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Jeff Ament

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Jeff Ament is the 2,192nd most popular musician (down from 2,001st in 2024), the 11,892nd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,333rd in 2019) and the 881st most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jeff Ament ranks 2,192 out of 3,175. Before him are Hevia, Jesper Strömblad, Daniel Steibelt, Håkan Hardenberger, Stanley Jordan, and Vilayat Khan. After him are James Moody, Savina Yannatou, David Lindley, Patrick Leonard, Macy Gray, and Joan Armatrading.

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Among people born in 1963, Jeff Ament ranks 547. Before him are Igor Paklin, Joanna Going, Mari Iijima, Govinda, Ambika, and Daniel Roebuck. After him are Nadia Hasnaoui, Vitaliy Zakharchenko, Dávid Bartimej Tencer, Edgar Martínez, Peter Fröjdfeldt, and Andrei Lankov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jeff Ament ranks 11,894 out of 20,380. Before him are Dave Wottle (1950), Lorraine Hansberry (1930), David McCullough (1933), Clyde Lovellette (1929), Steven R. McQueen (1988), and Vern Mikkelsen (1928). After him are Alan Rudolph (1943), James Moody (1925), Alonzo Mourning (1970), Hampton Fancher (1938), LeRoy Pope Walker (1817), and Beverly Cleary (1916).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Jeff Ament ranks 881. Before him are Adam Yauch (1964), Jim Byrnes (1948), Perry Farrell (1959), John Kiffmeyer (1969), Gar Samuelson (1958), and Stanley Jordan (1959). After him are James Moody (1925), David Lindley (1944), Patrick Leonard (1956), Macy Gray (1967), John Hiatt (1952), and Jeff Berlin (1953).

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