Mudhoney Interview - The Demise of Grunge

Mudhoney chat to O2 Academy TV about the importance of the punk movement worldwide, the Seattle scene and the demise of grunge following Kurt Cobain's death.
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[@highfinner]

Mark is correct. "You're Living All Over Me" was initially released while the band was still called "Dinosaur". Although most of the record pressings included the "Jr.", the first few did not. Source: I own one.

[@MegaMasterkiller666]

Really don't understand why these guys never got more attention..

[@goldenhourkodak]

Because they were/are not radio friendly.

[@chadcuttino6784]

They didn't become whores to the record companies.

[@itsMrNoble]

AlternativeGamer99 But Mudhoney was massive back in the early 90’s. They were written about by all the music papers, in the UK at least anyway. A lot of people would have put their money on them being the next big band and not Nirvana.

[@dmvconartists2542]

I don't think they wanted it.. that was part of the reason green river split up. I heard in an interview that Jeff & stone's ambitious nature was causing a big rift in that band

[@LedSpencer]

honestly, it seems like they were too pretentious for their own good. i do enjoy their music though.

[@stevenholmes4628]

I'm 45 and listen to grunge every day, I'm still finding new music even now.

[@SalDOWN]

That's cool.

[@TheSickNeeds]

we are out there! Glad you are still looking!

[@blackgoldjackfruitcupcake]

you heard "insomnia" by 'niil yet?

[@fattykardashian4446]

45 you grew up in the grunge era when It was fresh

[@JWinnie04]

What do you think of the new underground scene of grunge?

[@martysmith5260]

Notice how the most popular bands of that era don't like to be classified as "Grunge" but the lesser known bands usually embrace it as a marketing tool!

[@michaelhirstny]

Mudhoney made me pick up a guitar. They had the 60's garage / Stooges / Psyche / Punk all wrapped up. I got a fuzz and a wah and that was it. I saw them in 1992 when everything was really hitting. I think I lost my shoe in the pit, but found it after. Thanks dudes! I still play in bands looking for that vibe.

[@louisbatsford8908]

I listen to Alice, Soundgarden, mudhoney, screaming trees , earth, nirvana Melvin's smashing pumpkins Lemonheads Jane's addiction, sebadoh dinosaur, Afghan Whigs, hater, l7 faith no more and chilli's because good music is good music any year/decade. End of.

[@collj86]

Louis Batsford I guess I’m a little different I grew up listening to 1960s music. Bob Dylan the doors stones Beatles etc I got into nirvana but really never listened to the bands Kurt liked like mud honey is one called tad? Black flag etc

[@CryptoAce]

Phenomenal list

[@garagerawk27]

It's my understanding Mark Arm was in fact the individual who coined the term "grunge" in regards to the Seattle scene. I don't think it's a shameful moniker either. This is stated in the film Hype

[@mstheroff]

They also talk about it in the documentary "I'm Now."

[@dmvconartists2542]

No one's really sure I dont think. They called thier music" pure grunge pure shit" or something and some people think that's were it came from.. others think it was sub pop that came up with it.. Idk

[@dirtyhall4074]

according to this doc on grunge that vh1 aired years ago the grunge thing came from a article in a rock n roll mag

[@raymondhartmeijer9300]

@@dmvconartists2542 Yes I think it was Mark Arm who came up with the term for the scene (though the word itself excisted long before), and Bruce Pavitt of Sub Pop started to use it in their promotional output, first for Green River (1987). Then the press picked it up from there. I don't think it was ever ment to represent a musical genre, it was a label for specifically the Seattle scene. Kurt Cobain initially used the term ocasionally, but after major labels started to contract "Grunge" bands, (even bands that had no roots in Seattle/WA) the underground scene was over, the word became useless and he distanced Nirvana from it. For a lot of musicians coming from Seattle/WA, the term became a joke.

[@DaveAnchovies]

they point out Australian bands like the Scientists, Beasts of Bourbon were coined "grunge" and this was in the mid80s. you should be familiar with the Scientists...they are still active and just released a new lp. no band embraced grunge. they made a punk album and abandoned that sound before Nevermind even came out.

[@rickjohnson5497]

I’ll never stop listening to Alice In Chains

[@LedSpencer]

same here. not happy they specifically called them out. alice in chains appeals to the metal community too.....

[@123612100]

They're good though.

[@thebeisment]

Same I don't like them

[@Unfunny_Username_389]

I will never start listening to Alice in Chains.

[@map3384]

Absolutely. Their music never gets old.

[@aaronbickford8725]

I’ve always loved Mudhoney (since I first heard them in the late 80s/early 90s)….great to know they are still doing their thing!

[@fabiopunk1661]

64 .... listening to grunge still, almost every day.

[@TheSickNeeds]

"Made a fucking grunge record in 1995".....made their BEST RECORD in 1995!!!!!

[@Bvinent626]

Grunge never existed it's just a word some random dude used to describe Green River in the 1980s. Good music is good music period.

[@seattlesound-fz1wc]

That random dude was Mark arm

[@collj86]

Krist noveselic said it’s a guitar sound. I commented on a canned heat video They were playing let’s work together But blind owl Wilson’s guitar I think would qualify. It’s just a little dirty Also I think of the fashion lifestyle I mean if you grow up in Seattle dabble on heroin etc it fits

[@TheDeedeeFiles]

Right they were such a great band.

[@FaxanaduJohn]

Right.

[@map3384]

I’m still listening to Alice In Chains and I’m 55. I’ll listen to them to the day I die. Still you get to a point in your life where you stop moving on to new music. Music is generational and the meaning and identity is different for each generation . To me music ended in the late 90s, early 2000s. Cobain could have moved into other forms of music. Like McCarthy forming Wings after the Beatles. I wasn’t meant to be. It was actually Dave Grohl that did so.

[@reddoor6114]

They were the best along with Soundgarden

[@warshipsatin8764]

dude dave grohl plays generic watered down radio rock

[@map3384]

@@warshipsatin8764 That’s your opinion man.

[@hhnry7929]

@@map3384 dave grohls success after nirvana although great/amazing, seems OFF. music definitely not close to as good as nirvanas was but unable to get kurt back, i think people just settled for foo fighters

[@hhnry7929]

dave grohl as frontman doesnt seem right also, he will forever be trhe best aand look best drumming.

[@mstheroff]

You know, you can totally listen to Mudhoney and The Presidents of the United States of America. They both kick ass, just in different ways. I know Steve's not saying you can't, but that juxtaposition would seem weird to some people.

[@dmvconartists2542]

They're a really cool band.. I love the second album with "volcano" and all that stuff

[@jimmysaboter3]

Mark was right! Dinosaur changed their name from "Dinosaur" to "Dinosaur Jr." little after their second album (released on December 1987).

[@joehobbs3277]

I’ve always liked mudhoney and it’s a big shame that soon to be irrelevant bands like nirvana and Pearl jam overshadowed them and mudhiney were not given more attension typical market the popular overnight sensations and leave the bands with actual talent behind

[@map3384]

How right you are. My sons look at me strange when I listen to Grunge music, especially Alice In Chains and say to me what the fuck is that crap. Pisses me off.

[@swampshack1018]

@@map3384 don’t know if it’s worth anything but I’m 19 and I’ve been listening to hands like mudhoney, tad, 64 spiders, gas huffer (etc) since I was around 5 years old. Going to see mudhoney and meat puppets in September before I go to university. Idk just wanted to say that I think your taste in music is fucking awesome

[@georgesracingcar7701]

That’s just how it works in a ziphian world

[@replecon1408]

Yeah 1995 ! F.D.K ... Into yer shtick classic...

[@void0094]

1:02 so cool he mentioned the meat puppets

[@AtacamaHumanoid]

what is this band he mentions at 1:24 ... Raddit Raddar? Can't find anything through Google no matter how I spell it. Surprised there's a NY Noise band I haven't heard of and can't find through Google even.

[@crose7412]

@Johnny Namechanger Rat at Rat R.

[@AtacamaHumanoid]

@@crose7412 thanks so much! A new band to check out that's probably going to be a new fave based on what I see for "associated acts" on Wikipedia.

[@sstaners1234]

Man, I listen to Mudhoney, STP, Soundgarden, TAD, Nirvana, Meat Puppets, Dinosaur Jr., L7, Jane’s Addiction, Porno for Pyros, Scratch Acid, Alice In Chains, Mad Season, Mark Lanegan, Flaming Lips, RHCP, Bad Brains, Faith No More, Greg Sage and the Wipers, Misfits, Eek a Mouse, Slayer, Metallica, Helmet, NIN, Toadies, Butthole Surfers, Cypress Hill, Tool, Green Day, Green River, Green Jello, ect. Music is music.

[@sstaners1234]

I forgot to say Fugazi, Motörhead, Ramones, Motown, Blues Brothers, James Brown, Rolling Stones, Beatles, Johnny Thunders, Johnny Cash, Social Distortion, NOFX, Negative FX…..

[@warshipsatin8764]

alright

[@dumpslick]

Kurts death single Handedly derailed the entire thing.

[@map3384]

It was definitely his demise. Classic.

[@barnstudios1679]

Your wrong man all I want to listen to is Dinosaur jr, Mudhoney, the Pixies and all the other bands that made music awesome!!

[@MegaMasterkiller666]

Same man, my music taste is stuck in the early-mid 90's

[@miked4309]

how come you dont like todays indie bands then? so many have that similar sound. maybe a little bubble grunge or the like ...im 49 and i really dig the scene. mannequin pussy, skating polly, wolf alice, speedy ortiz, starcrawler, the regrettes....my fave band is charly bliss which has serious pixies guitar style. vocals might be too sugary for you but i absolutely love them and i am a former metal head, hardcore punk..grunge lover..heavy music...anyway...peace...the music is out there. there is also a lot of new shoegaze bands if you are a fan of my bloody valentine like me...i love guitar driven music. heavy riffs and hooks.

[@manlypedro75]

Still Listen to Mudhoney, there's a certain personality to it. Like I still listen to AC/DC, it's more than the sum of its parts.

[@poorsgrayofficial599]

Just watched them two days ago at "Antone's" in Austin TX opening for the Meat Puppets. I delivered a DEMO of our songs to them. Happy unforgettable day. If you into grunge check our channel... thank you

[@CaapriceTube1]

Suck You Dry is the most gurngiest song and grungiest video. They were underrated, but them and sonic youth were the best less push it in your face "mainstream" bands of the era. Lol, and I was all of like 3 years old so I don't even remember haha

[@LiliWhiteWorld]

"you gotta move on"

[@GrogMindwhip]

I am a great fan of Mudhoney, but I still have to ask: Is Mark Arm, at this stage, deliberately trying to look like Jeffrey Dahmer?

[@FullPowerMasteryWithRa]

Personally, I grew up likeing grunge as a teenager, then I eventually grew sick of most of it. A lot of that is anger at Cobain for killing himself and being a herion addict. I think my childhood rock hero was pathetic mostly for killing himself, and for being a feminist. Feminism has no place in my world and I don't respect Cobain for supporting feminism.

[@dumpslick]

Shut up lol

[@darrylgoodwin7947]

I think the heroin slowed them down. Also, they were way more punk sounding than the other bands. Most of them were sludgy metal bands.

[@OGGOAT23]

Demise of Grunge was literally drugs death

[@warshipsatin8764]

that was definitely his demise

[@anthonymusto3537]

Love these two opinionated music nerds!

[@tickedoffnow]

Kurt was murdered

[@oldpavilion6696]

Agreed, but shh

[@davidprime6080]

The Grassy Knoll guy came out of retirement to do the hit.

[@ZzzZzz-fg9hx]

Shut the fuck up.. every fucking idiot on a seattle band interview has to type that at least 2 times each..

[@thedude2122]

[Psychonymphsia Ultravistous] what did the cia have to do with it?

[@dumpslick]

At this point I can debunk every aspect of the murder theory.. try me

[@frankie4fingers552]

Saints sounded nothing like the Ramones...