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Mike McCready

Highest Rated: 96% Gleason (2016)

Lowest Rated: 14% It's So Easy and Other Lies (2016)

Birthday: Apr 5, 1966

Birthplace: Pensacola, Florida, USA

Mike McCready, born on April 5, 1966, in Pensacola, Florida, is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist for the iconic rock band Pearl Jam. He began playing guitar as a teenager, inspired by artists like Jimi Hendrix and Kiss, and later formed the band Shadow in the mid-1980s. His breakthrough came in 1990 when he co-founded Pearl Jam with Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, and Eddie Vedder, helping to define the grunge movement of the early '90s. Pearl Jam's debut album "Ten" (1991) was a massive success, featuring hit singles like "Alive" and "Jeremy," with McCready's guitar work contributing to the band's distinctive sound. As a composer, McCready contributed to the soundtracks of films like "Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019) and "The Beach Boys" (2024), and he made appearances in movies and TV shows, including "2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony" (ABC, 2013) and "Gleason (Netflix, 2017-2018). Pearl Jam's latest album, "Under The Covers," was released in 2024, and McCready continues to tour and create, remaining a vital figure in rock music.

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Highest rated movies

96% 90% Gleason Watchlist
94% The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash
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84% 61% Fat Kid Rules the World
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78% 78% Sadie Watchlist
68% 100% Pearl Jam Twenty
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14% 32% It's So Easy and Other Lies Watchlist
Pearl Jam: Single Video Theory
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64% The Glamour & the Squalor
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88% Enormous: The Gorge Story
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The Westsiders
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Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Daft State Original Music - 2024
No Score Yet 88% Enormous: The Gorge Story Self - 2019
94% No Score Yet The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash Original Music - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Story of Plastic Original Music - 2019
78% 78% Sadie Original Music - 2018
96% 90% Gleason Self $576.6K 2016
14% 32% It's So Easy and Other Lies Unknown (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 64% The Glamour & the Squalor Original Music - 2015
84% 61% Fat Kid Rules the World Original Music - 2012
68% 100% Pearl Jam Twenty Self $454.8K 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Westsiders Original Music - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pearl Jam: Single Video Theory Self - 1998

TV

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No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Music Performer 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Music Performer 2010 2012-2013