Product Description

Although other Seattle bands of the grunge boom scored bigger hits than Mudhoney, the band is in many ways the quintessential Emerald City group. Rising from the ashes of garage punkers Green River, Mudhoney were all about power chords andfuzz distortion, taking their cue from such early-'70s proto punks as the Stooges and Alice Cooper. With attitude and energy taking precedence over instrumental wizardry (courtesyof guitarist Steve Turner), and Mark Arm's snide vocal delivery and un-amused lyrics, Mudhoney were one of the quintessential garage rock bands of all time.
After going on hiatus in 2000, the band issued its first best-of collection, the double-disc set MARCH TO FUZZ. While the first disc comprises its best-known tracks, the second disc features raritiesand oddities. Standouts include such Mudhoney anthems as "In N' Out of Grace", "Suck You Dry", "Sweet Young Thing Ain'tSweet No More", "Let it Slide", and of course their classic"Touch Me I'm Sick".

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. In 'N' Out Of Grace
2. Suck You Dry
3. I Have To Laugh
4. Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More
5. Who You Driving Now
6. You Got It
7. Judgement Rage Retribution And Thyme
8. Into The Drink
9. Thousand Forms Of Mind
10. Generation Genocide
11. If I Think
12. Here Comes Sickness
13. Let It Slide
14. Touch Me I'm Sick
15. This Gift
16. Good Enough
17. Blinding Sun
18. Into Your Shtick
19. Beneath The Valley Of The Underdog
20. When Tomorrow Hits
21. Make It Now Again
22. Hate The Police

Disc 2:

1. Hey Sailor
2. Twenty Four
3. Baby Help Me Forget
4. Revolution
5. You Stupid Asshole
6. Who Is Who
7. Stab Your Back
8. Pump It Up
9. Money Will Roll Right In
10. Fix Me
11. Dehumanized
12. She's Just 15
13. Baby O Baby
14. Over The Top
15. You Give Me The Creeps
16. March To Fuzz
17. Ounce Of Deception
18. Paperback Life
19. Bushpusher
20. Fuzzbuster
21. Overblown
22. Run Shithead Run
23. King Sandbox
24. Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown
25. Holden
26. Not Going Down That Road Again
27. Brand New Face
28. Drinking For Two
29. Butterfly Stroke
30. Editions Of You

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29062 in Music
• Released on: 2000-01-31
• Number of discs: 2

Customer Reviews

Hail to the Gods of Scuzz
First time I saw Mudhoney they were supporting Sonic Youth way back in 1988/89 (can't quite remember!) and they blew S.Y outa the building! All I can say even now, (18 or so years later) is that they STILL can't be beaten...it was an epiphany seeing them...the Stooges for my generation. Low down, durty, scuzz, fuzz noise, lyrics which come from the heart and gut and hit you with such force..ANNND! make you laugh and cry...jeez these guys have got the lot!
Ignore all that 'Grunge' rubbish that MTV etc created...these guys were/are the real deal...utter perfection, and I love them for it. :-)

The Real Grunge Gods
This is, without question,Mudhoney's finest hour. From the bludgeoning opening of 'In 'n' Out Of Grace', to the inwardly pointed emotions of regret and hate in 'I have To Laugh', through the bitter acceptance of 'You Got It', to the melodic 'If I Think', and then into the way 'Touch Me, I'm Sick' actually sounds sick. This is undoubtedly Dirge, or 'Grunge' at its finest.
Mudhoney area band who can instigate the base human emotions through their simple, but effective style of playing.

unbeatable garage punk
For me, Mudhoney are possibly the most underated band of all time. Overshadowed by bands who idolised them, these fellas seem happy to disgust MTVites with their lovely racket.

The first CD, the 'best of' conjures up some great songs including the obvious classics 'Touch Me Im Sick', 'Suck You Dry', 'Sweet Young Thing..' and the like aswell as the lesser known songs such as 'One Thousand Forms of Mind' and 'Into Yer Shtick'. For me these are the standout tracks, but its one of those albums you can play all the way through due to the variety of styles in the songs and the humour that runs through almost every track.

The second cd is a mix match of covers, b-sides and random songs. Here Mudhoney's humour (which makes them my favourite band) shines through, especially with tracks like 'Hey Sailor'.

the general message is go buy it..NOW, run! faster!