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Mudhoney is an American Garage Rock/Grunge band. Formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1988 following the demise of Green River, Mudhoney's members are vocalist 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 but briefly returned in December 2000 to complete touring obligations. Mudhoney's early releases on Sub Pop, particularly debut single "Touch Me I'm Sick" and the Superfuzz Bigmuff EP, were massively influential on the Seattle music scene, helping more than almost any other releases of the era to inspire the dirty, high-distortion sound that would become grunge. (more on wikipedia)
Peel was a big fan of Mudhoney, inviting them for a couple of sessions and also choosing 'Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More' for the 1988 Peelenium. After seeing the band at the Reading Festival, Peel recalled their performance on his 04 September 1992 show:
Then came Mudhoney, and I suppose because of the name as much as anything else, people decided to pelt them with mud. Although they denied that it affected their set, it quite clearly had done to a degree. That was a pity because I like Mudhoney, and I like the kind of irony that they bring to their music as well, and was looking forward to the kind of between song announcements, but they were muted, to say the least, as a result of the hail of mud. I was going to play you a track from a cassette of the new LP that Mark Arm gave to me ... came up to me ... gave it to me! I did those awful things that you do when you meet famous people, standing there saying incredibly stupid things. And even as you say them, you can't believe that you're saying them. But unfortunately, I've left the cassette in my car. That's the level of competence that I bring to tonight's programme, but we'll have sorted it out in time for tomorrow night's programme.
Peel met Arm again at the Reading Festival in 1995 but reported that he was a little 'snooty' to him. [1]
(The following list was compiled only from the database of this site and Lorcan's Tracklistings Archive and is certainly incomplete. Please add further details if known.)
Peel 134 (BFBS): 'Hate The Police (CD-Boiled Beef & Rotting Teeth)' (Tupelo Recording Company) (JP: 'I don't hate 'em, not as much as I hate U2 and Dire Straits, or did back in those days, but they were never particular favourites of mine.')
29 May 1992: Fuzzbuster (Various Artists LP - Clam Chowder & Ice Vs Big Macs & Bombers) NardWuar Records
11 July 1992: The Money Will Roll Right In (Various Artists CD – Revolution Come And Gone) Sub Pop Records
31 July 1992: (JP: 'This is Mudhoney and part of the soundtrack of the film 'Singles', which I have not seen and frankly don't intend to see, to be perfectly honest with you. But does Mark Arm really shout "Go it, Stevie!" in the course of this? I suspect he does.')
16 April 1994 (BFBS): Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown (split 7" with Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown / Blinding Sun) Sub Pop
16 April 1994 (BFBS): By Her Own Hand (v/a album - The John Peel Sub Pop Sessions 1989-1993) Strange Fruit
16 April 1994 (BBC World Service): Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown (split 7" with Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown / Blinding Sun) Sub Pop
23 April 1994: Here Comes Sickness (CD-The John Peel Sub Pop Sessions 1989-1993)' (Strange Fruit)
23 April 1994 (BFBS): Here Comes Sickness (album - The John Peel Sub Pop Sessions 1989-1993) Strange Fruit
08 February 2000: 'Editions Of You (LP-Here Comes Sickness)' (Strange Fruit) (JP: 'A tune that they did originally for Lammo's programme...a Bryan Ferry song.')
