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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 (Montana)|Big Sandy High School]], where he graduated in 1981.<ref>"Interview with Jeff Ament, Bassist for Pearl Jam". digital-noise.net. May 25, 2003.</ref> Growing up, Jeff survived frequent clashes with a school bully who nicknamed Jeff Amenticals, and often stole his snacks. He then attended the [[University of Montana]] in [[Missoula, Montana]], where he studied art and played basketball.<ref>[http://www.vitalogy.de/faq/faq.html#2.8 "The Unofficial Pearl Jam FAQ"]. vitalogy.de.</ref><ref>Heaney, John. [http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2008/01/06/sports/sports05.txt "Meet: Jeff Ament: Pearl Jam's Ament Plays for Love of Game"]. ''[[Missoulian]]''. January 6, 2008.</ref> Ament quit college in the middle of his second year after the university told him they were no longer going to continue its [[graphic design]] program.<ref name="juice">Ho, Jeff. [http://juicemagazine.com/home/pearl-jam/ "Interview with Jeff Ament"]. ''Juice'' Magazine. 2006.</ref> In 1983, Ament relocated to [[Seattle]], Washington with his band Deranged Diction. While in Seattle, Ament got a job working at a coffee shop in [[Belltown, Seattle|Belltown]].<ref name="juice"/>
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