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{{Short description|American
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| background = solo_singer
| image = Jeff-Ament.jpg
| caption = Ament performing with [[Pearl Jam]] in 2009
| birth_name = Jeffrey Allen Ament
| alias = Al Nostreet
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| occupation = Musician, songwriter
| years_active = 1981–present
| instrument = Bass guitar, double bass
| label = [[Monkeywrench Records|Monkeywrench]], [[Homestead Records|Homestead]], [[Sub Pop]], Stardog, [[Mercury Records|Mercury]], [[A&M Records|A&M]], [[Epic Records|Epic]], [[J Records|J]]
| associated_acts = [[Pearl Jam]], [[Green River (band)|Green River]], [[Mother Love Bone]], [[War Babies (band)|War Babies]], [[Temple of the Dog]], [[Three Fish]], Derranged Diction, [[RNDM]], Tres Mts., Deaf Charlie
}}
'''Jeffrey Allen Ament''' (born March 10, 1963) is an American musician
Prior to his work with Pearl Jam, Ament was part of the 1980s [[Seattle]]-based [[Grunge|grunge rock]] bands [[Green River (band)|Green River]] and [[Mother Love Bone]]. He is known particularly for playing with the [[
In 2008, Ament released his first solo album, ''[[Tone (Jeff Ament 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.<ref name="rrhofjourney">{{cite web|title=Inductees: Pearl Jam|url=https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/pearl-jam|website=Rock & Roll Hall of Fame|access-date=20 December 2016}}</ref> He was also recognized as one of the top hard rock/metal bassists of all time by [[Loudwire]] in 2016, being placed at #52 on the list.<ref name="Go and ask">{{cite magazine|url=https://loudwire.com/top-hard-rock-metal-bassists-of-all-time/|title=TOP 66 HARD ROCK + METAL BASSISTS OF ALL TIME|magazine=Loudwire|date=14 September 2016|access-date=31 May 2019}}</ref>
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The first of 12 children, Ament was born in [[Havre, Montana]] to George and Penny Ament and grew up in the town of [[Big Sandy, Montana]], a town with a population of less than 700 people.<ref name=ament2>{{cite web|title=125 Montana Newsmakers: Jeff Ament|url=http://www.greatfallstribune.com/multimedia/125newsmakers5/ament.html|work=Great Falls Tribune|author=Tribune Staff|access-date=August 27, 2011}}</ref><ref name=ament>{{cite web|title=Jeff Ament|work=Montana Kids|publisher=Montana Office of Tourism|url=http://montanakids.com/cool_stories/Famous_Montanans/ament.htm|access-date=August 8, 2011}}</ref> Ament's father George was mayor of Big Sandy for fifteen years, as well as a barber and a school bus driver.<ref>Chaney, Rob. [http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/07/14/news/top/news01.txt "Pearl Jam to play benefit in Missoula"]. ''[[Missoulian]]''. July 14, 2005.</ref> Ament described his family growing up as "pretty poor"<ref name="vaziri">Vaziri, Aidin. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/10/29/PK40984.DTL "Q & A With Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament"]. ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]''. October 29, 2000.</ref> and "hard-core [[Catholic]]."<ref>Weisel, Al. [http://home.nyc.rr.com/alweisel/rollingstoneament.htm "Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050308200157/http://home.nyc.rr.com/alweisel/rollingstoneament.htm |date=March 8, 2005 }}. ''[[Rolling Stone]]''. August 8, 1996.</ref>
He began playing the bass guitar as a teenager, often playing along with [[Ramones]], [[The Clash]], and [[The Police]] records. Ament participated in basketball, [[American football|football]], and track at [[Big Sandy High School
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===Pearl Jam===
{{Main|Pearl Jam}}
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Pearl Jam was formed in 1990 by Ament, Gossard, and McCready,<ref name="crowe">{{cite magazine | last = Crowe | first = Cameron | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10560431/five_against_the_world | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070519100135/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10560431/five_against_the_world | url-status = dead | archive-date = May 19, 2007 | title = Five Against the World | magazine = [[Rolling Stone]] | date = October 28, 1993 | access-date = 2007-06-23 }}</ref> who then recruited Vedder and drummer [[Dave Krusen]]. The band originally took the name [[Mookie Blaylock]], but was forced to change it when the band signed to [[Epic Records]] in 1991. After the recording sessions for ''[[Ten (Pearl Jam album)|Ten]]'' were completed, Krusen left Pearl Jam in May 1991.<ref name="secrethistory">Greene, Jo-Ann. "Pearl Jam and the Secret History of Seattle Part 2". ''[[Goldmine (magazine)|Goldmine]]''. ''August 1993''</ref> Krusen was replaced by [[Matt Chamberlain]], who had previously played with [[Edie Brickell & New Bohemians]]. After playing only a handful of shows, one of which was filmed for the "[[Alive (Pearl Jam song)|Alive]]" video, Chamberlain left to join the ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' band.<ref name="peiken">{{cite magazine | url=https://pearljamhistory.no.sapo.pt/PJArticles_Interviews_12-xx-93_-_modern_drummer.htm | title=Dave Abbruzzese of Pearl Jam | access-date=2007-07-01 | author=Peiken, Matt | magazine=[[Modern Drummer]] | date=December 1993 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629145947/http://pearljamhistory.no.sapo.pt/PJArticles_Interviews_12-xx-93_-_modern_drummer.htm | archive-date=June 29, 2012 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> As his replacement, Chamberlain suggested [[Dave Abbruzzese]], who joined the group and played the rest of Pearl Jam's live shows supporting the ''Ten'' album.
''Ten'' broke the band into the mainstream, and became one of the best selling alternative albums of the 1990s. The band found itself amidst the sudden popularity and attention given to the Seattle music scene and the genre known as grunge. The single "[[Jeremy (song)|Jeremy]]" received [[Grammy Award]] nominations for [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Song|Best Rock Song]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance|Best Hard Rock Performance]] in 1993.<ref>{{cite news
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Following an intense touring schedule, the band went into the studio to record what would become its second studio album, ''[[Vs. (Pearl Jam album)|Vs.]]'', released in 1993. Upon its release, ''Vs.'' set at the time the record for most copies of an album sold in a week,<ref>{{cite magazine | url=
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The band subsequently released ''[[No Code]]'' in 1996 and ''[[Yield (album)|Yield]]'' in 1998. In 1998, prior to Pearl Jam's U.S. [[Yield Tour]], Irons left the band due to dissatisfaction with touring.<ref name="offhegoes">{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pearljam/articles/story/5928493/off_he_goes | title=Off He Goes | access-date=2007-06-28 | author=Fischer, Blair R | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=April 17, 1998 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002115935/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pearljam/articles/story/5928493/off_he_goes | archive-date=October 2, 2007 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Pearl Jam enlisted former Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron as Irons' replacement on an initially temporary basis,<ref name="offhegoes"/> but he soon became a permanent replacement for Irons. "[[Do the Evolution]]" (from ''Yield'') received a Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/specials/1999/grammys/bigpicture.html |title=41st annual Grammy nominees and winners |publisher=[[CNN]].com |access-date=2008-08-03 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080613094347/http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/specials/1999/grammys/bigpicture.html |archive-date = June 13, 2008}}</ref> In 1998, Pearl Jam recorded "[[Last Kiss]]", a cover of a 1960s ballad made famous by [[J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers]]. It was released on the band's 1998 fan club Christmas single; however, by popular demand, the cover was released to the public as a single in 1999. "Last Kiss" peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' charts and became the band's highest-charting single.
In 2000, the band released its sixth studio album, ''[[Binaural (album)|Binaural]]'', and initiated a successful and ongoing series of [[Pearl Jam Official Bootlegs|official bootlegs]]. The band released seventy-two such live albums in 2000 and 2001, and set a record for most albums to debut in the ''Billboard'' 200 at the same time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12055527 |title=Pearl Jam Breaks Its Own Chart Record |access-date=2007-06-28 |author=Davis, Darren |publisher=[[Yahoo!|Yahoo! Music]] |date=March 7, 2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060912100129/http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12055527 |archive-date=September 12, 2006 }}</ref> "[[Grievance (song)|Grievance]]" (from ''Binaural'') received a Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1439384/20010214/pearl_jam.jhtml | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010223215253/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1439384/20010214/pearl_jam.jhtml | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 23, 2001 |title=Pearl Jam DVD Compiles Tour Footage |publisher=[[MTV]].com |author=Moss, Corey |access-date=2008-08-03}}</ref> The band released its seventh studio album, ''[[Riot Act (album)|Riot Act]]'', in 2002. Pearl Jam's contribution to the 2003 film, ''[[Big Fish]]'', "[[Man of the Hour]]", was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/nominations/year/2003 |title=Golden Globes Nominations & Winners |publisher=goldenglobes.org |access-date=2008-02-20 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080201120641/http://www.goldenglobes.org/nominations/year/2003 |archive-date = February 1, 2008}}</ref> The band's eighth studio album, the eponymous ''[[Pearl Jam (album)|Pearl Jam]]'', was released in 2006. The band released its ninth studio album, ''[[Backspacer]]'', in 2009 its tenth studio album, ''[[Lightning Bolt (Pearl Jam album)|Lightning Bolt]]'', in 2013 and its eleventh studio album ''[[Gigaton]]'' in 2020.
Aside from his musical contributions for the band, Ament has made significant contributions to the band's album artwork. His photography can be found throughout the majority of the band's releases. He has won two [[Grammy Award for Best Recording Package|Grammy Awards for Best Recording Package]] for his work on the album ''Lightning Bolt'' and on [[Chris Cornell]]'s [[Chris Cornell (album)|self-titled compilation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/jeff-ament/1260|title=Jeff Ament|date=2019-11-26|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en|access-date=2023-04-27}}</ref>
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==Other work==
Ament had a brief acting cameo in the 1992 movie, ''[[Singles (1992 film)|Singles]]'', along with Stone Gossard and Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam. He appeared as himself, playing bass in lead actor [[Matt Dillon]]'s backing band, Citizen Dick.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0024610/ "Jeff Ament"]. [[Internet Movie Database]].</ref> Most of Matt Dillon's wardrobe in the movie actually belonged to Ament.<ref>Hajari, Nisid. [
With his brother Barry, Ament founded Ames Bros., an art production company that produces tour posters and album artwork for many bands, including Pearl Jam. The brothers won a [[Grammy Award]] in 2020 for "Best Recording Package" as a result of their work as art directors on the [[Chris Cornell]] posthumous compilation album titled ''[[Chris Cornell (album)|Chris Cornell]]''.<ref>[https://www.vulture.com/2020/01/grammy-winners-2020-the-full-list.html Grammy Wimmers List 2020] by Zoe Haylock, Vulture.com, January 27, 2020.</ref>
In 2022 Ament scored, together with [[Josh Klinghoffer]], the [[FX on Hulu]] television series ''Under the Banner of Heaven'', adaptation of [[Jon Krakauer]]’s best-selling book. <ref name="auto">{{cite web | url=https://www.spin.com/2022/05/pearl-jams-jeff-ament-on-bill-simmons-podcast-5-things-we-learned/ | title=Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament on Bill Simmons' Podcast: 5 Things We Learned|website=Spin.com | date=May 6, 2022 }}</ref>
A self-professed NBA fanatic, Ament is a lifelong supporter of the former [[Seattle SuperSonics]] NBA basketball team, and for 10 consecutive years he held season tickets to the team at [[Climate Pledge Arena|Key Arena]]. The bassist is also an avid basketball player and his passion prompted him to suggest NBA player [[Mookie Blaylock]] as the name of the band that is now Pearl Jam.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pearl-jams-jeff-ament-on-the-nba-and-breaking-noses-with-win-butler-68282/ | title=Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament on Basketball and Breaking Noses | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=October 29, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nba.com/news/nba-soundsystem-extra-pearl-jam-jeff-ament | title=Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament on his NBA fandom, 'Mookie Blaylock' origins, and more | website=[[NBA.com]] }}</ref>▼
Ament is also an avid reader and has cited [[Mikhail Bulgakov]] and [[Cormac McCarthy]] as his favorite authors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/pearl-jam-pick-their-favourite-books-of-all-time/|title=Pearl Jam pick their favourite books of all time|website=Faroutmagazine.co.uk|date=July 13, 2021|access-date=February 8, 2022}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-pearl-jam-bassist-jeff-aments-apocalyptic-new-solo-song-627829/|title=Hear Pearl Jam Bassist Jeff Ament's Apocalyptic New Solo Song|first=Elias|last=Leight|website=Rollingstone.com|date=April 19, 2018|access-date=February 8, 2022}}</ref>▼
==Musical style and influences==
Ament has cited [[the Who
<blockquote>I have to be able to feel the bass. I've worked hard with our producers to make sure that when you play our records on your stereo, you can feel the bass. You might not necessarily be able to hear it all the time, but if you turn it up you can feel the movement in the low end—that it's moving the song. And when it's not there, it should be creating a dynamic.<ref name="godfather">Coryat, Karl. [http://www.fivehorizons.com/archive/articles/bp0494.shtml "Godfather of the "G" Word"]. ''Bass Player Magazine''. April 1994.</ref></blockquote>
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==Personal life==
▲A self-professed NBA fanatic, Ament is a lifelong supporter of the former [[Seattle SuperSonics]] NBA basketball team, and for 10 consecutive years he held season tickets to the team at [[Climate Pledge Arena|Key Arena]]. The bassist is also an avid basketball player and his passion prompted him to suggest NBA player [[Mookie Blaylock]] as the name of the band that is now Pearl Jam.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pearl-jams-jeff-ament-on-the-nba-and-breaking-noses-with-win-butler-68282/ | title=Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament on Basketball and Breaking Noses | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=October 29, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nba.com/news/nba-soundsystem-extra-pearl-jam-jeff-ament | title=Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament on his NBA fandom, 'Mookie Blaylock' origins, and more | website=[[NBA.com]] }}</ref>
▲Ament is also an avid reader and has cited [[Mikhail Bulgakov]] and [[Cormac McCarthy]] as his favorite authors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/pearl-jam-pick-their-favourite-books-of-all-time/|title=Pearl Jam pick their favourite books of all time|website=Faroutmagazine.co.uk|date=July 13, 2021|access-date=February 8, 2022}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-pearl-jam-bassist-jeff-aments-apocalyptic-new-solo-song-627829/|title=Hear Pearl Jam Bassist Jeff Ament's Apocalyptic New Solo Song|first=Elias|last=Leight|website=Rollingstone.com|date=April 19, 2018|access-date=February 8, 2022}}</ref>
On February 16, 2016, he married longtime partner Pandora Andre-Beatty.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://missoulian.com/lifestyles/announcements/marriages-for-monday-feb/article_c9d7f885-0872-5754-92aa-1f3c53ca4377.html/|title=Marriages for Monday, Feb. 22|access-date=2016-02-23|newspaper=Missoulian|date=February 22, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fbackend.710302.xyz%3A443%2Fhttps%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FJeffAmentsArmy|title=Facebook|website=Facebook|access-date=June 1, 2022
Ament currently lives in [[Seattle]], Washington and [[Missoula, Montana]]. Aside from music, Ament's interests include [[skateboarding]], basketball, graphic design, [[snowboarding]], and [[wakeboarding]]. Ament assisted in financing the construction of Missoula's Mobash Skatepark.<ref>Woodhouse, Murphy. [http://www.mtinbusiness.com/inbiz-0710/bus05.php "Riding a vision to reality — Success of Mobash skatepark is the triumph of determination over inexperience"]{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Western Montana InBusiness Monthly. October 2007.</ref> In 2004, Ament and his wife Pandora Andre-Beatty climbed Africa's [[Mount Kilimanjaro]] in support of [[Save the Children]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=From Malawi to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20040820/mtkilimanjaro22/from-malawi-to-the-summit-of-mount-kilimanjaro |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=archive.seattletimes.com}}</ref> Since 2014, Ament and Andre-Beatty have funded and operated the Montana Pool Service Foundation, a registered 501(c)3.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Robbins |first=Jim |last2=Heisler |first2=Todd |date=2021-09-30 |title=A Rock Star’s Next Act: Making Montana a Skateboarding Oasis |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/09/30/sports/montana-skateboarding-jeff-ament.html |access-date=2024-10-31 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Ament and Montana Pool Service have helped build over 30 skate parks in the state of Montana,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Skateparks - Bringing safe spaces to rural Montana since 1992 |url=https://montanapoolservice.com/#our-parks |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=Montana Pool Service |language=en-US}}</ref> including many on Native American reservations.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bucholtz |first1=Andrew |date=November 23, 2021 |title=Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament talks to Real Sports' Mary Carillo on building remote Montana skate parks to battle suicide rates |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/hbo/pearl-jam-jeff-ament-mary-carillo-skate-parks-real-sports.html |access-date=November 29, 2021 |publisher=Awful Announcing}}</ref>
Ament is a supporter of [[organic farming]] and United States Senator [[Jon Tester]]. Tester grew up near Big Sandy and Ament knew of Tester before either were famous. Ament campaigned for Tester in 2006 and 2018.
Ament is credited for the album artwork and art direction for the Pearl Jam albums [[Ten (album)|Ten (album),]] the album photograph for [[Vs. (Pearl Jam album)]], and created the concept for [[Yield (album)|Yield (album),]] which was nominated for the [[Best Recording Package]] Grammy in 1999. Ament has won two Grammys for his art design for the Pearl Jam album [[Lightning Bolt (Pearl Jam album)]] and the posthumous Chris Cornell compilation [[Chris Cornell (album)]].
In April 2009, Ament was attacked at knifepoint by a gang of muggers. According to ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', Ament had just pulled up outside the Southern Tracks recording studio in [[Atlanta]], Georgia, when his rented jeep was attacked by several men, who smashed the vehicle's windows and demanded money. The magazine also reported that Ament was knocked to the ground while trying to escape the robbers. He sustained a head injury and was treated at the scene. His Blackberry and passport, as well as a sum of cash, were stolen.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/05/13/pearl-jams-jeff-ament-injured-in-robbery-outside-atlanta-studio/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090516170618/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/05/13/pearl-jams-jeff-ament-injured-in-robbery-outside-atlanta-studio | url-status=dead | archive-date=May 16, 2009 | title=Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament Injured in Robbery Outside Atlanta Studio | access-date=2009-05-14 | author=Greene, Andy | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=May 13, 2009}}</ref> The incident would lead one fan, Joe Hartgrove, with the idea of a charity in Ament's name, called ''Jeff Ament's Army'', to be formed by Joe, Roger McDaniel and Joanna Traver, and with the approval of Ament, started in 2011; their work includes the promoting of [[Skatepark|skate parks]] in the state of Montana.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.montanaskatepark.org/about/ |title=About the MSA - Montana Skatepark Association |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Montanaskatepark.org |publisher=Montana Skatepark Association |access-date=November 14, 2021}}</ref> As of November 2021, Ament has helped build 25 skate parks in the state of Montana, including many on Native American reservations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://awfulannouncing.com/hbo/pearl-jam-jeff-ament-mary-carillo-skate-parks-real-sports.html|title=Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament talks to Real Sports' Mary Carillo on building remote Montana skate parks to battle suicide rates|last1=Bucholtz|first1=Andrew|publisher=Awful Announcing|date=November 23, 2021|access-date=November 29, 2021}}</ref>▼
▲In April 2009, Ament was attacked at knifepoint by a gang of muggers. According to ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', Ament had just pulled up outside the Southern Tracks recording studio in [[Atlanta]], Georgia, when his rented jeep was attacked by several men, who smashed the vehicle's windows and demanded money. The magazine also reported that Ament was knocked to the ground while trying to escape the robbers. He sustained a head injury and was treated at the scene. His Blackberry
▲On February 16, 2016, he married longtime partner Pandora Andre-Beatty.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://missoulian.com/lifestyles/announcements/marriages-for-monday-feb/article_c9d7f885-0872-5754-92aa-1f3c53ca4377.html/|title=Marriages for Monday, Feb. 22|access-date=2016-02-23|newspaper=Missoulian|date=February 22, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fbackend.710302.xyz%3A443%2Fhttps%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FJeffAmentsArmy|title=Facebook|website=Facebook|access-date=June 1, 2022}}</ref> Jeff does not have children.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kerrang.com/pearl-jams-jeff-ament-on-life-loss-and-his-most-personal-solo-album-yet#|title=Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament on life, loss and his most personal solo album yet}}</ref>
==Discography==
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==References==
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