Although the band had very little commercial impact outside its native Seattle, it proved to have significant influence on the genre later known as grunge, both with its own music and with the music its members would create in future bands including Pearl Jam and Mudhoney.
Although the band had very little commercial impact outside its native Seattle, Green River pioneered the grunge music genre. The grunge style was featured both in Green River's own music and the music the band's members would create in future bands including Pearl Jam and Mudhoney.