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Jeff Ament

ジェフ・アメン　/　じぇふ・あめん

American bassist

March 10, 1963 (age 63)　・　Havre, Montana, United States

Montana
bassist
rock musician

My Take

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.

Overview

Jeffrey Allen Ament (born March 10, 1963) is an American musician best known as the bassist of rock band Pearl Jam, which he co-founded alongside Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, and Eddie Vedder. Ament wrote or co-wrote many of Pearl Jam's hits, including "Jeremy", "Oceans", "Dissident", "Nothingman" and "Nothing as It Seems".

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

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)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Pisces / Rabbit
Origin: Havre, Montana, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: bassist / rock musician

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University of Montana

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
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4. Personality

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6. Links

Official sitehttps://www.pearljam.com/
Xhttps://x.com/JeffAment
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

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