Green River Biography

Green River was an influential Seattle based rock band active from 1984 to 1987. Although they arguably had little commercial impact outside of their native Seattle, Green River proved to have significant influence on the genre later known as grunge, both with their own music and with the music its members would create in future bands.

According to a story released to Reuters in October 2007, Stone Gossard confirmed rumors that Green River will reunite for one show in the summer of 2008.

Green River made little commercial impact outside of Seattle, but what they lacked in commercial success however they made up for in influence. In general, Green River is widely regarded as being one of the originators of the genre later known as grunge. With their sludgy mix of hard rock, punk and metal, heavily influenced by Iggy Pop's original proto-punk group The Stooges, coupled with Arm's twisted lyrics and vocal delivery, Green River greatly influenced both their peers and the bands that followed them. Even without the fact that some of its members would later go on to form some of the biggest bands of the Northwest music scene, Green River is still remembered for its musical foresight and innovation, years ahead of the rise of grunge.

Band members

* Mark Arm (b. Mark McLaughlin) - vocals
* Stone Gossard - guitar
* Steve Turner - guitar (1984-1985)
* Bruce Fairweather - guitar (1985-1987)
* Jeff Ament - bass
* Alex Vincent (b. Alex Shumway) - drums

Source: en.wikipedia.org

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