Bam Bam Ground Zero

(cleaner copy) Founded in Seattle by guitarist, producer Tommy Martin in 1983, Bam Bam s original line up included Pearl Jam Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron, Called In Sic singer, guitarist Scotty Buttocks, the stunning rock Goddess Tina Bell on vocals; the first Black woman to front a hard rock, punk, grunge band in the US. Bam Bam were musical pioneers in Seattle; experimenting with sludged rhythms, chopped timings, odd scales, tunings styles. Their 1984 EP Villians (Also Wear White) was one of the first recordings released on the early Seattle grunge scene; the first from Chris Hanzsek Jack Endino s famed Reciprocal Recording Studio. Bam Bam s single Ground Zero came out later the same year (also produced at Reciprocal Recording). Billboard Magazine: The Lessons of Grunge. Sept 17, 2011, pg 17