Editing Mike McCready (section)

==Other musical projects==
===Mad Season===
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During the production of ''Vitalogy'', McCready went into rehabilitation in [[Minneapolis]], Minnesota, where he met bassist [[John Baker Saunders]] of [[The Lamont Cranston Band]].<ref name="guitarworld"/> In 1994, when the two returned to Seattle, they formed a side band, The Gacy Bunch, with vocalist [[Layne Staley]] of [[Alice in Chains]] and drummer [[Barrett Martin]] of [[Screaming Trees]]. After several live shows, they changed their name to [[Mad Season (band)|Mad Season]]. The band released the album ''[[Above (Mad Season album)|Above]]'' through [[Columbia Records]] in 1995, and are best known for the single "[[River of Deceit]]". The band broke up following Saunders' death in 1999 due to a heroin [[Drug overdose|overdose]]. Staley would pass away three years later in 2002, of an apparent overdose of heroin and [[cocaine]].

On February 28, 2010, McCready performed at the "Hootenanny For Haiti" at the Showbox at the Market in Seattle along with the likes of [[Velvet Revolver]], [[Jane's Addiction]] and former [[Guns N' Roses]] bassist [[Duff McKagan]], [[Fastbacks]] bassist [[Kim Warnick]], [[Loaded (band)|Loaded]] and former [[Alien Crime Syndicate]], [[Sirens Sister]] and [[Vendetta Red]] bassist [[Jeff Rouse (musician)|Jeff Rouse]] as well as [[Truly (band)|Truly]] and former [[Screaming Trees]] drummer [[Mark Pickerel]] among others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=136099 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909015836/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=136099 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 9, 2012 |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=March 3, 2010 |title=DUFF MCKAGAN, MIKE MCCREADY Perform At 'A Hootenanny For Haiti'; Video, Photos Available }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pearljam.com/news/mike-mccready-plays-hootenany-haiti-february-28th-seattle-s-showbox-market |work=[[Pearl Jam|PearlJam.com]] |date=January 27, 2010 |title=Mike McCready Plays "A Hootenany for Haiti" February 28th at Seattle's Showbox at the Market |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191726/http://www.pearljam.com/news/mike-mccready-plays-hootenany-haiti-february-28th-seattle-s-showbox-market |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stgpresents.org/artists/?artist=1240 |work=Seattle Theatre Group |access-date=February 25, 2010 |title=A Hootenanny For Haiti > Showbox at the Market}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.showboxonline.com/market/eventdetail.php?id=26242 |access-date=February 25, 2010 |title=Showbox at the Market |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716063706/http://www.showboxonline.com/market/eventdetail.php?id=26242 |archive-date=July 16, 2011 }}</ref>

A number of songs were covered during the show, including [[Belinda Carlisle]]'s "[[Heaven Is a Place on Earth]]",<ref name="Crosscut.com">{{cite web
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}}</ref> [[Hank Williams]]' "[[I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry]]",<ref name="Crosscut.com"/> [[The Rolling Stones]]' "[[Dead Flowers (The Rolling Stones song)|Dead Flowers]]" among others<ref name="Crosscut.com"/> however one of the more notable covers came when McCready performed a cover of "[[River of Deceit]]" for the first time since the breakup of [[Mad Season (band)|Mad Season]]<ref name="Crosscut.com"/> with Jeff Rouse performing vocal duties on the song.<ref name="Crosscut.com"/>

''Above'' was re-released in a 3-disc deluxe edition in 2013, and also in vinyl format featuring three new songs with Mark Lanegan on vocals.

In 2015, ''Live at the Moore 1995'' was released on 12" vinyl to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the band's final show. Earlier in 2015, the surviving members, McCready and Martin, joined with the Seattle Symphony in a concert at Benaroya Hall entitled ''Sonic Evolution'' featuring special guests and friends. The show was later released on CD/12" vinyl.

===''Mirror Ball''===
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McCready performed with other members of Pearl Jam on [[Neil Young]]'s 1995 album, ''[[Mirror Ball (Neil Young album)|Mirror Ball]]'', and subsequently took part in an eleven-date tour in Europe as part of Young's backing band. This tour proved very successful with Young's manager Elliot Roberts calling it "One of the greatest tours we ever had in our whole lives".<ref>McDonough, Jimmy. "Shakey: Neil Young's Biography", Anchor, 2003. {{ISBN|0-679-75096-7}} [http://www.thrasherswheat.org/jammin/pj.htm]</ref>

===The Rockfords===
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McCready played with another side band called [[The Rockfords]], named after one of McCready's favorite TV shows ''[[The Rockford Files]]''. The band features McCready's former high school friends from Shadow, plus vocalist [[Carrie Akre]] of [[Goodness (band)|Goodness]]. The band's [[The Rockfords (album)|self-titled debut]] was released on [[Epic Records]] in 2000. In 2021 the band secured the rights to their debut album, and released it on digital platforms in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://americansongwriter.com/22-year-old-side-project-from-pearl-jams-mike-mccready-gets-new-digital-release/|title=22-Year-Old Side Project from Pearl Jam's Mike McCready Gets New Digital Release|first=Jacob|last=Uitti|date=January 12, 2021|publisher=[[American Songwriter]]}}</ref>

===Solo album===
In a 2009 interview with San Diego radio station [[KBZT]], McCready revealed that he was working on a solo album.<ref>{{cite web|title=Listen to Mike McCready Interview Where He Talks About Possible Pearl Jam EP |url=http://www.grungereport.net/2009/07/20/listen-to-mike-mccready-interview-where-he-talks-about-possible-pearl-jam-ep/ |publisher=grungereport.net |date=July 20, 2009 |access-date=July 22, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726014642/http://www.grungereport.net/2009/07/20/listen-to-mike-mccready-interview-where-he-talks-about-possible-pearl-jam-ep/ |archive-date=July 26, 2009 }}</ref>

===Walking Papers===
McCready played guitar in the band [[Walking Papers (band)|Walking Papers]], which included then-former [[Guns N' Roses]] bassist [[Duff McKagan]], [[Screaming Trees]]/Mad Season drummer [[Barrett Martin]], and singer Jeff Angell.  The band released an album in August 2013.<ref name="Steven Hyden">{{cite web|title=Seattle Supergroup Walking Papers: Duff N' McCready N' Screaming Trees Jam|url=http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/55183/seattle-supergroup-walking-papers-duff-n-mccready-n-screaming-trees-jam|publisher=grandland.com|author= Steven Hyden|date=August 3, 2012|access-date=August 13, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.walking-papers.com/2013/08/06/debut-album-available-now/ |title=Debut Album Available Now |publisher=Walking Papers |access-date=July 15, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141002221834/http://www.walking-papers.com/2013/08/06/debut-album-available-now/ |archive-date=October 2, 2014  }}</ref>

===Levee Walkers===
In 2016 a new McCready project involving [[Duff McKagan]], [[Barrett Martin]] and [[Jaz Coleman]] called The Levee Walkers released two songs on McCready's label HockeyTalkter Records.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/duff-mckagan-mike-mccready-levee-walkers|title=Hear a Pair of Songs From Duff McKagan and Mike McCready's Levee Walkers Project|date=April 25, 2016|author=Giles, Jeff}}</ref> In 2017 the group released the song "All Things Fade Away" featuring singer [[Ayron Jones]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/premieres/guns-n-roses-pearl-jam-supergroup-hear-cathartic-new-song-w510578|title=Guns N' Roses, Pearl Jam Supergroup the Levee Walkers: Hear Cathartic New Song|date=November 2, 2017|author=Ryan Reed|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref>