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28-615: Considered one of the most important Canadian punk rock albums, the album was compiled by Grant McDonagh, who would later become one of the founders of Zulu Records . Most tracks were recorded at the Sabre Sound studio in Vancouver; for some bands, their contributions to the album were their first and/or only time recording material in a studio. The album was reissued in compact disc format in 2005, on Joe Keithley 's Sudden Death Records . The CD reissue's liner notes acknowledged that

56-480: A band that practiced before playing to a live audience. He and Arm began songwriting with Bundle of Hiss drummer Dan Peters . The trio decided that Matt Lukin , who had recently left Melvins , should join the band as bassist. The band named themselves after the Russ Meyer film Mudhoney . Early on, Mudhoney's sound would reflect such influences as Dinosaur Jr. , Spacemen 3 , Neil Young , Black Flag , and

84-415: A deal with Reprise Records , and they joined the label in 1992. Mudhoney's first album with Reprise was Piece of Cake . In a 2008 Mojo magazine article, Turner explained the album references "how easily things had come to them ... the songs were kinda half-baked ..." They also contributed a track "Overblown" at this time to the soundtrack to the film Singles . With their 1995 album My Brother

112-676: A similar fashion, as Zulu Records. Zulu frequently hosts free in-store performances which have included Julie Doiron , Billy Bragg , Dean Wareham , Chad VanGaalen , The XX , Kurt Vile , Lou Barlow , Kid Koala , Jay Reatard , Grouper , José González , Superchunk , Hawksley Workman , The War on Drugs , Rodriguez , Jonathan Richman , Yo La Tengo and Frog Eyes among others. In 2011, Zulu Records began selling DVDs and Blu-rays in partnership with Videomatica video store. However, in March 2021, Videomatica moved out of Zulu Records and into their own space. Zulu Records has often been called

140-532: Is an American rock band formed in Seattle , Washington, on January 1, 1988, following the demise of Green River . Its 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, but rejoined the band in December 2000 for a tour that lasted through January 2001. Mudhoney's early releases on

168-562: Is currently located at 1972 West 4th Avenue. One of the most famous independent record stores in Canada, Zulu was a finalist in CBC Radio 3 's Searchlight contest to name Canada's best record store. Zulu Records was started in 1981 by Grant McDonagh, who had been an employee of Quintessence Records . When Quintessence Records ceased operations as both an independent record store and independent record label, McDonagh continued operations in

196-890: The Nelsonville Music Festival in Nelsonville, Ohio , in May 2009. The group played at the ATP New York 2010 music festival in Monticello, New York in September 2010, where they performed Superfuzz Bigmuff in its entirety. In 2011, Pearl Jam had Mudhoney open for them on their 20th Anniversary tour. They were chosen by Mogwai to perform in May 2012 at the All Tomorrow's Parties 'I'll Be Your Mirror' festival at Alexandra Palace, London. In April 2013

224-608: The Sub Pop label, particularly their debut single " Touch Me I'm Sick " and the Superfuzz Bigmuff EP, were instrumental in the creation of the grunge genre. Although the band found little commercial success and remained somewhat 'underground' and non-mainstream, Mudhoney has released eleven studio albums and inspired countless grunge and alternative rock musicians during their long career. Mark Arm and Steve Turner met through their association with Mr. Epp and

252-480: The 1978 Akron, Ohio punk compilation The Akron Compilation was one of McDonagh's key inspirations for compiling and releasing the album. The CD reissue was marked by a release party at Vancouver's Wise Hall, featuring performances by many of the bands on the compilation. In 2011, Sudden Death Records announced a special project, donating all proceeds from sales of the album during the Christmas retail season to

280-597: The 1988–92 period, at the end of the day (and even at the time), there was Mudhoney—and then there was everybody else. To me, you, and everyone else paying close attention to underground rock music during those years, Mudhoney still sound like the undisputed kingpins of roaring, surging, fuzzed-out, punk music. In 2009, Mudhoney announced a series of live dates. This included an extensive tour of Europe which started in Edinburgh , Scotland with Sub Pop labelmates The Vaselines . The tour ended on October 26. The group performed at

308-647: The Calculations played their first real show in 1981, three years after they formed. To make the band seem more serious, Mr. Epp added a second guitarist, Steve Turner, who was in a small garage band called The Ducky Boys. Arm and Turner became instant friends. In 1983, three songs of Mr. Epp were included in First Strike : a compilation, the first cassette in the BCT catalog. Mr. Epp and the Calculations appeared on KZAM radio and were introduced as "the worst band in

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336-628: The Calculations. This band formed in 1978 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. Initially the band was essentially a joke band rather than a serious one; their first "show" was in class singing Marvin Gaye 's "Got to Give It Up", using rolled-up maps as guitars because they could not actually play any instruments. Mr. Epp and

364-538: The Cow they mixed their earlier and more recent sound, but Turner explained in an article in Mojo , "There was a backlash after Kurt [Cobain] killed himself. The English press were so angry that we were still around. Those were some of the worst reviews we'd ever gotten. We were mocked for still existing." The press was not all negative, as the album received praise in certain U.S. publications, including People magazine: "Leave

392-524: The Scientists . In 1988, the band recorded and released their debut EP, Superfuzz Bigmuff , and their first single, " Touch Me I'm Sick ", on the Sub Pop label. The single attracted attention and the band enjoyed moderate success in the United States. Mudhoney quickly became Sub Pop's flagship band. Sonic Youth , who were fans of the band, had invited Mudhoney to join them for a tour in

420-530: The UK in 1989. After this tour Superfuzz Bigmuff entered the British indie charts and they received a respectable amount of press coverage. The band released their first album, Mudhoney , in 1989. Kurt Cobain listed Superfuzz Bigmuff as one of his favourite albums in his journal in 1993. They released their second album, Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge , in 1991. After the album's release they were offered

448-598: The Vancouver Food Bank. Writing for Exclaim! , Sam Sutherland stated that "a better snapshot of the beginnings of Canada's fertile West Coast punk scene does not exist." For AllMusic , Ned Raggett noted that some of the bands on the compilation sounded derivative of the more established punk rock scenes in London and New York City , but praised other bands with "other less straitjacketed ways around punk inspirations" for producing "lasting winners", and called

476-533: The band after arriving in Seattle with his band Deranged Diction. Stone Gossard , another of Turner's former bandmates, was recruited as second guitarist. Green River recorded their debut EP, Come on Down , in 1985, and it is considered the first grunge record because it was released several months before the Deep Six album (which featured music by Green River and five other Seattle grunge bands). Turner left

504-568: The band after its release due to his distaste of the band's hard rock leanings. He was replaced by another Deranged Diction member, Bruce Fairweather . After recording another EP ( Dry As a Bone ) and a full-length album ( Rehab Doll ), the band disbanded in late 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 . Turner wanted to start

532-411: The band recorded and released a new studio album, Since We've Become Translucent . This was followed by a major South American tour. In early 2003 the band entered the studio to record "Hard-On For War", that would appear exclusively on Buddyhead Presents: Gimme Skelter compilation album. Later that year the band recorded Under a Billion Suns on which a new version of the song appeared. The album

560-649: The band used record producer Jim Dickinson, who worked with The Rolling Stones . They recorded the set in three different cities. After a few years of touring, Reprise decided to cut ties with Mudhoney. Subsequently, Lukin left the band. They released March to Fuzz , a retrospective compilation album . Mudhoney continued to play some concerts in the Pacific Northwest and recruited permanent bassist Guy Maddison (of Monroe's Fur and Lubricated Goat ) who had played with Arm in one of his many side projects, Bloodloss. In 2002, following their return to Sub Pop,

588-626: The birthplace of the indie rock genre " Cuddlecore " as the term was coined by long term employee and local indie music hero Nicolas Bragg, best known for his work as a guitarist in the Vancouver rock group Destroyer . In addition to Bragg, Zulu has housed many employees who have played in legendary Vancouver bands. These include: Cub , The Christa Min, The Nasty On, The Cinch, Anemones, The Book of Lists, Weed, Ali Milner, Fuck Me USA, The Shilohs, Victoria, Victoria!, Leviathans, Cowards, Womankind, Pink Mountaintops , Baron Samedi, Connecticut, Magneticring, Blaise Pascal, Blues Crab, Old Mutton and others. In

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616-414: The brooding anthems to Pearl Jam. Mudhoney delivers pure grunge—messy music that casts a powerful spell." In 1996, Mudhoney appeared in the comedy movie Black Sheep , starring Chris Farley and David Spade . The band was shown performing at an MTV concert and then speaking with Farley backstage. Tomorrow Hit Today was released in September 1998. The album demonstrated a blues-rock influence, and

644-443: The early 2000s, Zulu employees formed a super-group amongst themselves known as The Countless Jibes. The band is best remembered for their multitude of members (often up to ten), multiple guitar attack and such classic rock gems as "Jibes Alright", "Jibes'll Ride" and "Going For Dead". Throughout the years they have shared the stage with many successful bands including Mudhoney , The Decemberists and The Walkmen . Unfortunately due to

672-474: The overall album "a classic late-'70s punk-era city-scene survey". The 2005 CD reissue included five bonus tracks, taken from the original recording sessions but not included on the original 1979 album: Zulu Records Zulu Records is a Canadian record store and independent record label, based in Vancouver , British Columbia , that sells new and used CDs, LPs, 45s, turntables and concert tickets and

700-803: The vacation of key members from the city, most notably lead vocalist Jason Grimmer and bassist Steven Balogh, the Jibes disbanded in late 2008. Talks of a reunion have occurred in passing but no plans have been made yet. In 2011 Zulu celebrated 30 years in business. The store also previously operated an independent record label , releasing albums by Vancouver artists such as Bob's Your Uncle , Sook-Yin Lee , Slow , Nomeansno and Perfume Tree as well as compilations by The Pointed Sticks , Young Canadians and The Modernettes. 49°16′4.5″N 123°8′58.8″W  /  49.267917°N 123.149667°W  / 49.267917; -123.149667 Mudhoney Mudhoney

728-453: The world." They played their last show on February 3, 1984, with Malfunkshun at Seattle's Metropolis. Arm and Turner formed a joke-punk band called The Limp Richerds in 1984 near the end of Mr. Epp but this band ended shortly after Mr. Epp's ending as well. Green River was formed in 1984 when Arm and Turner recruited Alex Vincent as drummer, who had previously played with Turner in the short-lived Spluii Numa . Bassist Jeff Ament joined

756-652: Was released in 2006 and received favorable reviews. In 2006 the band also helped to curate an edition of the British All Tomorrow's Parties festival. During 2007, Mudhoney played in Brazil again and went on a brief European tour. In November that year, the band released a live album entitled Live Mud , containing songs recorded at a concert in Mexico. In 2008, Mudhoney began recording their next album with producer Tucker Martine , The Lucky Ones , which

784-456: Was released in May 2008. Shortly thereafter, Sub Pop released a deluxe, remastered edition of Superfuzz Bigmuff . The reissue contained the original EP in its correct running order, along with singles, demos, and two live recordings from 1988. In the liner notes of the reissued Superfuzz Bigmuff , Jay Hinman wrote: My feeling—and I know I'm not alone in this one—is that for all the play and worldwide attention several Seattle-area bands got during

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