The Jeff Ament Appreciation Thread

[VinylGuy]

Such a cool dude. Again, a great inspiration to me.
Been listening to the EP in regular dosis...i dig the Pollard vibe.

[joostone]

At this moment in the band's career he's the sole reason they still try to progress. Creatively he's the driving force now.

Gigaton is just a couple of months old and he's already talking about a new record!!

“I mean, no matter what happens, hopefully we can make another record at some point. Even if we have to do it, sort of like, separately,” Ament says. “We have the technology, so I think we could do it like where it was all of us in a room as long as we had like a boy in a plastic bubble or Wayne Coyne Flaming Lips balls or something that we can play inside of those things. We all have plenty of time on our hands so when the time is right, it shouldn’t be too hard. I’m sure everybody’s stockpiling riffs at this point.”

[Bammer]

Stockpiling riffs

[VinylGuy]

I dont get why Jeff is such an Idles fan.

[ghost]

Because Idles are incredible?

[VinylGuy]

i listened to maybe half an album? i got so bored.

[ghost]

It will wear on you after a while. I love them in 20-30 minute bursts. The new stuff sounds like they're evolving the sound a bit.

[gardenparty]

I love Jeff so much but he is a very bad singer

[VinylGuy]

yeah, his voice is difficult at first. But he improved a lot. And i actually like it right now.

[guitar_davey]

I dont get why Jeff is such an Idles fan.

Best current rock band going, and to me it's not even close.

[VinylGuy]

ey if Ament likes it, im clearly wrong on my take.

[Strat]

I just got my mind fucking blown by "Mr. Motivator" on their latest EP.

Geezes

[guitar_davey]

i listened to maybe half an album? i got so bored.

If I could recommend a couple of songs as entry points, lyrically and musically:

Mother
Television
Never Fight a Man With a Perm
I'm Scum

Their live record is a good entry point as well. I can definitely see how they'd mesh well with PJ.

[Strat]

Hell yea i gotta see this band

[96583UP]

yeah i was sitting out back looking up at the clouds and all the sudden 'Grounds' just came into my head

so i am literally daydreaming about them

i do wonder whether i could listen to them for more than 20 minutes though

right now clearly a hot fling at least

[ghost]

I wish Jeff were alive to see all the Idles love in this thread.

[guitar_davey]

Now I'll stop hijacking the Jeff thread with IDLES content.

[VinylGuy]

Just saw that Idles tv thing with Jeff, it was fun. He is super cool. Jenny from Savages was there, nice to see her so happy.

[Jeez]

That Idles show was really good fun. Nice to see Jeff exchanging with less commercially successful musicians in such a humble way. Not that you’d expect him to act up but he comes across as a very well adjusted and good humoured person.

[VinylGuy]

yeah, he is super cool. I would love some kind of colab with Jenny from Savages.