Superfuzz Bigmuff-1988 Sub Pop Records
Mudhoney-1989 Sub Pop Records
Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles-1990 Sub Pop Records
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge-1991 Sub Pop Records
Piece Of Cake-1992 Reprise Records
Five Dollar Bob’s Mock Cooter Stew -1993 Reprise Records
My Brother The Cow-1995 Reprise Records
Tomorrow Hit Today-1998 Reprise Records
March To Fuzz-2000 Sub Pop Records
Here Comes Sickness: The Best Of BBC Sessions-2000 Strange Fruit Records/Fuel 2000
4.2.-What’s the story behind “Superfuzz Bigmuff”?
. It was the band first E.P.
. It was released October 1st 1988
. Sub Pop Records SP 21
. It was recorded by Jack Endino at Reciprocal Recording Studios in Seattle
Superfuzz Bigmuff contains the following songs:
1. Need
2. Chain That Door
3. Mudride
4. No One Has
5. If I Think
6. In ‘N’ Out Of Grace
4.3.- Why was the first album called Superfuzz Bigmuff?
Because those two are the favorite distortion pedals of Mark and Steve, in the liner notes of the album Mark is listed as playing vocals and Superfuzz and Steve as playing Bigmuff .
4.4.-What’s the story behind “Mudhoney”?
. It was the band’s first LP
. It was released November 1st 1989
. Sub Pop Records SP 44
. It was recorded by Jack Endino at Reciprocal Recording Studios in Seattle
Mudhoney contains the following songs:
1. This Gift
2. Flat Out Fucked
3. Get Into Yours
4. You Got It
5. Magnolia Caboose Babyshit
6. Come To Mind
7. Here Comes Sickness
8. Running Loaded
9. The Farther I Go
10. By Her Own Hand
11. When Tomorrow Hits
12. Dead Love
4.5.-What’s the story behind “Superfuzz Bigmuff” Plus Early Singles?
. It was the CD version of Superfuzz Bigmuff adding the first singles released by the band
. It was released September 25th 1990
. Sub Pop Records SP 21a
. All songs recorded by Jack Endino at Reciprocal Recording in Seattle
Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles contains the following songs:
1. Touch Me I’m Sick
2. Sweet Young Thing Ain’t Sweet No More
3. Hate The Police
4. Burn It Clean
5. You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face)
6. Halloween
7. No One Has
8. If I Think
9. In ‘N’ Out Of Grace
10. Need
11. Chain That Door
12. Mudride
4.6.-What’s the story behind “Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge”?
. It was the band’s second LP
. It was released July 1st 1991/August 6th 1991
. Sub Pop Records SP 105
. Produced by Conrad Uno and Mudhoney
. Recorded by Conrad Uno at Egg Studios, Seattle
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge contains the following songs:
1. Generation Genocide
2. Let It Slide
3. Good Enough
4. Something So Clear
5. Thorn
6. Into The Drink
7. Broken Hands
8. Who You Drivin’ now?
9. Move Out
10. Shoot The Moon
11. Fuzz Gun ‘91
12. Pokin’ Around
13. Don’t Fade IV
14. Check-Out Time
4.7.-What’s the story behind “Piece Of Cake”?
. It was the band’s first major label LP
. It was released October 6th 1992
. Reprise Records 45090
. Produced by Conrad Uno and Mudhoney
. Recorded by Conrad Uno at Egg Studios, Seattle
Piece Of Cake contains the following songs:
1. Untitled
2. No End Sight
3. Make It Now
4. When In Rome
5. Untitled
6. Suck You Dry
7. Blinding Sun
8. Thirteenth Floor Opening
9. Youth Body Expression Explosion
10. I’m Spun
11. Untitled
12. Take Me There
13. Living Wreck
14. Let Me Let You Down
15. Untitled
16. Ritzville
17. Acetone
4.8.-What’s the deal with the four untitled tracks?
It was Steve’s idea. The band told during a NME interview that each band member were given 45 minutes to write, perform, record and produce a short track, that were then included in the record, they are titled: “Techno” by Mark Arm; “Snippet (Snip It)” by Matt Lukin; “Wooden Legged Cowboy Buck” by Steve Turner and “The Fortez” by Dan Peters.
4.9.-What’s the story behind “Five Dollar Bob’s Mock Cooter Stew”?
. It was the band’s first major label EP
. It was released October 12th 1993
. Reprise Records 45439
. Produced by Kurt Bloch and Mudhoney. Except tracks 6 and 7 Produced by Conrad Uno and Mudhoney.
. Recorded by Kurt Bloch at Hanzsek Audio in Seattle on August 1st, 1993. Except 6 and 7 recorded by Conrad Uno at Egg Studios in Seattle on June 1992.
Five Dollar Bob’s Mock Cooter Stew contains the following songs:
1. In The Blood
2. No Song III
3. Between Me & You Kid
4. Six Two One
5. Make It Now Again
6. Deception Pass
7. Underide
4.10.- What’s the story behind “My Brother The Cow”?
. It was the band second major label LP
. It was released March 28th 1995
. Reprise Records 45840
. Produced by Jack Endino and Mudhoney
. Recorded and Mixed by Jack Endino at The Ranch in Seattle in October 1994
My Brother The Cow contains the following songs:
1. Judgment, Rage, Retribution and Thyme
2. Generation Spokesmodel
3. What Moves The Heart?
4. Today, Is A Good Day
5. Into Yer Shtik
6. In My Finest Suit
7. FDK (Fearless Doctors Killers)
8. Orange Ball-Peen Hammer
9. Crankcase Blues
10. Execution Style
11. Dissolve
12. 1995
13. Untitled
4.11.-What’s that track at the end of 1995?
That track contains most of the album recorded backwards (from "1995" to "What moves the heart?").
4.12.-What does the title My Brother The Cow means?
The story goes that Renestair E.J., from Bloodloss, was easing the pain of his strife-ridden romance with his girlfriend by, as Dan puts it, "anesthetizing himself with heavy amount of bourbon”. “So we stop at a drive-through," Peters continues, "and he's in the back of the car, passed out. We asked him if he wanted anything, and he kinda came to enough to say, 'I will not eat anything of my brother the cow.' And he passed out again." Now you know.
4.13.-Is it true that Into Yer Shtik was written about Courtney Love?
No. Mark has said that the song was written way before Kurt killed himself, so the line: "You're so tormented.... Why don't you blow your brains out, too? ... You make me sick/You're so into your shtik”, it’s not about Courtney. So Mark said that: “'Into Yer shtik' could apply to people in corporate offices kissin' ass and shit."
4.14.-Is Generation Spokesmodel about Chris Cornell/Kurt Cobain?
In an interview Mark was asked: “Q: Generation Spokesmodel also sounds like it could have something to do with Kurt. A: Yeah, I know. But I think I was thinking more about Eddie Vedder when I wrote it.”
4.15.-Is 1995 a cover of the Stooges 1969?
According to Mark: “The basic idea is the same, and it starts the same, so it's kind of obvious that it is some kind of tribute, but the guitar-riff is completely ours. We've only borrowed the frame”.
4.16.- What’s the story behind “Tomorrow Hit Today”?
. It was the band’s last major label LP
. It was released September 22nd 1998
. Reprise Records 47054
. Produced by Jim Dickinson and Mudhoney
. Recorded by Adam Kasper at Studio Litho in Seattle
Tomorrow Hit Today contains the following songs:
1. A Thousand Forms Of Mind
2. I Have To Laugh
3. Oblivion
4. Try To Be Kind
5. Poisoned Water
6. Real Low Vibe
7. This Is The Life
8. Night Of The Hunted
9. Move With The Wind
10. Ghost
11. I Will Fight No More Forever
12. Beneath The Valley Of The Underdog (Talkin’ Randy Tate’s Specter Blues)
4.17.- What’s that song at the end of Beneath The Valley Of The Underdog?
The song that starts after two minutes of silence after the end of Beneath The Valley Of The Underdog is Talkin’ Randy Tate’s Specter Blues and it is mentioned in the linear notes of the booklet.
4.18.-Is the version of Poisoned Water Poisons The Mind the same that appears on Black Sheep?
No, the version that appears on Tomorrow Hits Today was re-recorded with Jim Dickinson during those sessions. The version that was supposedly to appear on the unreleased “Black Sheep” soundtrack was recorded earlier, in September 1995 by Jack Endino.
4.19.-Who’s Roland James and what’s his relation with Mudhoney?
He used to be Jerry Lee Lewis' guitar player and he did some guitar work on Tomorrow Hits Today. Steve said that :"Roland did a few guitar leads, it was really fast. We weren't there for more than 45 minutes, but Roland seems like a really nice guy. Jim thought it was really good and that Roland approved of it."
4.20.-What’s the story behind “March To Fuzz”?
. It was the long awaited Mudhoney “Anthology”
. It was released January 18th 2000
. Sub Pop Records SP 500
. It contains two discs: “best of “ and “rarities and B-sides”
. Produced by Jack Endino (Tracks 1,4,6,7,11,12,14,15,18,20 and 22 CD 1; 1,2,3,4,15,25 and 26 CD 2), Conrad Uno (Tracks 2,5,8,10,13,16 and 17 CD 1; 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23 and 24 CD 2), Kurt Bloch (Track 21 CD 1) & Jim Dickinson (3,9 and 19 CD 1; 27,28,29 and 30 CD 2)
March To Fuzz contains the following songs:
Disc 1 best of:
1. In ‘N’ Out Of Grace
2. Suck You Dry
3. I Have To Laugh
4. Sweet Young Thing Ain’t Sweet No More
5. Who You Driving Now?
6. You Got It
7. Judgment, Rage, Retribution And Thyme
8. Into The Drink
9. A Thousand Forms Of Mind
10. Generation Genocide
11. If I Think
12. Here Comes Sickness
13. Let It Slide
14. Touch Me I’m Sick
15. This Gift
16. Good Enough
17. Blinding Sun
18. Into Your Shtik
19. Beneath The Valley Of The Underdog
20. When Tomorrow Hits
21. Make It Now Again
22. Hate The Police
Disc 2 rarities and B-sides:
1. Hey Sailor
2. Twenty Four
3. Baby Help Me Forget
4. Revolution
5. You Stupid Asshole
6. Who Is Who
7. Stab Your Back
8. Pump It Up
9. The Money Will Roll Right In
10. Fix Me
11. Dehumanized
12. She’s Just 15
13. Baby O Baby
14. Over The Top
15. You Give Me The Creeps
16. March To Fuzz
17. Ounce Of Deception
18. Paperback Life
19. Bushpusher Man
20. Fuzzbuster
21. Overblown
22. Run Shithead Run
23. King Sandbox
24. Tonight I Think I’m Gonna Go Downtown
25. Holden
26. Not Going Down That Road Again
27. Brand New Face
28. Drinking For Two
29. Butterfly Stroke
30. Editions Of You
4.21.- What’s the story behind “Here Comes Sickness: The Best Of The BBC Recordings”?
. It was released August 2000
. Strange Fruit Ltd/Fuel 2000 Records 302 061 176 2
. Produced by Dale Griffin (Tracks 1-4) and Miti Adhikari (Tracks 5-21)
. Engineered by Mike Robinson (Tracks 1-4) and Mithi Adhikari (Tracks 5-21)
. Recorded for The John Peel Show May 9th 1989 (Tracks 1-4), The Evening Session May 24th 1995 (Tracks 5-8) and The John Peel Show live at the Reading Festival August 27th 1995.
Here Comes Sickness: The Best Of The BBC Recordings contains the following songs:
1. Here Comes Sickness
2. If I Think
3. By Her Own Hand
4. You Make Me Die
5. Judgment, Rage, Retribution And Thyme
6. Dissolve
7. Poisoned Water Poisons The Mind
8. Editions Of You
9. Suck You Dry
10. You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face)
11. What Moves The Heart
12. In My Finest Suit
13. Judgment, Rage, Retribution And Thyme
14. This Gift
15. Into Yer Shtik
16. Touch Me I’m Sick
17. Fuzz Gun ‘91
18. Poisoned Water Poisons The Mind
19. When Tomorrow Hits
20. 1995
21. Hate The Police
4.22.-What singles are there?
Touch Me I’m Sick b/w Sweet Young Thing Ain’t Sweet No More 1988 Sub Pop Records
Split with Sonic Youth: Halloween (Mudhoney) b/w Touch Me I’m Sick (Sonic Youth) 1988 Sub Pop Records
You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face) b/w Burn It Clean 1989 Sub Pop Records
This Gift b/w Baby Help Me Forget 1989 Sub Pop Records
You’re Gone b/w Thorn/You Make Me Die 1990 Sub Pop Records
Mod Showdown! (Split with Halo Of Flies): She’s Just Fifteen (Mudhoney) b/w Jagged Time Lapse (Halo Of Flies) 1991 Amphetamine Reptile
Split with Gas Huffer: You Stupid Asshole (Mudhoney), Firebug (Gas Huffer) b/w Knife Manual (Gas Huffer), March To Fuzz (Mudhoney) 1991 eMpTy
Let It Slide b/w Ounce Of Deception/Check Out Time (alt. Version) 1991 Sub Pop Records
Suck You Dry b/w Deception Pass 1992 Reprise Records
Blinding Sun b/w Deception Pass, King Sandbox 1992 Reprise Records
Split with The Jesus And Mary Chain: Who Is Who (Mudhoney) b/w Heat (The Jesus And Mary Chain) 1992 Soil Samples
Split with George Clinton: Pump It Up (Mudhoney) b/w Stomp (George Clinton) 1993 Fox
Split with J.D. Gilmore: Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown (Mudhoney) b/w Blinding Sun (J.D. Gilmore)/Buckskin Stallion Blues (Mudhoney & J.D. Gilmore) 1994 Sub Pop Records
Into Yr Shtik b/w You Give Me the Creeps 1995 Super Electro
Generation Spokesmodel b/w Not Goin' Down That Road Again 1995 Reprise
Night Of The Hunted b/w Brand New Face 1998 Super Electro
Split with Davie Allan And The Arrows: Fuzz Gun 2001/Blues For Stoner (Mudhoney) b/w Encounter (Davie Allan And The Arrows) 1999 Gearhead
Butterfly Stroke b/w Editions Of You 1999 Sub Pop Records
4.23.-What´s the story behind “No. 1 Video In America This Week”?
. It’s the only long form video released by the band
. It was released in 1995 by Warner Video
. It contains all the music videos released by the band and some live footage
No. 1 Video In America This Week contains the following videos:
1. Generation Genocide
2. Judgment, Rage, Retribution And Thyme
3. Generation Spokesmodel
4. Into The Drink
5. Suck You Dry
6. Good Enough
7. Let It Slide
8. This Gift
9. Blinding Sun
10. Here Comes Sickness
11. No Song III
12. Who You Driving Now?
4.24.-What songs have they covered?
Mudhoney has played live and recorded a lot of covers from such diverse artist like: Roxy Music, Black Flag, The Reverend Horton Heat, The Stooges, The Angry Samoans, Alice Cooper, Sonic Youth, The Dicks, The Scientists… To find a list with most of Mudhoney’s covers and to find about the originals click here.
Last Updated: June 29, 2002