See getting older CAN be cool. Just look at Sub Pop and Mudhoney, they’re both turning 20 this year. And to celebrate their wrinkles Sub Pop is putting out as many Mudhoney records as they can. And that kicks ass in my book.
Speaking of Mudhoney records, someone at Sub Pop (I know one of your fuckers read this site) needs to send me that “Live Mud” LP you put out last year as well as everything below too as payment for writing about this band so much. Come on dudes… you owe me.
Anyways, back to Mudhoney… Yeah, these dudes are back with their best record in ten years called “The Lucky Ones”. It’s their eighth record and it’s a fuckin’ rock n’ roll classic! Now that’s rare. It’s a must buy for any non-pussy rock fan! Check out track number uno on this baby called “I’m Now”, it rips!
As well as a new Mudhoney record, Sub Pop is also putting out a remastered deluxe edition of Superfuzz Bigmuff (which the label “unfortunately, failed to convince the band to call Superduperfuzz Biggermuff??…) that contains the original ??Superfuzz… EP in its correct running order, the singles, a couple demos , nine songs live in Berlin 1988 and six songs live on KCSB. All of which is pretty sick, which made it hard to pick what to share with you…
Check out the first two tracks from the live in Berlin 1988 show. You gotta love stage banter like “Ich bin Berliner” which was a reference to JFK’s “I am a donut” bloop in Germany back in the day. Mudhoney was rad, is rad and most likely will always be rad.
Mudhoney – No One Has (live in Berlin 1988)
Mudhoney – Sweet Young Thing (live in Berlin 1988)
And if that wasn’t enough Mudhoney for you then check out the interview I did with Mark Arm for Buddyhead back in 2005 (which because we haven’t had time to upload the archives – isn’t even on Buddyhead anymore), their cover of Void’s “Dehumanized” (which sounds amazing really loud through a PA) and the “Gimme Skelter” version of “Hard-On For War”.
Mudhoney – “Dehumanized” (Void cover)
Mudhoney – Hard-On For War (Gimme Skelter version)
Update: Mark Arm among other “grunge icons” are in the new TAD DVD titled “Busted Circuits And Ringing Ears“. Which is actually more about the whole Sub Pop scene than it is about TAD so it’s a pretty good watch. I recommend it.
TAD “Busted Circuits And Ringing Ears” trailer

















