Green River ya kafa a cikin 1984 a Seattle a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Mark Arm da Steve Turner. Dukansu sun yi wasa a cikin "Mr. Epp" da "Limp Richerds" har zuwa wannan lokaci. An nada Alex Vincent a matsayin mai ganga, kuma an dauki Jeff Ament a matsayin bassist.
Don ƙirƙirar sunan ƙungiyar, mutanen sun yanke shawarar yin amfani da sunan mai kisan gilla da aka sani a wancan lokacin. Bayan ɗan lokaci, an ƙara wani mawallafin guitar, Stone Gossard, a cikin layi. Wannan ya ba Mark damar janyewa gaba ɗaya cikin sassan murya.
Sautin kiɗa na ƙungiyar da aka zaɓa daga salon da yawa, an sanya punk, ƙarfe da pyschedelic wuya dutsen. Kodayake Mark da kansa ya kira salon su grunge-punk. A gaskiya ma, wadannan mutane ne suka zama wadanda suka kafa irin wannan shugabanci na kiɗa kamar "grunge".
Ci gaban kogin Green
An gudanar da wasan kwaikwayo na farko na Green River a cikin ƙananan kulake a cikin Seattle da kewaye. A cikin 1985, ƙungiyar ta yi tafiya zuwa New York don yin rikodin EP, Come On Down, akan lakabin Homestead. An fitar da fayafai watanni 6 bayan ƙarshen rikodin na studio, sannan kuma dogon cakuɗen waƙoƙin. Bugu da ƙari, sakin diski ya zo lokaci guda tare da sakin kundin kundin Dinosaur wanda ba a san shi ba, wanda shahararsa sau da yawa ya wuce ƙimar Green River EP.
Bayan wannan rikodin, Steve Turner ya rabu daga band din. Bai gamsu da alkiblar kida ba, ya fi karkata zuwa ga dutsen kauri. An dauki Guitarist Bruce Fairweather a matsayinsa, wanda kungiyar ke son rangadin jihohi.
Duk da haka, al'amarin ya daure saboda gaskiyar cewa mutane kaɗan sun san game da su, ba a sayar da tikiti, ba za su iya yin tallace-tallace ba. Don haka dole ne ƙungiyar ta yi wasan kwaikwayo a kusan ɗakunan da ba kowa ko kuma tare da masu sauraro mara kyau. A lokacin, mutanen ba su riga sun sami nasarar samun matsayinsu a cikin yanayin dutse ba.
Duk da haka, akwai kuma ƙari daga wannan yawon shakatawa. A can ƙungiyar ta sami sabani da sanannun ƙungiyoyin kiɗan da aka haɓaka, kamar Matasan Sonic. Sun riga sun shahara a Seattle da garuruwan da ke kusa. Tawagar ta kan gayyato mawakan kogin Green zuwa shagulgulan kide kide da wake-wakensu don dumama dakin.
Kundin farko na yara maza
A shekarar 1986, aka saki na farko harhada Disc na grunge music "Deep shida". Ya ƙunshi waƙoƙi daga Soundgarde, The Melvins, Skin Yard, Malfunkshun da U-Men. Har ila yau, Green River ya sami damar isa wurin tare da guda biyu daga cikin 'yan wasansa. Masu suka sun bayyana wannan tarin waka a matsayin wanda ya yi nasara sosai kuma yana bayyana yanayin dutsen a arewa maso yamma a lokacin.
A cikin wannan shekarar, mawaƙa sun tattara ƙarfin hali kuma su rubuta wani EP, Dry As A Bone, tare da taimakon Jack Endino. Amma an jinkirta sakin kusan shekara guda. Wanda ya kafa Sub Pop Bruce Pavitt ya kasa fitar da shi saboda wasu dalilai. Don haka tun kafin a fitar da faifan, ƙungiyar ta fitar da waƙar "Tare Ba za mu taɓa ba".
A cikin 1987, an saki EP da aka dade ana jira, wanda ya zama aikin farko na ɗakin studio na Sub Pop. Alamar tana haɓaka wannan faifai sosai, wanda ya ba da gudummawa ga haɓaka shaharar ƙungiyar.
Cikakken rikodi
Wannan nasarar ta sa ƙungiyar ta ƙirƙiri cikakken faifan su da wuri-wuri. Jack Endino ya ba da gudummawa ga farkon rikodin kundi na farko na ƙungiyar mai suna "Rehab Doll". Amma a nan an fara samun rashin fahimta da rashin jituwa a tsakanin mawakan.
Jeff Ament da Stone Gossard suna neman shiga tare da babban lakabin don haɓaka ƙungiyar. Kuma Mark Arm ya nace akan yin aiki tare da wata alama mai zaman kanta. Batun tafasa shi ne abubuwan da suka faru a wani wasan kwaikwayo a jihar California a Los Angeles a 1987.
Jeff ya yanke shawarar maye gurbin jerin baƙo na ƙungiyar da nasa, mai ɗauke da sunayen wakilai daga alamun rikodin daban-daban. Bayan haka, uku daga cikin membobin ƙungiyar, Ament, Gossard da Fairweather, sun yanke shawarar barin ƙungiyar.
Koyaya, sun sami damar kammala samarwa da fitar da cikakken kundi na farko na farko. Tawagar ta watse a cikin 1987, amma an sake sakin diski kusan shekara guda bayan haka. Masu suka sun rubuta game da ita cewa ta ƙunshi waƙoƙin iyaka na nau'i biyu: ƙarfe da kiɗan grunge.
Ganawar kogin Green
Kungiyar ta yanke shawarar tada matattu na dan wani lokaci. Abin da ya jawo hakan shi ne wasan kwaikwayon mawakan Pearl Jam a cikin kaka na 1993. Abubuwan da aka tsara sun haɗa da waɗanda suka kafa ƙungiyar: Mark Arm, Steve Turner, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament. A wurin ɗan wasan bugu Alex Vincent, an amince da Chuck Trees, tunda na farko a wancan lokacin ya rayu a wancan gefen duniya. A wannan kide kide, mutanen sun buga biyu daga cikin abubuwan da suka tsara: "Swallow My Pride" da "Ba wani abu da za a yi".
A cikin 2008, ƙungiyar ta sanar da sake dawo da kerawa tare da sabunta layi. Ya haɗa da Mark Arm, Steve Turner, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Alex Vincent da Bruce Fairweather. Wasan kwaikwayo na farko a cikin wannan layin ya faru ne a wurin bikin don girmama ranar tunawa da ɗakin studio Sub Pop a lokacin rani na 2008.
A watan Nuwamba, mutanen sun nuna kansu a Portland a wani kulob na gida. A karshen wannan watan, sun bayyana a wani karamin biki na ranar haihuwar Supersuckers, wadanda ke bikin cika shekaru 20 da haihuwa. Kuma a watan Mayu na shekara mai zuwa, Green River sun buga abokansu The Melvins a wani shagali don girmama bikin cikarsu shekaru 25.
A wannan lokacin, mutanen suna da tsare-tsare masu ban sha'awa: za su yi rikodin kundi na studio cikakke, sake rubuta EP na farko kuma su ci gaba da yawon shakatawa don tallafawa sababbin rikodin. Duk da haka, tsare-tsaren ba a cika su ba, tun a shekarar 2009 kungiyar ta sake ballewa.
