Jeff Ament
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 Jeff Ament circa the mid-1990s
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Jeff Ament | |
| Born | March 10, 1963 | |
| Origin | Havre, Montana | |
| Genre(s) | Rock | |
| Occupation(s) | Bassist-Songwriter | |
| Instrument(s) | Bass | |
| Years active | 1984 - Present | |
| Label(s) | J Records Epic Records |
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Pearl Jam Deranged Diction Green River Mother Love Bone Temple Of The Dog Three Fish |
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Jeff Ament (born March 10, 1963) is an American rock bassist and, along with Stone Gossard and Mike McCready, one of the founding members of Pearl Jam.
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[edit] Biography
Ament was born in Havre, Montana. He grew up in a town nearby called Big Sandy. He began playing the bass guitar as a teenager, often playing along with The Clash and The Police records. After quitting college at the University of Montana in Missoula, Jeff relocated to Seattle in the early 1980s with his band Deranged Diction. He became acquainted with fellow Seattle musicians Stone Gossard and Steve Turner, and he was asked to join their new band Green River in 1983.
Green River is commonly considered to be the first grunge band. It achieved a considerable local reputation, but in-fighting within the band led to a break-up in 1987. Ament and Gossard recruited local 'celebrity' Andrew Wood and formed Mother Love Bone in 1987. Things looked to be going well, with the band signing to a major label and released the critically acclaimed album Apple, until Wood's tragic and untimely death shortly before the album's release in 1990. At this point Ament and Gossard almost parted company, but stuck around for the Temple of the Dog project, which was founded by Chris Cornell as a tribute to Andrew Wood. This project featured future Pearl Jam vocalist Eddie Vedder, who sang in the single "Hunger Strike". Pearl Jam was formed shortly afterwards, in 1990.
Jeff is an extremely accomplished bassist, and is particularly notable for his work with the fretless bass, upright bass and twelve-string bass guitar. He makes a major songwriting contribution to Pearl Jam, having penned one of their biggest hits, "Jeremy" as well as "Nothingman", "Low Light", and "Nothing As It Seems".
He has had a side project band named Three Fish.
Aside from music, Jeff is a skilled skateboarder and basketball player and a talented graphic artist. At the University of Montana, he studied art and played basketball.[1]
Jeff currently lives in Seattle and Missoula. With his brother Barry, Jeff runs Ames Bros., an art production company that produces tour posters and album artwork for many bands, including Pearl Jam.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Pearl Jam
- Ten (1991)
- Vs. (1993)
- Vitalogy (1994)
- No Code (1996)
- Yield (1998)
- Binaural (2000)
- Riot Act (2002)
- Lost Dogs (2003)
- Rearviewmirror - Greatest Hits (2004)
- Pearl Jam (2006)
[edit] Three Fish
[edit] Temple of the Dog
[edit] Mother Love Bone
[edit] Green River
- Deep Six (1985)
- Come on Down (1986)
- Dry As a Bone (1987]
- Rehab Doll (1988) (1988)
- Rehab Doll/Dry As a Bone (1988)
- Sub Pop 200 (1988)
[edit] External links
- Pearl Jam's Ten Club
- Ames Bros Homepage
- All Music Guide entry for Jeff Ament
- Interview with Jeff Ament
