Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready Looks Back on 35 Years of ’Ten’: ‘I Knew This Was Gonna Be Special’

Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready looks back on 35 years of ’Ten’: ‘I knew this was gonna be special’

Pearl Jam's massive 1991 debut album, Ten, celebrates its 35th anniversary on Aug. 27. "Ten to me is deep in my heart," guitarist Mike McCready tells ABC Audio. "It's a record that sounded like a band that was together for many years but wasn't, in my mind." Indeed, the members of the original Pearl Jam lineup - McCready and guitarist Stone Gossard, bassist Jeff Ament, vocalist Eddie Vedder and drummer Dave Krusen - had already been a part of se…

Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready looks back on 35 years of ’Ten’: ‘I knew this was gonna be special’ - Regional Media News

Pearl Jam's massive 1991 debut album, Ten, celebrates its 35th anniversary on Aug. 27. "Ten to me is deep in my heart," guitarist Mike McCready tells ABC Audio. "It's a record that sounded like a band that was together for many years but wasn't, in my mind." Indeed, the members of the original Pearl Jam lineup - McCready and guitarist Stone Gossard, bassist Jeff Ament, vocalist Eddie Vedder and drummer Dave Krusen - had already been a part of se…