Young Fresh Fellows

Heroes of the pre-grunge Seattle rock community, the Young Fresh Fellows are one of the first independent bands from the rainy city to earn a nationwide reputation in the 1980s, and have gained an enthusiastic cult following and the approval of critics. Few bands were more admired by their peers than the Fellows (Peter Buck, Paul Westerberg, and Jeff Tweedy are all avowed fans), and their skewed, tuneful mix of British Invasion-era pop, garage rock, offbeat humor, and pop culture obsessiveness had a long shelf life, with the band still making joyful noise four decades after they began. 1987's The Men Who Loved Music was their breakthrough release and is still one of their best efforts. 1991's Electric Bird Digest presented their rock & roll at its most potent, and 2012's Tiempo de Lujo was a rollicking return to form after the group had gone to part-time status.