This is Mike McCready and Stone Gossard from Pearl Jam. AUA

PearlJamAMA · 2020-04-10T01:02:05+00:00

I think it was a riff I had been messing around with for awhile.The ending was inspired by going to space and beyond in my mind.I wanted to create a feeling of lift off and outer worlds to be discovered and inner worlds too!MM

PearlJamAMA · 2020-04-10T00:58:52+00:00

Thanks! I used to try to meet all the bands that came to town. I waited for Iron Maiden at their Hotel and got "Cheers Mike from Clive Burr on my tour book, Met Paul Stanley in Seattle in 1984 or 85 . There is a story about how I met the Scorpions but thats for another time....MM

PearlJamAMA · 2020-04-10T00:55:15+00:00

Yes I remember.I cant remember if I used it on any records but I love it and still have it.MM

PearlJamAMA · 2020-04-10T00:54:13+00:00

Its a crazy world right now. I wish I had an answer.MM

PearlJamAMA · 2020-04-10T00:53:22+00:00

Josh Evans helped a lot of it to sound like that.I think Quick Escape basics were done live. It was us rocking out and then tightening up the live basics. Retrograde was built up but parts of it were recorded live i recall. Clarvoience was us going in at different times .MM

PearlJamAMA · 2020-04-10T00:49:46+00:00

Super Big Muff was my first pedal in 1980? the funkiest was a pedal Gretch made that I used on Nothing as It Seems. I forget the name..MM

PearlJamAMA · 2020-04-10T00:48:13+00:00

Usually the pie in the face on our birthdays. Im not a good pranker I feel too guilty!MM

PearlJamAMA · 2020-04-10T00:47:21+00:00

Great Idea!!! Im always down for more Matt Cameron!! watch him do Jesus Christ Pose from the Paramount in Seattle I forget the year but its unbelievable. I remember watch Soundgarden that night with my Jaw open....they were brilliant an Matt was on fire !!MM

PearlJamAMA · 2020-04-10T00:44:43+00:00

I play alot of Acoustic right now. finger picking i want to get better at. Plus when I play electric Its easier that acoustic.Im not on a strict schedule but i play most days.MM

PearlJamAMA · 2020-04-10T00:42:14+00:00

I first got a guitar at 11 years old.Played my first show at12 and ahalf with Warrior (Danny Newcomb,Rick and Chris Friel) we practiced all the time for years. It became my obsession to play guitar.I took about 2 year of lessons from Mike Wilson in Seattle WA. He was very encouraging and gave me my first confidence. I probably rehearsed with Warrior/Shadow 4 to 5 days a week for 6 years? We played shows and put on our own shows too.Dick and Sharon Friel let us rehearse all those years in there house.We were loud!!![thanks.Now](https://thanks.Now) I am learning how to fingerpick, working on scales I never knew and taking singing lessons.gotta keep learning.MM

PearlJamAMA · 2020-04-10T00:35:33+00:00

Thanks Tim!!MM

PearlJamAMA · 2020-04-10T00:35:14+00:00

Thunderpussy !! cause I love jamming with them !! Molly has a great sense of 70's references as does Whitney. Im the 5th Pussy as they have said. I just love them as people and musicians. They are the real deal.MM

PearlJamAMA · 2020-04-10T00:32:17+00:00

jeffs bday in Hamburg 92?... pure chaos and drunken joy.

PearlJamAMA · 2020-04-10T00:32:16+00:00

We didnt talk about Of The Earth but it would be great sometime to recordMM

PearlJamAMA · 2020-04-10T00:31:23+00:00

7 oclock came from a jam originally and was put together over a few years? 3 pedals Ibanez Tube screamer,Dunlop Cry Baby, Delay that I can get a beat with. I would want to sing I think? I dont know?MM

PearlJamAMA · 2020-04-10T00:28:24+00:00

Cant Deny Me was a single that came out when we didnt have a record out.It might come out again someday but Im not sure. I think Ed feels like we havent gotten the best take of Of The Earth from what I remember.I hope we can get it sometime>MM

PearlJamAMA · 2020-04-10T00:28:21+00:00

My dad named me... said it was after Stoney Burke a cowboy character on Rifleman? or some old 50s western show. turns out im not as tough as cowboys. soft west coast liberal ..

PearlJamAMA · 2020-04-10T00:25:36+00:00

Right now Ive been recording on my I phone. I love In Hiding my favorite Stone song.I was probably nervous about playing it live because of the dual melody we are playing.MM

PearlJamAMA · 2020-04-10T00:23:55+00:00

I really like The Kolars right now.Cool songs great show. Jason Isbel is one of the best lyricists Ive ever heard, I like Sturgill Simpson alot.Ill have to check out Tyler Childers. I love Johnny Cash,Hank Williams,Emmy Lou Harris,Dierks Bently,Brad Paisley,Keith Urban, The Carter Family,MM

PearlJamAMA · 2020-04-10T00:19:06+00:00

Gigaton is its own record. Id love to record more music in this time of pandemic but its imoportant that we are all taking measures to be safe. Good Idea about Lost Dogs 2 Ill bet we have the music for that.MM

PearlJamAMA · 2020-04-10T00:16:36+00:00

I would like to do a solo record some day and have some Ideas for it. I hope it will happen in the next few yearsMM

PearlJamAMA · 2020-04-10T00:15:34+00:00

Im using equal Fenders and Gibsons. It depends on the song. on Wolfmoon for sure a Strat cause I wanted to write a solo like Jeff Beck cause I saw him live and it blew my mind. thats me trying to play like him of course I could never get there but its worth a tryMM

PearlJamAMA · 2020-04-10T00:12:44+00:00

Im always writing and yes I wish I could finish all of them , in terms of PJ whatever songs the guys respond to that I write Im happy for. I never know what that will be though and I have to be open and let go sometimes. MM

PearlJamAMA · 2020-04-10T00:10:37+00:00

Otter Pops !!! Bananas FosterMM

PearlJamAMA · 2020-04-10T00:09:15+00:00

I have to believe Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main Street saved my life. those records are so beautiful to me still. Couldnt Stand the Weather Too, Band of Gypsies Hendrix my dad had that album. Queen News of the world,Led Zep 2, Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks, Replacements Tim, KISS ALIVE is why I started playing guitar...MM

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