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1966
July 20 Stone Gossard is born.

1980
-Stone attends Northwestern School of the Arts with Steve Turner of Mudhoney and Jeff Covell of Ducky Boys.

1983-1984
-Stone joins Ducky Boys.
-Ben Shepherd of Soundgarden asks Stone to join March of Crimes. Stone later gets fired.

1984
  -Stone joins Green River.
October
  -Green River opens for the Dead Kennedys at Moore Theater.

1987
October 31 Green River breaks up.

1988
  -Stone joins Lords of the Wasteland, which becomes Mother Love Bone.
November 19 MLB signs a seven-album deal contract with Polygram Records.

1990
March 24 Lead singer, Andrew Wood dies of heroin overdose.  MLB splits up.
  -Stone and Jeff Ament forms Mookie Blaylock, which becomes Pearl Jam.
  -Stone joins Temple of the Dog.

1991
January 1 Pearl Jam opens for Nirvana and the Red Hot Chili Peppers at Cow Place, in San Francisco.
  -Pearl Jam releases Ten.
  -Stone, Jeff, and Eddie appear in the movie "Singles" along with Soundgarden and Alice in Chains.

1992
March 27 Pearl Jam plays a show with the Smashing Pumpkin and the Red Hot Chili Peppers at University Alumni Hall, in Milwaukee.
April 11 Pearl Jam plays on SNL.
May 8 Pearl Jam Unplugged performance airs on MTV.
  -Pearl Jam plays Lollapalooza II.
September 20 Pearl Jam plays at Seattle's Magnuson Park.
October 
  -Pearl Jam is on the cover of Guitar Player.
December 
  -Stone is on the cover of Guitar Player.

1993
February  
  -Stone and Mike McCready's caricature is on the cover of Guitar Player. 
  -Stone forms Brad and releases Shame.
September
  -"Jeremy" sweeps the MTV Video Music Awards.
October 
  -Vs. is released.  950,000 copies are sold in the first week.

1994
February
  -Stone and Mike McCready is on the cover of Guitar World. 
  -Pearl Jam launches Spring of '94 Tour.
April 9 Pearl Jam and Mudhoney visits the White House.
April 16 Pearl Jam plays SNL.
  -Stone launches Loosegroove Records.
June 30 Stone and Jeff goes to House of Subcommittee in Washington.
August  
  -Seattle bands, including MLB, is on the cover of Guitar Player.
December 
  -Pearl Jam releases Vitalogy.

1995
January
  -Stone fires Dave Abbruzzese.
  -Pearl Jam hosts "Self-Pollution Radio."
January 12 Pearl Jam joins Neil Young and Crazy Horse on stage at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame dinner.
May  
  -Stone is on the cover of Musician.

1996
February 
  -Pearl Jam wins the Grammy Awards.
  -Pearl Jam appears in the Seattle music documentary "Hype."
August 
  -No Code is released.  350,000 copies are sold in the first week.
  -Pearl Jam launches fall of '96 tour.
December 
  -Pearl Jam appears on Late Night with David Letterman.

1997
  -Brad releases Shame.
  -Pearl Jam records Yield.
November
  -Pearl Jam opens for the Rolling Stones at California's Oakland Stadium.

1998
February
  -Yield is released.
  -Pearl Jam hosts "Monkey Wrench Radio."
  -Pearl Jam tours.
May 1 Pearl Jam appear on Late Night with David Letterman.
  -Pearl Jam went on tour.
August  
  -Single Video Theory is released.
December
  -Live On Two Legs is released.

1999
January
  -Pearl Jam wins the American Music Awards.
       
2000
January 27 Stone decides to slowdown on Loosegroove Records to concentrate on Pearl Jam.
March
  -Pearl Jam launches the European and the North American tour dates.
April 12 Pearl Jam performs on David Letterman.
May 16 Pearl Jam releases "Binaural."


2001
September 11 Stone releases his first solo CD, "Bayleaf."