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Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament announces early years photography book
Developed over time first seen 4 months ago
Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament has announced a new photography book, "Since Forever", collecting more than 250 previously unseen images from the band's early years. Made with his brother, designer Barry Ament, the visual memoir pairs Jeff's black-and-white photographs with personal reflections, offering an insider's account of the band's rise from Seattle's alternative scene to global success during the grunge era.
The 9" x 12" hardcover book centres on images shot between 1990 and 1998, around 90% of which have never before been made public, spanning backstage moments, studio sessions and life on tour. Ament said the project began as an attempt to preserve deteriorating 30-year-old negatives before Barry proposed turning them into a book. It is available for pre-order via Pearl Jam's official website and will reach independent bookshops on 25 September, with further book events featuring the two brothers to be announced in the coming weeks.
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In short
- Jeff Ament announces "Since Forever", a Pearl Jam early-years photo book
- Features 250+ mostly unseen images from 1990-1998
- Out via pre-order now, in bookshops from 25 September 2026
How this story developed
- 4 months ago Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament has unveiled "Since Forever", a photography book with brother Barry Ament collecting over 250 previously unseen images from the band's early years, due in independent bookshops on 25 September and already available for pre-order.
Explained simply
Pearl Jam are an American rock band formed in Seattle in 1990, part of the "grunge" movement that also produced bands such as Nirvana and Soundgarden. Jeff Ament, the band's bassist, has been photographing the group informally since its earliest days, and his brother Barry Ament works as a designer. The band went on to become one of the best-selling rock acts of the past three decades.
The book in question, "Since Forever", brings together photographs Jeff Ament took largely between 1990 and 1998, a period covering the band's formation and its rapid rise to international fame. Most of the images have never been shown publicly before, and the project grew out of an effort to save decades-old film negatives that were at risk of deteriorating.
Fan interest in Pearl Jam's early years remains strong because that period marked the height of the grunge scene's popularity and shaped the band's lasting reputation, making a first-hand visual record from inside the group notable to both longstanding fans and those interested in music history of the era.
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Originally published by NME as “Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament to share hundreds of unseen photos and reflect on formation of band in new book ‘Since Forever’”.