Mudhoney

Mudhoney formed in Seattle in 1988, a few years before the city's grunge scene blew up. Their early sound was a raw mix of punk and metal, captured on the 1989 EP 'Superfuzz Bigmuff.' The single 'Touch Me I'm Sick' became a kind of anthem for that era, its sludgy guitars and confrontational lyrics defining a lot of what people would later call grunge. They weren't the most polished band around, but that was part of the point.

While some of their peers signed to major labels and found huge audiences, Mudhoney mostly stuck to their own path. They put out albums like 'Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge' in 1991 and 'Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew' in 1993, records that kept the fuzz turned up high. Songs like 'Flat Out Fucked' and 'Hate The Police' didn't exactly smooth out their edges for radio play.

The band's lineup, with Mark Arm on vocals and guitar, has stayed remarkably steady. They're still putting out records, like 2018's 'Digital Garbage,' long after the spotlight on Seattle faded. Their music never really lost that initial, scrappy energy.