2g9Ne67HVMJFfeKffitBvG Wed, 02 Nov 2022 12:10:41 +0000 Tue, 16 Jul 2024 11:18:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mike McCready breaks down the gear and inspiration behind 15 landmark Pearl Jam tracks ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/mike-mccready-pearl-jam-15-tracks rjzhC39Ygz5SAM8v3TCM2d Fri, 28 Oct 2022 13:36:37 +0000 Tue, 16 Jul 2024 10:55:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Nancy Wilson and Mike McCready tear it up in raucous live cover of Led Zeppelin’s Rock and Roll ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/nancy-wilson-mike-mccready-rock-and-roll UtS85zuDSNtJBQ9yRHczEC Fri, 07 Oct 2022 13:47:22 +0000 Mon, 10 Oct 2022 11:05:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ The greatest guitar albums of the '90s ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/the-greatest-guitar-albums-of-the-90s MTPUYtZ7gWZxR6gXPmK6qg Thu, 08 Sep 2022 10:40:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ Stone Gossard says grunge didn’t kill ‘80s hard rock bands –but “yes, some did die” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/stone-gossard-grunge-hard-rock bMQAsZvTLuedf5HFJYdWgn Mon, 01 Aug 2022 13:06:34 +0000 Wed, 03 Aug 2022 14:04:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Johnny Marr perform Neil Young’s Throw Your Hatred Down and The Who’s Baba O’Riley with Pearl Jam ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pearl-jam-johnny-marr-bst-hyde-park WDCVj5QNMRsCb5xUK5YcXZ Mon, 11 Jul 2022 11:16:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ Pearl Jam cancel final US tour dates after bassist Jeff Ament tests positive for Covid ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pearl-jam-cancel-tour-dates-jeff-ament-positive-for-covid epXPXo4DKAytVvNPjBMeQS Thu, 19 May 2022 09:41:45 +0000 Thu, 19 May 2022 14:44:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready pay tribute to Eddie Van Halen with Eruption cover ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pearl-jam-mike-mccready-eddie-van-halen-eruption-cover qZb5PqQNrj9FnZK79sRPvR Tue, 17 May 2022 09:48:22 +0000 Tue, 17 May 2022 13:36:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ Pearl Jam break out digital amps and rare Gibson guitars on US tour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pearl-jam-digital-amps-rare-gibson-guitars-us-tour EAwftToHrhFJRbabkk3DrM Fri, 13 May 2022 11:51:31 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Pearl Jam, Chad Smith and Josh Klinghoffer pay tribute to Taylor Hawkins with Foo Fighters cover ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pearl-jam-taylor-hawkins-tribute xZrHNnuMku5TpcsZ4HJuL3 Mon, 09 May 2022 15:55:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mike McCready confirms a more affordable version of his signature Fender Stratocaster is in the works ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pearl-jam-mike-mccready-more-affordable-signature-fender-stratocaster BpQ4EgoAUJeMjC77reFEPU Mon, 14 Mar 2022 17:28:18 +0000 Mon, 14 Mar 2022 17:34:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ Guns N' Roses' Duff McKagan joins Eddie Vedder onstage in Seattle for an energetic cover of The Pretenders' Precious ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/eddie-vedder-duff-mckagan-pretenders-cover kZqVtyvRpGdU2rhMgt4KjJ Wed, 23 Feb 2022 11:12:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Eddie Vedder cover the Beatles, Prince and Jimi Hendrix with Josh Klinghoffer, Andrew Watt and Chad Smith ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/eddie-vedder-earthlings-tour-covers ba7Bi4Ka6hSKxrRvH5jSk8 Mon, 07 Feb 2022 13:01:11 +0000 Mon, 07 Feb 2022 13:23:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mike McCready on reissuing The Rockfords' debut LP: "It brings me back to the excitement of what guitar was like when I first discovered it" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/mike-mccready-the-rockfords s2NSZzUoYr9oaCfeJCQuMM Thu, 20 Jan 2022 15:15:42 +0000