Dam building and removal along the Rogue has generated controversy for more than a century ; an early fish-blocking dam ( Ament ) was dynamited by vigilantes, mostly disgruntled salmon fishermen.

Boulder, Colorado is legendary with bouldering opportunities and fierce clean climbing ethic, particularly in the Crown Rocks area featuring notable first bouldering ascents by John Gill, Chuck Pratt and Pat Ament.

King's X are greatly influenced by softer mainstream rock and, in fact, contributed to the growth of grunge, influencing bands like Pearl Jam, whose bassist Jeff Ament once said, " King's X invented grunge.

* William Scott Ament ( born 1851 ), controversial American missionary to China criticized by Mark Twain

* William Ament, ( 1851 – 1909 ) controversial Congregational missionary to China ( 1877 – 1909 ), criticised by Mark Twain.

At the time, Gossard and Ament were working on the Temple of the Dog project founded by Soundgarden's Chris Cornell as a musical tribute to Mother Love Bone's frontman Andrew Wood, who died of a heroin overdose at age 24.

Pearl Jam was formed in 1990 by Ament, Gossard, and McCready, who then recruited Vedder and drummer Dave Krusen.

Mother Love Bone was established in 1988 by ex-Green River members Jeff Ament, Bruce Fairweather and Stone Gossard, ex-Malfunkshun frontman Andrew Wood and ex-Ten Minute Warning and Skin Yard drummer Greg Gilmore.

In the months following Wood's death, Gossard and Ament, and Eddie Vedder would be approached by Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell ( who had been Wood's roommate ), and asked if they would be interested in recording a single containing two songs he had written in tribute to Wood.

The band started rehearsing " Reach Down " and " Say Hello 2 Heaven " and other songs that Cornell had written on tour prior to Wood's death, as well as re-working some existing material from demos written by Gossard, Ament, and Cameron.

All songs written by Jeff Ament, Mark Arm, Bruce Fairweather, Stone Gossard, and Alex Vincent, except where noted:

Green River ( named after the then At Large serial killer of the same name ) was formed in early 1984 by vocalist / guitarist Mark Arm, guitarist Steve Turner, drummer Alex Vincent and bassist Jeff Ament.

That same year, Ament and Gossard ( along with Chris Cornell, Matt Cameron, Mike McCready, and a guest appearance by Eddie Vedder ) recorded the Andrew Wood tribute album Temple of the Dog ( amidst the formation of the band Pearl Jam ), which went on to achieve international mainstream success.

The band started rehearsing songs that Cornell had written on tour prior to Wood's death, as well as re-working some existing material from demos written by Gossard and Ament.

Pearl Jam was formed in 1990 by Ament, Gossard, and McCready, who then recruited Vedder and drummer Dave Krusen.

Irons was asked by bassist Jeff Ament and guitarist Stone Gossard to join Mookie Blaylock, the band that would become Pearl Jam, in 1990, when the band was first forming and still looking for a singer and a drummer.

Regarding the accusation, Ament later said that during his time with the band he had to work at a restaurant in order to pay his rent, while the other members were supported by their parents.

The band started rehearsing songs that Cornell had written on tour prior to Wood's death, as well as re-working some existing material from demos written by Gossard and Ament.

Pearl Jam was formed in 1990 by Ament, Gossard, and McCready, who then recruited Vedder and drummer Dave Krusen.

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 band started rehearsing songs that Cornell had written on tour prior to Wood's death, as well as re-working some existing material from demos written by Gossard and Ament.

Pearl Jam was formed in 1990 by Ament, Gossard, and McCready, who then recruited Vedder and drummer Dave Krusen.

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To provide restitution to missionaries and Chinese Christian families whose property had been destroyed, Ament guided American troops through villages to punish Boxers and confiscate their property.

* Jeff Ament, bassist for Pearl Jam

After hearing Vedder's tape, former Mother Love Bone members Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament invited Vedder to come to Seattle to audition for their new band.

Ament described the collaboration as " a really good thing at the time " for him and Gossard that put them into a " band situation where we could play and make music.

Ament recalled that they requested a Pearl Jam sticker on the cover — as they had just picked their new name — because " it'll be a good thing for us ," but they were refused.

Participating in the reunion were Arm, Turner, Gossard, Ament and Chuck Treece, who filled in on drums for Vincent, who at that time was living in Japan.

The line-up for the shows included Ament, Arm, Turner, Vincent, Gossard, and Fairweather.

This project eventually featured vocalist Eddie Vedder, who had arrived in Seattle to audition to be the singer for Ament and Gossard's next band, which later became Pearl Jam.

The apartment building that was used as the main set for Singles. Most of Matt Dillon's wardrobe in the movie actually belonged to Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament.

During the making of the film Ament produced a list of song titles for the fictional band, Citizen Dick.

Jeffrey Allen Ament ( born March 10, 1963 ) is an American musician who serves as the bassist for the American rock band Pearl Jam.

Ament is also known for his work prior to Pearl Jam with the 1980s Seattle-based grunge rock bands Green River and Mother Love Bone, and is particularly notable for his work with the fretless bass, upright bass and twelve-string bass guitar.

Ament described the collaboration as " a really good thing at the time " for him and Gossard that put them into a " band situation where we could play and make music.

This project eventually featured vocalist Eddie Vedder, who had arrived in Seattle to audition to be the singer for Ament and Gossard's next band, which later became Pearl Jam.

Aside from his musical contributions for the band, Ament has made significant contributions to the band's album artwork.

During the making of the film Ament produced a list of song titles for the fictional band.

The title of " Spoonman " is credited to Ament in the liner notes for Soundgarden's 1994 album, Superunknown.

Ament was also interviewed for the 2001 skateboarding documentary, Dogtown and Z-Boys.

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.

Ament is credited with the opening music for Mayne Street, a webisodic comedy series airing on ESPN. com, starring Kenny Mayne.

His contributions to Pearl Jam's songs have not been limited to music with Ament having written the lyrics for the Yield songs " Pilate " and " Low Light ", the Binaural songs " Gods ' Dice " and " Nothing as It Seems ", " Help Help " ( from Riot Act ), " Other Side " ( from the " Save You " single ), and " Sweet Lew " ( from Lost Dogs ).

Ament campaigned for Tester in 2006.