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| Allmusic Biography : Nirvana may have been the band that put an entire generation in flannel, and Pearl Jam and Soundgarden both sold a lot more records, but Mudhoney were truly the band that made the 90s grunge rock movement possible. Mudhoney were the first real success story for Sub Pop Records; their music laid the groundwork for the movement that would (briefly) make Seattle, Washington, the new capital of the rock & roll universe. They took the sweat-soaked and beer-fueled mixture of heavy metal muscle, punk attitude, and garage rock primitivism that would become known as "grunge" to the hipster audience for the first time with early releases like 1988s Superfuzz Bigmuff and 1989s Mudhoney, and those fans would in turn sell it to a mass audience ready for something new. Mudhoney never scored the big payday some of their old running buddies did, though they did land a major-label deal that produced several strong albums, especially 1995s My Brother the Cow and 1998s Tomorrow Hit Today. Their importance on the Seattle scene cannot be underestimated, and their body of work -- big, loud, purposefully sloppy, a little bit menacing, and even more funny -- has stood the test of time better than their well-known colleagues. And they continued to produce strong, relevant music into their third decade on 2013s Vanishing Point and 2018s Digital Garbage. Mudhoneys timeline begins in 1980, when teenaged Mark McLaughlin (who would soon adopt the punk handle Mark Arm) formed the band Mr. Epp and the Calculations with some high school friends from the Seattle suburb of Bellevue, none of whom actually knew how to play at the time. More interested in goofing off, breaking things, and posting flyers for shows that were never scheduled than actually making music, Mr. Epp didnt get around to playing a show until late 1981, opening for a band called Student Nurse. Despite their legendary ineptitude (they were described as "the worst band in the world" on more than one occasion), Mr. Epp began to develop a following, and released a 7" EP in 1982. In 1983, in a bid to sound more like a real band, the group added a second guitarist, Steve Turner, who had previously played in a garage band called the Ducky Boys. That same year they released their Live as All Get Out cassette, but things began to peter out for the group, and they played their final show in February 1984. In 1981, Arm and Turner, whod become fast friends, also began playing in another joke-punk band, the Limp Richerds, and briefly placed their focus on that group until the Richerds also broke up near the end of 1984. Eager to start playing again, Arm and Turner teamed up with drummer Alex Vincent, who had played with Turner in a short-lived band called Spluii Numa, and bassist Jeff Ament, who had recently arrived in the Northwest from Montana. When Arm decided he wanted to put down his guitar and concentrate on vocals, Turner asked former Ducky Boys guitarist Stone Gossard to join the group, and Green River was born. Along with fellow Washingtonians the Melvins, Green River were pioneers of a new Northwest rock sound, merging the snot-nosed sneer of punk with the minor-key thud of heavy metal. It didnt take long for Green River to get noticed on the Seattle rock scene, and in 1985 the band released its first EP, Come on Down. By the time the record hit the streets, Turner had left the band to return to college (he was also growing disenchanted with the harder rock direction the band was following), and with new guitarist Bruce Fairweather, the band set out on a nationwide tour that was little short of disastrous, in large part because a delay in the records release had the band supporting an album that hadnt come out yet. The band survived to make a second EP, Dry as a Bone, for a new Seattle label, Sub Pop Records, in 1987 -- but by the time its first full-length album, Rehab Doll, was released in the summer of 1988, tensions between members of the band caused Green River to split up. Ament and Gossard formed a new band called Mother Love Bone; Fairweather joined Love Battery, and Vincent went to law school. Arm and Turner, meanwhile, had formed a side project while in Green River called the Thrown Ups, featuring graphic artist Ed Fotheringham on vocals. Essentially a more extreme example of the sort of goofy onslaught Arm and Turner had let loose with Mr. Epp, the Thrown Ups brought the two friends back together again, but Turner expressed a desire to form a new band that actually rehearsed songs before playing them in front of an audience. In his spare time, Turner began working up new material with Arm and drummer Dan Peters, who had played in Bundle of Hiss and Feast. Needing a bassist, the three hooked up with Matt Lukin, who had recently left the Melvins shortly before they left Washington for California. Naming themselves Mudhoney after a Russ Meyer film none of them had actually seen, the new foursome took the punk metal formula of Green River and the Melvins, added a dollop of 60s garage rock swagger and a large portion of Fun House-era Stooges, and ran it all through the cheap stomp boxes Arm and Turner so cherished. Turner initially expected the band to last about six months. In 1988, Sub Pop released the bands first single, "Sweet Young Thing Aint Sweet No More" b/w "Touch Me Im Sick," with the EP Superfuzz Bigmuff following a few months later. The timing proved fortuitous. The indie circuit success of the Replacements and Big Black had created a demand at college radio and the underground club circuit for harder and heavier bands, and Sub Pops homegrown but earnest media blitz was helping to make "the Seattle Sound" -- soon to be dubbed "grunge" -- the next big thing, with Mudhoney the chief beneficiary. While the bands first American tour was nothing to write home about, the Sub Pop hype machine had already begun to take hold overseas, and the band scored a European tour -- mostly dates in Germany -- in early 1989. A few months later, Sonic Youth, whod been big fans of Green River, invited Turner and Arms new band to join them for a British tour, and soon Mudhoney found themselves the talk of the U.K. rock press. Superfuzz Bigmuff landed on the British indie charts and stayed there for the better part of a year, and the band wasted no time returning for a headlining tour, complete with massive press coverage and riotous shows. Word of the bands rep in Europe quickly crossed the pond, and Mudhoney were the new heroes of underground rock by the time their first full-length album, simply called Mudhoney, came out in late 1989. In the wake of Mudhoneys success, a number of other Sub Pop acts began making big noise on college radio and the indie club circuit, including Soundgarden, Tad, the Fluid, and a trio of Melvins fans from Aberdeen, Washington, called Nirvana. However, while Sub Pop was doing a fine job of creating the Next Big Thing, they werent making much money at it just yet, and the labels financial status was one reason Mudhoneys second full-length album, Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge -- which found them upping the garage punk quotient in their formula -- didnt hit stores until 1991. By the end of the year, Mudhoney were shopping for a new label, and they could have hardly chosen a better time; Nirvana had already taken the major-label bait in 1990, and by December of 1991, Nevermind had made them the biggest and most talked-about rock band in America. Soon, seemingly every band in Seattle was being offered a major-label contract, and Mudhoney signed a deal with Reprise/Warner Bros. Their first major-label album, Piece of Cake, made it clear that Mudhoneys new corporate sponsorship wasnt going to change their musical approach -- but their presence on a major label seemed to alienate old fans, while the mass audience that had embraced Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Pearl Jam (featuring Arm and Turners old Green River bandmates Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament) found Mudhoneys work too eccentric for comfort. While Mudhoney remained a potent live draw, their record sales during their tenure with Reprise were disappointing, though they recorded two of their finest albums for the label: My Brother the Cow and Tomorrow Hit Today. In 1999, after an extensive tour supporting Tomorrow Hit Today, Reprise announced that they had dropped Mudhoney from their roster, and shortly after that, the band announced that Matt Lukin had turned in his resignation, citing his dislike of touring. With the release of March to Fuzz, a comprehensive career-retrospective, many observers assumed that Mudhoney had called it a day, but in 2001 the band began playing a few live dates around the Northwest, with Steve Dukich (formerly with Steel Wool) sitting in on bass. The shows went well enough that Mudhoney decided to take another stab at their career, and Guy Maddison -- whod been a member of Bloodloss, one of Arms many part-time bands -- signed on as Mudhoneys new official bassist. Arm and Turner also found time to record and tour with a side project, the garage-blues band Monkeywrench. When they came back together, they recorded Since Weve Become Translucent and released it in the summer of 2002. The angry political and social commentary Under a Billion Suns appeared in 2006, followed by the deliberately raw return to their aggressive roots The Lucky Ones in 2008. In the years following The Lucky Ones, Mudhoney toured regularly, with one of the highlights being a showcase of the entire Superfuzz Bigmuff album at the 2010 All Tomorrows Parties in New York. All this was preparation for a 25th Anniversary blow-out in 2013, when the band released their ninth studio album, Vanishing Point, and a home video release of the documentary Im Now, which was screened at various film festivals in 2012. In 2018, Mudhoney celebrated their 30th birthday with the release of their first authorized, unlimited-edition live album, LiE (aka Live in Europe), recorded during a run of shows in 2016. The following year, the band got to work writing and recording their tenth LP. The lean and angry Digital Garbage arrived in September 2018. | ||
 | Album: 1 of 25 Title: Superfuzz Bigmuff Released: 1988 Tracks: 12 Duration: 43:40 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Touch Me I’m Sick (02:33) 2 Sweet Young Thing Ain’t Sweet No More (03:46) 3 Hate the Police (02:08) 4 Burn It Clean (03:00) 5 You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face) (02:53) 6 Halloween (06:12) 7 No One Has (03:26) 8 If I Think (03:37) 9 In ’n’ Out of Grace (05:28) 10 Need (03:00) 11 Chain That Door (01:51) 12 Mudride (05:43) |
 | Album: 2 of 25 Title: This Gift Released: 1989 Tracks: 3 Duration: 10:50 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 This Gift (03:33) 2 Baby Help Me Forget (02:30) 3 Revolution (04:47) |
 | Album: 3 of 25 Title: Mudhoney Released: 1989 Tracks: 12 Duration: 37:10 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 This Gift (03:34) 2 Flat Out Fucked (02:14) 3 Get Into Yours (03:47) 4 You Got It (02:49) 5 Magnolia Caboose Babyshit (01:04) 6 Come to Mind (04:49) 7 Here Comes Sickness (03:40) 8 Running Loaded (02:48) 9 The Farther I Go (02:05) 10 By Her Own Hand (03:15) 11 When Tomorrow Hits (02:40) 12 Dead Love (04:25) |
| Mudhoney : Allmusic album Review : Mudhoneys first self-titled album came as a bit of a disappointment after the groups initial singles, and from the distance of over a decade its even more of a sore thumb in the bands extensive discography. Its good, to be sure, but not great; the essential spark of the band got a bit lost over 40 minutes, where in three minutes space the quartet could be the best act on the planet. Then again, arguably Mudhoney was trying to figure out how to make a full album work with their sound, and if its not a perfect listen as a whole, there are still some great songs to hear. Jack Endinos production lives up to his reputation for rough, thick recording, but hes left just enough for the songs to breathe, whether its the audible handclaps on "This Gift" or the quirky guitar riff leading into Dan Peters rollicking drum rolls on "You Got It." "When Tomorrow Hits" is easily the sleeper hit of the record; later memorably covered by Sonic Boom in the dying days of Spacemen 3, its slow, dreamily threatening build shows off the bands ability for subtlety amidst the volume. "Flat out Fucked" about sums up the whole ethos of the album -- careening pace, compressed feedback roar, and Mark Arms desperate but never self-important singing resulting in neo-garage rock anti-anthems. About as good is the brilliantly titled instrumental "Magnolia Caboose Babyshit," which gives Steve Turner and Arm a chance to show off some crazy acid rock/proto-funk guitar that avoids sucking, always a pleasure. A couple of draggy numbers and others that take a good idea but almost run too much with it ("Come to Mind," well, comes to mind) keep things from fully working, but next time out Mudhoney would have the perfect combination down. | ||
 | Album: 4 of 25 Title: Mudhoney plays “Hate the Police…” Released: 1990-11-01 Tracks: 4 Duration: 17:07 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Hate the Police (02:08) 2 Revolution (04:49) 3 The Rose (04:03) 4 Halloween (06:06) |
 | Album: 5 of 25 Title: Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge Released: 1991 Tracks: 14 Duration: 42:36 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Generation Genocide (01:13) 2 Let It Slide (02:35) 3 Good Enough (03:25) 4 Something So Clear (04:13) 5 Thorn (02:10) 6 Into The Drink (02:08) 7 Broken Hands (06:02) 8 Who You Drivin’ Now? (02:21) 9 Move Out (03:32) 10 Shoot The Moon (02:27) 11 Fuzzgun ’91 (01:52) 12 Pokin’ Around (03:30) 13 Don’t Fade IV (03:53) 14 Check‐Out Time (03:08) |
| Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge : Allmusic album Review : Whether it was Conrad Unos production, the addition of more instruments to the Mudhoney arsenal (notably, Mark Arm adds organ, as can be enjoyably heard on "Who You Drivin Now," among other numbers), a slew of brilliant songs, or a combination of the above, Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge found Mudhoney coming into their own album-wise. "Let It Slide," the albums lead single, fuses everything from surf rock drumming from Dan Peters to a delicious vocal whine on the verses from Arm into a hotwired classic. Its not so much grunge as speed-freak energy, and all the better for it given the caricatures of Sub Pops sound that would soon take over the airwaves. "Into the Drink" is another fun single, using acoustic and electric guitar to carry a nicely snotty garage stomp along, the full band adding one of their better chorus-gang shouts. More acoustic twang surfaces here and there (check out "Move Out"), helping to show that the variety of songs and styles is much more apparent and welcome here than on the self-titled album. The almost-pretty rushed guitar chime on "Good Enough" could be mid-80s New Order or the Wedding Present, while Steve Turners harmonica playing often suggests even deeper roots (and on "Pokin Around" is both quick on the pace and sweetly mournful). Unos eight-track production makes more of less plenty of times -- "Something So Clear" may not sound as full to some ears as their other records, but the basic guitar overdubs add just enough force, an effective simplicity (and Turners soloing is pretty great to boot). The six-minute "Broken Hands" is the one point on the album where the band completely freaks out, but unlike the takes-too-long moments of Mudhoney, its all worth it here, down to the final chaotic amplifier abuse. | ||
 | Album: 6 of 25 Title: Piece of Cake Released: 1992-10-30 Tracks: 17 Duration: 46:52 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 [untitled] (00:38) 2 No End in Sight (03:35) 3 Make It Now (04:25) 4 When in Rome (03:54) 5 [untitled] (00:25) 6 Suck You Dry (02:34) 7 Blinding Sun (03:38) 8 Thirteenth Floor Opening (02:30) 9 Youth Body Expression Explosion (01:59) 10 Im Spun (04:05) 11 [untitled] (00:39) 12 Take Me There (03:32) 13 Living Wreck (03:30) 14 Let Me Let You Down (03:58) 15 [untitled] (00:28) 16 Ritzville (02:40) 17 Acetone (04:15) |
| Piece of Cake : Allmusic album Review : By 1992, grunge was becoming rocks new Flavor of the Month, and Mudhoney, being the naturally contrary types that they were, seemed to be getting a bit bored with it; besides, after several years of roadwork, the band had gained enough speed and precision to allow the garage rock and old-school punk flavors to rise to the surface of their aural cocktail (or, more appropriately, their aural Trash Can Punch). Piece of Cake was the bands major-label debut, but you wouldnt have guessed that by listening to it; Conrad Unos production is as no-frills as ever, and the short bursts of goofy noise and techno parodies that punctuate the album make it clear Mudhoney were taking themselves (and their career) no more seriously than they ever had. If those looking for the big shaggy sloppiness of "Touch Me Im Sick" or "You Got It" might feel a bit let down by Piece of Cake, theres a snot-nosed fury to "No End in Sight" and "Suck You Dry" that makes it clear these guys were always a punk band at heart (albeit a punk band who really liked Blue Cheer), and if youre looking for heaviness, "Ritzville" and "Im Spun" will convince you they hadnt forgotten how to drop that D tuning. Faster and fiercer than ever, but no less fuzzy or messed-up, Piece of Cake proved Mudhoneys palate was a few shades broader than some folks might have expected, but without turning their backs on the glorious ugliness that was always their stock-in-trade. | ||
 | Album: 7 of 25 Title: Blinding Sun Released: 1993 Tracks: 4 Duration: 13:09 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Blinding Sun (03:45) 2 Deception Pass (02:54) 3 King Sandbox (02:45) 4 Baby O Baby (03:45) |
 | Album: 8 of 25 Title: Five Dollar Bobs Mock Cooter Stew Released: 1993-10-26 Tracks: 7 Duration: 23:06 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 In the Blood (03:07) 2 No Song III (04:11) 3 Between Me & You Kid (03:37) 4 Six Two One (02:34) 5 Make It Now Again (04:35) 6 Deception Pass (02:53) 7 Underide (02:07) |
 | Album: 9 of 25 Title: Mudhoney and Jimmie Dale Gilmore Released: 1994-03-01 Tracks: 5 Duration: 18:45 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Tonight I Think Im Gonna Go Downtown (02:50) 2 Blinding Sun (04:38) 3 Buckskin Stallion Blues (04:45) 4 Tonight I Think Im Gonna Go Downtown (02:52) 5 Blinding Sun (03:38) |
 | Album: 10 of 25 Title: My Brother the Cow Released: 1995-03-14 Tracks: 19 Duration: 50:10 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify TrackSamples Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Judgment, Rage, Retribution and Thyme (02:34) 2 Generation Spokesmodel (02:32) 3 What Moves the Heart? (03:12) 4 Today Is a Good Day (03:05) 5 Into Yer Shtik (03:48) 6 In My Finest Suit (04:56) 7 F.D.K. (Fearless Doctor Killers) (02:16) 8 Orange Ball-Peen Hammer (03:20) 9 Crankcase Blues (03:06) 10 Execution Style (02:24) 11 Dissolve (03:16) 12 1995 (05:43) 13 Mudhoney Funky Butt (01:23) 14 West Seattle Hardcore (00:50) 15 Sissy Bar (01:05) 16 Carjack 94 (01:16) 17 Sailor (00:24) 18 Small Animals (01:17) 19 Not Goin’ Down That Road Again (03:37) |
| My Brother the Cow : Allmusic album Review : Mudhoney didnt invent grunge, but they were one of the first bands to truly define the style, and thanks to the bizarro-world logic that has defined their career, they seemed to loose interest in the stuff once you could actually make serious money playing it, ensuring that they wouldnt have to deal with the mainstream adulation that made followers like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden into multi-platinum cash cows. By 1995, grunges brief fling on the charts was pretty much over … just in time for Mudhoney to decide they liked the stuff again, and make the finest album of their career, My Brother the Cow. On My Brother the Cow, Mudhoney finally found a noisy middle ground where their fondness for Billy Childish and Blue Cheer could peacefully coexist, and the songs are less sludgy and more driving than their early classics, but with enough cheap stomp-box thunder to remind you of whos playing. A few years on the road had made Mudhoney a much stronger and tighter band, able to fully grasp the hard rock guitar figures they dearly loved to mock, but without falling into big rock pomp. And they came up with a dozen tunes that gave them plenty of room to sneer brilliantly (one of their greatest gifts), especially "Generation Spokesmodel," "F.D.K. (Fearless Doctor Killers)," and "Into Yer Shtik" (in which some nameless rock scene figure is advised to "blow your brains out too"). And as icing on the cake, the CD has the greatest hidden bonus track of all time. For better or worse, Mudhoney always played their game their own way, and they never played it better than on My Brother the Cow. | ||
 | Album: 11 of 25 Title: Tomorrow Hit Today Released: 1998-09-11 Tracks: 12 Duration: 46:51 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 A Thousand Forms of Mind (04:42) 2 I Have to Laugh (03:28) 3 Oblivion (03:27) 4 Try to Be Kind (02:56) 5 Poisoned Water (02:45) 6 Real Low Vibe (02:56) 7 This Is the Life (03:33) 8 Night of the Hunted (03:04) 9 Move With the Wind (03:49) 10 Ghost (04:34) 11 I Will Fight No More Forever (02:54) 12 Beneath the Valley of the Underdog / Talkin Randy Tates Specter Blues (08:39) |
| Tomorrow Hit Today : Allmusic album Review : On their fourth release for Reprise and seventh overall, Mudhoney show that they have absolutely no plans to mellow out in their old age. On Tomorrow Hit Today, the influential Seattle outfit harness their attack more than the full-throttle previous release, My Brother the Cow. Mark Arm still sings with all the attitude he can muster, while the others gleefully bash away at their instruments, creating tunes comparable to the enjoyable racket that the New York Dolls and Stooges laid down earlier. And its very impressive that Mudhoney can still deliver true garage rock all these years later -- "I Have to Laugh" and the opening "A Thousand Forms of Mind" are classic Mudhoney stompers, and they mix it up with 60s surf ("Night of the Hunted") and blues-rock ("Move With the Wind"). Along with the Melvins, Mudhoney remained one of the few remaining Seattle originals, and Tomorrow Hit Today is one of their finest and most focused. | ||
 | Album: 12 of 25 Title: Here Comes Sickness: The Best of BBC Recordings Released: 2000 Tracks: 21 Duration: 1:01:14 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Here Comes Sickness (03:31) 2 If I Think (03:30) 3 By Her Own Hand (03:15) 4 You Make Me Die (01:33) 5 Judgement, Rage, Retribution and Thyme (02:25) 6 Dissolve (03:00) 7 Poisoned Water Poisons the Mind (02:11) 8 Editions of You (02:38) 9 Suck You Dry (02:27) 10 You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face) (02:26) 11 What Moves the Heart (03:08) 12 In My Finest Suit (04:46) 13 Judgement, Rage, Retribution and Thyme (02:19) 14 This Gift (03:02) 15 Into Your Schtik (03:44) 16 Touch Me Im Sick (02:40) 17 Fuzzgun 91 (01:54) 18 Poisoned Water Posions the Mind (02:06) 19 When Tomorrow Hits (03:25) 20 1995 (04:55) 21 Hate the Police (02:10) |
| Here Comes Sickness: The Best of BBC Recordings : Allmusic album Review : Divided up into three different encounters with the BBC, Here Comes Sickness exhibits Mudhoney in their youth for a 1989 in-studio appearance on The John Peel Show, in their later years for a 1995 in-studio show for Evening Session, and a live concert set from 1995s Reading Festival for the John Peel Show. As far as the live, in-studio programs, Mudhoney is fairly tight. The production of the in-studio tracks from 1989 and 1995 are louder and cleaner sounding than the album versions of the songs. A perfect example is the opening number and title track "Here Comes Sickness." The band plays at a much more frantic pace filled with more emotion than the version from their 1989 self-titled album. Mark Arms vocals slur and hiss, Steve Turners lead guitar work stings with a vengeance, Matt Lukins bass chugs along, and Dan Peters drums are well-miked, adding to the overall strength of the tracks. Some of the songs are also sketches for their studio albums. The edition of "Poisoned Water Poisons the Mind," which later evolved into "Poisoned Water" on 1998s Tomorrow Hit Today, is shorter due to the absence of its guitar solo and outro. "Judgement, Rage, Retribution and Thyme," which turned up on 1995s My Brother the Cow, is more stripped down and less chintzy than that records version, which included a corny marimba line. Flaws begin to appear in the Reading set though, but its mainly due to how the instruments are mixed. Arms vocals vary from being some of his best, projecting the feeling that hes going to rip someones head off ("Into Yer Schtik"), to sounding his weakest, fighting to be heard over the loud guitars ("Judgement, Rage, Retribution and Thyme"). Lukins bass is also nearly inaudible throughout the majority of the Reading set, and Peters drums seem to fade in and out. | ||
 | Album: 13 of 25 Title: March to Fuzz Released: 2000 Tracks: 52 Duration: 2:24:06 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 In n Out of Grace (05:30) 2 Suck You Dry (02:34) 3 I Have to Laugh (03:28) 4 Sweet Young Thing Ain’t Sweet No More (03:46) 5 Who You Driving Now? (02:21) 6 You Got It (02:49) 7 Judgement, Rage, Retribution, and Thyme (02:33) 8 Into The Drink (02:08) 9 A Thousand Forms of Mind (04:42) 10 Generation Genocide (01:13) 11 If I Think (03:37) 12 Here Comes Sickness (03:40) 13 Let It Slide (02:35) 14 Touch Me I’m Sick (02:31) 15 This Gift (03:34) 16 Good Enough (03:25) 17 Blinding Sun (03:40) 18 Into Your Shtik (03:45) 19 Beneath the Valley of the Underdog (05:15) 20 When Tomorrow Hits (02:40) 21 Make It Now Again (04:35) 22 Hate the Police (02:08) 1 Hey Sailor (00:23) 2 Twenty Four (02:45) 3 Baby Help Me Forget (02:30) 4 Revolution (04:47) 5 You Stupid Asshole (02:18) 6 Who Is Who (01:25) 7 Stab Your Back (00:54) 8 Pump It Up (03:11) 9 The Money Will Roll Right In (02:30) 10 Fix Me (00:52) 11 Dehumanized (01:19) 12 Shes Just 15 (02:11) 13 Baby O Baby (03:46) 14 Over the Top (02:36) 15 You Give Me the Creeps (01:05) 16 March to Fuzz (02:19) 17 Ounce of Deception (01:50) 18 Paperback Life (01:35) 19 Bushpusher Man (02:26) 20 Fuzzbuster (02:00) 21 Overblown (02:59) 22 Run Shithead Run (02:50) 23 King Sandbox (02:44) 24 Tonight I Think Im Gonna Go Downtown (02:50) 25 Holden (02:48) 26 Not Going Down That Road Again (03:38) 27 Brand New Face (02:24) 28 Drinking for Two (02:11) 29 Butterfly Stroke (03:31) 30 Editions of You (02:39) |
| March to Fuzz : Allmusic album Review : Mudhoney was most convincing when the 7" recording format limited their more indulgent tendencies. In general (especially early on), their albums were always peppered with great songs -- usually variations on the bands trademark scuzzy sound and sneering attitude -- but rarely sustained momentum all the way through, thanks in part to the bands weakness for ponderous jams. The sorely needed, two-disc best-of March to Fuzz attempts to have it both ways: the first disc is a generous, 22-track overview of their recordings from 1988-1998, while the second compiles 30 rarities for the devotees. Its a tactic thats been used before, and its usually maddening, giving both casual and die-hard fans an entire disc they dont want. But March to Fuzz actually works very well. For one, its not priced as a double-disc set, and for another, both discs are actually very strong. Mudhoneys sound didnt change very much over the course of their career, which means that even though disc one isnt arranged chronologically, everything is pretty much of a piece. Its also very well chosen, even if the surprisingly strong latter-day albums My Brother the Cow and Tomorrow Hit Today arent heavily represented. But the disc makes a convincing case that Mudhoney never stopped making bruising, vital rock & roll, or writing great (albeit samey) songs. The rarities disc is surprisingly entertaining, featuring plenty of cover versions, cranky goofs, and songs that were certainly better than some of their album tracks, but were relegated to B-sides or indie compilations. Their 60s garage and surf roots are actually summed up very effectively here, as well as their love of early-80s hardcore. March to Fuzz might be a little hard to handle all in one sitting, but its hard to imagine a better overview of Mudhoneys career. | ||
 | Album: 14 of 25 Title: Since Weve Become Translucent Released: 2002-08-20 Tracks: 10 Duration: 46:37 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Baby, Can You Dig the Light (08:26) 2 The Straight Life (03:33) 3 Where the Flavor Is (03:34) 4 In the Winners Circle (04:27) 5 Our Time Is Now (03:39) 6 Dyin For It (04:54) 7 Inside Job (02:51) 8 Take It Like a Man (02:35) 9 Crooked and Wide (04:54) 10 Sonic Infusion (07:40) |
| Since We've Become Translucent : Allmusic album Review : Yes folks, Mudhoney is back -- three years after the near-fatal one-two punch of Matt Lukins resignation from the band and Reprise Records dropping the group from their roster, the founding fathers of grunge have shaken off the dust and recorded Since Weve Become Translucent, which oddly enough sounds a bit like the adventurous major-label project the band never bothered to make for Bugs Bunny. Mudhoney still ranks low on the slickness meter on Since Weve Become Translucent (the entire album was recorded in eight days), but the band sounds at once heavier and more confident than it did during its major-label tenure, and the addition of horns on three tracks (and violin on one) adds new textures to the classic Mudhoney throb without crushing the bands personality or spirit. (Dont fret -- the often atonal sax on the Stooges-esque "Baby, Can You Dig the Light" could have been pulled straight from side two of Fun House, while "Where the Flavor Is" is a raunchy slice of mutant funk in the manner of Exile on Main Street.) While Guy Maddison is in many respects a stronger bassist than Lukin was, he has the good sense to stay in the background where he belongs, and if Mark Arm and Steve Turner are playing less dropped-tune metalized riffs these days, this is still Mudhoney, and theres something gloriously unclean about the snotty "The Straight Life," the sleazy "Where the Flavor Is," and the menacingly anthemic "Our Time Is Now" after all these years. Since Weve Become Translucent isnt always the Mudhoney you remembered, but the album clearly carries the stamp of the bands personality, and shows the group can still rock out while pulling a few new tricks from its collective sleeve. Nice to have you back, guys -- did you bring beer money? | ||
 | Album: 15 of 25 Title: Under a Billion Suns Released: 2006-03-07 Tracks: 6 Duration: 28:42 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Where Is the Future (Tucker Martine remix) (08:01) 2 Hard on for War (Rough mix w/Horns) (04:02) 3 Dig Those Trenches (Unreleased) (03:24) 4 On the Move (Johnny Sangster version) (04:49) 5 It Is Us (Rough mix w/Horns) (03:31) 6 Blindspots (Rough mix w/Original Horns) (04:52) |
| Under a Billion Suns : Allmusic album Review : Did anyone ever attribute much of a social conscience to Mudhoney back in the day when they were "The Guys Who Built Grunge"? All these years later, their outrage at the state of the world around them has finally reared its head on their seventh studio album, Under a Billion Suns. Dont worry, Mudhoney have not gotten goopy or sensitive, theyve just found new things to snarl about that have a greater degree of political significance -- "Hard-On for War" is a rude but emphatic number in which you learn why "horny old men are always eager for war." The current era of conspicuous consumption goes under the knife in "Empty Shells"; "Where Is the Future" rails against the empty accomplishments of the 20th century, and "It Is Us" reminds all of who is really to blame. But while Mudhoney might be more eager to man the barricades in the era of Dubyah and Iraq, they thankfully dont sound a whole lot different than they did in their salad days -- in fact, Under a Billion Suns is one of the hardest and tightest albums this band has ever made. While theres just enough slop to assure you this is Mudhoney, and Steve Turner still has his collection of distortion pedals in good repair, drummer Dan Peters and semi-new bassist Guy Maddison have given these sessions a rock-solid backbone that has just the right amount of give but also pummels with impressive force, while Turner and Mark Arm lock their guitars with a precision theyve rarely mustered in the past. Arm is also wailing like a guy half his age on vocals, and the horn section (arranged by Craig Flory) kicks the songs forward without getting in the way. The closing freak-out on "Blindspots" recalls the noise-damaged finales of the Stooges Fun House and the MC5s High Time. In short, Mudhoney are rocking as well as they ever have on Under a Billion Suns, and have something to say while theyre doing it -- could it be theyre (gulp) maturing? | ||
 | Album: 16 of 25 Title: Live Mud Released: 2007-11-06 Tracks: 11 Duration: 40:15 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Mudride (06:38) 2 The Straight Life (03:09) 3 I Saw the Light (02:23) 4 No One Has (03:32) 5 Our Time Is Now (03:17) 6 Touch Me Im Sick (02:42) 7 On the Move (04:38) 8 Suck You Dry (02:32) 9 Hard-On for War (03:44) 10 In & Out of Grace (05:16) 11 Hate the Police (02:24) |
 | Album: 17 of 25 Title: The Lucky Ones Released: 2008-05-20 Tracks: 11 Duration: 36:22 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 I’m Now (02:40) 2 Inside Out Over You (03:25) 3 The Lucky Ones (04:52) 4 Next Time (03:01) 5 And the Shimmering Light (03:05) 6 The Open Mind (02:26) 7 What’s This Thing? (02:53) 8 Running Out (03:28) 9 Tales of Terror (03:17) 10 We Are Rising (04:30) 11 New Meaning (02:39) |
| The Lucky Ones : Allmusic album Review : The Lucky Ones marks Mudhoneys twentieth anniversary as a band, and in those two decades theyve evolved from the guys that first brought the Seattle sound to loser record collectors around the world into a living anachronism as the Last Grunge Band Left Alive. But The Lucky Ones is a telling album to release on Mudhoneys big birthday, as its the simplest and most unadorned album the band has released since 1995s overlooked masterpiece My Brother the Cow, and also the best. While Since Weve Become Translucent and Under a Billion Suns proved Mudhoney had lost nothing in the way of fire or focus in the Twenty-First Century, The Lucky Ones is a brave step backwards into the primitivism of Superfuzz Bigmuff, and though Tucker Martines engineering and mix is cleaner and better detailed than what Jack Endino brought to the bands early sessions, the approach seems much the same -- roll tape and lurch into the songs with all the muscle the boys can muster, and when the band kicks into fourth gear on "The Open Mind," "Im Now" and the title cut, this stuff comes on as raw and messed-up as anything Mudhoney has unleashed in years, and Steve Turners guitar work is little short of feral. The twisted sense of humor that informed much of Mudhoneys "classic period" is in short supply, but Mark Arms command of the verbal sneer remains unsurpassed, and when he bellows "the lucky ones have already gone down," its with the voice of the leader of the last gang in town. For good or ill Mudhoney remain bloody but unbowed, heavyweight champions of fuzz and feedback, and on the evidence of The Lucky Ones, no one with any sense is going to challenge their title anytime soon; they built this strange machine, and they can drive it better than anyone before or since. | ||
 | Album: 18 of 25 Title: Live at El Sol Released: 2009-10-20 Tracks: 21 Duration: 1:18:17 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 You Got It (03:10) 2 Suck You Dry (02:37) 3 It Is Us (03:31) 4 Where Is the Future (05:34) 5 Inside Job (02:55) 6 No One Has (03:41) 7 Sweet Young Thing Aint Sweet No More (04:08) 8 Touch Me Im Sick (02:36) 9 Where the Flavor Is (03:29) 10 I Have to Laugh (04:20) 11 Mudride (07:25) 12 Into the Drink (02:16) 13 Get Into Yours (03:51) 14 Hard-On for War (03:55) 15 In n Out of Grace (06:57) 16 Hate the Police (04:19) 17 The Money Will Roll Right In (02:46) 18 Next Time (03:21) 19 New Meaning (02:21) 20 Fix Me (01:25) 21 Tales of Terror (03:40) |
 | Album: 19 of 25 Title: Head on the Curb Released: 2011-01-18 Tracks: 12 Duration: 34:45 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Ritzville (02:48) 2 I Want to Live (02:31) 3 King Sandbox (02:48) 4 13th Floor Opening (02:22) 5 Living Wreck (03:18) 6 Acetone (03:32) 7 No End in Sight (03:30) 8 Underide (02:38) 9 Fun and Games (02:02) 10 Confusion (02:34) 11 When in Rome (04:25) 12 I Hate the Bloody Queen (02:17) |
 | Album: 20 of 25 Title: Vanishing Point Released: 2013-04-01 Tracks: 10 Duration: 34:08 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Slipping Away (04:44) 2 I Like It Small (03:40) 3 What to Do With the Neutral (03:28) 4 Chardonnay (01:38) 5 The Final Course (04:19) 6 In This Rubber Tomb (03:33) 7 I Dont Remember You (02:33) 8 The Only Son of the Widow From Nain (02:45) 9 Sing This Song of Joy (03:32) 10 Douchebags on Parade (03:51) |
| Vanishing Point : Allmusic album Review : Growing up gracefully would seem to be a contradiction for a band as cheerfully vulgar as Mudhoney, but theres no mistaking that the members of the quintessential Seattle quartet are comfortable within their own skins. They know what they are, they know theyre not gonna change their stripes, not even as they glare at middle age right in the face. If anything, they revel in being crotchety old gits on 2013s Vanishing Point, pledging allegiance to garage punk, dropping references to long-gone pop culture phenomena, happy to wallow in their misanthropy. And, unlike on the preceding The Lucky Ones -- released way back in 2008; the five-year wait is the longest between Mudhoney records, signaling the bands slow descent into middle age -- Mark Arms savage wit is on full display, as he scrapes himself against all manner of modern irritations. Arm rails against "Chardonnay" popping up on a backstage rider and people acting like long-lost friends, gets revolted by the "Douchebags on Parade," facetiously sings a song of joy and feigns positivity on "What to Do with the Neutral." As he sneers out his disgust, Mudhoney stomp out blitzkrieg rockers and Stooges dirges, working within their wheelhouse but gamely stretching out, encompassing hints of blues and elastic slide guitars. It is, in other words, a Mudhoney album through and through: no outright surprises sonically, but beneath the roar its hard not to admire how their perennial piss-takes are subtly deepening and how their saturated superfuzz always sounds so good. | ||
 | Album: 21 of 25 Title: Live at Third Man Records Released: 2014-03-04 Tracks: 10 Duration: 40:22 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Slipping Away (04:23) 2 Here Comes Sickness (03:54) 3 When Tomorrow Hits (03:24) 4 In n Out of Grace (08:04) 5 Im Now (02:57) 6 The Final Course (04:44) 7 What to Do With the Neutral (03:39) 8 Ghost (04:21) 9 Chardonnay (02:00) 10 The Only Son of the Widow From Nain (02:56) |
 | Album: 22 of 25 Title: On Top: KEXP Presents Mudhoney Live on Top of the Space Needle Released: 2014-04-19 Tracks: 10 Duration: 27:03 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Touch Me Im Sick (02:15) 2 Im Now (02:50) 3 The Final Course (04:06) 4 Into the Drink (02:22) 5 Chardonnay (01:49) 6 Who You Drivin Now? (02:09) 7 What To Do With The Neutral (03:31) 8 I Dont Remember You (02:23) 9 Suck You Dry (02:49) 10 The Only Son of the Widow From Nain (02:49) |
 | Album: 23 of 25 Title: LiE Released: 2018-01-19 Tracks: 11 Duration: 38:36 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Fuzz Gun ’91 (01:43) 2 Get Into Yours (03:26) 3 Poisoned Water (02:30) 4 The Final Course (06:01) 5 What to Do With the Neutral (03:13) 6 I’m Now (02:42) 7 Judgement, Rage, Retribution and Thyme (02:37) 8 I Like It Small (02:51) 9 Suck You Dry (02:31) 10 Editions of You (03:35) 11 Broken Hands (07:21) |
| LiE : Allmusic album Review : Considering their well-reported goofy side and a playfully contrary attitude that seemed in no way careerist, very few would have expected Mudhoney would prove to be one of the most enduring groups of Seattles first grunge explosion in the late 80s. But 30 years after the release of Superfuzz Bigmuff, the band is not only still at it (and with 75% of their original lineup), theyre sounding as strong as ever. There have been scattered documents of Mudhoneys skills as a live act over the years, but 2018s LiE is the first fully authorized, non-limited-edition album to preserve the dirty glory of a Mudhoney concert on plastic. Recorded in 2016 during a string of dates in various European locales, LiE ("Live in Europe") puts its focus on some of the lesser-known gems from the bands catalog; while "Suck You Dry" is one of Mudhoneys standards, otherwise they pass over fan favorites like "Touch Me, Im Sick" and "In n Out of Grace" in favor of deeper cuts such as "Get into Yours," "Im Now," and "I Like It Small," all of which sound like top-shelf material in this context. Theres just enough looseness in these performances to honor the punk side of their personality, but LiE finds them rocking as hard and as confidently as they did in their heyday, if not more so. Mark Arms fevered howl is authoritative, Steve Turners guitar work still fractures 50 years of rock guitar figures into one articulate six-string snarl, Guy Maddisons bass work gives these performances a rock-solid foundation, and Dan Peters drumming explodes like a cluster bomb from first song to last. Mudhoney is a part-time job for these guys in 2018, but that seems to have only focused their resolve. Theyre still playing this stuff because they love it, and they know theyre good at it. And no one who listens to LiE will question either statement. | ||
 | Album: 24 of 25 Title: Digital Garbage Released: 2018-09-28 Tracks: 11 Duration: 34:43 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Nerve Attack (02:45) 2 Paranoid Core (02:31) 3 Please Mr. Gunman (03:30) 4 Kill Yourself Live (04:48) 5 Night and Fog (04:04) 6 21st Century Pharisees (02:35) 7 Hey Neanderfuck (02:40) 8 Prosperity Gospel (03:48) 9 Messiah’s Lament (03:04) 10 Next Mass Extinction (03:25) 11 Oh Yeah (01:29) |
 | Album: 25 of 25 Title: Live - May 22 2015 - LÉpicerie Moderne - Feyzin - France Released: 2018-12-18 Tracks: 10 Duration: 00:00 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Sonic Infusion (?) 2 I Like It Small (?) 3 You Got It (?) 4 Sweet Young Thing Aint Sweet No More (?) 5 You Stupid Asshole (?) 6 1995 (?) 7 FDK (?) 8 Here Come Sickness (?) 9 In n Out of Grace (?) 10 The Only Son of the Widow From Nain (?) |