Lead guitarist and a rhythmic of the American rock band Pearl Jam, Stone Gossard is one of the American great musicians. He is also known for being one of the founding members of Pearl Jam. He is also popular for his contribution with the bands like Brad, Mother Love Bone and Green River.

Early Life & Educational Background

A talented and enthusiastic musician, Stone Gossard was born as Stone Carpenter Gossard on 20 July 1966 in Seattle, Washington, the United States of America to lawyer parents. He also has two lovely sisters and they are named Shelly and Star. He is an American and is of white ethnicity.

Stones interest in music was since he was in Northwest School. He began pursuing his musical career at a young age.

Professional Life

First, he joined March of Crimes. Though he was their back up member, he got chance to meet several musical artists and got a chance to learn several things.

An American rock band was formed in 1984 and his former bandmate Steve Turner was the founder of this band and he pursued Stone to join them. Tough Steve Turner was the founding member of this band, he left his band before their first was released in the market. Without Steve, they released their first in 1985 and their first album was released in June 1988.

Green River disbanded in 1988 and he formed an American rock band in 1988 and their first album was released on 19th of July 1990.