1980s lineup. Clockwise from bottom: Regan Hagar, Kevin Wood, Andrew Wood
Background information
Origin
Bainbridge Island, Washington, U.S.
Genres
Grunge[1]
glam punk[2][3]
Years active
1980–1988, 2005–present
Labels
C/Z, Loosegroove, Wammybox
Spinoffs
Mother Love Bone
Fire Ants
Hater
Devilhead
Brad
Members
Kevin Wood
Jeff Stark
BT Leach
Paul Lamb
Past members
Andrew Wood
Regan Hagar
Shawn Smith
Dave Rees
David Hunt
Jeff Loftis
Cory Kane
Mike Stone
Thorsten Rock
Guy McIntosh
Jeff Loftis
Rob Day
Miles Freeborn
Tony West
Website
malfunkshun.org
Malfunkshun is an American rock band formed in 1980 by brothers Andrew and Kevin Wood. Combining glam influences with distortion, they were one of the earliest grunge bands, forming alongside the U-Men and Melvins. Their definitive lineup consists of the brothers and drummer Regan Hagar. After interactions with fellow grunge act Green River, Andrew would become the frontman for successor Mother Love Bone. Malfunkshun dissolved without having released much material, although they recorded demos and appeared in the landmark grunge compilation Deep Six.
Andrew struggled with drug dependence for several years, eventually dying from a heroin overdose in 1990. Mother Love Bone disbanded as a result and was succeeded by Pearl Jam. Malfunkshun's demos with Andrew were later compiled and released as Return to Olympus on Loosegroove Records, which was founded by Hagar and fellow Mother Love Bone member Stone Gossard. Malfunkshun reformed in 2005 and is currently touring and recording new material.
^"Malfunkshun | Biography, Albums, Streaming Links". AllMusic.
^Buckley, Peter; Buckley, Johnathan (2008). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. p. 698. ISBN 978-1-85828-457-6. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
^Cameron, Keith (2014). Mudhoney: The Sound and the Fury from Seattle. Voyageur Press. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-7603-4661-7. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
Malfunkshun is an American rock band formed in 1980 by brothers Andrew and Kevin Wood. Combining glam influences with distortion, they were one of the...
keyboard and guitar on occasion. He was the drummer of the rock band Malfunkshun from 1980 to 1988, featuring Andrew Wood of Mother Love Bone on vocals...
ex-Green River members Jeff Ament, Bruce Fairweather and Stone Gossard, ex-Malfunkshun frontman Andrew Wood and ex-Ten Minute Warning and The Living drummer...
tribute to his friend, the late Andrew Wood, lead singer of the bands Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone. The lineup included Stone Gossard on rhythm guitar...
former group, Green River, was one of the first grunge bands, along with Malfunkshun, Soundgarden, Skin Yard, the U-Men, and others. He is also the manager...
Return to Olympus is the debut studio album by the American rock band Malfunkshun and the only album to feature both original vocalist Andrew Wood (later...
and Steve Turner. In late 1987, Gossard and Ament began playing with Malfunkshun vocalist Andrew Wood, eventually organizing the band Mother Love Bone...
replaced in Green River) to form Mudhoney. Fairweather joined former Malfunkshun singer Andrew Wood, Gossard, and Ament, to form Mother Love Bone. The...
of such bands as Soundgarden, Green River, Melvins, Screaming Trees, Malfunkshun, Skin Yard, The U-Men, Blood Circus, Nirvana, Tad, Mudhoney, Mother Love...
featured multiple tracks by six bands: Green River, Soundgarden, Melvins, Malfunkshun, Skin Yard, and the U-Men. For many of them it was their first appearance...
along with former Green River members Gossard and Fairweather, former Malfunkshun frontman Andrew Wood, and former Ten Minute Warning and Skin Yard drummer...
along with former Green River members Ament and Fairweather, former Malfunkshun frontman Andrew Wood, and former Ten Minute Warning and Skin Yard drummer...
with Melvins, Mudhoney, U-Men, Skin Yard, Soundgarden, Green River, and Malfunkshun, among others. Although widely associated with grunge, the band's sound...
in the world." They played their last show on February 3, 1984, with Malfunkshun at Seattle's Metropolis. Arm and Turner formed a joke-punk band called...
failure of a firearm to function as expected Dysfunction (disambiguation) Malfunkshun, a grunge rock band This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
This album, in addition to featuring the first commercial recordings of Malfunkshun, Melvins, Soundgarden and Skin Yard, was the first to showcase the early...
all the credibility in the world – in terms of people in Seattle – and Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone were loved bands. Andy was such an endearing personality...
all the credibility in the world – in terms of people in Seattle – and Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone were loved bands. Andy was such an endearing personality...
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