mudhoney news
2003
Mudhoney will open from the one and only legendary rock'n'roll hero
Bo Diddley! The show is scheduled for January 2 at the Seattle Showbox.
On March 7th they will play there again, this time with the Melvins.
Thanks to Philip for the info.
[26 Dec]
Some recent record suggestions from Mark:
The new Nebula record is pretty
rockin'. Eddie played bass on it.
I haven't heard the new Wellwater
Conspiracy record yet (I need to get to the store).
The new Country Teasers on In The Red
is mighty fine.
[12 Nov]
You may remember about September's Mojo review of
the reissued & expanded "Piece Of Cake" and "My Brother The Cow" CD's
[see related news]. That article came with a band picture,
whose caption said, "My A6R doesn't understand me". This month's Mojo (#120 and 10th
anniversary issue) hosts the following mail from Mark in the Letters section:
I'm somehow baffled by the caption which accompanies the Mudhoney photo in your
latest issue (#118). David Katznelson. our A&R person at Reprise, fought long and
hard on our behalf. He was (and remains) a true friend. If anyone at Reprise understood
us, it was David. Besides, "understanding" isn't something that we expected from a record
label, "freedom" is. David has since left the major label world and started up several
labels of his own (check out
www.thebirdmangroup.com)
which champion artistic freedom. Let there be no doubt: David Katznelson is one righteous
motherfucker.
[9 Nov]
There are various new things in the press page, covering
almost each step of the band's career. The first one is a pre-Mudhoney piece from a February
'88 issue of Backlash. Then there's the infamous "dark
metal" interview from the EGBDF era which appeared on the Italian magazine
Rumore. Documenting the MBTC release is another interview,
taken from an old issue of the legendary Danish fanzine Moshable.
There's a bunch of new stuff from the THT period too, including a lenghty
Flipside interview, and Mark Arm's feature on Bob Bert's
BB Gun fanzine (the issue with poor Elliot Smith on the cover,
which I scanned the very same day he would take his life). Finally, I've collected almost all
the emails I got from the guys when Jam asked for an interview
for the release of SWBT. Have fun.
[Oct 22]
The Wylde Ratttz cover of "T.V. Eye"
will be included on the soundtrack for the movie "School Of Rock". The record will
come out on Atlantic.
[Sep 23]
I ran into mister Mike Watt at a show the other night, and guess what? He says the
Wylde Ratttz record is finally coming
out. I've heard this rumor hundred times in the past years, but this time it came
from Watt himself, and with the whole Iggy And The Stooges reunion thing going on,
this could be really it.
[Sep 15]
Here's some comments from Mark about some recent news:
I found out about ["Piece of Cake" and "My Brother the Cow" reissues] from a friend of
mine [Keith Cameron] who writes for
Mojo. He called me to ask about them because he was
going to write something on these for the magazine. He had to tell me what was going to
be on them. Warners has not contacted us.
[I have typed down Mojo's interview with Mark here]
Jason [Ziemniak] asked me to write & record a song from a title he gave me. It sounded
like a fun little project so I marched down to the basement and recorded "Coke limo"
on the 4-track.
[Aug 23]
From Jason Ziemniak:
I'm putting out a compilation CD where I gave a musician a song title and they
wrote the song. Mark Arm did a song called "Coke limo". Other musicians that
participated include Thurston Moore, Mike Watt, Johnette Napalitano, Nels Cline
and Neil Fallon. There are 22 songs in all. It is available through my website:
http://www.chromepeeler.com
for $10ppd.
[Aug 21]
Ex Headcoatee Holly Golightly, propelled into some well deserved mainstream fame (after
about ten albums that went almost completely unnoticed) by her collaboration with the
White Stripes, had the following to say when asked about her currently favourite music:
"I've been playing Steve Turner's solo record - it's the only contemporary record
I've got."
So one more good reason to go out and get Steve's "Searching For Melody" LP.
[Aug 20]
Reprise UK is releasing CD reissues of "Piece of Cake" and "My Brother the Cow",
both with bonus tracks and extra artwork. The new "Piece of Cake" now also includes
"Over the top", "King sandbox", "Baby o baby" and the entire "Five Dollar" EP, while
"My Brother the Cow" gets the six short sketches off the bonus 7" which came with the
original vinyl version of the album plus "Not goin' down that road again".
[Aug 19]
Updates from Mark:
There's not much news at the moment. We have 3 new songs. One is
recorded and is coming out on a Buddyhead comp (check out
www.buddyhead.com).
We're playing a handful of shows in the pacific northwest and in
California. We haven't had much time to work on new shit, which
is a bit frustrating, but what can you do, right?
[Steve and me] have been playing in bands together non-stop now
for 20 years this month!
[Aug 6]
In a new
article
Mark talks about some new songs that will be premiered at a gig
in Bellingham on August 8.
[Jul 30]
I am moving out of town and there will be no computer in my new home. So
I'm afraid I won't be able to update the website on a regular basis for a
while. Please refer to
www.muddclubb.com
for a better show schedule.
[Jun 5]
Steve Turner's first solo album is coming out today on the spanish label
Houston Party.
An american edition on Rosalyn records is expected, although its release
date is still unknown.
Steve Turner: "Searching for melody" 6 de Mayo. HPR081. (CD)
El guitarrista de Mudhoney es uno de los responsables del rock n' roll y
la explosión grunge en los 90. Ahora vuelve con un álbum en solitario que
mantiene toda la esencia de su música anterior pero con una orientación
mucho más blues y folkie.
Steve also has various shows scheduled in Spain. He will probably
fly over to the UK for some gigs there, too.
[May 6]
As a new addition to their catalog of official Mudhoney merchandise,
Kung Fu has reissued the
legendary "Big Muff" t-shirt. If you can have just one tee, it has
to be that one!
[May 5]
powerHouse Books is pleased to announce the November 2003 release of:
Touch Me I'm Sick
Photographs by Charles Peterson
Introduction by Eddie Vedder
Essay by Jennie Boddy
Featuring 92 photographs—eighty of them never published before—spanning
16 years, Touch Me I'm Sick, Peterson's third monograph, documents the
raw power of live performances by the soon-to-be-famous artists and their
dedicated fans. Yet, Peterson's photographs do not rely on the cult of
celebrity to tell this compelling tale of angst, anxiety, and acoustics.
Rather, they capture the cathartic ritual between musician and fan played
out in seedy clubs reeking of sweat and stale beer. Bored, alienated youth
with nothing better to do than bash their instruments and mosh their bodies
in a barrage of sound, song, and furious energy are mirrored with his
signature style of wide-angle intimacy, swirling lights, and a strange sense
of grace. Peterson, who became known mostly for his signature style "blur",
exploited by use of the open shutter flash technique, capturing bands at the
height of their intensity. Marvels of controlled chaos and swirling lights,
his live photographs plucked spontaneous beauty from the tumult of a rock
show, revealing the depth and honesty of its most unguarded moments.
Featuring photographs of grunge legends Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden,
Sleater Kinney, Mudhoney, Sonic Youth, L7, Hole, and Black Flag, among
others, as well as excerpts from Your Flesh, Flipside, Melody Maker,
B-side, Swellsville, and Chemical Imbalance, Touch Me I'm Sick is the
perfect mix of art and journalism for music purists and connoisseurs.
[Apr 30]
According to Mark, Mudhoney have three new songs ready and are currently working on
new material. "The difficulty is working practices around eveyone's schedules". In
the meantime, you can download their latest tune, "Hard on for war", from the
Protest Records website.
Also, there are some plans to bring Tim Kerr in Seattle this fall in order to
complete the new Monkeywrench album (for which about six tracks were recorded
last year). "You may have heard that Tim broke his leg at a Total Sound show
during SXSW last month. I was there. It was pretty freaky".
Mudhoney have not future tour plans, nor they will participate to european
summer festivals. Steve will soon be back in Spain and England though.
[Apr 20]
Thurston Moore has recently started a new online label, Protest Records
(www.protest-records.com),
whose intent is to distribute mp3's of protest songs by both famous bands and unknowns acts.
Mudhoney will contribute with a new song, "Hard on for war" which should be online in
a matter of days (a diffrent mix will be issued later on a CD compilation). Other
artists who have sent in material to the project so far include Ian McKaye, Cat Power,
Eugene Chadbourne, Jim O'Rourke, the Beastie Boys and Damon & Naomi.
[Mar 27]
From the Sub Pop website:
2003 marks Sub Pop's 15th anniversary, and we're putting together
a compilation to commemorate the event. Terminal Sales (Sub Pop's
offices were originally located in the "Terminal Sales Bldg." here
in Seattle) will be a two-disc set spanning 1988 to the present,
featuring a very subjective chronological collection of "greatest
hits and rarities" (including a slew of as-yet-unreleased-on-CD
tracks, many issued originally as part of the infamous Sub Pop
Singles Club). Among others, Terminal Sales will include tracks
from: Sebadoh, Beachwood Sparks, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Shins,
Sonic Youth, Mudhoney, Iron & Wine, Soundgarden, The White Stripes,
Ugly Casanova, Les Savy Fav, Hot Hot Heat, Rapeman, Nirvana, The
Murder City Devils, Bright Eyes, and Ween.
[Mar 20]
Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter/Steve Turner "Moon Over Troubled Town"
b/w "Nothing but the Blues" and "People Take Trips" (BBB007) Split 7" record
will be out April 5 on
Burn Burn Burn.
[Mar 19]
Steve premiered some new songs during his show last night in London, and said that his album
is coming out on the Loosemusic label in May
[Mar 2]
Mudhoney appears on the "Up yours! Punk's not dead" compilation coming with the March issue of the UK music
magazine Mojo with a live cover of Hawkwind's "Urban guerilla" taken
from the 9 Sep 02 Peel Session.
[Mar 1]
Alberto Sordi 1920-2003. America'... faje Tarzan!
[Feb 25]
From Mark:
It is imperative that you click all three links
http://www.8ung.at/lsgfan/0201/qmag_mar2003_cl01.jpg
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[Feb 6]
There's a new web site dedicated to the Thrown Ups, and it's great!
http://www.geocities.com/thrownups
[Jan 24]
Jim from Bronx Cheer Records has provided some ordering informations for that Monkeywrench / ILCK split 7":
The Monkeywrench/The Immortal Lee County Killers
Bronx Cheer Records, Cat No: 3,000,002 BC
Released 27th May 2002
Pressing: 1000 copies, all black vinyl
The Monkeywrench - "Levitation" (13th Floor Elevators)
The Immortal Lee County Killers - "Goin' Down South" (R.L. Burnside)
It's available for £2.50 (UK), $5 (elsewhere) including p&p from:
BRONX CHEER, PO BOX 13, GLASGOW, G12 8YT, SCOTLAND, UK
[Jan 8]
Mudhoney will not perform at the L.A. Shakedown festival as previously reported. On the other hand,
they're playing in Seattle on February 14th with the Scientists.
[Jan 6]
