Mudhoney
Mudhoney is an American alternative rock band formed in Seattle, Washington… Read Full Bio ↴Mudhoney is an American alternative rock band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1988, following the demise of Green River. Mudhoney's members are singer and rhythm guitarist Mark Arm, lead guitarist Steve Turner, bassist Guy Maddison and drummer Dan Peters. Original bassist Matt Lukin left the band in 1999.
Mudhoney's early releases on the Sub Pop label, particularly their debut single "Touch Me I'm Sick" and the Superfuzz Bigmuff EP, were massively influential on the Seattle music scene. More than almost any other release of the era they inspired the dirty, high-distortion sound that would become grunge. Later on, Mudhoney also mixed heavy blues rock and punk rock into their sound at various stages. Although the band has found little commercial success during its long career, which has yielded ten studio albums, it has inspired countless grunge and alternative rock musicians.
Band history
Mr. Epp and the Calculations
The very beginnings of Mudhoney start out in Bellevue, Washington, a suburb of Seattle. While at Bellevue Christian High School, Mark McLaughlin (later known as Mark Arm) and some friends started Mr. Epp and the Calculations, a band named after a math teacher of his. The band was more a joke band than a real band; their first "show" was in class singing Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give It Up" and using rolled up maps as guitars because they couldn't play real instruments. "Mr. Epp" finally played their first show three years after they formed in 1981. Around this time Mark Arm and a friend of his, Steve Turner formed a more serious yet still humorous band, Limp Richerds. Mr. Epp appeared on KZAM-AM radio and were introduced being called "the worst band in the world". They played their last show on February 3, 1984 with Malfunkshun at the Metropolis in Seattle.
Green River
Green River was formed in 1984 when Mark Arm and Steve Turner pulled together and recruited Alex Vincent, who had previously played with Turner in Spluii Numa. Looking for a bass player the band asked Jeff Ament to join their band. Ament had recently arrived in Seattle with his band Deranged Diction who had come out of Montana. Another one of Turner's former bandmates, Stone Gossard, also decided to play with them. Steve Turner left the band after the recording of Come on Down due to his distaste in the heavy metal leanings of the band. He was replaced by another Derranged Diction member, Bruce Fairweather. After recording two EPs and a full-length album, the band decided to call it quits in 1987. Gossard, Ament, and Fairweather went on to join Mother Love Bone. Following lead singer, Andrew Wood's death, Gossard and Ament went on to form Pearl Jam and Fairweather joined Love Battery. Arm reunited with Steve Turner to form Mudhoney.
Sub Pop (1988–1991)
Steve Turner wanted to start a band that actually rehearsed before they played. He and Mark Arm began working on some music along with Bundle of Hiss drummer Dan Peters. The trio decided that Matt Lukin, who had recently left Melvins, should join them as the bassist. They named themselves Mudhoney after a Russ Meyer film that none of the band members had actually seen.
Mudhoney's partial success led to a number of other Seattle bands, such as Soundgarden, Nirvana, and Tad, gaining some recognition. In the early '90s, Sub Pop was not making very much money. As a result, many of its bands left the label to search for backing by major labels. Mudhoney decided to stay and they released their second album, Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge in 1991. However, after this album was released they were offered a deal with Reprise Records and they left Sub Pop Records to join their new major label in 1992.
Reprise (1992–1999)
As grunge was becoming more mainstream, Mudhoney shifted away from their early grungy music sound. Many of the bands that they were friends with (Nirvana and Pearl Jam) were having huge success and gaining popularity worldwide. Their first album on Reprise was Piece of Cake, which was an album that sounded much more like garage rock than grunge. Despite the fact that the band had signed on to a major label, they still kept their quirkiness and non-careerist attitude with them.
In 1995, when grunge was in its last days in the mainstream, Mudhoney decided to go back to the sound that they used to have. With their album My Brother the Cow they managed to mix both their early heavy dirge songs and some of their more punk rock songs on the same album. The song "Into Your Shtik" is said to be a song which bashes Courtney Love, saying that she should blow her head off too like her husband Kurt Cobain. The album is a fan favorite and is considered one of their finest albums. Two years later they released Tomorrow Hit Today. The album showed that Mudhoney still had their garage rock roots in them as well as including new blues rock type songs.
In 1996, Mudhoney appeared in the comedy movie Black Sheep, starring Chris Farley and David Spade. Mudhoney was shown playing at an MTV concert and then speaking with Farley backstage.
After a few years of touring, Reprise decided to release Mudhoney from their label. One of the reasons was Mudhoney's record sales had reached a career low despite the fact their live shows were drawing more people than ever before. Subsequently, bassist Matt Lukin called it quits, saying that he didn't like touring. The band released March to Fuzz, a retrospective compilation of songs from throughout their career. Many fans thought that the band was going to stop playing music altogether, although they did play a few shows around the Northwest area.
Return to Sub Pop (1999— )
These shows were doing so well that Mudhoney decided to resurrect their careers. They found permanent bassist Guy Maddison (of Monroe's Fur, Lubricated Goat) who had played with Mark Arm in one of his many side projects, Bloodloss. After Arm and Turner spent time with their side project, The Monkeywrench, the band recorded and released Since We've Become Translucent in 2002. In late 2005, the band opened Pearl Jam's South American tour, with concerts in Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires, Porto Alegre, Curitiba, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. In March of 2006, the band released the well received LP, Under a Billion Suns. The band has promoted the album by touring in Europe and the U.S. with bands such as Jennifer Gentle, The Holy Soul and Comets on Fire.
Mudhoney's early releases on the Sub Pop label, particularly their debut single "Touch Me I'm Sick" and the Superfuzz Bigmuff EP, were massively influential on the Seattle music scene. More than almost any other release of the era they inspired the dirty, high-distortion sound that would become grunge. Later on, Mudhoney also mixed heavy blues rock and punk rock into their sound at various stages. Although the band has found little commercial success during its long career, which has yielded ten studio albums, it has inspired countless grunge and alternative rock musicians.
Band history
Mr. Epp and the Calculations
The very beginnings of Mudhoney start out in Bellevue, Washington, a suburb of Seattle. While at Bellevue Christian High School, Mark McLaughlin (later known as Mark Arm) and some friends started Mr. Epp and the Calculations, a band named after a math teacher of his. The band was more a joke band than a real band; their first "show" was in class singing Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give It Up" and using rolled up maps as guitars because they couldn't play real instruments. "Mr. Epp" finally played their first show three years after they formed in 1981. Around this time Mark Arm and a friend of his, Steve Turner formed a more serious yet still humorous band, Limp Richerds. Mr. Epp appeared on KZAM-AM radio and were introduced being called "the worst band in the world". They played their last show on February 3, 1984 with Malfunkshun at the Metropolis in Seattle.
Green River
Green River was formed in 1984 when Mark Arm and Steve Turner pulled together and recruited Alex Vincent, who had previously played with Turner in Spluii Numa. Looking for a bass player the band asked Jeff Ament to join their band. Ament had recently arrived in Seattle with his band Deranged Diction who had come out of Montana. Another one of Turner's former bandmates, Stone Gossard, also decided to play with them. Steve Turner left the band after the recording of Come on Down due to his distaste in the heavy metal leanings of the band. He was replaced by another Derranged Diction member, Bruce Fairweather. After recording two EPs and a full-length album, the band decided to call it quits in 1987. Gossard, Ament, and Fairweather went on to join Mother Love Bone. Following lead singer, Andrew Wood's death, Gossard and Ament went on to form Pearl Jam and Fairweather joined Love Battery. Arm reunited with Steve Turner to form Mudhoney.
Sub Pop (1988–1991)
Steve Turner wanted to start a band that actually rehearsed before they played. He and Mark Arm began working on some music along with Bundle of Hiss drummer Dan Peters. The trio decided that Matt Lukin, who had recently left Melvins, should join them as the bassist. They named themselves Mudhoney after a Russ Meyer film that none of the band members had actually seen.
Mudhoney's partial success led to a number of other Seattle bands, such as Soundgarden, Nirvana, and Tad, gaining some recognition. In the early '90s, Sub Pop was not making very much money. As a result, many of its bands left the label to search for backing by major labels. Mudhoney decided to stay and they released their second album, Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge in 1991. However, after this album was released they were offered a deal with Reprise Records and they left Sub Pop Records to join their new major label in 1992.
Reprise (1992–1999)
As grunge was becoming more mainstream, Mudhoney shifted away from their early grungy music sound. Many of the bands that they were friends with (Nirvana and Pearl Jam) were having huge success and gaining popularity worldwide. Their first album on Reprise was Piece of Cake, which was an album that sounded much more like garage rock than grunge. Despite the fact that the band had signed on to a major label, they still kept their quirkiness and non-careerist attitude with them.
In 1995, when grunge was in its last days in the mainstream, Mudhoney decided to go back to the sound that they used to have. With their album My Brother the Cow they managed to mix both their early heavy dirge songs and some of their more punk rock songs on the same album. The song "Into Your Shtik" is said to be a song which bashes Courtney Love, saying that she should blow her head off too like her husband Kurt Cobain. The album is a fan favorite and is considered one of their finest albums. Two years later they released Tomorrow Hit Today. The album showed that Mudhoney still had their garage rock roots in them as well as including new blues rock type songs.
In 1996, Mudhoney appeared in the comedy movie Black Sheep, starring Chris Farley and David Spade. Mudhoney was shown playing at an MTV concert and then speaking with Farley backstage.
After a few years of touring, Reprise decided to release Mudhoney from their label. One of the reasons was Mudhoney's record sales had reached a career low despite the fact their live shows were drawing more people than ever before. Subsequently, bassist Matt Lukin called it quits, saying that he didn't like touring. The band released March to Fuzz, a retrospective compilation of songs from throughout their career. Many fans thought that the band was going to stop playing music altogether, although they did play a few shows around the Northwest area.
Return to Sub Pop (1999— )
These shows were doing so well that Mudhoney decided to resurrect their careers. They found permanent bassist Guy Maddison (of Monroe's Fur, Lubricated Goat) who had played with Mark Arm in one of his many side projects, Bloodloss. After Arm and Turner spent time with their side project, The Monkeywrench, the band recorded and released Since We've Become Translucent in 2002. In late 2005, the band opened Pearl Jam's South American tour, with concerts in Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires, Porto Alegre, Curitiba, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. In March of 2006, the band released the well received LP, Under a Billion Suns. The band has promoted the album by touring in Europe and the U.S. with bands such as Jennifer Gentle, The Holy Soul and Comets on Fire.
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Mudhoney Lyrics
01. Touch me I'm sick One, two Oh, wow, oh I feel bad And I've felt worse I'm a…
06.Suck You Dry Pull yourself together Take a stab at forever Relax and let …
16. Good Enough I've made mistakes That I'm sure I'll make again Guess I lik…
1995 Well, it's 1995, my friend Now we're closing in on the…
21st Century Pharisees Evangelical hypocrites Laying hands on a pile of shit There …
A Thousand Forms of Mind This really feels like flying Am I lighter than air? Perhaps…
Acetone Good morning dear, I think I'm losing it Can't find my…
Almost Everything I'm beside myself on the edge of your world Enlisting your…
And the Shimmering Light When the sun comes up And the shimmering light is just…
Baby Can You Dig The Light Baby, can you dig the light? This is the end of…
Baby Help Me Forget As she withered away before my eyes I guess I ran…
Baby O Baby Baby o baby Tonight, tonight Baby o baby It's right tonight …
Beneath the Valley of the Underdog In the Catholic seamen's club Every sailor is sacred In the …
Between Me & You Kid Woke up this morning face down on the rug I said…
Blinding Sun We fell asleep on the riverbank one sunny afternoon We fell…
Blindspots I got holes in my vision There are certain things I…
Brand New Face Hey baby, I love your face I love your face Baby, baby,…
Broken Hands I could see you coming From miles away I didn't want it,…
Burn It Clean (Hey, jackass) Got a burnin', it's so hot it shines The roa…
Bushpusher Man Every bone Deal with grease Every muscle Quivers before r…
Butterfly Stroke Anything is possible Anything is possible Believe in a wis…
By Her Own Hand She cut her face in the mirror last night Trying to…
Carjack '94 OK, Michael, go get Alex (OK, mommy. Where are we going?) …
Chain That Door Where do you think we've seen that girl? Chain that door,…
Chardonnay You've always been the critic's darling And a hit at all…
Check Out Time He checked out Gone for good He checked out Without a doubt …
Check-out Time He checked out Gone for good He checked out Without a dou…
Come to Mind Ah I feel you getting nearer I feel your fear I feel yo…
Crankcase Blues Got that crankshaft sticking Straight into your center line…
Crooked And Wide Going in to the smallest center And peel away every layer Ju…
Dead Love Ooh Yeah Lost my mind Digging a hole Bury a heart Bury my s…
Deception Pass Walking in the city Can see no stars above I don't need…
Dehumanized "I have no clue what the lyrics to dehumanized are.…
Dissolve Watch me Now They line them up They make them stand tall Th…
Don't Fade IV My dreams are turned to rust Leaving nothing, and nothing i…
Drinking For Two He'll say friend, have you met the new misses? Well,…
Dyin' For It First thing I remember baby, you came floating by And now…
Editions of You Well I'm here looking through an old picture frame Just wait…
Endless Yesterday Surround the Earth with a billion suns Spinning in daylight…
Execution Style You got me on the chopping block Threatening to cut me…
F.D.K (One, two, three, four) Daddy was a rapist For the word of…
Fashion Forecast Fashon forecast! (Matt: Don't we just eat and breath glamou…
Fix Me (Hi, this is Matt Lukin from Mudhoney, and I like…
Flat Out Fucked All sprawled out Laid to rest Woke up early Got it again I …
Generation Spokesmodel Oh I got these looks That just won't quit I got at…
Get Into Yours I'm crawling out of my skin I'm needing you again I'm craw…
Ghost I'm a ghost I'm driftin' into oblivion Just a gray, old ghos…
Goat Cheese Well something out here stinks like cow Bullshit so deep I'm…
Good Enough I've made mistakes That I'm sure I'll make again Guess I lik…
Halloween There's something shifting in the distance Don't know what i…
Hard-On For War Can you hear the little girls asking Daddy where have all…
Hate The Police Mommy, mommy, mommy Look at your son You might have loved me…
Here Comes Sickness Heh Here comes sickness Walking down my street Shaking her …
Hey Neanderfuck Hey neanderfuck I said hey, hey, hey neanderfuck So you got …
Hey Sailor Go up to the bar, sailor And have another beer Come here …
Holden Holden I can tell by the shuffle in your walk I can…
I Have To Laugh Woke up this morning I had a laugh Saw you lying there I…
I Like It Small I like it, I like it, I like it small I…
I Saw the Light You went down like a nuclear bomb I saw a flash…
I'm Now Well I still see that look in her eyes Passing thru…
I'm Spun I'm spun I'm spun I'm spun I'm spun Let's get it straight, …
If I Think I forgot how to breathe I forgot just what I need Saw…
In You swear you still got the fire But when I touch…
In 'n' Out of Grace "we want to be free.. we want to be free to-…
In My Finest Suit Oh I can't remember The day I was born Well, I can…
In the Blood You swear you still got the fire But when I touch…
In The Winner's Circle It's not as bad as it's been I don't remember, exactly…
In'n Out of Grace we want to be free.. we want to be free …
Inside Job I'm always watching I've been living like this All my life I…
Inside Out Over You Before you slipped up beside me I could tell it was…
Into The Drink You're messing, baby, messing hard Messing all the time Mess…
Into Yer Schtik You're so tormented Demented Indebted To all the assholes…
Into Your Schtik I'm crawling out of my skin I'm needing you again I'm crawli…
Into Your Shtik You're so tormented Demented Indebted To all the assholes Ju…
It Is Us Don't walk away now, lend me your ear Let me make…
Judgement Rage Retribution and Thyme When I look in the mirror In front of me In any…
Judgement, Rage, Retribution and Thyme When I look in the mirror In front of me In any…
Kill Yourself Live When I kill myself live I got so many likes Go on…
King Sandbox Always wanted more than he needs Always wanted more than he…
Let It Slide Let it slide Let it slide Let it slide Let it slide They ca…
Let Me Let You Down Let me let you Let me let you Let me let you Let…
Living Wreck Shoot for the stars My, my how lucky you are Shoot for…
Make It Now Make a hole Make it wide Make a hole Make it wide Make it…
Make It Now Again A day is so long without A day is so long…
Money Rolls Right In I'm going to Hollywood They'll see that I'm so good I won'…
Move Out A day is so long without A day is so long…
Move Under When you're on top They're gonna take their shots You gotta …
Move With The Wind Water is wet And rocks are hard But the wind, my friend Does…
Mudhoney Funky Butt We here at Mudhoney, incorporated Like to party Do you? W…
Mudride I got a mouth full of dirt A hand full of…
Need Give me love laced with lies There ain't much I haven't…
Nerve Attack With a turn of a key And a click of a…
New Meaning I found new meaning since you Said you were mine The plane…
Next Mass Extinction Nothing will replace us Nothing will replace us Nothing will…
Next Time I've been thinking of you Yeah, I've been thinking of you …
Night of the Hunted Got a handful of love on the left side A handful…
No End in Sight The way I see it you must be blind But can…
No One Has I've been so close to no way out I don't lock…
No Song III No legs No legs No legs No legs can't get me where I…
Not Goin' Down That Road Again I'm not goin' down that road again Can't [tell] too many…
Oblivion She rolled up from the bar with Kahlua and cream Parked…
Oh Yeah I wanna ride I wanna climb I wind up in this bowl…
On the Move All right, the time is now That's right, The shit is…
One or Two There's a lot of things that'll do you no good As…
Orange Ball-Peen Hammer Running nightly Through the streets of Jacksonville Seeking …
Ounce of Deception I feel unreal I feel this every day I steal to feel And…
Our Time Is Now Our time is coming Here comes our time Our time is now This…
Over The Top Shoot, shoot, shoot, hey Don't be unkind I'm out of my m…
Overblown (Ok, grunge-masters, here we go) Everybody loves us Everybo…
Paperback Life All the things you have done Come back to hurt me All…
Paranoid Core Robots and aliens stealing jobs They're bringing drugs, they…
Poisoned Water Like stacks and stacks of rats on rafts Clutchin' anything w…
Pokin' Around Alone the kitchen with the Crap in the cupboard You save f…
Prosperity Gospel Fuck the planet Screw your children Get rich You win! Build …
Pump It Up I've been on tenterhooks Ending in dirty looks Listening to …
Real Low Vibe I feel your stare: the eyes of a buzzard Yeah, I've…
Revolution Alright, look out I'm sick I'm so sick Of getting sick Every…
Ritzville Wear my heart on my sleeve And my head on the…
Run S**thead Run Got trouble behind you, he's on your tail Better not flinch,…
Running Loaded My love is staggering Your love is blind And you come runnin…
Running Out So you caught me flying by the seat of your…
Sailor Sailor Go up to the bar, Sailor And have another beer C…
She's Just 15 I know you're name You're stupid, little Bea You're just f…
Shoot The Moon Looking for a life in the back of your mind Looking…
Sing This Song of Joy You always got what you wanted Regardless of your need At …
Sissy Bar That's a nice looking bicycle seat Can I smell it? Mmmmmmm…
Six Two One There's a lot of things that'll do you no good As…
Small Animals Give me Give me Just get tough Hey, man would you like to…
Something So Clear Gray skies feel so good today Gray skies feel so good…
Sonic Infusion Don't hand me that line about Transubstantiation I'm not buy…
Stab Your Back As she went away before my eyes I guess I ran…
Stupid Asshole You take your clothes off I started to laugh That's when I…
Suck You Dry Pull yourself together Take a stab at forever Relax and let …
Sweet Young Ain't Sweet No More Sweet young thing ain't sweet no more Sweet young thing ain'…
Sweet Young Thing Ain Sweet young thing ain't sweet no more Sweet young thing ain…
Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More Sweet young thing ain't sweet no more Sweet young thing ain'…
Sweet Young Thing Aint Sweet No More Sweet young thing ain't sweet no more Sweet young thing ain…
Take It Like A Man When the big picture makes you feel small And your good…
Take Me There Feeling so dull in the middle of action Out on the…
Tales of Terror Down on the ground, down on the floor Crawling around, don'…
The Farther I Go All washed out from lack of sleep and promises I can't…
The Lucky Ones I'm overwhelmed and I don't know where to start I tried…
The Money Will Roll Right In I'm going to Hollywood They'll see that I'm so good I won't…
The Open Mind There's so much more you can see with your eyes…
The Rose Some say love is a river That drowns the tender reed Some…
The Straight Life Sowin' the seeds of discontentment Spillin' milk all over y…
Thirteenth Floor Opening If I try I could fly Right through that window If I…
This Gift I got something waiting for you, that's right I got somethin…
This is the Life I built forty million miles of strip-malls And I painted the…
Thorn I've got a thorn in my side About the size of…
Thousand Forms of Mind This really feels like flying Am I lighter than air? Perhaps…
Today is a Good Day Nothing but dust Dripping out the pump The cows are milking …
Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown (Alright) Tonight I think I'm gonna go downtown Tonight …
Touch Me I One, two Oh Wow Oh I feel bad and I've felt worse I'm …
Touch Me I'm Sick One, two Oh, wow, oh I feel bad And I've felt worse I'm a…
Trademark Of Quality Trademark of quality Trademark of quality Trademark of quali…
Try To Be Kind So hot And wet Been days and days and days Since I slept …
Twenty Four He's been drunk for twenty four years (four years) If he…
Underide Overdrawn In need of cash Not a job in sight Let's rob this…
Untitled Yeah Yeah All right Snip it Yes again Snip it Snip it Snip i…
War in Peace It's a joy to know you're resting in peace War in…
We Are Rising I feel it You feel it too I believe it's High Time we…
West Seattle Hardcore One, two One, two, three, four West Seattle hardcore You'…
What Moves the Heart Well, the moon moves the ocean With its pull And the sun…
What's this Thing? Can you feel it on the inside? Can you feel it…
When in Rome When it all burns down What you gonna do? When it all…
When Tomorrow Hits Laying out on some early acts Losing your way Getting way of…
Where Is the Future I was born on an Air Force Base Nineteen sixty two A…
Where The Flavor Is You look good, as a matter of fact You'd look great…
Who Is Who My friends call me enemy 'cause they're a fucking joke They…
Who Will Be the Next in Line Who'll be the next in line? Who'll be the next in…
Who You Drivin' Now (Oh who you drivin' baby? all right Sing it with me…
Who You Drivin' Now? (Oh who you drivin' baby? all right Sing it with me…
Who You Driving Now? (Oh who you drivin' baby? all right Sing it with me…
You Git It They say you got it I'll say you got it You got…
You Give Me The Creeps You give me the creeps (crucifucks) Gimme your payback** …
You Got It Well They say you got it I'll say you got it That's right,…
You Make Me Die Hello, sub pop There's a feeling in the world That causes t…
You Stupid Asshole You take your clothes off I started to laugh That's when I…