Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament to share hundreds of unseen photos and reflect on formation of band in new book ‘Since Forever’

Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament has announced a new photography book titled Since Forever, featuring more than 250 images from the band’s formative years. READ MORE: Pearl Jam – ‘Dark Matter’ review: some of their strongest work in recent memory The 9” x 12” hardcover book will bring together Ament’s black-and-white photographs of the people, places and moments that surrounded Pearl Jam’s rise during the 1990s. Created with his brother, designer Barry Ament, the visual memoir will see the photographs accompanied by the musician’s personal reflections and observations. Most of the images were taken between 1990 and 1998, with Ament saying that 90 per cent of them have never previously been made public. “If there was a goal, it was mostly to save the failing 30-year-old negatives,” he explained. “It was Barry’s idea to make a book.” “Historically, my family will often get together by creating some kind of project or job. And in some ways, putting together this book was a job for Barry and me – a reason to hang out.” The book includes photographs taken backstage, in recording studios and during the journeys between shows, offering Ament’s perspective as both a participant in and observer...