Stone Gossard
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| Stone Gossard | ||
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 Stone Gossard playing with Pearl Jam.
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Stone Carpenter Gossard | |
| Also known as | Carpenter Newton | |
| Born | July 20, 1966 (age 40) Seattle, Washington, USA |
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| Genre(s) | Grunge Rock |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician Songwriter |
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| Instrument(s) | Guitar Vocals |
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| Years active | 1984 — Present | |
| Label(s) | J Records Sub Pop Homestead Records Tasque Force Records C/Z Records Stardog Mercury A&M Epic Records Sony Records Redline Records |
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| Associated acts |
Pearl Jam The Ducky Boys March of Crimes Green River Mother Love Bone Temple of the Dog Brad |
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Stone Carpenter Gossard (born July 20, 1966, Seattle, Washington) is the rhythm guitarist and, along with Jeff Ament and Mike McCready, a founding member of American rock band Pearl Jam.
Stone is well known for his work in grunge rock bands based in Seattle through the 1980s prior to Pearl Jam, and he has made significant contributions to the music industry since then aside from Pearl Jam.
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[edit] Early Work
Stone formed his first band in the early 1980s named March of Crimes[1], which introduced him to the emerging music scene in Seattle. Stone formed a close friendship with fellow guitarist (and future Mudhoney member) Steve Turner who attended the same school as him[2]. Stone was a founding member of the influential grunge bands Green River and Mother Love Bone (both of which also included Jeff Ament, who would eventually go on to form Pearl Jam with Stone). After singer Andrew Wood's death and the demise of Mother Love Bone, Stone's new songs and demos developed into significant contributions to the Temple of the Dog project, and the formation of Pearl Jam in 1990.
[edit] Pearl Jam
With the formation of Pearl Jam in 1990, Stone's music formed the basis for many of the bands early songs. Eight of the eleven tracks on Pearl Jam's seminal debut Ten were musically penned by Gossard, including "Alive", "Even Flow", and "Black". He 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" in 1998 and "Life Wasted" in 2006.
Gossard is known for his hard rhythm style of playing, and his sense of beat and groove. His major influences are said to be Led Zeppelin, Kiss and Jimi Hendrix, as well as funk and rap.[3]. He once said of himself: "I like rhythmic things that butt up against each other in a cool kind of way."[4] He can also be heard playing lead guitar on many of Pearl Jam's more recent songs. Eddie Vedder was quoted as saying that it is extremely difficult to collaborate with Stone, as he outright refuses to work on anything remotely like anything he's done before.[5] As well as guitar contributions, Stone has also played mellotron and bass guitar, he also often provides backing vocals, and has even taken lead vocal duties on the Pearl Jam songs "Mankind" (No Code) and "Don't Gimmie No Lip" (Lost Dogs).
In a review of Pearl Jam's 2006 self-titled album, Rolling Stone editor David Fricke mentioned that both Gossard and Pearl Jam lead guitarist Mike McCready were erroneously excluded from the publication's 2003 feature "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time."[6]
[edit] Other Work
Aside from Pearl Jam, Gossard is a founding member of Seattle side project band Brad, who formed in 1993, and have since released three albums. Gossard formed the record label Loosegroove Records in 1994 with fellow Brad member Regan Hagar[7]. Loosegroove signed many up and coming artists from various musical genres, especially Rock and Hip Hop. Significantly, Stone signed Queens of the Stone Age to Loosegroove, releasing their debut album in 1998. Loosegroove Records closed in 2000[8]. Stone released his first solo album, Bayleaf on Epic Records in 2001. He is the owner of the prestigious Studio Litho in Seattle, which has recorded many high profile artists including Soundgarden, Deftones and Staind as well as Brad and Pearl Jam[9].
He appeared in the 1992 movie Singles as himself, in lead actor Matt Dillon's backing band. During Pearl Jam's dispute with Ticketmaster in 1994 over prices and surcharges, Gossard appeared along with fellow Pearl Jam member Jeff Ament before a congressional subcommittee to testify on the issue. He has also produced records by such artists as Satchel, Green Apple Quick Step, Weapon of Choice and Critters Buggin[10]. He is a talented artist and painter, and his artwork is on many Pearl Jam releases, as well as his solo album, Bayleaf.
[edit] Personal Life
Stone is currently married to Liz Weber, a green building consultant for environmentally friendly construction projects. They both reside in Seattle.
[edit] Discography
[edit] References
- ^ Official Sony Biography
- ^ Prato, Greg. "Stone Gossard: Biography". All Music Guide.
- ^ Official Sony Biography.
- ^ Single Video Theory. Pearl Jam. Video. Epic, 1998.
- ^ Scaggs, Austin. "Eddie Vedder: Addicted to Rock". Rolling Stone. April 21, 2006.
- ^ Fricke, David. "Pearl Jam: Review". Rolling Stone. April 21, 2006.
- ^ "Epitonic.com".
- ^ Endino, Jack. "Endino Newsletter 5.0 (3/2000)". March 2000.
- ^ http://www.studiolitho.com/v2/patrons
- ^ Prato, Greg. "Stone Gossard: Biography". All Music Guide.
[edit] External links
- Pearl Jam's Ten Club
- Official Website of Brad
- Studio Litho
- All Music Guide entry for Stone Gossard
- Website dedicated to fellow Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready, but with excellent information on Stone's equipment in the Gear section of the site
- Stone Gossard on bicycling and health
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