Jeff Ament

Along with guitarist Stone Gossard, bassist Jeff Ament was a member of three of Seattle's most celebrated and admired bands of recent times -- Green River, Mother Love Bone, and Pearl Jam. Born on March 10, 1963, in Big Sandy, MT, Ament took up bass as a teenager, playing along to Clash and Police records, as well as learning a thing or two from classic rockers (Rush, Aerosmith, etc.). After relocating to Seattle hoping to fulfill his dreams of { ock} stardom, Ament hooked up with influential garage rockers Green River (which included singer Mark Arm, guitarist Steve Turner, drummer Alex Vincent, and Gossard). Three EPs followed -- 1985's Come On Down, 1986's Dry as a Bone, and 1988's Rehab Doll, which saw the quintet provide the blueprint for other subsequent Seattle bands that would follow in their wake -- {garage rock} à la The Stooges clashing with Sabbath { iff rock}. Even with greater success on the horizon, Green River called it a day the same year as their final release -- Arm and Turner would form Mudhoney, while Ament and Gossard began jamming with local flamboyant glam rocker Andrew Wood.

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