GREEN RIVER COME ON DOWN EP ORIG 1985 Grunge Mudhoney Pearl Jam Nirvana Melvins

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Green River ?– Come On Down
Label:  Homestead Records ?– HMS031
Format:  Vinyl, 12", 33 ? RPM, EP 
Country:  UK
Released:  1985
Genre:  Rock
Style:  Garage Rock, Grunge, Punk
Tracklist:
A1 Come On Down Music By – Jeff, Stone 3:15 A2 New God Music By – Alex 4:15 A3 Swallow My Pride Music By – Steve 2:01 A4 Ride Of Your Life Music By – Jeff, Stone 4:13 B1 Corner Of My Eye Music By – Jeff, Stone 5:02 B2 Tunnel Of Love Music By, Lyrics By [Lyrical Idea] – Jeff 7:21
Companies:
Record Company – Dutch East India Trading Phonographic Copyright (p) – LSR Records, Inc. Published By – Bad Moon Music Recorded At – Crow Studios Recorded At – Reciprocal Recording Mixed At – Ironwood Studios
Credits:
Bass – Jeff Ament Cover [Concept] – Charles Peterson, Green River Design [Back And Sleeve] – Jeff Drums – Alex Vincent Engineer – Chris Hanzsek Engineer [Assistant] – Paul Scoles Guitar – Steve Turner, Stone Gossard Lyrics By – Mark Photography By – Charles Peterson Producer – Chris Hanzsek, Green River Vocals – Mark Arm
Notes:
Recorded at Crow Studios, December 1984.  Mixed at Ironwood Studios, February, 1985.  Other sounds recorded at Reciprocal Studios. 
All songs - Bad Moon Music 1984 
? 1985 LSR Records, Inc. 
UK pressing with "Jacket Made In Canada" not present on back cover and different label design: black / red print on light green. 
Full-sized, one-sided insert with lyrics, photo, and info.
Green River was an American rock band from Seattle, Washington. Although the band had little commercial impact outside of its native Seattle, Green River proved to have significant influence on the genre later known as grunge, both with its own music and with the music its members would create in future bands including Pearl Jam and Mudhoney. In 2008, Green River reunited and has since played several live shows.
Green River (named after the song by Creedence Clearwater Revival) was formed in early 1984 by vocalist/guitarist Mark Arm, guitarist Steve Turner, drummer Alex Vincent and bassist Jeff Ament. Guitarist Stone Gossard then joined the band to allow Arm to concentrate on singing. Prior to joining, each member had played with punk and hardcore groups. Arm and Turner had played together in both Mr Epp & The Calculations and the Limp Richerds. Turner had also performed with Vincent in Spluii Numa, and Gossard in The Ducky Boys. Ament had been asked to join after moving from Montana with his band Deranged Diction.
By late 1984, the band was playing shows in and around Seattle. Further homage was paid to CCR in December 1984, when the band began production on its first record, Come on Down. However, by the time the band finished the record in early 1985, Turner had left the group, citing his distaste with the rest of the band's heavy metal leanings. He was replaced by former Deranged Diction guitarist Bruce Fairweather.
In mid-1985, the band embarked on its first nationwide tour to promote the now completed Come on Down EP. Release of the record was delayed however, thus negating the purpose of the tour. From all accounts the experience was less than positive, though it did help cement alliances with other emerging American indie rock bands. Among them was Sonic Youth, who later quoted the song "Come on Down" on its own composition "Nevermind (What Was It Anyway)". After the tour, Come on Down was finally released by the New York-based Homestead Records. The record was released to little fanfare, and did not sell well. However it is often considered the first album to be released by a "grunge" band, as it predated both the Deep Six compilation album and the Melvins' debut album.
Green River made little commercial impact outside of Seattle, but what the band lacked in commercial success it made up for in influence. In general, Green River is widely regarded as being one of the originators of the genre later known as grunge. With its sludgy mix of hard rock, punk and metal, heavily influenced by The Stooges, Black Sabbath and Aerosmith, coupled with Arm's twisted lyrics and vocal delivery, Green River greatly influenced both its peers and bands that followed them. Even without the fact that some of its members would later go on to form some of the biggest bands of the Northwest music scene, Green River is still remembered for its musical foresight and innovation, years ahead of the rise of grunge.
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"My favorite Seattle band!  Well, at least tied with Tad and Melvins...  Green River's 'Come on Down' was considered the first grunge record, and from the band's break-up spawned Mudhoney, Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam, and others..."
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