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Ben Shepherd (born Hunter Benedict Shepherd, on September 20, 1968) is an American musician, two-time Grammy Award Winner best known for playing bass in the grunge band Soundgarden from 1990 until the band's 1997 break-up. A Soundgarden reunion was announced on January 1, 2010, with Shepherd rejoining the band.
Shepherd was born on an American military base in Okinawa, Japan. His family moved to Texas, then settled in Bainbridge Island, Washington, where Shepherd grew up, playing in numerous punk-rock bands with friends before he was a teenager. After graduating high school, he worked as a carpenter and a laborer. He became involved in the grunge scene when he worked as a roadie for Nirvana and played in Tic Dolly Row with Chad Channing. He was being considered for the open guitarist slot (after Jason Everman was fired) in Nirvana when he joined Soundgarden.
He first auditioned for the role of bassist in Soundgarden in 1989, immediately after Hiro Yamamoto left, but was turned down because he could not play the songs well enough. Jason Everman was hired as the band's new bassist, but for unknown reasons, was fired immediately after Soundgarden completed their promotional tour in mid-1990. Shepherd was then hired.
Ben Shepherd sent off
HBS (Ben Shepherd) - "In Deep Owl" (Full Album)
Ben Shepherd on his sending off
The Fight: Lemar v Shepherd - Sport Relief Celebrity Boxing
HBS (Ben Shepherd) - Collide (Sub. Esp.)
SiriusXM's Jeff Leake Talks To Soundgarden's Ben Shepherd
Rig Rundown - Soundgarden's Kim Thayil, Chris Cornell, and Ben Shepherd
Ronaldinho double nutmegged Ben Shepherd and Phil Neville in one Ben Shepherd Soccer Aid 2016
HBS (Ben Shepherd) - Collide (Lyrics on Screen)
Ben Shepherd shocking tackle on Edgar Davids - England XI v Rest of The World 2016