mudhoney news

1997

"OK, here's the setlist from tonight:

In & Out of Grace
Sweet Young Thing
Touch Me
Good Enough
J, R, R & T
Into the Drink
New song... think it was "Real Low Vibe"
Get into Yours
New song... think it was "This is the Life"
New song... "I have to laugh"
When Tomorrow Hits
You Got It
Twenty-four (!) (This was the first MH song to be released!)
"Ghost" by the Cheater Slicks ("Who also celebrated their ten-year anniversary in March of this year")

Encore:

New song... introduced as "Oblivion into Infinity"
Suck You Dry
Poisoned Water Poisons the Mind
...and finally a ripping version of Hate the Police

I'm goin' to bed now..."

Jack Endino, 19 Dec '97 (night)

"I will very possibly be at the show tonight, but it's in a small club and if it gets too claustrophobic my wife and I probably won't stay for the whole thing... that's assuming we can even get in the door, it might be pretty crowded. We'll see; that's what was so good about those "Underdog" shows, you sorta had to be paying attention to realize Mudhoney was playing, but this show is in a smaller club and there's been tons of publicity..."

Jack Endino, 19 Dec '97 (morning)

"We're planning on recording [the new LP] in Seattle this January with Jim Dickinson producing and Adam Caspar engineering. It probably won't come out until the summer or early fall."
"We'll release the B-side comp after the new record comes out (then there'll be more good unreleased songs to choose from). We've got about 25 songs that we're going to record (3 covers) so there'll be plenty left over."
"Check out the Cheater Slicks new double CD "Forgive Thee" on In the Red. It's great!"

Mark Arm, 29 Oct '97

"Mudhoney are getting ready to record a new album, due next spring on Warner Bros. They'll be doing it in Memphis with Jim Dickinson at the helm. Dickinson has worked with Big Star and Alex Chilton and once played piano for the Stones."

The Seattle Rocket, 23 Oct '97

"[Asked if the next show was actually scheduled for Oct 31] How the hell do you hear this stuff? Yes, that show got confirmed late last week. We're playing with KARP and The Murder City Devils. Halloween, ooh scary."

Mark Arm, 10 Oct '97

"We [The Fall-Outs] are looking looking and not finding a bass player. Know anyone? It's not that we can't find one, but the good ones Rusty from Flop, Ben from Hater/Soundgarden, Steve/Mud etc., are all too busy. We might put out an album by ourselves, just me and Davey. Problem is, then we couldn't tour."
"The new web site changes all the times as I get more stuff. And as soon as I learn more HTML and scanner-lingo I'll have picture galore gorey."

Dino Lencioni, 1 Oct '97

"Valis are playing with the mighty Fu Manchu @ the OK Hotel on October 25."

Mark Arm, 29 Sept '97

(This is, hopefully, the definitive date for the show, originally scheduled for Sept 28)

"Don't know any more about Mudhoney than you already saw on my page. They have the songs but I don't know their recording plans. I don't think they include me, but heck, I did three of their records, they gotta try other people."

Jack Endino, 19 Sept '97

"Yes, Valis is playing the 28th. It's a benefit for someone who got seriously injured in a motorcycle accident and has no insurance."

Mark Arm, 17 Sept '97

"We [Bloodloss] have been recording a little bit here and there since last November. Reprise won't put it out until after the next Mudhoney album. So there's nothing coming out in the near future.
"[Talking about the many Wilde Rattz songs that won't be insered in the "Velvet Goldmine" soundtrack] There are plans to do some more recordings and release them."
"Beneath the Valley of the Underdog is playing Saturday August 30 with the Urinals and Wellwater Conspiracy at the Crocodile Cafe in Seattle. You should check both out. The Urinals are a seminal, underappreciated LA punk band from 78 to 81. Amphetamine Reptile just released a CD that pretty much collects everything. They became 100 Flowers because their music was changing and they felt the name th Urinals was no longer appropriate. There's a great CD which has all the 100 Flowers songs (except one). I can't remember who put it out. Super Electro released the Wellwater Conspiracy on vinyl, it's great (one of my favorite SE recordings). Someone else (I'm not sure who, but Steve can tell you), put out the CD."

Mark Arm, 11 July '97

(The Wellwater Conspiracy CD is available on Third Gear Records, PO Box 1886, Royal Oak, MI 48068)

"[Talking about a Thrown Ups reunion] I think it's pretty unlikely. But we're all still friends. If there was a really cool show and everyone was in the right mood, it could still happen. We did get together for a photo shoot a couple months ago for a magazine article and we all had fun."

John "Seighton" Beezer, 6 July '97

(John kindly sent me that recent photo, but it's strictly © so no commercial use is allowed, got it?)

"We just returned from Austin where we played Emo's 5th anniversary with the Lord High Fixers (Tim from Monkeywrench, Big Boys, Poison 13, Jack o' Fire, etc. latest outfit) and Raleigh where we played our T-shirt company's 10th anniversary with Sonic Youth and Redd Kross."
"We're playing around town a bit, sometimes as Mudhoney and other times as Beneath the Valley of the Underdog (one of our new songs). When we're Beneath the Valley of the Underdog we only play brand new songs that we're trying to whip into shape before we record our next album this fall. This is the first time we've played a set of all unreleased songs since 1988. It's a blast."

Mark Arm, 3 July '97

"Dan's playing in Valis, with Van Conner, and Kurt Danielson -it's pretty rocking stuff. And Mudhoney has been working on tons of new songs to record in August, for a new record! We've even got some shows around town lined up. Mark's working hard with Bloodloss, too. And Matt's brewing beer, working on models, and watching a lot of European soccer. I've been putting out a few Super Electro releases, riding my bike, searching out the rare Punk records and boning up on proper lawn care."

Steve Turner, 13 May '97