McCready Hopes Temple Of The Dog Can Write New Music

(Classic Rock) Temple Of The Dog's Mike McCready says he'd love it if the band were to release new material. The grunge supergroup announced their reunion earlier this year to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their only album. They'll play five US dates in November on what will be their first ever tour.

And McCready - who is also a member of Pearl Jam - says he'd do whatever it takes to help the band put out a follow-up to their 1991 self-titled debut.

Temple Of The Dog was formed by Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell and Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, McCready and Eddie Vedder. They won control over their 1991 master tapes last year following a drawn-out legal battle.

On whether Temple Of The Dog plan to write new songs, McCready tells Classic Rock: "I really hope so, I'd love to. I'm there. If anybody wants to start writing for Temple Of The Dog, I will be there to play guitar if they want me.

We're very busy with our band right now and Chris has been on such a long tour, so he's been very busy. So in terms of timing, who knows, But I hope we can do new songs." Read more here.