Ep568: Mark Arm - Mudhoney, The Saints 73-78

Ahead of Mudhoney's Australian tour, Mark Arm talks vinyl rarities, bootlegs, Australian imports that blew Seattle's mind, and the daunting task of singing Chris Bailey's songs in The Saints 73–78.

Mudhoney's Aussie Tour Info & Tix here | The Saints 73-78 Aussie Tour Info here

Topics Include:

• Mark Arm preps for Mudhoney's Australian tour, then the Saints.
• He's worked at Sub Pop's warehouse for 21 years.
• Not a collector anymore; he's cleaning out via Discogs.
• Bandcamp lets fans try before buying; vinyl prices feel abhorrent.
• The rarest "Touch Me I'm Sick"? The plain black radio copies.
• Sub Pop's colored "Loser Edition" first runs get band input.
• Holding Mr. Epp's first seven-inch felt unbelievable at age 20.
• A cheeky flyering campaign caught the eye of Seattle's Pravda label.
• Rodney on the ROQ played them, briefly charting above Toni Basil.
• Music wasn't a career, just entertaining bored suburban friends.
• Rock records were banned at home; his mother loved classical.
• He smuggled forbidden seven-inches home under his coat.
• Radio staples like "Radar Love" gave way to Cosmo's Factory.
• Devo on Saturday Night Live was a Beatles-on-Ed-Sullivan moment.
• He thought bands needed virtuosos, until friends started making noise.
• Downtown punks, he realised, came from the same suburbs.
• Steve Albini tipped him off to the Saints' Prehistoric Sounds.
• A surf chat in Torquay sparked Saints 73–78.
• Nailing Chris Bailey's phrasing and facing Saints purists felt daunting.
• New Saints material? Ed has old songs; Mark's open.
• Tom Hazelmyer ran Amphetamine Reptile from a Marine barracks footlocker.
• His holy grail: Randy Holden's Population II, found in Vienna.
• Records as time machines: even bad Jefferson Starship lyrics stick.
• Doo-wop's market vanished, Stones records stall, yet Rumours keeps repressing.
• His wife's first Stones album? Black and Blue, a stubbed-toe start.
• Early Mudhoney bootlegs, possibly Long Gone John's, felt like a badge.
• Deep Six codified Seattle's heavier punk underground.
• Gambles on Australian imports like the Scientists and Feedtime paid off.
• 1990: bunking above the Lansdowne, and an empty second Auckland night.
• Now: East Coast dates, Raglan surfing, and Saints shows with Jim White.

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