Mike McCready Meltdown!?!

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

I'm not a massive Pearl Jam fan, but this kind of thing really doesn't do it for me.

Yeah I know, It's his gear and he can do what he wants with it blah blah blah, but seriously, his young kids were at the other side of the stage apparently!

Seems like he really lost the plot and toasted his pedal board as well 🤷‍♂️.

 

 

[Beedster]

Looked barely able to swing that guitar, not quite Pete Townshend 🤔

[wateroftyne]

Cuh... last show of the tour. If he had a gig the following night, I might have been impressed.

 

Lightweight.

[Frank Blank]

5 minutes ago, Beedster said:

Looked barely able to swing that guitar, not quite Pete Townshend 🤔

 
Agreed, none of the unadulterated joy of The Who smashing up their gear or the daft chaos of The Damned doing similar, it just looks like petulant toss-pottery* from here.

 

* not an obscure form of Dutch ceramic manufacture 

[blisters on my fingers]

Hi Pearly Kings and Queens !!!!        

 

Mike McCready here !

 

Any of you guys in England recommend a decent amp/guitar tech in the Amsterdam area?

 

My geetar has developed some fret buzziness and my amplifier is making weeeeeird noises ........... wtf !!.........

 

Easy fix for a qualified master luthier/amp tech here in the Netherlands, hey, lets reach out to each other? Yeah ? Help a Bro out here????

 

You all know we are a VERY VERY  socially aware band  'n'  it would be so cool if we could play some kinda benefit gig for orphans/refugees/displaced persons etc.. etc..whatever it was we last discussed with the image management team. Cool guys. And Gals obvs!!!

 

As always we must think of those less fortunate than our own selves.

 

Can one of you kind folks lend me a Tubescreamer??? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[leroydiamond]

Its a type of stunt that was thought provoking, though only for a short time, a long time ago. It belongs in the past, a bit like Pearl Jam's music. IMHO of course.

[police squad]

plonker comes to mind.

 

[Doctor J]

I remember when all this was just rock 'n' roll.

[toneknob]

Moog Taurus 3 pre-Mike McCready:

 

Moog Taurus 3 post-Mike McCready:

[Naigewron]

Destroying your gear looked stupid in the 70s and it looks stupid now.

[Misdee]

The phrase "tax-deductible" springs to mind.

 

It would be much more impressive if he had started the gig with a broken guitar, amp and pedalboard and then fixed them onstage during the show. 

[thodrik]

I'm guessing that Mike McCready is switching to playing a Telecaster and just bought a Line 6 Helix, rendering all the gear he trashed to be utterly redundant. 

[fretmeister]

It's all a bit infantile these days.

 

[Bunion]

But the crowd love it in the heat of the moment and let’s face it, they’re buying his new gear 😄

[Nail Soup]

3 hours ago, Naigewron said:

Destroying your gear looked stupid in the 70s and it looks stupid now.

Basically agree, but somehow Paul Simenon did look cool here :

[Boodang]

Is that a drum kit behind the amps? Don't think I'd be happy if someone pushed there amp onto my kit!

[Buddster]

2 hours ago, Misdee said:

 

It would be much more impressive if he had started the gig with a broken guitar, amp and pedalboard and then fixed them onstage during the show. 

I see an opening for a James May tour here

[Dad3353]

[Dan Dare]

42 minutes ago, Nail Soup said:

Basically agree, but somehow Paul Simenon did look cool here :

 

I always thought that photo looked like a toddler throwing a tantrum.

[Nail Soup]

9 minutes ago, Dan Dare said:

 

I always thought that photo looked like a toddler throwing a tantrum.

I think he was throwing his toys out of the pram about something (something to do with crowd control???)

[ambient]

I like Pearl Jam, especially Jeff Ament’s playing.

 

I don’t see the point in smashing up gear. There’s a lot of people would love to own a decent instrument but can’t afford it.

[Bunion]

25 minutes ago, Nail Soup said:

I think he was throwing his toys out of the pram about something (something to do with crowd control???)

The bouncers wouldn’t let the crowd stand up from their seats allegedly.

[bartelby]

2 minutes ago, Bunion said:

The bouncers wouldn’t let the crowd stand up from their seats allegedly.

And he had a hissy fit and smashed his bass?

[Rich]

Utterly ridiculous and just makes him look like a complete Tuesday.

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

38 minutes ago, Bunion said:

The bouncers wouldn’t let the crowd stand up from their seats allegedly.

Mmm, not sure about that. Looks like a standing type gig with everyone up on their feet.