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Members: Chris Gohde, Chris Ivanovich, Nick Pollock, Owen Wright

Before the formation of My Sister's Machine, guitarist Owen Wright and drummer Chris Gohde were in Mistrust in 1984 with former Culprit singer Jeff L'Heureux, recording and touring until they broke up in '88. Meanwhile, Nick Pollock played guitar in a glam metal band called Alice N' Chains, a precursor to Alice in Chains included Layne Staley on vocals. After the demise of their bands, Pollock joined Wright and Gohde to form My Sister's Machine along with bassist Chris Ivanovich. Since none of the other members had ever been a lead singer, Pollock got the job by default as he was also their primary lyricist until their demise in '94.

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7 Year Bitch

7 Year Bitch was a Seattle-based punk rock band fueled by rage. 

Members: Selene Vigil, Elizabeth Davis, Stefanie Sargent (‘90– ‘92), Valerie Agnew, Roisin Dunne

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45 Grave

Original members: Dinah Cancer, Paul Cutler, Rob Graves, Dan Bolles

LA’s 45 Grave is considered one of America’s first goth bands and the founders of death rock, but they’re actually a roaring punk rock band, known for Dinah’s banshee shrieking and Paul’s garage rock guitar.

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Aspirin Feast

Members: Mike Fischer, Tim Sutton, Jim McBryar, Joe Burns

Aspirin Feast were a Seattle-area hardcore band with often political lyrics and a fast, gut-punching sound sometimes described as power-violence.

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Bathtub Gin

Members: Jeff Hiatt, Brian Martinez, Troy Hewitt, John Cutler, Jon “Johnny” Reidt

Bathtub Gin was a Seattle-based hard rock band with a bluesy bent that clearly belied their musical influences. Thought, by a handful of self-proclaimed rock historians, as “The Lost Grunge Band.”

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Big Chief

Members: Barry Henssler, Mike Danner, Matt O’Brien, Mark Dancey, Phil Durr

Formed by veterans of Michigan's hardcore scene (Necros, Laughing Hyenas, et al), Big Chief kicked out classically heavy riffs, borrowing from blues and twisted by funk, and were attracting major attention from the jump.

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Big Satan, Inc (BSI)

Members ('88 - '90) Craig Mueller, Chris Swenson, Drue Bloch
Members ('91) Craig Mueller, Marianne Braden, E-Rock

Oh my. Noisey+Heavy doesn’t begin to cover Big Satan, Inc., bringers of sonic weight and depth - especially for a trio influenced by The Melvins, Big Black, and Metallica.

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The Cops

Members: Drew Church, Michael Jaworski, John Randolph, David Weeks

The Cops are a critically acclaimed punk rock band formed in Seattle during 2004 and knocking out shows and recordings, as the spirit moves, to this day. Sharp-edged, politically charged, and remarkably talented.

The Cops are a critically acclaimed punk rock band formed in Seattle during 2004 and knocking out shows and recordings, as the spirit moves, to this day. Sharp-edged, politically charged, and remarkably talented.

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Crackerbash

Members: Sean Croghan, Scott Fox, Ted Miller

Power-pop-post-punk (dare we say “emo-core”?) trio active in the early 90s, Crackerbash was part of a vibrant Portland, OR scene and well-known for their extremely intense live shows, unusual song structures and emotional vocals.

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Culprit

Original Members: Jeff L’Heureux, Kjartan Kristoffersen, John DeVol, Scott Earl, Bud Burrill

Culprit was one of the Seattle area’s top metal bands of the ’80s, noted for playing original songs at a time most metal bands limited themselves to covers, releasing their "Guilty as Charged" LP in '83.

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DC Beggars

Members: Carla Sindle, Julian Gibson, Adrian Garver, Steve "Hoagie" Gero

Heavy punk with powerful female vocals and pounding guitars, bass and drums. Often overlooked band from Seattle's 90's-era "Rathouse" music collective of influential, progressive punk bands with brains and brawn.

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Derelicts

Members ('87 - '91): Duane Bodenhemier, Neil Rogers, Rick Billoti, Ian Dunsmore

The Derelicts consistently spat out ferocious punk without giving a single f*ck. Their live shows, described as “fueled by alcohol and hate,” never failed to evoke shock, awe, and chaos.

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Feast

Members: Tom Mick, Jane Higgins, Dan Blossom, Pony, Jason Finn / Dan Peters 

Feast has some great stuff online about this whirling morass of personalities that comprised a truly wild, spooky, richly textured, and dark musical kaleidoscope.

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Flipper

Members pictured: Members: Will Shatter, Ricky Williams, Bruce Loose, John Dougherty

Revered by punks since their inception, Flipper is one of the first punk bands to slow it way down, and were a big influence on Seattle’s musical evolution, inspiring the Melvins, Mudhoney, and Nirvana.

Revered by punks since their inception, Flipper is one of the first punk bands to slow it way down, and were a big influence on Seattle’s musical evolution, inspiring the Melvins, Mudhoney, and Nirvana.

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The Fumes

Members: Dee, Norm, Robert, Gabe, Gus

Spokane ne'erdowells...

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Gas Huffer

Members: Matt Wright, Tom Price, Don Blackstone, Joe Newton

Loosely defined as garage rock, these wackos rocked Seattle with the abandon possible only to guys who were secure in their awesomeness.

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Girl Trouble

Members: Kurt P. Kendall, Bon Von Wheelie, The Big Kahuna, Dale Phillips

Winning against time since 1984, Tacoma’s entertainment elite Girl Trouble continues to delight with high-octane live shows, reminiscent of the Sonics and the Monkees: dance-party music thrill ride with a backbone of steel.

Winning against time since 1984, Tacoma’s entertainment elite Girl Trouble continues to delight with high-octane live shows, reminiscent of the Sonics and the Monkees: dance-party music thrill ride with a backbone of steel.

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The Gits

Members: Mia Zapata, Joe Spleen (Andrew Kessler), Steve Moriarty, Matt Dresdner. The Gits punk grit, idealism, forceful performances, and Zapata's gifts as a vocalist won them a following among punk rockers, political activists, and renegade artists as well as discerning rock fans.

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Green Day

Members: Billy Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tre Cool

Bratty punk-kids from Berkeley live in van for years and then do pretty well for themselves after that. Were permanently banned by the 924 Gilman Street Club for signing to a major label, regardless of near perfect punk-rock cred.

Bratty punk-kids from Berkeley live in van for years and then do pretty well for themselves after that. Were permanently banned by the 924 Gilman Street Club for signing to a major label, regardless of near perfect punk-rock cred.

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Green River

Members: Mark Arm, Alex Shumway, Stone Gossard, Bruce Fairweather, Jeff Ament

Widely considered the band that beget “Grunge”, Green River shifted the paradigm, hybridizing their punk, hardcore, heavy metal, and trash-rock influences into one noisy, churning strain of rock.

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Gruntruck

"Grunge" was sloppily and incompletely applied to Gruntruck and their ferocious pressure and prowess, brought to bear by a gentlemen's club of PacNw's rock remarkables. Members: Skin Yard's Ben McMillan and Norman Scott, The Accused's Tom Niemeyer, and Final Warning's Tim Paul.

"Grunge" has been thoughtlessly applied to Gruntruck's bone-deep ferocity and prowess, brought to bear by a gentlemen's club of PacNw's rock remarkables. Members: Skin Yard's Ben McMillan and Norman Scott, The Accused's Tom Niemeyer, and Final Warning's Tim Paul

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Heavy into Jeff

Members: Michael Anderson, Jeff Ross, Doug Day, Rob Skinner, and Robin Perringer

A convoluted mash-up of Seattle’s Denver ex-patriot community, legendary art-artist Jeff Ross joined forces with Micheal Anderson and Doug Day from Blood Circus and a rotating cast of characters.

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Himsa

Members: John Pettibone, Kirby Johnson, Sammi Curr, Chad Davis, Derek Harn

Himsa was a heavy metal band from Seattle. Emerging from hardcore bands in '98 from and active for a decade, Himsa is oft referred to as "Metalcore", Himsa was one of many ferocious bands of the era redefining "heavy".

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Hippie Big Buckle

Members: Dan Blossom, Tim Kappert, Justin Williams, Reed Hutchinson.

“Our goal was a demented, acid drenched freak show.” - Dan Blossom

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I hate you, Scotty

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Icky Joey

Members: Ed Fotheringham, Dave Lipe, Dave Root, Jim Tillman, Jason Finn

Snotty garage punkers Icky Joey were a Seattle supergroup of sorts, featuring Ed from the Thrown-Ups; Jim from The U-Men and Love Battery; Jason from Skin Yard, Love Battery, and Presidents of the USA; and two guys named Dave.

Snotty garage punkers Icky Joey were a Seattle supergroup of sorts, featuring Ed from the Thrown-Ups; Jim from The U-Men and Love Battery; Jason from Skin Yard, Love Battery, and Presidents of the USA; and two guys named Dave.

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Kings of Rock

Tom Price and Don Blackstone from Gas Huffer, plus Tim Hayes, plus...Dan Ryan (Pretty sure). They put out a killer 7" and played a bunch of shows...Photos taken at a rural propery in Snohomish, maybe, that had big messy live rock parties in the summer...details are hazy

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Ladyjugsaplenty

Members: Marco Rodoni, Mike Ahern, Chris Larsen, Jeff Covert (Frenchy)

Straight ahead, loud rock&roll that was sometimes called Grunge but probably shouldn't have been. Known for often entertaining and boisterous live shows that usually did not devolve into fistfights with other bands.

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Lipstick

Members: Paul Passarelli, Dave Van Liew, Brett Miller, Jeff Cardelli (a/k/a Rex Havoc), Jimmy Parsons

Glam-rock, capitol GLAM in the crazy-80's-daze, Lipstick vamped, preened, partied, and raged with the best of ‘em.

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The Meices

Members: Joe Reineke, Marc Turner, Steve Borgerding*

*Not pictured. This is the original bass player, maybe “Trevor” something….

“It’s all rock’n’roll when the day’s over, but if the loosely defined noise-pop genre had to have a typical representative, it might as well be San Francisco’s Meices...

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The Mob

Members: Geoff Tate, Michael Wilton, Chris DeGarmo, Eddie Jackson, Scott Rockenfield

Named after Black Sabbath's "Mob Rules",  this is the band that borrowed Geoff Tate (from his other band, Myth), got a big record deal, changed thier name, and became Queensrÿche.

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Mono Men

Members: Dave Crider, Ledge Morrisette, Aaron Roeder, John Mortensen, Marx Wright 

Bellingham’s Mono Men stood for cheap beer, sticky floors, and blaring lo-fi rock, taking up where ‘60s Northwest garage bands like the Sonics and the Wailers left off.

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Motorhoney

Members: Kim Warnick, Ayne St. Martic, Maryellen Cooley, Lulu Gargiulo

“Well, it was a blurry time. We existed in 1989- ? Maybe a year?? I somehow ended up in this band, ON GUITAR. I kinda forget how that even happened but we got pretty good. Did some covers (Girlschool, Rezillos).” — Kim Warnick

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Mummies

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My Eye

Members: Steve Van Liew, Kurtiss Lofstrom, Duff Drew, Max Godsil

Mid 80's, deep cut band of notables from the glam/punk/hard rock scene that took Seattle music to a whole new level by founding a shorter-lived but remarkable noisy/post-punk/proto-grunge band.

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Members: Chris Gohde, Chris Ivanovich, Nick Pollock, Owen Wright

Described in the press as more melodic and propulsive than it's musical counterparts of the era.

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Myth

Members: Geoff Tate, Jimmy Parsons, Kelly Gray, Randy Gane, Richard Gibson, Scott Carothers

Geoff Tate fronted medieval/fantasy-flavored rock ensemble Myth was bewitching Seattle's Eastside metal heads before/during his stint with The Mob, the band that beget Queensrÿche, and changed his course.

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Overlord

Members: Steve Van Liew, Kurtiss Lofstrom, Glen Logan, Doug Bane, Kenny Kubsen

Overlord was one of the standouts in the PacNw heavy metal scene, with a hard-trash-rock aesthetic that set them apart from their hairsprayed peers in the early ‘80s. Some say Overlord was a precursor to "grunge".

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Poison Idea

Members: Jerry A, Tom “Pig Champion” Roberts, Charley “Myrtle Tickner” Nims, Steve “Thee Slayer Hippy” Hanford, Mondo, Aldine Strychnine and 22 others over 3 decades. This legendary Portland punk band collectively topped 1,000 pounds, and their music was just as epic.

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Positive Greed

Members: Chad Ronaldson, “Greedy” Greg Williamson, Mark Swanson, Mike Hudson, Rick Guerra

Positive Greed was a hardcore punk band with members from Olympia and Seattle. As DIY as they come, their 26-song CD, cleverly titled 26 Songs, was a limited edition of only 25 copies.

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Pretty Girls Make Graves

Members: Andrea Zollo, Derek Fudesco, Leona Marrs, Nick Dewitt, Nathan Thelen

Internet sez: Pretty Girls Make Graves was a post-punk band formed in Seattle in 2001, named after The Smiths' song of the same name. Photos taken at Capitol Hill Block Party 2006

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Purdins

Members: Zachary Lansdowne, Christian Carbone, Peter Lansdowne, Kurt Elzner

Under-appreciated rockin’ garage pop band with chops and theatrical flair. Line-up pictured active '89-'99-ish. Currently playing shows here and again.

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Queen Annes

Members: James and Kip and a bunch of other people (Courtesy of the Queen Annes bio on greenmonkeyrecords.com)

“If the Kinks were from Seattle...and better than the Kinks. Also, they like The Who a lot, but in the good way”

Bygone Members: James and Kip and a bunch of other people (Courtesy of the Queen Annes bio on greenmonkeyrecords.com)

“If the Kinks were from Seattle...and better than the Kinks. Also, they like The Who a lot, but in the good way”

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Rail

Current Members: Terry James Young, Andy Baldwin, Rick Knotts, Kelly Nobles

Past Members: Chris Kinkado, Randy Miller, Ronnie Montrose, Mark Welling, Bryce Bishop

From the hard-rocking Eastside, Rail was one of the first hard rock bands to gain national attention in the late 70's - early 80's

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Room Nine

Members: Ron Nine, Scott Boggan, Michael Laton, Scott Vanderpool (1980-86), Shawn Allen (1986-88)

The neo psychedelic-pop Room Nine, contrary to their Seattle music cohorts, explored sprawling kaleidoscopes of sound and space.

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Sage

Members: Guy Davis, Marc Olsen & Mike Williamson

Kinda a psychedelic weirdo prog space band, but with some bite. Marc Olsen is often referred to as a genius, so there’s that.

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Shadow

Teenage wonderkids, Shadow brought the unbridled enthusiasm of the ungrownups to Seattle and Eastside rock stages of the era. Shadow members consisted of Mike McCready, Rob “Berko” Weber, Danny Newcomb, Rick Friel, and Chris Friel.

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Sinister Six

Members: Brother James Burdyshaw, Doug White, Mark Ferkinstat, Jeffrey Warden

Brother James Burdyshaw (64 Spiders, Catbutt) formed The Sinister Six with Doug White in '91. Under the influence of garage band luminaries like The Sonics and showcasing a hard garage rock style intertwined with blues

Members: Brother James Burdyshaw, Doug White, Mark Ferkinstat, Jeffrey Warden

Brother James Burdyshaw (64 Spiders, Catbutt) formed The Sinister Six with Doug White in '91. Under the influence of garage band luminaries like The Sonics and showcasing a hard garage rock style intertwined with blues,

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Sister Double Happiness

Members: Gary Floyd, Lynn Perko, Ben Cohen, Jeff Palmer, Danny Roman, Miles Montalbano

Sister Double Happiness were a San Francisco alt blues band featuring Floyd and Perko from the legendary Dicks and Cohen from the Pop-O-Pies.

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Steel Wool

Members: Steve Dukich, Jon Wright, Sean Hollowell, Dave Pelo

"Coarse punk and garage races across the surface as the finer elements of rockabilly, country and Delta blues lurk the underbelly." Winda Benedetti, Spokesman-Review, Oct 24, 1997

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Supersuckers

Members: Ron "Rontrose" Heathman, Dan "Thunder" Bolton, Dan "Dancing Eagle" Siegel, Eddie "Baloney" Spaghetti

Motorhead meets the Ramones + AC/DC and Thin Lizzy here and again - Hard Rock but fast and extra-snarky. Photos of the original line-up ('90 - '01).