33 Facts About Stone Gossard

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Stone Carpenter Gossard was born on July 20,1966 and is an American musician who serves as a guitarist and songwriter for the rock band Pearl Jam.

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Stone Gossard was a member of the bands Temple of the Dog and Brad.

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Stone Gossard released his first solo album Bayleaf in 2001; his second, Moonlander, followed in 2013.

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Stone Gossard was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pearl Jam in 2017.

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Stone Gossard's father was a lawyer and his mother worked in the Seattle city government.

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Stone Gossard has two sisters, Star Leslie Dirette and Shelly Joan Gossard.

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Stone Gossard formed a close friendship with fellow guitarist Steve Turner, who had attended the Northwest School, and joined Turner in his band The Ducky Boys.

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Stone Gossard was asked to join Green River in order to allow Arm to concentrate exclusively on singing.

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Stone Gossard was replaced by Ament's former Deranged Diction bandmate, Bruce Fairweather.

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Ament and Stone Gossard wanted to pursue a major-label deal, while Arm wanted to remain independent, viewing the duo as being too careerist.

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Stone Gossard reacquainted himself with childhood friend Mike McCready after watching McCready jam with a local band called Love Chile and being impressed with his work.

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Stone Gossard had known McCready from before high school when the two would trade rock band pictures with each other.

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Stone Gossard described the recording process as a "non-pressure filled" situation, as there were no expectations or pressure coming from the record company.

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Three of the songs on the final album were musically credited to Stone Gossard, including the single "Pushin Forward Back".

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Stone Gossard took an active role during Pearl Jam's dispute with Ticketmaster in 1994 over prices and surcharges.

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Stone Gossard was replaced by Jack Irons, a close friend of Vedder and the original drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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In 1992, Stone Gossard joined with members of the fellow Seattle band Satchel to form Brad.

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Stone Gossard performed with other members of Pearl Jam on Neil Young's 1995 album, Mirror Ball, and subsequently took part in an eleven-date tour in Europe as part of Young's backing band.

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On September 11,2001, Stone Gossard became the first member of Pearl Jam to go solo, releasing his first solo album, Bayleaf, through Sony Music Entertainment.

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On Bayleaf, Stone Gossard showed himself as being a talented multi-instrumentalist, contributing drums and piano work, as well as vocals, guitar and bass.

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Unable to tour with Pearl Jam because of the Covid-19 Pandemic, Stone Gossard set to work on finishing the debut album of Painted Shield, his side project with singer-songwriter Mason Jennings which they have been working on since 2014.

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Stone Gossard formed the record label Loosegroove Records with fellow Brad member Regan Hagar as a subsidiary of Sony in 1994, becoming independent in 1996.

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Stone Gossard had a brief acting cameo in the 1992 movie, Singles, along with Jeff Ament and Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam.

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Stone Gossard appeared as himself, playing guitar in lead actor Matt Dillon's backing band, Citizen Dick.

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Stone Gossard has been active in environmental pursuits, and has been an advocate of Pearl Jam's carbon neutral policy, offsetting the band's environmental impact.

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Stone Gossard has extended his conservationist ideals and serves as a member of the board of directors at the Wild Salmon Center, an international conservation organization based in Portland, Oregon.

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Stone Gossard is known for his hard rhythm style of playing, and his sense of beat and groove.

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Stone Gossard has cited Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin as a major influence on his style and rhythmic approach on guitar.

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Stone Gossard's main instrument is a Gibson Les Paul equipped with a Bigsby vibrato system.

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Stone Gossard will pull back and play a two-note line and Ed will do a power chord thing, and I fit into all that.

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Stone Gossard has since made less of a solo contribution to the band's work, instead becoming part of the collaborative efforts; however, he was credited as being behind the relatively more recent hits "Do the Evolution" and "Life Wasted".

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Stone Gossard was even given lead vocal duties for two of the Pearl Jam songs he had written both musically and lyrically: "Mankind" and "Don't Gimme No Lip".

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Stone Gossard was married to Elizabeth "Liz" Weber from March 6,2007 to May 25,2011.