Stone Gossard

Stone Gossard is exactly the kind of musician I gravitate toward: the architect rather than the showman. As Pearl Jam's rhythm guitarist, and earlier in Green River and Mother Love Bone, he helped lay the structural foundation of Seattle grunge. Lead players grab headlines, but it's the riff-builders holding the floor who make a band breathe, and his playing gives Eddie Vedder's voice its room to soar. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nod is deserved, yet what I respect most is the unshowy steadiness. He looks like a sideman but functions as a core.

Name (English)

Stone Gossard

Name (Japanese)

ストーン・ゴッサード

Reading

すとーん・ごっさーど

Born

July 20, 1966 (age 60)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Horse

Origin

Seattle, Washington, United States

Occupation

guitarist / songwriter / musician

Awards & achievements

• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

• Official sitehttp://www.stonegossard.com
• Xhttps://x.com/sgossard
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone%20Gossard
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%83%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q366777

Tags

• Washington
• guitarist
• songwriter
• musician

Last updated

2026-06-18

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.