Name That '90s Grunge Band

That's right, Pearl Jam was on Epic Records and not indie-darling Sub Pop. Cue the "sellout" heckle here.

Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard of Mother Love Bone took a chance on Eddie Vedder when looking for a new project. It paid off in a million '90s crushes.

Eddie is not a bona fide Seattle native, but he's definitely an adopted son. Vedder was born in Illinois, but he spent most of his childhood in San Diego.

Making music for 25 years, Mudhoney has remained a grunge staple.

After a break-up in the '90s, Soundgarden began recording and touring together again in 2010. But Matt Cameron wears two hats, as drummer for both Soundgarden and Pearl Jam.

Alice may have been shackled, but she wasn't in the band.

Needing a last-minute (but temporary) name for the band on its first tour, the guys produced a Mookie Blaylock card and settled on the moniker. It's also the name Eddie Vedder uses to stay under in hotels. (Not true, but it should be!)

With songs like "Buffy's Pregnant" and "Bambi Slaughter," Cobain clearly enjoyed the song-naming process even in his early days.

The 15-year old Aussies who would go on to become Silverchair won a competition with the (soon-to-be) hit song "Tomorrow."

Mother Love Bone was credited as one of the earliest grunge bands. Its lead singer died in 1990 before the band made the mainstream scene.

This is actually just a hint of the hijinks L7 got up to in the early '90s. If you want to learn a lot more explicit facts, just look up the 1992 Reading Festival.

Green River was around in the mid-'80s, but its members went on to form Mudhoney and Pearl Jam. Legend says, however, the band was named for the then-notorious Green River serial killer, not the river itself.

Ah, the halcyon days of '90s Seattle, when the "tom-tom club" (uncool people) were forgetting to wear their "wack slacks" (ripped jeans) when "swingin' on the flippity-flop" (hanging out).

More than 20 years after its 1991 release, Pearl Jam's album "Ten" hit 10 million sales in 2013. Celine Dion's album "Let's Talk About Love" is set to hit the mark next, so get your Pearl Jam/Celine mix ready!

Started as a tribute to their late friend Andrew Wood, the (one and only) Temple of the Dog album went platinum after its 1991 release.

Mia Zapata fronted The Gits before she was brutally murdered in 1993. Fellow Seattle band 7 Year Bitch named its 1994 album for her.

Love originally auditioned for the part of Nancy, but landed a role as her pal. A natural fit.

Canadian guitarist Domenic Troiano already had a copyright for the band named Bush, and he wouldn't let the British rockers use anything but BushX until 1997.

Glam rock wasn't dead yet when Staley auditioned for his first band.

Sounds much more wholesome than the grunge scene normally would allow, right? Perhaps the Stone Temple Pilots were right to choose a name with a bit more mystery.