Mudhoney is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, on January 1, 1988, following the demise of Green River.

Mudhoney's early releases on the Sub Pop label, particularly their debut single "Touch Me I'm Sick" and the Superfuzz Bigmuff EP, were instrumental in the creation of the grunge genre.

[6] Although the band found little commercial success and remained somewhat 'underground' and non-mainstream, Mudhoney has released eleven studio albums and inspired countless grunge and alternative rock musicians during their long career.

After recording another EP (Dry As a Bone) and a full-length album (Rehab Doll), the band disbanded in late 1987.

Following lead singer Andrew Wood's death, Gossard and Ament went on to form Pearl Jam, and Fairweather joined Love Battery.

Early on, Mudhoney's sound would reflect such influences as the Stooges, Spacemen 3, Wipers,[8] Dinosaur Jr., Neil Young,[9] Black Flag,[10] and the Scientists.

[11] In 1988, the band recorded and released their debut EP, Superfuzz Bigmuff, and their first single, "Touch Me I'm Sick", on the Sub Pop label.

[12] After this tour Superfuzz Bigmuff entered the British indie charts and they received a respectable amount of press coverage.

[7] In a 2008 Mojo magazine article, Turner explained the album references "how easily things had come to them ... the songs were kinda half-baked ..." They also contributed a track "Overblown" at this time to the soundtrack to the film Singles.

With their 1995 album My Brother the Cow they mixed their earlier and more recent sound, but Turner explained in an article in Mojo, "There was a backlash after Kurt [Cobain] killed himself.

"[14] The press was not all negative, as the album received praise in certain U.S. publications, including People magazine: "Leave the brooding anthems to Pearl Jam.

"[15] In 1996, Mudhoney appeared in the comedy movie Black Sheep, starring Chris Farley and David Spade.

[7] The album demonstrated a blues-rock influence, and the band used record producer Jim Dickinson, who worked with The Rolling Stones.

In early 2003 the band entered the studio to record "Hard-On For War", that would appear exclusively on Buddyhead Presents: Gimme Skelter compilation album.

In the liner notes of the reissued Superfuzz Bigmuff, Jay Hinman wrote: My feeling—and I know I'm not alone in this one—is that for all the play and worldwide attention several Seattle-area bands got during the 1988–92 period, at the end of the day (and even at the time), there was Mudhoney—and then there was everybody else.