caption current_members website associated_acts years_active label article_title past_members background genre origin name
malfunkshun , circa 1980 -- 1988 kevin wood jeff loftis miles freeborn rob day -lsb- http://malfunkshun.org malfunkshun 's website -rsb- mother , hater , devilhead , fire ants , kevin wood love & from the north , all hail the crown bone , brad , satchel , pigeonhed 1980 -- 88 , 2006 -- present c/z records , loosegroove records , wammybox records malfunkshun
 andrew kane shawn smith mike stone thorsten rock gus mcintosh wood dave rees dave hunt regan hagar cory group_or_band alternative rock , grunge bainbridge island , washington malfunkshun
malfunkshun

malfunkshun is an alternative rock band formed on easter sunday in 1980 by andrew wood and his brother kevin wood and is often recognized as one of the `` founding fathers of the grunge scene '' or the `` godfathers of grunge '' .
they formed around the same time bands such as the u-men -lrb- 1981 -rrb- , melvins -lrb- 1983 -rrb- , green river -lrb- 1984 -rrb- and soundgarden -lrb- 1984 -rrb- .
