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".
Prior to his work with Pearl Jam, Ament was part of the 1980s Seattle-based grunge rock bands Green River, Mother Love Bone, Temple of the Dog and Three Fish. He is known particularly for playing with the fretless bass, upright bass, and twelve-string bass guitars. Ament is also a member of the band RNDM.
In 2008, Ament released his first solo album Tone. His second solo release, While My Heart Beats, followed in 2012, and his third in 2018: Heaven/Hell. Ament was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pearl Jam on April 7, 2017. He was also recognized as one of the top hard rock and metal bassists of all time by Loudwire in 2016, placing at #52 on the list.
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Pearl Jam is extending their "Dark Matter" tour into 2025 with a new set of shows at select U.S. cities across April and May. The run will include two nights per city.
Pearl Jam connected with producer Andrew Watt last year at the legendary Shangri-La Studios in Miami. Facing each other in one room with their instruments, they were struck with a burst of inspiration and the album “Dark Matter” was created in just three weeks.
Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament teamed up with former Fitz & The Tantrums drummer John Wicks several years ago to form a project called Deaf Charlie. Their debut track, “Something Real,” came out in 2020, but now the duo has a full LP to share.
Pearl Jam is set to hit the road for the first time this year with a string of summer tour dates from August to September. The band, featuring the great Jeff Ament on bass, will kick things off on August 31st.
Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament has dropped a surprise EP called “American Death Squad”. The five-song collection was crafted during the beginning of the quarantine period during the pandemic.
