Stone Gossard

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Stone Carpenter Gossard (born July 20, 1966) is an American multi-instrumentalist who appears as the rhythm and additional lead guitarist for Pearl Jam's American rock band. Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament, Mike McCready, and others are among Pearl Jam's founding members.

Gossard is also known for his 1980s Seattle, Washington-based grunge bands Green River and Mother Love Bone, as a producer and owner of a record label and a recording studio, as a producer and owner of a record label and a recording studio.

Gossard is also a member of Temple of the Dog and Brad.

Gossard's first solo album, Bayleaf, was released in 2001.

In 2013, Moonlander's second solo album Moonlander followed. On April 7, 2017, Gossard was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pearl Jam.

Early life

Gossard was born in Seattle to David W. Gossard Jr. and Mary Carolyn Carpenter. His father was a lawyer and his mother worked in the Seattle city government, and he was a student. He has two sisters, Leslie Dirette and Shelly Joan Gossard. Gossard attended the Northwest Boarding School in Seattle. Gossard's first band was March of Crimes, a group of which future Soundgarden bassist Ben Shepherd was a member, as well as novelist Jonathan Evison. Although Gossard's time with the band was brief, it brought him right into Seattle's burgeoning music scene. Gossard formed a close friendship with fellow guitarist (and prospective Mudhoney student) Steve Turner, who had also attended the Northwest School, and joined Turner in his band The Ducky Boys. Turner's obsession with punk rock had a major influence on Gossard, which in turn had a major influence on the band's ethos.

Turner went on to form Green River with vocalist/guitarist Mark Arm, drummer Alex Vincent, and bassist Jeff Ament. Gossard was asked to join Green River in order to enable Arms to concentrate solely on singing. Turner left the band early in the band's debut EP, Come on Down, citing his distaste with Ament and Gossard's heavy metal leanings. Bruce Fairweather, Ament's former Deranged Diction bandmate, was swapped for him.

The EP Come on Down in 1985 and Dry As a Bone in 1987, the first non-compilation record from Sub Pop. Rehab Doll, the band's only full-length studio album, was released in 1988. During Rehab Doll's recording, infighting within the band culminated in the group's demise. On one hand, a stylistic divide had existed between Ament and Gossard, and Arms on the other. Ament and Gossard wanted to sign a major-label contract, while Arms wanted to stay independent, considering the pair to be too careerist. The band had a strong local reputation in Seattle and had a major influence on grunge, with Green River being dubbed "arguably the first grunge band."

Gossard, former Green River frontman Andrew Wood, former Malfunkshun frontman Andrew Wood, and former Skin Yard drummer Greg Gilmore all formed Mother Love Bone in 1988. The band soon began recording and performing locally, and by late 1988, they were one of Seattle's most popular bands. The band joined PolyGram subsidiary Mercury Records in 1989. Shine, the band's debut EP, was released in March of this year.

The group returned to the studio in late 1989 to record Apple's first studio album. It was scheduled for a March 1990 launch. However, frontman Wood, who had a long history of heroin use, overdosed on heroin just days before its unveiling of Apple. Wood died after being in the hospital in a coma for a few days, effectively ending Mother Love Bone. Apple's new apple will be announced later this year.

After seeing McCready jam with a local band called Love Chile and being wowed by his work, Gossard recalled himself with his childhood friend Mike McCready. When the two brothers would trade rock band photos with each other in high school, Gossard knew McCready from the start. He asked McCready if he wanted to perform music with him after the demise of Mother Love Bone. Gossard was revived with Ament after a few months of training together. When they were invited to be part of Soundgarden's Chris Cornell's Temple of the Dog project as a musical tribute to Wood, the trio were trying to form their own band. Wood had been Wood's roommate when they arrived. Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron completed the band's line-up.

The band started rehearsing songs that Cornell had written before Wood's death, as well as reworking some existing Gossard and Ament demos. Because there was no anticipation or criticism coming from the record company, Gossard characterized the recording process as a "non-pressure filled" situation. After being sent a tape of Gossard's demos, recording his own lyrics and vocals over the top, drummer Eddie Vedder, who had appeared in Seattle to audition for Ament and Gossard's next band, which later became Pearl Jam, was included in this project. On the album "Hunger Strike" Vedder performed a duet with Cornell and provided background vocals on several other songs. Temple of the Dog was released by A&M Records in April 1991, and the band decided that it had enough content for a complete album. Three of the songs on the final album were credited to Gossard, including the single "Pushin Forward Back." Gossard said he expects Wood to be "blown away by the whole thing."

Pearl Jam was founded in 1990 by Ament, Gossard, and McCready, who later recruited Vedder and drummer Dave Krusen. Mookie Blaylock was the band's initials, but they were forced to change it when the band signed to Epic Records in 1991. Krusen left Pearl Jam in May 1991 after the recording sessions for Ten were complete. Matt Chamberlain was fired by Krusen, who had previously played with Edie Brickell & New Bohemians. Chamberlain left to join the Saturday Night Live band after appearing on just a few shows, one of which was shot for the "Alive" video. Chamberlain suggested Dave Abbruzzese, who joined the company and appeared on the majority of Pearl Jam's live shows supporting Ten.

Ten broke the band into the mainstream, making it one of the best-selling alternative music of the 1990s. The band emerged in the wake of the surge of fame and attention being paid to the Seattle music scene and the genre known as grunge. In 1993, "Jeremy" received Grammy Award nominations for Best Rock Song and Best Hard Rock Performance. "Jeremy" was named as the year's best entertainment video at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1993, winning four awards, including Video of the Year and Best Group Video. Ten was ranked number 207 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the top albums of all time, and "Jeremy" was ranked 11 on VH1's list of the 100 best songs of the 1990s.

Following a full touring schedule, the band ventured into the studio to record what would be the band's second studio album, Vs., which was released in 1993. Vs. set the world record for the most copies of an album sold in a week and spent five weeks on the Billboard 200 at number one. In 1995, Vs. was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album. The song "Daughter" was nominated for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, and "Go" received a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance from Vs.

Feeling the pressures of success, the band decided to reduce the amount of exposure for its albums, including the refusal to broadcast music videos. The band launched a long-publicized Ticketmaster boycott in 1994, which halted the band's tourability in the United States. Gossard was instrumental in the 1994 fight against Ticketmaster over pearl Jam's price and surcharges. Gossard and Ament appeared before a congressional subcommittee, alleging that Ticketmaster's activities were anti-competitive.

The band's third straight album, Vitalogy, debuted later this year, becoming the band's third straight album to reach multi-platinum status. In 1996, the album received Grammy nominations for Album of the Year and Best Rock Album. On Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 best albums of all time, Vitalogy came in at number 492. In 1996, the lead single "Spin the Black Circle" received a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. Despite the fact that Abbruzzese appeared on the album Vitalogy, he was fired in August 1994, four months before the album was released. The band cited political inconsistencies between Abbruzzese and the other members; for example, he disapproved the Ticketmaster boycott. Jack Irons, a close friend of Vedder and the original drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, was recalled.

No Code was later released in 1996 and Yield in 1998. Irons left the band in 1998, before Pearl Jam's U.S. Yield Tour, due to their dissatisfaction with touring. Matt Cameron, a former Soundgarden drummer, was hired by Pearl Jam as their Irons' replacement on a temporary basis, but he soon became a permanent replacement for the Irons. "Do the Evolution" (from Yield) received a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. Pearl Jam released "Last Kiss," a cover of a 1960s ballad made popular by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers in 1998. It was unveiled on the band's 1998 fan club Christmas album, but the front was not released as a single in 1999, due to widespread demand. "Last Kiss" peaked at number two on the Billboard charts and became the band's highest-charting single.

Binaural, the band's sixth studio album, was released in 2000, and it started a fruitful and continuing string of official bootlegs. In 2000 and 2001, the band released seventy-two live albums, as well as a record for the most albums to debut in the Billboard 200 at the same time. Binaural's "Grievance" received a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. In 2002, the band released Riot Act, the band's seventh studio album. In 2004, Pearl Jam's contribution to the 2003 film "Man of the Hour" was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. The band's eighth studio album, the eponymous Pearl Jam, was released in 2006. Backspacer, the band's ninth studio album, and Lightning Bolt, the band's tenth studio album, were released in 2013. Gigaton's most recent album was released in 2020.

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