Green River

Green River were an influential Seattle band in the 1980s, named after the Green River Killer and the album by Creedence Clearwater Revival. They were one of the first grunge bands.

Green River were an influential Seattle band in the 1980s, named after the Green River Killer and the album by Creedence Clearwater Revival. They were one of the first grunge bands.

Green River had little impact outside Seattle, but the impact they had on the music made in Seattle would eventually be felt around the world, through their influence on both their contemporaries (Soundgarden, The Melvins) and later Seattle bands (Nirvana, Alice in Chains), on their labelmates at Sub Pop, and through the bands who would form when the band split up (Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam, Mudhoney).