Editing Mike McCready (section)

{{Short description|American guitarist}}
{{other people}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Mike McCready
| background        = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| image             = Mike McCready 2009.jpg
| caption           = McCready performing with [[Pearl Jam]] in 2009
| birth_name        = Michael David McCready
| alias             = Petster, McMelty
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1966|4|5}}
| birth_place       = [[Pensacola, Florida]], U.S.
| origin            = [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], U.S.
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Alternative rock]]|[[grunge]]|[[blues rock]]|[[hard rock]]}}
| occupation        = {{hlist|Musician|songwriter}}
| years_active      = 1979–present
| instrument        = Guitar<!-- only main instruments -->
| label             = {{hlist|[[Monkeywrench Records|Monkeywrench]]|[[A&M Records|A&M]]|[[Epic Records|Epic]]|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]|[[J Records|J]]}}
| current_member_of = [[Pearl Jam]]
| past_member_of    = {{hlist|[[Temple of the Dog]]|[[Mad Season (band)|Mad Season]]|[[The Rockfords]]|Flight to Mars}}
| module            = {{Infobox person|embed=yes
 | signature       = Mike McCready signature, Billboard Open Letter 2016.png
 }}
}}

'''Michael David McCready''' (born April 5, 1966) is an American musician known for being a founding member and [[lead guitar]]ist of [[Pearl Jam]]. McCready was also a member of the [[side project]] bands Flight to Mars, [[Temple of the Dog]], [[Mad Season (band)|Mad Season]], and [[The Rockfords]]. He was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] as a part of Pearl Jam in 2017 alongside the three other founding members ([[Jeff Ament]], [[Stone Gossard]] and [[Eddie Vedder]]), and former member [[Dave Krusen]].<ref name="rrhofjourney">{{cite web|title=Inductees: Pearl Jam|url=https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/pearl-jam|website=Rock & Roll Hall of Fame|access-date=December 20, 2016}}</ref>