IGreen River yasungulwa ngo-1984 eSeattle ngaphansi kobuholi bukaMark Arm noSteve Turner. Bobabili badlale ku-"Mr. Epp" kanye ne-"Limp Richeds" kuze kube manje. U-Alex Vincent waqokwa njengomshayi wesigubhu, kwathi uJeff Ament wathathwa njengomshayi webhesi.
Ukwakha igama leqembu, abafana banquma ukusebenzisa igama lombulali obulalayo owaziwa ngaleso sikhathi. Ngemva kwesikhashana, kwafakwa omunye umshayi wesiginci, uStone Gossard, ohlwini. Lokhu kwavumela uMark ukuba ahoxe ngokuphelele ezingxenyeni zezwi.
Umsindo womculo weqembu wakhetha ezitayela eziningana, kwakuyi-punk, insimbi ne-psychedelic hard rock. Nakuba uMark ngokwakhe ebiza isitayela sabo ngokuthi i-grunge-punk. Eqinisweni, yilaba bafana ababa abasunguli besiqondiso esinjalo somculo njenge "grunge".
Ukuthuthukiswa kweGreen River
Imidlalo yokuqala kaGreen River ibanjelwe emaqenjini amancane naseduze kwaseSeattle. Ngo-1985, leli qembu laya eNew York ukuyoqopha i-EP, Come On Down, kulebula ethi Homestead. I-disc ikhishwe izinyanga ezingu-6 ngemuva kokuphela kokuqoshwa kwe-studio, kulandelwa ukuxuba okude kwawo wonke amathrekhi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukukhululwa kwe-disc kwafika kanyekanye nokukhululwa kwe-albhamu yeqembu elingaziwa ngaleso sikhathi i-Dinosaur, ukuthandwa kwayo izikhathi eziningi kudlula isilinganiso se-Green River EP.
Ngemuva kwalokhu kuqoshwa, uSteve Turner uyahlukana nebhendi. Akazange aneliseke ngokuqondisa komculo, wayethambekele kakhulu ku-hard rock. Umculi wesiginci uBruce Fairweather wathathwa esikhundleni sakhe, iqembu elifuna ukuvakashela amazwe.
Nokho-ke lolu daba lwaxaka ngoba bambalwa abantu abazi ngabo, amathikithi awadayiswa, abakwazi ukukhangisa. Ngakho iqembu kwakudingeka licule cishe emahholo angenalutho noma kunezilaleli ezinomqondo ongemuhle. Ngaleso sikhathi, abafana babengakakwazi ukuwina indawo yabo endaweni yedwala.
Kodwa-ke, bekukhona nama-pluses avela kulolu hambo. Lapho iqembu lajwayelana namaqembu omculo asevele edumile futhi athuthukiswayo, njengalawo Sonic Intsha. Zazivele zidumile e-Seattle nasemadolobheni aseduze. Iqembu lalivame ukumema abaculi baseGreen River emakhonsathini abo ukuze bafudumale ihholo.
I-albhamu yokuqala yabafana
Ngo-1986, i-disc yokuqala yokuhlanganiswa komculo we-grunge "Deep Six" yakhululwa. Ihlanganisa izingoma ze-Soundgarde, The Melvins, Skin Yard, Malfunkshun ne-U-Men. UGreen River ubuye wakwazi ukufika lapho nezingoma zayo ezimbili. Abagxeki babe sebechaza leli qoqo lomculo njengeliyimpumelelo futhi elichaza ngokucacile isimo se-rock enyakatho-ntshonalanga ngaleso sikhathi.
Ngawo lowo nyaka, abaculi baqoqa isibindi futhi babhala enye i-EP, Dry As A Bone, ngosizo lukaJack Endino. Kodwa ukukhululwa kwabambezeleka cishe unyaka. Umsunguli we-Sub Pop uBruce Pavitt akakwazanga ukuyikhulula ngenxa yezizathu ezimbalwa. Ngakho-ke nangaphambi kokukhishwa kwerekhodi, leli qembu likhipha ingoma ethi "Ndawonye Ngeke Never".
Ngo-1987, kwakhululwa i-EP okwakukade ilindelwe, eyaba umsebenzi wokuqala we-Sub Pop studio. Ilebula beliqhakambisa leli cwecwe, okube nomthelela ekukhuleni kodumo lweqembu.
Ukuqoshwa kwe-albhamu ephelele
Le mpumelelo ishukumise iqembu ukuthi lidale i-disc yalo egcwele ngokugcwele ngokushesha okukhulu. UJack Endino ufake isandla ekuqaleni kokuqoshwa kwe-albhamu yokuqala yeqembu ebizwa ngokuthi "Rehab Doll". Kodwa lapha ukungezwani nokungezwani kuqala phakathi kwabaculi.
UJeff Ament kanye no-Stone Gossard babheke ukusayina ngelebula elikhudlwana ukuze bathuthukise ibhendi. Futhi uMark Arm uphikelela ekusebenzeni nomkhiqizo ozimele. Iphuzu elibilayo kwakuyizehlakalo zomcimbi owawusesifundazweni saseCalifornia eLos Angeles ngo-1987.
U-Jeff unqume ukushintsha ngokuyimfihlo uhlu lwezihambeli zekhonsathi afake olwakhe, oluqukethe amagama abameleli abavela kumalebula okurekhoda ahlukahlukene. Ngemuva kwalokho, amalungu amathathu eqembu, u-Ament, uGossard noFairweather, banqume ukulishiya leli qembu.
Kodwa-ke, bakwazile ukuqedela ukukhiqizwa nokukhululwa kwe-albhamu yabo yobude obugcwele. Iqembu lahlukana ngo-1987, kodwa i-disc yakhululwa cishe ngemva konyaka. Abagxeki babhale ngaye ukuthi uqukethe izingoma zomda wezitayela ezimbili: umculo wensimbi ne-grunge.
Ukuhlangana kabusha kweGreen River
Iqembu lanquma ukuvuka isikhashana. Umfutho walokhu kwaba ukucula kwabaculi bePearl Jam ekwindla ka-1993. Ukwakhiwa kwakuhlanganisa abasunguli beqembu: Mark Arm, Steve Turner, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament. Esikhundleni somculi u-Alex Vincent, uChuck Trees wavunyelwa, ngoba owokuqala ngaleso sikhathi wayehlala ngaphesheya kwezwe. Kule khonsathi abafana badlale izingoma zabo ezimbili: "Gwiza Ukuziqhenya Kwami" kanye "Ain't nothing to Do".
Ngo-2008, iqembu lamemezela ukuqalisa kabusha kobuciko balo ngohlu olubuyekeziwe. Bekuhlanganisa uMark Arm, Steve Turner, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Alex Vincent noBruce Fairweather. Umdlalo wokuqala kulolu chungechunge wenzeka emgubhweni wokuhlonipha usuku lokuqopha i-Sub Pop ehlobo lika-2008.
NgoNovemba, abafana bazibonakalisa ePortland eklabhu yendawo. Ekupheleni kwenyanga efanayo, babonakala emcimbini omncane wokugubha usuku lokuzalwa lwe-The Supersuckers, eyayigubha iminyaka engu-20 yasungulwa. Futhi ngoMeyi wonyaka olandelayo, uGreen River wadlala abangani babo abakwaMelvins ekhonsathini yokuhlonipha iminyaka yabo engama-25.
Ngaleso sikhathi, abafana babenezinhlelo zokufisa: babezoqopha i-albhamu yabo ye-studio egcwele, babhale kabusha i-EP yabo yokuqala futhi bahambe nokuvakasha besekela amarekhodi amasha. Kodwa-ke, izinhlelo azikafezeki, kusukela ngo-2009 iqembu laphinde lahlukana.
