Written by Steve Turner, legendary Mudhoney guitarist and one of the founding fathers of grunge, Mud Ride is a down-and-dirty chronicle of the birth and evolution of the Seattle grunge scene—the punk and misfit kids who met at the amateur skate parks and underground hardcore shows and formed bands together, the musical influences and experiments that shaped the grunge sound, and the story of Turner’s bands, Green River and Mudhoney, which went from flophouse basement shows to selling out stadiums with Nirvana and Pearl Jam. 

Including inside stories about the key moments, musicians, and albums from grunge’s beginnings to its come-down from the highs of global success, this is the first account of the musical phenomenon that took over the world and continues to inspire musicians and fans today from someone who was there for it all.
 
Mud Ride features a foreword by Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard and includes never-before-seen photographs and grunge memorabilia. Take a seat and ride through the messy and muddy grunge scene that grew from the basements of the Pacific Northwest to the top of the world.