Claim: Andrew Wood is recognized as one of the fathers of a music genre.
Evidence: Andrew Patrick Wood -LRB- January 8 , 1966 -- March 19 , 1990 -RRB- was an American musician best known as the lead singer for alternative rock bands Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone.
Mother Love Bone was an American rock band that formed in Seattle , Washington in 1987.
Frontman Andrew Wood 's personality and compositions helped to catapult the group to the top of the burgeoning late 1980s/early 1990s Seattle music scene.
Though the band only had two songs released , `` With Yo ' Heart -LRB- Not Yo ' Hands -RRB- '' and `` Stars-n-You '' , on the Deep Six compilation album , they are often cited as being among the `` founding fathers '' of the Seattle 's grunge movement.