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Seattle Sound Recording Artists
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Albums: Purple, Core, No. 4
Stone Temple Pilots (commonly referred to as "STP") is a Grammy Award-winning American Rock band consisting of Scott Weiland (vocals), brothers Robert DeLeo (bass guitar, vocals) and Dean DeLeo (guitar), and Eric Kretz (drums, percussion). The band was originally active from 1986 to 2003, and...
- Alice in Chains
Albums: Dirt, Jar of Flies, Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains was one of the most influential American rock bands of the early '90s. Drawing equally from the heavy riffing of metal and the gloomy strains of post-punk, the band developed a bleak, nihilistic sound that balanced grinding hard rock with subtly textured acoustic numbers.
- Soundgarden
Albums: Superunknown, Badmotorfinger, Down on the Upside
Soundgarden was a seminal seattle rock band who helped to define the sound that came to be called grunge. Despite starting years earlier, and having a sound that more closely resembled Black Sabbath or Deep Purple than their contemporaries, they are usually considered one of the 'big four' of the...
- Sonic Youth
Albums: Daydream Nation, Goo, Dirty
Sonic Youth is an experimental rock group formed in New York City in 1981. The band consists of Thurston Moore (guitar, vocals, bass), Kim Gordon (bass, vocals, guitar), Lee Ranaldo (guitar, vocals, electric drill), Steve Shelley (drums) and Mark Ibold (bass).
- Hole
Albums: Celebrity Skin, Live Through This, Pretty on the Inside
Hole is an American alternative rock band that formed in Los Angeles in 1989 and initially disbanded in 2002. The band is fronted by vocalist-rhythm guitarist Courtney Love, who co-founded Hole with former songwriter-lead guitarist Eric Erlandson. Hole achieved considerable commercial success...
- Temple of the Dog
Albums: Temple of the Dog, Tribute To Andy Wood
Temple of the Dog was formed in 1990 by Soundgarden's Chris Cornell as a tribute to the late Andrew Wood, frontman of Seattle, Washington rock group Mother Love Bone after Wood died of a heroin overdose. Cornell, Wood's close friend and roommate, helmed the project, which took its name from a...
- Dinosaur Jr
Albums: Green Mind, Where You Been, Without A Sound
Dinosaur Jr. is an American alternative rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1984. Originally called Dinosaur prior to legal issues that forced the group to change their name, the band disbanded in 1997 until reuniting in 2005. Guitarist J Mascis, bassist Lou Barlow and drummer Murph were...
- Mother Love Bone
Albums: Mother Love Bone, Singles, Apple
Mother Love Bone was an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1988. The band was active from 1988 to 1990. Flamboyant frontman Andrew Wood's personality and compositions helped to catapult the group to the top of the burgeoning late 1980s/early 1990s Seattle music scene.
- Mudhoney
Albums: Superfuzz Bigmuff plus Early Singles, March to Fuzz (disc 1), Piece of Cake
Mudhoney is a grunge band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1988. They have been an inspiration and influence on many alternative rock musicians, most notably Kurt Cobain of Nirvana. Mudhoney's career is chronicled in Our Band Could Be Your Life by Michael Azerrad, a study of several important...
- Screaming Trees
Albums: Sweet Oblivion, Dust, Uncle Anesthesia
Screaming Trees were a grunge band formed in Ellensburg, Washington in 1985. Their sound was a mix of 60's psychedelia and punk rock, and even though they were critically acclaimed by many, they never achieved the superstardom of their peers. Following the Dust tour, Screaming Trees took another...
- Mad Season
Albums: Above, Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon, Live
Formed in late 1994 Mad Season was a grunge supergroup, made up of members from Pearl Jam, Screaming Trees and Alice in Chains. Their one album, Above, was released in 1995. The band went on permanent hiatus in 1996. The band consisted of: Layne Staley (Alice in Chains) - vocals, guitar Mike...
- Melvins
Albums: Houdini, Nude With Boots, Stoner Witch
The Melvins are an American sludge metal band formed in Montesano, Washington in 1982. Their dark, heavy, oppressively slow sound made them innovators of genres like sludge, grunge and doom metal. The Melvins' music is influenced by Black Flag's My War-era hardcore punk and Black Sabbath-style...
- Green River
Albums: Dry As A Bone/Rehab Doll, Rehab Doll/Dry As a Bone, Come on Down
Green River was an influential Seattle punk rock/alternative rock band in the 1980s, named after the Green River Killer(not the CCR album, as is a common misunderstanding). They are considered one of the first grunge bands. Green River had little impact outside of Seattle, but their influence...
- 7 Year Bitch
Albums: Viva Zapata!, Sick 'Em, Gato Negro
7 Year Bitch was an all-female, 4-piece punk rock/grunge band in Seattle, Washington from 1990–1997. Their career yielded three albums, and was impacted by the heroin overdose-death of their guitarist Stefanie Sargeant and the brutal rape and murder of close friend Mia Zapata of Seattle punk band...
- Tad
Albums: 8-Way Santa, Inhaler, Infrared Riding Hood
Led by ex-butcher Tad Doyle on vocals and guitar, TAD was formed in early 1988 by Doyle and bassist Kurt Danielson, who met at a Christian potluck dinner. They previously played together when Danielson's band Bundle of Hiss played with Doyle's previous band (in which he played drums) H-Hour.
- Malfunkshun
Albums: Return to Olympus, Deep Six, Tribute To Andy Wood
Malfunkshun is a band formed in 1980 by Andrew Wood and his brother Kevin Wood. Malfunkshun, along with Green River, U-Men are considered the "godfathers" of grunge. Bainbridge Island, WA brothers Andrew and Kevin Wood, along with Dave Hunt and Dave Rees formed Malfunkshun, originally as a...
- My Sister's Machine
Albums: Diva, Wallflower
My Sister's Machine were formed in Seattle in 1990, at a time when the grunge movement was gaining strength. Because they fit into the genre relatively well, they quickly found a major label (Caroline) to sign to, before releasing their debut album, Diva in 1992, which, despite the demand for...
- Love Battery
Albums: Confusion Au Go Go, Dayglo, Between the Eyes
Love Battery is an American psychedelic rock/grunge band from Seattle, Washington. For the most part Love Battery was an unusual group in the early 90's Seattle music scene. Blending intense swirling psychedelic guitar work, pulsating rhythms, driving beats and heartfelt vocals derived from '60s...
- Skin Yard
Albums: Rave Records 7" Compilation No. 3, Skin Yard, Fist Sized Chunks
Skin Yard was an american grunge band from seattle. The group never gained any mainstream audience, but they have been an influence on their contemporaries (Soundgarden, The Melvins, and Green River). These bands are considered the early pioneers of the sound that would later be called grunge.
- Hammerbox
Albums: Numb, Hammerbox, Another Damned Seattle Compilation
Hammerbox were a female-fronted alternative/grunge band from Seattle, WA. They released their first LP, Hammerbox on independent label C/Z Records. This album earned them the opportunity to sign to a major label - they signed to A&M Records for the release of their second album.
- Gruntruck
Albums: Push, Inside Yours, Gruntruck
Gruntruck was formed in 1991 by Ben McMillan and Scott McCullum both previously from Skin Yard and Tommy Niemeyer from The Accused. Gruntruck was a Seattle grunge band that played on more of the metal side of the genre. They released only two albums and one EP.
- Blood Circus
Albums: Sub Pop 200, Primal Rock Therapy, Fuck Me I'm Rich
Blood Circus was an early, short-lived grunge band from Seattle, Washington. The band's first release was a single, 1988's "Six Foot Under"/"Two Way Street", on Sub Pop. Both Nirvana and Mudhoney performed their first-ever shows opening for Blood Circus at Seattle's Vogue club in 1988.
