Stone Gossard
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Mother Love Bone
After Gossard left Green River, he formed a new band called Mother Love Bone in 1988 alongside Ament and Fairweather. They performed around Seattle and by late 1988, they were considered to be one of Seattle’s most promising bands. In March 1989, the band debuted an EP called Shine. In March 1990, shortly before the planned release of their debut studio album Apple, lead singer Andrew Wood died of a heroin overdose. The death immediately caused Mother Love Bone to disband, and Apple was released in July 1990.
Quick Facts
- Birth Date
- 20 Jul, 1966
- Age
- 53 yrs
- Occupations
- Guitarist
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- Citizenship
- United States of America
- Birth Place
- Seattle
- Gender
- Male
- Description
- American musician and songwriter
- Net Worth 2020
- 75 million
- Net Worth 2021
- 75 million
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Temple of the Dog
After Mother Love Bone disbanded, Gossard met up with his childhood friend Mike McCready and was very impressed with McCready’s work in jamming with the local band. Gossard reconnected back with Ament and the trio was trying to form their own band until they were invited to be part of the Temple of the Dog band founded by Soundgarden's Chris Cornell. Cornell was Wood’s roommate and wanted to make the band as a tribute to Wood. The band started to practice songs that Cornell wrote. According to Five Horizons transcribed by Justin Nicholls in 1991, Gossard revealed that the recording process as a "non-pressure filled" situation because there were no expectations or pressure coming from the record company.
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam was formed in 1990 by Ament, Gossard, and McCready. Later that year, they recruited Dave Krusen as the band drummer and Eddie Vedder as the lead singer. After their album, Ten is finished recording, Krusen left Pearl Jam and was replaced by Matt Chamberlain. Pearl Jam has created a total of twelve studio albums which are Ten (1991), Vs. (1993), Vitalogy (1994), No Code (1996), Yield (1998), Binaural (2000), Riot Act (2002), Pearl Jam (2006), Backspacer (2009), Lightning Bolt (2013), Gigaton (2020), and Dark Matter (2024). Pearl Jam has sold 32 million records in the United States and 60 million worldwide. In 2017, Gossard was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pearl Jam.
