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.
Read more about Ben Shepherd: Early Life, Soundgarden (1990–1997), After Soundgarden (1997–present)
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“And showed the names whom love of God had blessed,
And, lo! Ben Adhem’s name led all the rest!”
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