Mike McCready keeping his EVH-style shredding in check in Seattle, 1991.
Photos: Lance Mercer
Pearl Jam are not exactly a band prone to nostalgia. That said, when lead guitarist Mike McCready is asked about the origins of the band’s debut album, Ten – which, given the speed at which they moved in the early days also dovetails with the origin of Pearl Jam itself – acknowledges that he looks back at that time and marvels at how it all went down.