Seaweed was an American band from Tacoma, Washington who were active throughout the 1990s. Their style of music was a combination of various rock subgenres, including post-hardcore and punk rock. They were signed to various notable record labels, such as Sub Pop Records, Merge Records, and Hollywood Records. History Seaweed and Despised (1989–1991) The band started out in 1989, consisting of vocalist Aaron Stauffer, guitarist Clint Werner, guitarist Wade Neal, bassist John Atkins, and drummer Bob Bulgrien. All five members were still attending high school at the time, and most of them were already active in other local bands. Their first major tour was alongside the band Superchunk. Throughout 1989 and 1990, the band would release various one-off singles. Later on in 1990, a smaller label known as Tupelo (known for releases by the bands Jawbreaker, Nirvana, and The Melvins) approached the band to release their first album. Instead, the band compiled their previous singles, and recorded one new song, to release Seaweed. As stated in later interviews and the name of the band's 1993 album, Seaweed was considered to be the band's first major release. In 1990, Seaweed signed to the thriving Seattle label Sub Pop. The label wanted a single but the band wanted a full-length album. They met halfway, and released the EP Despised. Six songs were brand new tracks, recorded with producer Jack Endino. The remaining four tracks were slightly remixed from their previous release, Seaweed; thus, angering their former label Tupelo. On foreign editions of the album, the aforementioned four tracks were not included. A music video was created for "One Out of Four" off of Despised, which was the band's first music video of their career. Weak and Four (1992–1994) The band continued their relationship with Sub Pop, releasing their third major release (and first actual full-length album) in 1992, titled Weak. Again produced by Endino, the band supported the album with a summer U.S. tour, followed by a condensed European tour with the band Pavement, stretching 69 shows over 71 days. Also in 1992, the band made an in-studio appearance on the radio program hosted by John Peel. After the exhausting touring schedule, the band went home to record their follow-up album. After impressing Sub Pop with their self-production work on a single titled "Measure", the label allowed the band to self-produce their 1993 effort Four (the title referred to the album as