In 1988 Mudhoney released their debut 7” single, “Touch Me I’m Sick,” and it rapidly
became the defining anthem of the Seattle scene that, shortly thereafter, took the
world by storm. Punk? Garage? G****e? Who cares when it rips this much! The B
side, “Sweet Young Thing Ain’t Sweet No More,” ain’t no slouch, either.

Later in 1988, the band followed up with Superfuzz Bigmuff, a six-song EP so
overflowing with chaotic rock energy it warped thousands of minds, and inspired
countless guitarists to immediately search for the titular fuzz pedals.

In the words of Dynamite Hemmorage’s Jay Hinman: “My feeling—and I know I’m
not alone in this one—is that for all the play and worldwide attention several
Seattle-area bands got during the 1988-92 period, at the end of the day (and even at
the time), there was Mudhoney—and then there was everybody else. To me, you,
and most everyone who was paying close attention to underground rock music during
those years, Mudhoney still sound like the undisputed kingpins of roaring, surging,
fuzzed-out, punk rock music. These first recordings were so life-affirming upon their
release, connecting everything great about the sixties (biker movies, fuzzboxes, old
guitars, three-minute songs) with the frothing, punk rock of the early ‘80s, that a
whole new ‘style’ of music was born. They called it grunge, but to me it was
amped-up, clear-the-room, ramalama rock that exploded like Nagasaki live, and it was
about as joyous and as fun a noise as anyone’d heard in years.”

These 2023 colored-vinyl editions of the two releases celebrate the 35th anniversary
of Mudhoney’s opening salvos.