The album was primarily a document of Seattle’s local music scene and became vital to the history of grunge.

It represents the early recordings of a handful of bands that would later become key figures in grunge, and helped establish its concepts and sound.

[2] In the early 1980s, the Seattle branch of the indie movement was influenced by punk rock; however, it removed its speed and its structure and added elements of metal.

Skin Yard's guitarist, Jack Endino, would go on to record and produce many of the grunge bands, and helped to establish Soundgarden, Mudhoney, and Nirvana.

[2] Green River had released its debut EP Come On Down several months before Deep Six; therefore, Come On Down is considered the first grunge record.