Jeff Ament

Jeff Ament is the kind of musician I gravitate toward, the one holding the whole thing together from the bass. Co-founding Pearl Jam with Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, and Eddie Vedder put him at the center of nineties rock, but what gets me is how much of their songwriting carries his fingerprints. Jeremy, Oceans, Dissident, Nothingman, those aren't just hits, they're the backbone of a generation's record collection. There's something fitting about a kid from Havre, Montana ending up shaping a sound that felt so urgent and grounded. To me he's proof that the quiet engine of a band is often the one you should be watching.

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Name (English)

Jeff Ament

Name (Japanese)

ジェフ・アメン

Reading

じぇふ・あめん

Born

March 10, 1963 (age 63)

Origin

Havre, Montana, United States

Occupation

bassist / rock musician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rabbit

University

University of Montana

• Official sitehttps://www.pearljam.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/JeffAment
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff%20Ament
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q366775

Tags

• Montana
• bassist
• rock musician

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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