Stone Gossard

American guitarist born July 20, 1966 in Seattle, Washington. Rhythm and lead guitarist for [a=Pearl Jam].

In 1984, he met [a377056] and joined the band, he played in, called [a270968]. In the end-1980's, both musicians were part of the formation of other three bands hailing from Seattle: [a261560], [a262213] and [a175395]. In the latter band, he stayed for more than three decades.

In the early 1990's, he also became member of [a105324], a band membership, which resulted from a rehearsal friendship in the phase of Mother Love Bone. In 2001, he released his first solo album.

Gossard also was songwriter within his bands, founded the label [l5114] in 1994, together with [a483442] and was producer, mainly in connection with his self-owned [l274796] in Seattle, which he founded in 1995.