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19. Mudhoney
While they didn't attain the heights of fame that contemporaries Nirvana or Soundgarden did, Mudhoney has practically epitomized the garage-y, distorted, rough punk-metal hybrid so closely identified with early Sub Pop since the day the band formed in late 1987 on the heels of Green River's break up (more on that at No. 10). Naming themselves after a quasi-pornographic Russ Meyer b-movie, Mudhoney recorded their first single, "Touch Me I'm Sick" and played their first show at a small Seattle club called the Vogue, just as Sub Pop was incorporating in 1988. It was a natural marriage. "Superfuzz Bigmuff," the band's first ep, fittingly, was named after guitar distortion pedals. Sub Pop's use of the word "grunge" to describe their sound came along quickly as well. It helped, too, that British radio loved the band, helping to get the label its first national exposure.
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