Mudhoney
The Reissue Section: Summer 2021
From deep jazz spiritualism to big dumb rock, Summer 2021 has been chockfull of archival releases of old favorites, obscure discoveries and newly unearthed recordings that will appeal to a vast array of music fans with ice cream money to burn. I keep hearing about how the CD era is dead and all that stuff. But this current cache of archival titles continues to prove the compact disc is very much a format that continues to bring joy and happiness to a large swath of the music-buying public. So yes, CD players still belong in cars, you savages! Stone Temple PilotsTiny Music…Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop Deluxe Edition (Atlantic/Rhino) Third albums are the ones that tend to cement an act’s career in a way that either helps them ascend to new heights or sink like a stone. For Stone Temple P...
Esteemed Grunge Band Deserved Fame
As mainstays in Seattle’s music scene, Mudhoney are used to looking back on their career. Whether it’s giving their take on the days of grunge or reminiscing about time spent with the late Kurt Cobain, Mudhoney aren’t opposed to revisiting the past. The band’s most recent project is one that finds them returning to the glory days of 1991, the year grunge officially broke. Mudhoney’s second album, Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge, celebrates its 30th anniversary with an expanded, deluxe reissue courtesy of their long-time label Sub Pop – but only because the guys in the band asked. “They weren’t paying attention so I had to raise my hand,” says vocalist/guitarist Mark Arm, who also works in the label’s warehouse. “I was thinking about the next round number for one of our Sub Pop releases becau...
Mudhoney to Release 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Just over a month after becoming the official name of Seattle’s newest tunnel boring machine, Mudhoney is back with a very different kind of announcement. The grunge pioneers are releasing a remastered deluxe edition of Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge to celebrate the album’s 30th anniversary this July. The 29-track (really, they couldn’t find one more?) release will feature B-sides, alternate versions, and demos in addition to remastered versions of the original songs. The announcement came alongside a video release of classic concert footage for the remastered version of “Ounce of Deception.” Check out the new (old) video below. [embedded content] And see below for the full track list. Generation Genocide (Remastered)Let It Slide (Remastered)Good Enough (Remastered)Something So C...
‘This Is Anything But Boring’: Seattle Names New Tunnel Boring Machine After Mudhoney
Despite only putting out one album in the last eight years, the people of Seattle clearly still love Mudhoney. Seattle Public Utilities held a public naming contest for its latest massive piece of machinery — a tunnel boring machine that will be used to build a storage space for the Ship Canal Water Quality Project in order to reduce Seattle’s sewer overflow — and “MudHoney” came out on top. More than 35,000 people voted for the name, with the nod to the grunge band topping “Daphne,” “Molly the Mole,” “Boris the Plunger,” and even “Sir Digs-A-Lot” in the final round. “Since the late ’80s, Mudhoney, the Seattle-based foursome whose muck-crusted version of rock, shot through with caustic wit and battened down by a ferocious low end, has taken a stand against overflows in our waterw...
The 25 Best Soundtrack Albums of the 1990s
In the 1980s, music and film collided for cross-promotional blockbusters both transcendent (Purple Rain) and transcendently cheesy (Footloose). In the ‘90s, soundtracks continued to sell in the millions, capturing cultural moments like the Seattle grunge of Singles or the Britpop and electronica of Trainspotting. Auteurs like Quentin Tarantino and Wes Anderson reached deep into their record collections to set the mood while movies like Above the Rim and Menace II Society pioneered the concept of soundtracks as hip-hop mixtapes. A great soundtrack can propel an unsuccessful single, like Seal’s “Kiss From A Rose,” to the top of the charts, or revive a decades-old hit, like Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.” It can also push a cult singer-songwriter like Elliott Smith or Aimee Mann to an Oscar perf...
Sonic Youth, Mudhoney Members Unearth Stooges Cover Recorded in 1997
The Stooges’ Ron Asheton, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and Steve Shelley, Mudhoney’s Mark Arm, Minutemen/Stooges Mike Watt and Sean Lennon, along with producer/musician Don Fleming and Jim Dunbar, joined forces in 1997 as Wylde Ratttz to record covers and originals for Todd Haynes’ 1998 film Velvet Goldmine, an homage to David Bowie and the ’70s glam scene. From that session, the band recorded a version of the Stooges’ “Fun House.” To celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Stooges’ second album, the group has unearthed “Fun House.” The cut features guitarist Asheton with Mudhoney’s Mark Arm on vocals and Sabir Mateen on tenor sax. The original version of the song is 7:45; this version stretches to nearly 12 minutes. Anoth...
Melvins and Mudhoney Cover Black Flag and Neil Young on New EP
Members of the Melvins and Mudhoney have joined forces for a new EP titled White Lazy Boy. On the four-song collection, which was released last week via Amphetamine Reptile Records, you can hear Mudhoney’s Mark Arm and Steve Turner jam with Buzzo, Dale Cromer and bassist Steve McDonald. Great news, right? Not so fast. The EP was issued on CD (remember those?) and, it’s completely sold out. Thankfully, due to the joys of the internet, the covers of Black Flag’s “My War” and Neil Young’s “Drive Back” are online. But what the Seattle legends do is rip, and they certainly let it fly on these tracks. White Lazy Boy is out now — if you can get your hands on it. Listen to the songs below. [embedded content] [embedded content] [embedded content] [embedded content] You Deserve to Mak...
