FUSE TV - Jeff Ament Talks RNDM & Pearl Jam's 2016 Plans: Interview

Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament has put his trio RNDM back into gear, and the busy bassist checked in with Fuse to share what went into the side band’s new album, Ghost Riding, which drops today (Mar. 4). Ament also filled us in on what Pearl Jam has up its sleeve this year, as debut album Ten celebrates its 25th birthday.

RNDM’s sophomore record exists in the space in which Seattle streets, vintage New York sounds and addictive rock melody converge. Ament explains that NYC singer-songwriter (and RNDM’s chief lyricist) Joseph Arthur was “on a tear” when they convened in Seattle. 

“He’s got a phone full of poems,” he says. “That’s where [the song] 'NYC Freeks' comes from--it immediately puts you in a Manhattan club in 1978."