Mudhoney "Superfuzz Bigmuff" (1988)
One of the earlier grunge albums, and featuring a decent cross section
of the talent/incest involved in the Seattle scene. The drummer was in
Nirvana (for all of one song), the bass-player was in the Melvins, and
the other two members were in bands with future Pearl Jam Members.
This EP is named after two guitar effects pedals favoured by the band:
the Univox Super-Fuzz and the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff. The record was
produced by Jack Endino, who also produced SubPop releases for bands
such as Soundgarden, L7 and Nirvana. Really just adds to the grunge
pedigree of it.
The music was indicative of where some of those Seattle bands were
heading at the time: Punk rock rawness and energy but with a touch more
melody, embracing swirling walls of psychedelic noise guitar and with
more than just a touch of Black Sabbath to the whole thing.
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