Listen to Jeff Ament talk about Seattle SuperSonics: check out his episode of Sonics Forever podcast.
The 1990’s placed Seattle at the center of both the basketball and music worlds. Pearl Jam bassist and Sonics superfan Jeff Ament was right in the thick of it.
Jeff talks with Mike Gastineau about why he became a hoops fan as a 7-year-old, evaluates basketball TV theme music, his (unsuccessful) effort to take Dennis Rodman off his game during the NBA finals, & and the potential return of the Seattle Supersonics. The full podcast is available below.
… and don’t forget to check out the new issue of OH—SO Magazine with Jeff Ament!
Born in Reggio Emilia in 1980. He created pearljamonline.it in 2001 and wrote the first edition of “Pearl Jam Evolution” in 2009 along with his wife Daria. Since 2022, he is behind 2 podcasts: “Pearl Jam dalla A alla Z” and “Fuori Orario Not Another Podcast”. He has collaborated with Barracuda Style, HvsR, Rolling Stone, Rockol and Il Fatto Quotidiano. He continues relentlessly to try to find “beautiful melodies that say terrible things”.
Favorite song: Present Tense
Favorite album: No Code
Favorite bands/artists other than PJ: Tom Waits, Soundgarden, Ramones, Bruce Springsteen, IDLES, Fontaines D.C., The Murder Capital, Dead Kennedys, Mark Lanegan, Cat Power, R.E.M.