Mike McCready is Working on a Seattle Music Scene Rock Opera
Mike McCready is working on a special project that certainly has some legs. The Pearl Jam guitarist shared with Guitar World that he’s working on a rock opera about the Seattle music…
Mike McCready is working on a special project that certainly has some legs.
The Pearl Jam guitarist shared with Guitar World that he's working on a rock opera about the Seattle music scene. This project is still very much in the works, but he has big aspirations for it, including evolving it into a stage production.
McCready noted, "I'm working on a script and I've got about 18 songs that I'm working on, and I'm singing on it. It's been a long journey."
This rock opera will act as a partial tribute to late Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, who McCready considers one of the greatest singers and songwriters of all time. McCready and Cornell were close friends and also bandmates in Temple of the Dog.
Cornell has clearly been on McCready's mind lately. During a July show with his side band The Rockfords, the guitarist performed an unreleased song titled "Crying Moon," which he wrote in tribute to Cornell.
McCready shared the performance via Facebook. He wrote, in part, "'Crying Moon' is part of my process in dealing with his death. Chris opened up my world to new heights when he let me play on 'Temple Of The Dog.' ... I love and miss him."
Additionally, McCready says in the clip below before performing "Crying Moon," "A lot of the singers have died in this scene. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. I get the drug aspect of it, but it’s such a horrible cliche."
Pearl Jam: Top 50 Songs Ranked
It's always the perfect time to go through the Pearl Jam catalog and choose our favorite songs.
We’re pulling from albums, EPs, Christmas singles, B-sides and even alternate versions (since they’ve remixed every song on Ten, we specified what our favorite versions were.)
Of course, with a catalog like theirs, there are still tons of songs that we’ve missed. We’re sure you’ll let us know what we got wrong.
50. “I Got ID” from ‘Merkin Ball’ (1995)
Epic49. “Indifference” from ‘Vs.’ (1993)
Epic48. “Deep” from ‘Ten - Redux’ (1991/2009)
Epic47. “Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town” from ‘Vs.’ (1993)
Epic46. “Do The Evolution” from ‘Yield’ (1998)
Epic45. “Oceans (remix)” from ‘Even Flow’ single (1991)
Epic44. “Smile” from ‘No Code’ (1996)
Epic43. “Sonic Reducer” Christmas single (1992)
Epic42. “Red Mosquito” from ‘No Code’ (1996)
Epic41. “Release” from ‘Ten’ (1991)
Epic40. “Spin The Black Circle” from ‘Vitalogy’ (1994)
Epic39. “Garden” from ‘Ten - Redux’ (1991/2009)
Epic38. “Last Kiss” Christmas single (1998)
Epic37. “Yellow Ledbetter” B-side (1991)
Epic36. “W.M.A.” from ‘Vs.’ (1993)
Epic35. “Amongst The Waves” from ‘Backspacer’ (2009)
Monkeywrench34. “Come Back” from ‘Pearl Jam’ (2006)
J Records33. “Severed Hand” from ‘Pearl Jam’ (2006)
J Records32. “The Fixer” from ‘Backspacer’ (2009)
Monkeywrench31. “Man Of The Hour” from ‘Big Fish’ (2003)
Sony Classical30. “Superblood Wolfmoon” from ‘Gigaton’ (2020)
Monkeywrench29. “Wash” B-side (1991)
Epic28. “Present Tense” from ‘No Code’ (1996)
Epic27. “Sirens” from ‘Lightning Bolt’ (2013)
Monkeywrench26. “I Am Mine” from ‘Riot Act’ (2002)
Epic25. “Jeremy” from ‘Ten - Redux’ (1991/2009)
Epic24. “Long Road” from ‘Merkin Ball’ (1995)
Epic23. “Just Breathe” from ‘Backspacer’ (2009)
Monkeywrench22. “Thin Air” from ‘Binaural’ (2000)
Epic21. “Nothing As It Seems” from ‘Binaural’ (2000)
Epic20. “Rats” from ‘Vs.’ (1993)
Epic19. “Love Boat Captain” from ‘Riot Act’ (2002)
Epic18. “Crazy Mary” from ‘Sweet Relief’ (1993)
Thirsty Ear17. “Dance Of The Clairvoyants” from ‘Gigaton’ (2020)
Monkeywrench16. “Why Go” from ‘Ten - Redux’ (1991/2009)
Epic15. “Footsteps” B-side (1992)
Epic14. “Porch” from ‘Ten - Redux’ (1991/2009)
Epic13. “State Of Love And Trust” from ‘Ten - Redux’ (1991/2009)
Epic12. “Black” from ‘Ten’ (1991)
Epic11. “Wishlist” from ‘Yield’ (1998)
Epic10. “Daughter” from ‘Vs.’ (1993)
Epic9. “Once” from ‘Ten’ (1991)
Epic8. “Given To Fly” from ‘Yield’ (1998)
Epic7. “Not For You” from ‘Vitalogy’ (1994)
Epic6. “Animal” from ‘Vs.’ (1993)
Epic5. “Alive” from ‘Ten’ (1991)
Epic4. “Better Man” from ‘Vitalogy’ (1994)
Epic3. “Even Flow” from ‘Ten - Redux’ (1991/2009)
Epic2. “Rearviewmirror” from ‘Vs.’ (1993)
Epic1. “Corduroy” from ‘Vitalogy’ (1994)
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