Excellent interview. I just went to see Mudhoney in Manchester on the weekend and they still got it! Incredible show. Also, I had no idea Steve had solo music and he sounds so good. Amazing voice
Steve is one of my favourite guitar players. Watched Mudhoney September 2022 and still sounded as good as they did back in the day. Bought his biography on Audible, well worth a listen!
Really enjoyed the book, particularly since I was growing up one hill over from Mercer Island and had discovered The Metropolis. Steve's point about community is so well taken -- there was a concentration of all-ages clubs in 1983 (give or take) that gave us spaces to be totally free and experimental. They definitely weren't the kind of community hall your parents hope you're going to but they WERE relatively safe, in a larger sense. This era of total contact and information overload is messy and overwhelming even as it connects. I kinda miss spending hours in record stores before discovering an address or ep or a new band or something that would spark a connection. It's not quite the same impact when you can just google "messy guitar screaming kid from Ghana" and come up with someone with similar taste.
He and Mark were also in, for one song per show, Spluii Numa, hilariously as well, special folks! Great conversation, Steve and I also were at Western Washington University just as he was about to put Mudhoney together, he was and still is, very grounded and very cool!
Didn't Steve take some months off from Mudhoney just before grunge took off because he had to finish his degree or something? Or am I mixing him up with another band member? IIRC when I saw them in Paris in December 1989 he'd just come back. Saw Soundgarden at another Paris venue the following summer. And Pearl Jam in Manchester on their first UK tour - the gig when their gear got stolen. Never saw Nirvana though.... I bought their first LP not long after it came out but missed their early UK gigs because I was living in France as part of my degree. The UK music scene was so different when I came back in July 1990.
I was way into them in 90 91. A few friends in Vegas tower records and all Those bands. Mudhoney was top for a minute then they didn’t pop off. They didn’t have the loos that the big shots had
I've loved Mudhoney since 92 and had no idea about Steve's voice! Here's a video of the set mentioned at the 40 minute mark. ruclips.net/video/jlcldfXfl0I/видео.html
This host is incredible...not sure when the stunting of his intellectual growth occurred but boy, he's 'a bit of a thicky' as we say here in the UK. Key moment: his attempt to establish his underground credentials - hinting that he was brought up in the punk rock underground, as it were.. 'well, I was raised on Black Flag (who hasn't heard of them, right?) and (at this stage seemingly wanting to impress Steve by throwing out a name from the punk underground. Now, Steve Turner has an encyclopedic knowledge of all of this type of stuff, would probably be impressed if he said, I dunno...The Germs, The Wipers, Hitler SS....you know, pretty much anything but ultimately doesn't care, isn't remotely judging the dude, he's just a totally cool, sweet fella...anyway...) The host at this stage craning his neck around, his eyes searching for that invisible point on the floor or the wall which will aid his memory with a band name which coupled with the already rock solid Black Flag will help lay down the bedrock of credibility - 'and.....Sex Pistols!!!!!'. Just incredible. Oh my days. Now, I'm sure the host is a lovely guy, a solid, dependable family man but that opening salvo will never be anything less than hilarious. On with the interview.......
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Steve Turner, stove burner. Absolute legend!
OG!
Literally my high school years. SG and Mudhoney hit me in December’89. And of course I went out and got a guitar and Big Muff.
yes!
Same with me, but I bought a Univox Superfuzz and a Crybaby wah. Never could find a Big Muff that wasn't a Pi.
One of my favorite guitar players, the reason why i love Big Muff pedals!
Excellent interview. I just went to see Mudhoney in Manchester on the weekend and they still got it! Incredible show. Also, I had no idea Steve had solo music and he sounds so good. Amazing voice
Amazing. Always incredible to see live! 🤘🏼
Steve’s great. Just bought the book. Got his instead of Thurston’s hahahaha
Yeah thurston’s book’s almost certainly some bloated pretentious pothead shit. Love how down-to-earth Steve is
You didn´t miss anything. Thurstons book is full of self-righteous, over-pretentious crap anyway.
The original sound of grunge, together with Melvins!
Im convinced that arm steve and buzz are directly responsible..they gave all these other bands permission to be themselves.
Spot on!
MELVINS NO GRUNGE. At all.
Sick interview! I’m loving Steve’s book. Grunge lore is home turf for me.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Steve is one of my favourite guitar players. Watched Mudhoney September 2022 and still sounded as good as they did back in the day. Bought his biography on Audible, well worth a listen!
yes! love to hear it. 🙌🏼
Really enjoyed the book, particularly since I was growing up one hill over from Mercer Island and had discovered The Metropolis. Steve's point about community is so well taken -- there was a concentration of all-ages clubs in 1983 (give or take) that gave us spaces to be totally free and experimental. They definitely weren't the kind of community hall your parents hope you're going to but they WERE relatively safe, in a larger sense. This era of total contact and information overload is messy and overwhelming even as it connects. I kinda miss spending hours in record stores before discovering an address or ep or a new band or something that would spark a connection. It's not quite the same impact when you can just google "messy guitar screaming kid from Ghana" and come up with someone with similar taste.
He and Mark were also in, for one song per show, Spluii Numa, hilariously as well, special folks! Great conversation, Steve and I also were at Western Washington University just as he was about to put Mudhoney together, he was and still is, very grounded and very cool!
Didn't Steve take some months off from Mudhoney just before grunge took off because he had to finish his degree or something?
Or am I mixing him up with another band member? IIRC when I saw them in Paris in December 1989 he'd just come back. Saw Soundgarden at another Paris venue the following summer. And Pearl Jam in Manchester on their first UK tour - the gig when their gear got stolen. Never saw Nirvana though.... I bought their first LP not long after it came out but missed their early UK gigs because I was living in France as part of my degree. The UK music scene was so different when I came back in July 1990.
I love you Steve Turner, Goddamn this interview is rough… dude is a twerp. Thank You Steve Turner for All the bad motherfuckin RocknRoll💚
The GOAT of NW shredders..
I was way into them in 90 91. A few friends in Vegas tower records and all
Those bands. Mudhoney was top for a minute then they didn’t pop off. They didn’t have the loos that the big shots had
I've loved Mudhoney since 92 and had no idea about Steve's voice! Here's a video of the set mentioned at the 40 minute mark. ruclips.net/video/jlcldfXfl0I/видео.html
The album is called Louder than Love but........
The Jimi Hendrix of grunge 😊
Wait, more the Neil Young of Grunge, OK?😅
@@CTBlaze No, Eric Clapton of Grunge. :p
This host is incredible...not sure when the stunting of his intellectual growth occurred but boy, he's 'a bit of a thicky' as we say here in the UK. Key moment: his attempt to establish his underground credentials - hinting that he was brought up in the punk rock underground, as it were.. 'well, I was raised on Black Flag (who hasn't heard of them, right?) and (at this stage seemingly wanting to impress Steve by throwing out a name from the punk underground. Now, Steve Turner has an encyclopedic knowledge of all of this type of stuff, would probably be impressed if he said, I dunno...The Germs, The Wipers, Hitler SS....you know, pretty much anything but ultimately doesn't care, isn't remotely judging the dude, he's just a totally cool, sweet fella...anyway...) The host at this stage craning his neck around, his eyes searching for that invisible point on the floor or the wall which will aid his memory with a band name which coupled with the already rock solid Black Flag will help lay down the bedrock of credibility - 'and.....Sex Pistols!!!!!'. Just incredible. Oh my days. Now, I'm sure the host is a lovely guy, a solid, dependable family man but that opening salvo will never be anything less than hilarious. On with the interview.......
Suck Me Dry was a revelation when I was a lowly pre-internet 12 year old.