Some commentators have argued that Sub Pop reframed the history of Seattle's music scene as part of their marketing campaign. Even in the late 1980s, the peak of grunge as a regional scene, Seattle's bands could not easily be confined to a single genre, since groups often blended musical styles and techniques, drawing, for example, on folk rock, psychedelic rock, garage rock, and pop hooks. The "Seattle sound" cultivated and marketed by Sub Pop became known as grunge, while other Seattle bands like The U-Men, who preceded Sub-Pop, became pioneers of avant garde post-punk.
Some commentators have argued that Sub Pop reframed the history of Seattle's music scene as part of their marketing campaign Even in the late 1980s the peak of grunge as a regional scene Seattle's bands could not easily be confined to a single genre since groups often blended musical styles and techniques drawing for example on folk rock psychedelic rock garage rock and pop hooks The "Seattle sound" cultivated and marketed by Sub Pop became known as grunge while other Seattle bands like The U-Men who preceded Sub-Pop became pioneers of avant garde post-punk