Steve Turner (guitarist)

Steven Neil Turner (born March 28, 1965) is an American guitarist known for his work with Green River and Mudhoney.

Steve Turner
Steve Turner in 2007
Background information
Birth name	Steven Neil Turner
Born	(1965-03-28) March 28, 1965 (age 60)
Origin	Houston, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Alternative rock grunge punk rock
Occupation(s)	Guitarist, Author
Instrument(s)	Guitar, bass, vocals

Early life

Turner was born in 1965 in Houston, Texas,^[1] but moved with his family to Seattle when he was two.

Career

His first band was called The Ducky Boys. The lineup included future Pearl Jam member Stone Gossard. The Ducky Boys split around 1983. Turner later joined Mark Arm in Mr. Epp and the Calculations, which Arm described as "The worst band in the world". Mr. Epp played their final show with Turner in 1984.

Turner was also the first guitarist in Green River which again featured Arm and Gossard, and also acquired the services of Jeff Ament (later Pearl Jam) on bass guitar. ^[1] Turner left the band in 1985, citing differences with the "careerist" Ament.^{[citation needed]}

Arm and Turner started Mudhoney on New Year's Day, 1988. The Melvins bassist Matt Lukin was brought in, as was Dan Peters on drums.^[1] With Mudhoney, Turner recorded all their albums from Superfuzz Bigmuff in 1988 to Plastic Eternity in 2023.

Turner also has side projects such as The Thrown Ups, Monkeywrench, and played bass for a short time with legendary Seattle band The Fall-Outs. He also has released various solo recordings in a folk vein.^[1]

Other work

Turner founded Super Electro, an independent record label, which ran from 1992 to 1998.

Turner's memoir, Mud Ride: A Messy Trip Through the Grunge Explosion, was published in North America by Chronicle Prism on June 13, 2023, and in the UK by Omnibus Press on June 8, 2023. It was co-written with music journalist, Adem Tepedelen.^[2][3]

Discography

Green River discography

Year	Title	Label	Track(s)
1985	Come on Down	Homestead	All
1986	Deep Six	C/Z	"10,000 Things" and "Your Own Best Friend"
1987	Dry As a Bone	Sub Pop	All
1988	Motor City Madness	Glitterhouse	"Searchin' (Good Things Come)"
	Rehab Doll	Sub Pop	All
	Sub Pop 200	Sub Pop	"Hangin' Tree"
1989	This House Is Not a Motel	Glitterhouse	"Swallow My Pride"
	Sub Pop Rock City	Glitterhouse	"Hangin' Tree"
	Another Pyrrhic Victory: The Only Compilation of Dead Seattle God Bands	C/Z	"Bazaar" and "Away in Manger"
1990	Endangered Species	Glitterhouse	"Ain't Nothing to Do"
	Dry As a Bone/Rehab Doll	Sub Pop	All
1992	Afternoon Delight: Love Songs from Sub Pop	Sub Pop	"Baby Takes"
1996	Hype!: The Motion Picture Soundtrack	Sub Pop	"Swallow My Pride" (1987 demo)
2000	Wild and Wooly: The Northwest Rock Collection	Sub Pop	"This Town"
2006	Sleepless in Seattle: The Birth of Grunge	Livewire	"Come on Down"
2016	1984 Demos	Jackpot Records	All

Solo discography

Year	Title	Label	Format
2003	Searching for Melody	Roslyn Recordings	LP, CD
2004	Steve Turner and His Bad Ideas	Roslyn Recordings	LP, CD