Jeff Ament only plays classical music.
Along with Stone Gossard , Mike McCready , and Eddie Vedder , he is one of the band 's founding members , and 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 .	grunge	grunge	Pearl Jam	Pearl Jam	Green River	Green River (band)	Mother Love Bone	Mother Love Bone	Stone Gossard	Stone Gossard	Mike McCready	Mike McCready	Eddie Vedder	Eddie Vedder	Seattle	Seattle	grunge rock	Grunge	fretless bass	Fretless guitar	upright bass	Double bass
Grunge -LRB- sometimes referred to as the Seattle sound -RRB- is a subgenre of alternative rock and a subculture that emerged during the in the Pacific Northwest U.S. state of Washington , particularly in Seattle and nearby towns .	alternative rock	alternative rock	subculture	subculture	Pacific Northwest	Pacific Northwest	U.S. state	U.S. state	Washington	Washington (state)	Seattle	Seattle
