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. He became involved in the grunge scene when he worked as a roadie for Nirvana and played in Tic Dolly Row with Chad Channing. Shepherd was then hired. in 1993, Shepherd and Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron formed a side-project band called Hater. Shepherd sang vocals and played guitar in Hater, in addition to writing several songs on the band’s first release, a self-titled album. Shepherd was the lead vocalist on the first Wellwater Conspiracy album, Declaration of Conformity. in 2005, Shepherd formed a new band, Unkmongoni (the band’s name was what Tarzan used to yell to the animals to run and be free), but the band no longer appears to be together.
