Stone Gossard

Stone Gossard

Stone Gossard (born July 20, 1966 in Seattle , Washington ) is a guitarist, songwriter and founding member of the American rock band Pearl Jam .

Career

Stone began his musical career with a band called the March of Crimes and later played with Jeff Ament , Steve Turner and Mark Arm in the band Green River . After the band split, he formed Mother Love Bone with Jeff , while Arm and Turner set out to form Mudhoney . Other members of Mother Love Bone were Greg Gilmore (drums), Bruce Fairweather (guitar) and Andrew Wood (vocals). Two weeks before the album Apple was released on March 16, 1990, Andrew was found in a comatose state by his girlfriend in her apartment. After three days, the family, friends and the band decided to turn off the life support devices.

In memory of Wood, Chris Cornell of the band Soundgarden initiated a tribute album in 1990, on which both Stone and Jeff collaborated. The album was released under the name Temple of the Dog and has cult status today.

At the same time, Stone founded with Jeff Pearl Jam (then still under the name Mookie Blaylock ). The lineup was completed by Mike McCready (guitar), Eddie Vedder (vocals, guitar) and Dave Krusen (drums). In the wake of the grunge hype in the 1990s , Pearl Jam achieved worldwide fame practically overnight. The band still exists today and has released eleven studio albums so far.

In 1992, Stone played himself in the movie Singles, by Cameron Crowe , as the guitarist for Citizen Dick.

Stone Gossard released his first solo album in 2001 under the name Bayleaf , he continues to play in the band Brad .

Web links

• Pearl Jam website