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Mudhoney
Superfuzz Bigmuff · 1988
Mudhoney formed in Seattle in 1988, quickly becoming one of the foundational bands on the newly launched Sub Pop label and a key architect of the sound that would soon be marketed worldwide as grunge. The band has cited the Wipers directly as an influence, and their own fuzzed-out, garage-indebted guitar sound became a direct template for much of what followed out of the city; Kurt Cobain named Mudhoney his favorite band.
Superfuzz Bigmuff, released in 1988, was one of Sub Pop's very first releases and helped define the label's early identity. Mudhoney continued recording and touring for decades afterward, largely avoiding the mainstream breakthrough that reshaped the careers of several of their Seattle peers, and have remained closely associated with the noisiest, least polished end of the grunge sound they helped originate, outlasting many of the peers who overtook them commercially.
