{{Infobox musical artist 2
|Name = Boom Gaspar
|Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
|Img = Boom Gaspar.jpg
|Img_size = 250
|Img_capt = Boom Gaspar on stage with Pearl Jam in Bologna, Italy on September 14, 2006
|Birth_name = Kenneth E. Gaspar
|Born = 1953<br>Waimānalo, U.S.
|Genre = Rock
|Occupation = Musician
|Years_active = mid 1970s–present
|Instrument = Organ, keyboards
|Associated_acts = Pearl Jam, Mackey Feary Band, Harmony, Simplisity
}}

'''Kenneth E. Gaspar''' (born 1953 in Waimānalo, keyboard/organ player who has performed with the Seattle rock band Pearl Jam since 2002.

==Biography==
===Early life===
Gaspar grew up in Waimānalo, Hawaii and started playing music when he was 11 years old.<ref name="Burlingame">Burlingame, Burl. [http://starbulletin.com/2007/04/20/features/story02.html "Way to go Boom!"] ''Honolulu Star-Bulletin''. April 20, 2007.</ref>

==Musical career==
===Early work===
After graduating from Kailua High School, Gaspar spent the next thirty years doing local shows throughout Hawaii with acts such as the Mackey Feary Band, Harmony, Simplisity, and blues guitarist Albert Collins.

===Pearl Jam===

Pearl Jam frontman Riot Act'' and ''Pearl Jam''. He has a songwriting credit for the song "Riot Act''. According to Gaspar, the song initially developed out of a jamming session he had with Vedder after the two first met. When they were done, Vedder asked Gaspar if he was "ready to go to Seattle."<ref>Paiva, Derek. [http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Dec/01/il/FP612010330.html "Friendship takes stage at Pearl Jam concert"]. ''The Phoenix''. May 26, 2006.</ref>

==Discography==
===Pearl Jam===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! '''Year'''
! '''Title'''
! '''Label'''
! '''Track(s)'''
|-
| 2002
| ''Riot Act''
| Epic
| Some
|-
| rowspan="2"|2003
| ''2003 Official Bootlegs (Australia, Japan, and North America)''
| Epic
| Some
|-
| ''Big Fish: Music from the Motion Picture''
| Sony
| "Man of the Hour"
|-
| rowspan="4"|2004
| ''Hot Stove, Cool Music, Vol. 1''
| Fenway
| "Bu$hleaguer" (live)
|-
| ''Live at Benaroya Hall''
| BMG
| Some
|-
| ''For the Lady''
| Rhino/WEA
| "Better Man" (live)
|-
| ''rearviewmirror: Greatest Hits 1991–2003''
| Epic
| "I Am Mine", "Save You", and "Man of the Hour"
|-
| 2006
| ''Pearl Jam''
| J
| Some
|-
| 2007
| ''Live at the Gorge 05/06''
| Monkey Wrench
| Some
|-
| 2008
| ''2008 United States Official Bootlegs''
| Kufala
| Some
|}

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<tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><big>Boom Gaspar</big></th></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">250px|Boom Gaspar 2006-ban</td></tr>
<tr><th>'''Születési név:'''</th><td>Kenneth Gaspar</td></tr>
<tr><th>'''Születési idő, hely:'''</th><td> 1953. Waimānalo, Hawaii, USA
<tr><th>'''Foglalkozás:'''</th><td>zenész
<tr><th>'''Aktív évek:'''</th><td>1970-es évek közepétől napjainkig<br>
<tr><th>'''Zenei stílusok:'''</th><td>Rock<br>
<tr><th>'''orgona</td></tr>
<tr><th>'''Kiadó(k):'''</th><td>Epic<br>J Records</td></tr>
<tr><th>'''Kapcsolódó zenekarok:'''</th><td>Pearl Jam</td></tr><tr><th>
</table>

'''Kenneth ''"Boom"'' Gaspar''' (született zongorista/orgonista, aki a stúdióban.

Pearl Jam albumokon játszik. Ő inspirálta a Love Boat Captain című dalt is (a Riot Act albumról). Arról is nevezetes még, ahogy a "Crazy Mary" című dal élő előadásaikor hosszú szólókat játszik orgonáján. (A dalt eredetileg Victoria Williams írta, és a Pearl Jam előszeretettel adja elő koncertjein.) Az előadás akkor a legteljesebb, mikor Mike McCready-vel – aki a banda szólógitárosa – együtt szólóznak, akár 5 percen keresztül is.

==Diszkográfia==
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|-
| '''Év'''
| '''Együttes'''
| '''Cím'''
| '''Kiadó'''
| '''Játszott dalok'''
|-
| 2002
| Pearl Jam
| ''Riot Act''
| Epic
| Néhány
|-
|2003
| Pearl Jam
| ''Pearl Jam 2003-as bootlegs''
| Epic
| Mind
|-
| 2003
| Pearl Jam
| ''Nagy Hal filmzene''
| Sony
| "Man of the Hour"
|-
| 2004
| Pearl Jam
| ''Hot Stove, Cool Music, Vol. 1''
| Fenway recordings
| "Bu$hleaguer" (Élő)
|-
| 2004
| Pearl Jam
| ''Live at Benaroya Hall''
| BMG
| Mind
|-
| 2004
| Pearl Jam
| ''For the Lady''
| Rhino Entertainment/Warner
| "Better Man" (Élő)
|-
| 2004
| Pearl Jam
| ''Rearviewmirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003''
| Epic
| "I Am Mine", "Save You", és "Man of the Hour"
|-
| 2006
| Pearl Jam
| ''Pearl Jam''
| J Records
| Néhány
|-
| 2007
| Pearl Jam
| ''Live at the Gorge 05/06''
| Monkey Wrench
| Mind
|-
|}