Superfuzz Bigmuff is the debut EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 by the Seattle grunge

Grunge

Grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged during the mid-1980s in the American state of Washington, particularly in the Seattle area. Inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal, and indie rock, grunge is generally characterized by heavily distorted electric guitars, contrasting song...

 band Mudhoney

Mudhoney

Mudhoney is an American alternative rock band. Formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1988 following the demise of Green River, Mudhoney's members are vocalist and rhythm guitarist Mark Arm, lead guitarist Steve Turner, bassist Guy Maddison, and drummer Dan Peters. Original bassist Matt Lukin left the...

. It was released in October 1988 through record label Sub Pop

Sub Pop

Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...

. The songs later appeared on their 1990 compilation album Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles

Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles

Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles is a compilation album by the grunge band Mudhoney. The album contains the entire Superfuzz Bigmuff EP, the A-sides and B-sides of 2 singles, and 2 covers from split singles with Sonic Youth and The Dicks. It was released by Sub Pop Records in October 1990...

. The album was named after two of the band's favorite guitar

Guitar

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 effects pedals: the Univox Super-Fuzz

Univox Super-Fuzz

For the Italian film, see Super FuzzThe Univox Super-Fuzz is a fuzzbox produced by the Univox company, primarily for use with the electric guitar or bass...

 and the Electro-Harmonix

Electro-Harmonix

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 Big Muff

Big Muff

The Big Muff is a fuzzbox produced in New York City by the Electro-Harmonix company, along with their Russian sister company Sovtek, primarily for use with the electric guitar...

, which helped to provide the band's signature "dirty" sound. The cover artwork is a photograph of frontman Mark Arm

Mark Arm

Mark Arm is the vocalist for the grunge band Mudhoney. He is also credited with coining the term "grunge" to describe his style of rock music...

 (left) and guitarist Steve Turner

Steve Turner (guitarist)

Steve Turner is an American guitarist, most famous for his work with Seattle band Mudhoney.-Biography:Turner was born in 1965 in Houston, Texas. His first band was called The Ducky Boys. The line up included future Pearl Jam member Stone Gossard. The Ducky Boys split around 1983.Turner later found...

 (right) by photographer Charles Peterson.

During initial release, the EP sold incredibly poorly (even by Sub Pop standards), however it has since been acknowledged as one of the seminal records of the Seattle scene. In mid 2008 the EP charted at #25 on the UK Indie Album Chart, a peak for the EP, twenty years after its release.

"In 'N' Out of Grace" opens with a sample of the eulogy

Eulogy

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 from Peter Fonda

Peter Fonda

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's character in the 1966 movie The Wild Angels

The Wild Angels

The Wild Angels is a 1966 Roger Corman film, made on location in Southern California. The Wild Angels was made three years before Easy Rider and was the first film to associate actor Peter Fonda with Harley-Davidson motorcycles and 1960s counterculture...

, saying "We wanna be free to do what we wanna do...". The same sample was later used on Primal Scream's

Primal Scream

Primal Scream are a Scottish alternative rock band originally formed in 1982 in Glasgow by Bobby Gillespie and Jim Beattie and now based in London. The current lineup consists of Gillespie, Andrew Innes , Martin Duffy , and Darrin Mooney...

's song Loaded.

Along with their sophomore album Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge is the second studio album by the grunge band Mudhoney. It was recorded in 1991, at a time when the band was thinking of signing to a major record label, but decided to release the album on Sub Pop...

, it was included in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

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. In its review, Jamie Gonzalo called it "sexy, smart, humorous and hard", as well as writing "[Mudhoney] emerged from the underground with this mischievous workout, achieving tense and dramatic musical structures with Turner's

Steve Turner (guitarist)

Steve Turner is an American guitarist, most famous for his work with Seattle band Mudhoney.-Biography:Turner was born in 1965 in Houston, Texas. His first band was called The Ducky Boys. The line up included future Pearl Jam member Stone Gossard. The Ducky Boys split around 1983.Turner later found...

 scalping guitars, Mark Arm's

Mark Arm

Mark Arm is the vocalist for the grunge band Mudhoney. He is also credited with coining the term "grunge" to describe his style of rock music...

 angry vocals, Matt Lukin's

Matt Lukin

Matt Lukin is an American musician, best known as a bassist and founding member of the Melvins and Mudhoney.-The Melvins :...

 mighty bass and Dan Peters

Dan Peters

Daniel Joe Peters is the drummer for Mudhoney. He joined Bundle of Hiss when he was fifteen years old. He also played drums for Nirvana, appearing on one single, "Sliver". Peters' only live appearance with Nirvana was on September 22, 1990, in Seattle, Washington, at the Motor Sports International...

' propulsive drums".

Tracklisting

All songs by Mudhoney unless noted.

1. "Touch Me, I'm Sick" - 2:23
2. "Chain That Door" – 1:51
3. "Mudride" – 5:43
4. "No One Has" – 3:26
5. "If I Think" – 3:37
6. "In 'N' Out of Grace" – 5:28

Disc 1

1. "Touch Me I'm Sick
   Touch Me I'm Sick
   "Touch Me I'm Sick" is a song by the American alternative rock band Mudhoney. It was recorded in March 1988 at Seattle's Reciprocal Recording studio with producer Jack Endino. "Touch Me I'm Sick" was released as Mudhoney's debut single by independent record label Sub Pop on August 1, 1988...
   
   "
2. "Sweet Young Thing (Ain't Sweet No More)"
3. "Twenty Four"
4. "Need"
5. "Chain That Door"
6. "Mudride"
7. "No One Has"
8. "If I Think"
9. "In 'N' Out of Grace"
10. "The Rose"
11. "Hate the Police"
12. "You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face)"
13. "Burn It Clean"
14. "Halloween"
15. "Need" (Demo)
16. "Mudride" (Demo)
17. "In 'N' Out of Grace" (Demo)

Disc 2

1. "No One Has"
2. "Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More"
3. "Need"
4. "Chain That Door"
5. "If I Think"
6. "Mudride"
7. "Here Comes Sickness"
8. "Touch Me I'm Sick"
9. "In'n'Out of Grace"
10. "Mudride"
11. "Here Comes Sickness"
12. "No One Has"
13. "By Her Own Hand"
14. "Touch Me I'm Sick"
15. "Dead Love"

Tracks 1-9 live in Berlin, October 10, 1988

Tracks 10-15 live on KCSB-FM, Santa Barbara, November 16, 1988

Personnel

• Mark Arm
  Mark Arm
  Mark Arm is the vocalist for the grunge band Mudhoney. He is also credited with coining the term "grunge" to describe his style of rock music...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , vocals
• Steve Turner
  Steve Turner (guitarist)
  Steve Turner is an American guitarist, most famous for his work with Seattle band Mudhoney.-Biography:Turner was born in 1965 in Houston, Texas. His first band was called The Ducky Boys. The line up included future Pearl Jam member Stone Gossard. The Ducky Boys split around 1983.Turner later found...
  
   - guitar, vocals
• Matt Lukin
  Matt Lukin
  Matt Lukin is an American musician, best known as a bassist and founding member of the Melvins and Mudhoney.-The Melvins :...
  
   - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , vocals
• Dan Peters
  Dan Peters
  Daniel Joe Peters is the drummer for Mudhoney. He joined Bundle of Hiss when he was fifteen years old. He also played drums for Nirvana, appearing on one single, "Sliver". Peters' only live appearance with Nirvana was on September 22, 1990, in Seattle, Washington, at the Motor Sports International...
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
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  , vocals
• Jack Endino - engineering