October 12, 2012 Playlist

WORT-FM's Fall Pledge Drive!
"Superfuzz Bigmuff" by Mudhoney (1988)
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Mudhoney  "Superfuzz Bigmuff" EP  1988 (USA)
The roots of "grunge rock" lie in the early 1970's -- the fuzz of Sabbath, the heavy blooz of Zeppelin, the grit of Crazy Horse -- and in some corners of the 1980's underground, sludgy heavy riffy rock still had it's adherents (Melvins from Seattle and Killdozer from Madison being two of the most influential).  But the band that (for better or for worse) blazed the trail towards grunge was Mudhoney, another Seattle group that formed a bit late for the indie era (out of the ashes of Green River, whose other key members formed Pearl Jam).  Their sound is laregly a rehash of nasty post-nuggets / pre-punk heavy rock from circa 1970.  The most seminal and influential of Mudhoney's (rather simplistic) oeuvre is their first 7" single "Touch Me I'm Sick" / "Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More" and first EP Superfuzz Bigmuff (named after their guitar players' distortion pedals, get your mind out of the gutter!)  Their really is nowhere to go with this sort of dumb teenage stoner rawk (already 20 years out of date the first time around!), so they've largely been rehashing their early work ever since.  But on the other hand, the early stuff is so good that if they broke up after this record, today they might be as legendary as The Stooges!
Here's that classic first single "Touch Me I'm Sick" (the dawn of "grunge"!)  Though they were snapped up in the "Seattle sound" feeding frenzy of 1990, they never achieved the commercial success of peers like Pearl Jam, Nirvana and Soundgarden.  But they did get to make music videos for MTV:  here's "Let It Slide" and "Suck You Dry".
(N) = New Release
(R) = Listener Request
Artist Song Album Year (label) Country
The Modern Lovers
Roadrunner
 		The Modern Lovers rec. 1972, rel.1976
USA
Joy Division Transmission Substance (compilation)
1979UK
Gang Of Four
To Hell With Poverty!
 		Another Day, Another Dollar EP
1982
UK
Camper Van Beethoven
When I Win The Lottery
 		Key Lime Pie
1989
USA
The Ramones
I Just Want To Have Something To Do
 		Road To Ruin
1978
USA
Dinosaur jr.
Show Me The Way (Peter Frampton)
 		B-side 12" single
1987
USA
 
  
Mudhoney
Need
 		Superfuzz Bigmuff EP
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
1988
USA
Mudhoney
In 'N' Out Of Grace
 		Superfuzz Bigmuff EP
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
1988
USA
Mudhoney
Touch Me I'm Sick
 		A-side 7" single (Superfuzz Bigmuff deluxe CD reissue)
1988
USA
Melvins
Zodiac Bullhead
1991
USA
Nirvana
Negative Creep
 		Bleach
1990
USA
 
  
Soundgarden
Hands All Over
 		Louder Than Love
1989
USA
Tad
Behemoth
 		God's Balls
1989
USA
Cows
Bum In The Alley
 		Daddy Has A Tail
1988
USA
Killdozer
Run Through The Jungle (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
 		Intellectuals Are The Shoeshine Boys Of The Ruling Elite
1984
USA
Pavement
Unfair
 		Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
1994
USA
 
  
Public Enemy
She Watch Channel Zero?! It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
1988
USA
Ice-T
Freedom Of Speech The Iceberg / Freedom Of Speech...Just Watch What You Say
1989
USA
Digital Underground
Doowutchyalike Sex Packets
1990USA
De La Soul
The Magic Number 3 Feet High And Rising
1989USA
 
 
Stereolab
Metronomic Underground
 		Emperor Tomato Ketchup
1996
UK/France
My Bloody Valentine
Soon
 		Loveless
1991
UK/Ireland
The Breeders
When I Was A Painter
 		Pod
1990
USA

 
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
Kinski Assassin
Mature Themes (N)2012 (4AD)USA
Deerhoof FlowerBreakup Song (N)2012 (Polyvinyl)USA
Georgia Anne Muldrow The FewSeeds (N)2012 (Someothaship)USA
Peaking Lights Live LoveLucifer (N)2012 (Mexican Summer)USA
Patti Smith Tarkovsky (The Second Stop Is Jupiter)Banga (N)2012 (Columbia)USA
 
 
The Wedding Present (R)
I Found That Essence Rare
 		The BBC Sessions
1988
UK
David Byrne & St. Vincent I Should Watch TVLove This Giant (N)2012 (Todo Mundo/4AD)USA
Thee Oh Sees
Lupine Dominus
Putrifiers II EP (N)2012 (In The Red)USA
Can One More Saturday Night (live)
The Lost Tapes (N - previously unreleased tracks)rec. 1973 (2012 Spoon/Mute)Germany
Amps For Christ & WoodsBrothers
Woods / Amps For Christ (N - collaboration)2012 (Shrimper)
USA
X The Unheard Music
 		Los Angeles
1979USA
                   
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