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Mudhoney | Since We've Become Translucent
Godfathers of grunge are still going strong.
CD, Sub Pop/Konkurrent
Tekst: Martÿn ter Haar
Publicatiedatum: 29 oktober 2002
When grunge was the now thing, every major label had to have its own grunge band. Geffen had Nirvana, A&M Soundgarden, and Sony both Alice In Chains and Pearl Jam. And Warner? Reprise signed Mudhoney, and Atlantic the Melvins — the two orginators of grunge. Big mistake, because both bands had credibility in excess, but severely lacked in accessibility. And so the Melvins left Atlantic for Mike Patton's Ipecac, and with We've Become Translucent, Mudhoney returns to where it all started: Sub Pop.
Opener 'Baby, Can You Dig The Light' immediately shows why Mudhoney never got as big as Nirvana. As the title suggests, this is an eight-minute-plus piece of heavy psychedelica, with a piercing saxophone thrown in for good measure. The stuff major label executive nightmares are made of. The rest of the mix of Stooges, Black Sabbath, and Rolling Stones that makes up Since We've Become Translucent is easier to digest and even catchy, albeit in a heavy grunge kind of way. Mark Arm's vocals have an Ozzy Osbourne-like whineyness to them in the slower parts, but if you can get over that, you've got a very good album. Standout tracks besides 'Baby, Can You Dig The Light' are the slow, brooding 'In The Winner's Circle,' 'Inside Job' with its 'Lust For Life' vibe, and the decadent, horn-section-supported party rock of 'Where The Flavor Is.' And since, in retrospect, grunge was just another word for garage rock, ten years after the grunge explosion Mudhoney deserves a place in the spotlight again, next to labelmates such as Zen Guerrilla and the Catheters.
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