Green River was an influential Seattle based rock band active from 1984 to 1987. Although they arguably had little commercial impact outside of their native Seattle, Green River proved to have significant influence on the genre later known as grunge, both with their own music and with the music its members would create in future bands.

According to a story released to Reuters in October 2007, Stone Gossard confirmed rumors that Green River will reunite for one show in the summer of 2008.

Green River was an influential Seattle punk rock / alternative rock band in the 1980s, named after the Green River Killer(not the CCR album, as is a common misunderstanding). They are considered one of the first grunge bands. Green River had little impact outside of Seattle, but their influence within Seattle’s music scene would eventually be felt around