#2205 Green River - Dry as a Bone

Patient zero-ish of the Gossard//Ament lineage is a sloppy, angular, start-stop blast of proto-grunge punk. The thin mix, strained vocals and tryhard vibe keep this from really catching fire, but you can feel how the pre-Pearl Jam backbone really wanted to do something //more// -- pushing beats around, messing with lurch and sludge as counterpoints to their purer punk impulses. Underbaked and slightly unlistenable, but a worthwhile slice of history 3/5