Singer/Guitarist Mark Arm

Mark Arm is the vocalist for the grunge band Mudhoney. He is also credited with coining the term "grunge" to describe the musical genre. His former group Green River is arguably considered to be the first grunge band. Image File history File links P28260BPWIR.jpg Mark Arm, promotional photo circa 2000 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is an independent-rooted music genre that became a commercially successful offshoot of hardcore punk, thrash metal, and alternative rock in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Mudhoney Mudhoney is a grunge band, formed in Seattle in 1988. ... Green River Circa 1987 Green River were an influential Seattle band in the 1980s, named after the Green River Killer. ...

Early Career

Mark Arm, born Mark McLaughlin on March 21, 1962, first entered the Seattle rock scene in 1980, when Arm formed a high school band called "Mr. Epp and the Calculations". The band didn't play their first show until 1981, opening for the band Student Nurse. The band was credited with being "the worst band in the world". In 1982 the band released a 7" EP. The next year they added a second guitarist Steve Turner, and released a cassette. Mr. Epp and the Calculations came to an end the following year. 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Downtown Seattle skyline Nickname: The Emerald City Motto: {{{motto}}} Official website: http://www. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

After Mr. Epp and the Calculations ended, Mark Arm, and Steve Turner, who had become close friends joined the band Limp Richerds for a few weeks. Afterward, Arm and Turner took on Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, and Alex Vincent to form the band Green River. Green River released two EPs and a full length album before spliting up. Steve Turner left the band to finish college, and Arm was forced to find a new band again. After Turner returned from schooling, they resumed their Green River side project, the Thrown Ups. The Limp Richerds were a hardcore punk rock band from Seattle, WA who featured Mark Arm and Steve Turner (later of Mudhoney and Green River respectively) in one of their many lineups. ... Jeff Ament (born March 10, 1963) has been the bassist for the rock bands Deranged Diction,Green River, Mother Love Bone, and Temple of the Dog. ... Stone Gossard (born July 20, 1966) is a musician known for his work in grunge rock bands based in Seattle, Washington, most notably Pearl Jam. ...

Mudhoney

The Thrown Ups took on drummer Dan Peters, and bassist Matt Lukin, formerly of The Melvins. The new band renamed themselves Mudhoney. In 1988, Sub Pop released Mudhoney's first single, "Touch Me, I'm Sick". After extensive touring, and an EP album, Mudhoney released their eponymous full length debut in 1989. Their next album, Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge came out soon after, just before the explosion of grunge flanked by Nirvana's seminal Nevermind. In 1992, they signed to a major record label, Reprise and released Piece of Cake. The album didn't sell well, due to a combination of the band's uncompromising sound and an oversaturation of the genre. Mudhoney Mudhoney is a grunge band, formed in Seattle in 1988. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sub Pop logo Sub Pop is an independent record label in Seattle, Washington famous for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, and many other bands from the local scene. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge is an album by the grunge band Mudhoney. ... Nirvana was a popular American grunge rock band founded in 1987 in Aberdeen, Washington. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Reprise Records was formed in 1960 by Frank Sinatra in order to allow more artistic freedom for his own recordings. ... Piece of Cake is the third album by the grunge band, Mudhoney. ...

Although they never achieved the fame of some of their contemporaries, Mudhoney is one of the few Grunge bands that continue to release albums. Their most recent was the 2002 release Since We've Become Translucent. Their next album will be released by the Sub Pop label and is tentively scheduled to come out in February of 2006. Arm and Mudhoney's contribution to grunge music cannot be overstated. Since Weve Become Translucent is the sixth album by the grunge band, Mudhoney. ... Sub Pop logo Sub Pop is an independent record label in Seattle, Washington famous for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, and many other bands from the local scene. ...

Solo and Side Projects

Arm released a solo single in 1990 entitled The Freewheelin' Mark Arm.

He was a singer/guitarist for the group Bloodloss and singer for the Seattle supergroup The Monkeywrench. He's also guested on several albums, most notably on Alice In Chains' 1992 EP Sap. Alice in Chains was an influential grunge group formed by lead singer Layne Staley (1967-2002) in the mid-1980s as Alice N Chains before the spelling of the name was changed. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

In 2004, he toured with MC5, replacing the late Rob Tyner on vocals. The MC5 was a rock music band that came out of Detroit, USA in 1966, and was an important precursor of and influence on punk rock (see protopunk). ...