Stone Gossard

Stone Gossard
Gossard with Pearl Jam August 17, 2007
Background information
Birth name	Stone Carpenter Gossard
Also known as	Carpenter Newton
Born	(1966-07-20) July 20, 1966 (age 50) Seattle, Washington, United States
Genres	Alternative rock, grunge, glam punk, punk rock, heavy metal, glam metal (early)
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Guitar, vocals, bass, piano, drums, percussion, cello
Years active	1984–present
Labels	Monkeywrench, Homestead, Sub Pop, Stardog, Mercury, A&M, Epic, Sony, Redline, J C/Z, Glitterhouse, livewire
Associated acts	Pearl Jam, Green River, Brad, Mother Love Bone, Temple of the Dog
Notable instruments
Fender Telecaster Gibson Les Paul

Stone Carpenter Gossard (born July 20, 1966) is an American musician who serves as the rhythm and additional lead guitarist for the American rock band Pearl Jam.

Along with Jeff Ament, Mike McCready, and Eddie Vedder, he is one of the founding members of Pearl Jam. Gossard is also known for his work prior to Pearl Jam with the 1980s Seattle, Washington-based grunge bands Green River and Mother Love Bone, and he has made contributions to the music industry as a producer and owner of a record label and a recording studio. Gossard is also a member of the band Brad. In 2001, Gossard released his first solo album, Bayleaf. His second solo album Moonlander followed in 2013.

Gossard will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pearl Jam on April 7, 2017.

The first band Gossard joined was March of Crimes, a band of which future Soundgarden bassist Ben Shepherd was a member, as was novelist Jonathan Evison. Although Gossard's time with the band was brief, it introduced him to the emerging music scene in Seattle. Gossard formed a close friendship with fellow guitarist (and future Mudhoney member) Steve Turner, who also had attended the Northwest School, and joined Turner in his band The Ducky Boys. Turner's interest in punk rock had a significant influence on Gossard, and in turn on the ethos of the band.

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 allow Arm to concentrate exclusively on singing. By the time the band finished the recording of its debut EP, Come on Down, Turner decided to leave the group, citing his distaste with Ament and Gossard's heavy metal leanings. He was replaced by Ament's former Deranged Diction bandmate, Bruce Fairweather.