Mudhoney Tourbook, 1999
1/1/99 Adelaide University. Adelaide, Australia
Notes: This show took place on Mudhoney's 11th anneversary.1/2/99 Hi Fi. Melbourne, Australia
1/3/99 Hi Fi. Melbourne, Australia
Supported By: Rocket From the Crypt, Del Emmas1/5/99 Metro. Sydney, Australia
Supported By: Rocket From the Crypt
Set: Suck You Dry, Poisoned Water, A Thousand Forms of Mind, Get Into Yours, Real Low Vibe, Who You Drivin' Now?, Judgement Rage..., Move With the Wind, Touch Me I'm Sick, This is the Life, I Have to Laugh, You Got it, F.D.K., Ghost, I Will Fight No More Forever, Beneath the Valley...
Encore: Into the Drink, In 'N' Out of Grace
Notes: In attendance were such noted Australian bands as Tumbleweed, Smudge, and Unheard.1/7/99 Metro. Sydney, Australia
Supported By: Rocket From the Crypt
Set: When Tomorrow Hits, Poisoned Water, Here Comes Sickness, Oblivion, You Got it, A Thousand Forms of Mind, Sweet Young Thing, Try to Be Kind, I Have to Laugh, Thorn, Night of the Hunted, Get Into Yours, Ghost, I Will Fight No More Forever, Beneath the Valley...
Encore: Touch Me I'm Sick, Who You Drivin' Now?, 1995, Hate the Police
Notes: Dan watched Rocket From the Crypt's set from the audience. Again, famous Australian bands came out for the show, most notably You Am I.1/8/99 The Playroom. Gold Coast, Australia
Attendance: 350
Supported By: Rocket From the Crypt
Set: Suck You Dry, Poisoned Water, A Thousand Forms of Mind, Get into Yours, Real Low Vibe, Who You Drivin' Now?, Judgement Rage..., Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick, This is the Life, I Have to Laugh, Here Comes Sickness, F.D.K., Ghost, I Will Fight No More Forever, Beneath the Valley...1/9/99 The Arena. Brisbane, Australia
Supported By: Rocket From the Crypt2/12/99 RCKNDY. Seattle, WA (80 min)
Supported By: The Supersuckers, The Catheters
Set: Suck You Dry, Poisoned Water, A Thousand Forms of Mind, Get into Yours, Real Low Vibe, Who You Drivin' Now?, Judgement Rage..., Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick, This is the Life, I Have to Laugh, Here Comes Sickness, You Got it, Ghost, I Will Fight No More Forever, Beneath the Valley...
Encore: (Come on Down), Oblivion, In 'N' Out of Grace, Hate the Police
Notes: Throughout the show, Dan does longer than normal drum fills at the end of songs. In response to the applause after Get into Yours, Mark courtseys. Steve doesn't stop playing at the end of Judgement Rage... and after a few seconds, goes straight into Sweet Young Thing. There's a constant parade of stage divers all night long, and after Touch Me I'm Sick, one raises his arms in victory and marches around when he lands on stage, as if it's some huge accomplishment. Mark mocks him by doing the same thing in a dopy manner. Steve's intro to Here Comes Sickness is long and noisy. When they return for the encore, Steve whispers something to Mark, who then plays a few notes from Come on Down. During the break in In 'N' Out of Grace, Mark gives a speech about how lots of bands choose "a smooth, paved road but Mudhoney chose the rocky road." He goes on to say, "that was OK, we like rocky road, don't you?" Then he says Mudhoney has been on that rocky road sense the Catheters were in Jr. High. During the solo after the break, Mark plays slide guitar.2/23/99 O'Cayz. Madison, WI
Supported By: Transformer Lootbag2/24/99 Shank Hall. Milwaukee, WI
Supported By: Kickstand2/25/99 Lounge Ax. Chicago, IL (85 min)
Attendance: 200
Supported By: The Nerves, Group Dog Drill
Set: Suck You Dry, Poisoned Water, A Thousand Forms of Mind, Here Comes Sickness, Real Low Vibe, Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick, Try to be Kind, I Have to Laugh, Oblivion, You Got It, Night of the Hunted, Who You Drivin' Now?, Ghost, I Will Fight No More Forever, Beneath the Valley...
Encore: When Tomorrow Hits, In 'N' Out of Grace, Hate the Police
Notes: The show was attended by the "the 200 best people in Chicago," according to Mark.2/26/99 The Blind Pig. Ann Arbor, MI (90 min)
Attendance: 200
Supported By: Queen Bee
Set: Suck You Dry, Poisoned Water, A Thousand Forms of Mind, Here Comes Sickness, Real Low Vibe, Judgement Rage..., Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick, This is the Life, I Have to Laugh, Oblivion, You Got It, Night of the Hunted, Ghost, I Will Fight No More Forever, Beneath the Valley...
Encore: When Tomorrow Hits, Who You Drivin' Now?, In 'N' Out of Grace, Hate the Police
Notes: The band took the stage around midnight. Steve's amp stopped working in the middle of Ghost, but he kept on going, amp-less, prompting Mark to comment that "..that was some of your best playing ever." Matt started playing a Gibson Firebird, but broke a string after a few songs and switched to a Fender P-Bass. He played the sunburst Fender P-Bass after that. Hate the Police was announced by Steve as ".....heres a song about dicks by the Police."2/27/99 Little Brothers. Columbus, OH
Supported By: Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments, Cheater Slicks
Set: Suck You Dry, Poisoned Water, A Thousand Forms of Mind, Here Comes Sickness, Real Low Vibe, Judgement Rage..., Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick, This is the Life, I Have to Laugh, Oblivion, You Got it, Night of the Hunted, Ghost, I Will Fight No More Forever, Beneath the Valley...
Encore: When Tomorrow Hits, Who You Drivin' Now?, In 'N' Out of Grace, Hate the Police
Notes: With the Cheater Slicks on the bill, Steve remarks before Ghost, "this song has already been played once tonight," to which Mark adds, "this is the way we play it in the Pacific Northwest. Fuck that Ohio shit. After the song Matt says, "This song is about the church, and the steeple, and look inside, and you're Joe Namath's penis."3/1/99 Bowery Ballroom. New York, NY (75 min)
Supported By: Knoxville Girls3/2/99 Maxwell's. Hoboken, NJ
Supported By: Chrome Locust
Notes: Matt remembers this show:I remember always having a great time at Maxwell's. The staff and people in charge of the place were always welcoming and accommodating. So many good memories, but the quintessential memory must be the last time I was there. We played in Manhattan the night before and checked outta our hotel so we wouldn't get charged for another day. With not much to do, we headed over to Hoboken in the early afternoon, grabbed sandwiches at a deli, then headed to Maxwell's to load in. The restaurant wasn't even open yet, but they were cool to serve us beer. We sat around drinking beer all day and evening. I don't recall our set, but I remember after the show when it was mostly staff and friends and a few other scragglers hanging around. I started up with my silly move where I bend over and slap my back and bark out, "Get on my back!" Someone would jump on my back and I'd end up falling into people and spent more time on the floor than not. At one point, I jumped up on this platform about bar height over a basement stairway at the end of the bar. I started doing a striptease and ended up completely nude except my pants around my ankles. One of the staff told our tour manager that I need to get down from there 'cause if a cop drives by and sees me through the window, we could get in trouble. It turned out okay. We were off and made it to the next show.3/3/99 Upstairs at Nick's. Philadelphia, PA
Supported By: Original Sins3/4/99 Fletcher's. Baltimore, MD
Supported By: Ironboss
Set: Suck You Dry, Poisoned Water, A Thousand Forms of Mind, Get into Yours, Real Low Vibe, Judgement Rage..., Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick, This is the Life, I Have to Laugh, Try to Be Kind, Here Comes Sickness, Who You Drivin' Now?, Night of the Hunted, Ghost, I Will Fight No More Forever, Beneath the Valley...
Encore: When Tomorrow Hits, Oblivion, In 'N' Out of Grace, Hate the Police
Notes: The ceiling was low enough that it could be touched from the stage, which was knee-high and relatively cramped. When they came out, Mark introduced the band with, "hello, hello. This is Steve Turner, Matt Lukin, Dan Peters and Mark Arm, and we are Mudhoney. And you I assume are Baltimore." Early into the show a woman threw a white teddy bear with purple pilot's goggles on stage. Mark picked it up and put it by the drum kit. Then Steve picked it up and put it on his amp, where Dan picked it up and tried to pull its head off which the crowd loved. Later on in the set Matt picked it up and told everyone that the bear was "the pilot of love." When they came back out for the encore mark told the crowd that, "whoever is calling me a stupid asshole better shut up or were leaving," so of course the person said it again. During the middle of In 'N' Out of Grace, Mark highlighted Dan, saying, "that's fucking Dan Peters...You should see him in his underwear...You should see him on top of you grunting away...Not that I have or anything." Later on during the song, Dan twisted his drumsticks around, almost dropping them and started moving his arms in wierd motions, which had everyone else cracking up. The show ended with Hate the Police, where Mark screamed the "mommy" part standing on the monitors, holding the ceiling and being grabbed by the crowd.
setlist3/5/99 Black Cat. Washington, D.C. (75 min)
Attendance: 300
Supported By: Quix-o-tic, Vanity Champ
Set: Suck You Dry, Poisoned Water, A Thousand Forms of Mind, Blinding Sun, Real Low Vibe, Judgement Rage..., Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick, This is the Life, I Have to Laugh, Here Comes Sickness, Oblivion, F.D.K., Ghost, I Will Fight No More Forever, Beneath the Valley...
Encore: In 'N' Out of Grace, Who You Drivin' Now?, Hate the Police
Notes: This show was full of technical difficulties. At the beginning of Poisoned Water, someone got on stage and knocked Mark's mic stand over, at the same time that Mark broke a string. Matt and Dan jammed on the intro until Mark was ready, and off they went. It was once again restarted after Dan messed up the beginning. After the song, Matt told the crowd, "that's what we like to call the fat version." A few songs into the show, Steve's amp began malfunctioning, resulting in another delay. Mark and Steve switched guitars several times, and at one point Steve asked the crowd which one of the opening bands screwed with their guitars. Matt was very talkative, and after dealing with his guitar between songs, Mark thanked him for biding time during the delays. Matt kept asking the crowd who won the Seattle Sonics/Chicago Bulls game because the guy selling t-shirts wanted to know. Then he said that he thought the Bulls won the championship three times, and some guy in the crowd corrected him, saying it was six, to which Matt said, "oh it was six. Pbbblllttt," making a noise with his tongue and pretended to drop kick his bass. After the main set, Steve stayed to tend to his guitar, and the same audience member asked him if he liked the Sonics. Steve replied, "you mean the band the Sonics? I like them. Oh, the team? No, I don't like them." When they came back out, the same guy requested Swallow My Pride, and Mark gave him a glare and said, "wrong band."
setlist3/6/99 Cat's Cradle. Carrboro, NC
Attendance: 300
Supported By: Bandway, Anti-Seen
Set: Touch Me I'm Sick, Sweet Young Thing, In 'N' Out of Grace, Here Comes Sickness, The Farther I Go, When Tomorrow Hits, Blinding Sun, Judgement Rage..., A Thousand Forms of Mind, I Have to Laugh, Oblivion, Try to Be Kind, This is the Life, Poisoned Water, Real Low Vibe, Night of the Hunted, Ghost, I Will Fight No More Forever, Beneath the Valley... (setlist out of order)
Encore: Hate the Police
Notes: One of the guys behind the mixing boards continually exposed himself, much to the delight of Matt and Steve. When Mark got out his Hagstrom guitar, it gave him technical troubles before working properly.3/7/99 Echo Lounge. Atlanta, GA (90 min)
Attendance: 150
Supported By: Quadrajets, Hickory Hawkins
Set: Suck You Dry, Poisoned Water, A Thousand Forms of Mind, Here Comes Sickness, Real Low Vibe, Judgment Rage..., Move With the Wind, Touch Me I'm Sick, Try to Be Kind, I Have to Laugh, Blinding Sun, The Farther I Go, Oblivion, Night of the Hunted, I Will Fight No More Forever, Beneath the Valley...
Encore: When Tomorrow Hits, Ghost, In 'N' Out of Grace, Hate the Police
Notes: There was relatively little vocal interaction between the audience and the band. Steve says that The Farther I Go, as "a song we learned from Anti-Seen last night." Mark says that this is the seventh day of an eight day weekend, and thanked everyone for coming out and participating in the drunken sabbath. Beneath the Valley... was particularly intense. Mark introduces In 'N' Out of Grace with, "we'd now like to play at least the third fake Blue Cheer song of the evening," and goes on to thank the opening acts for coming out: "these bands came a long way to play this show. Aren't there any good bands in Atlanta besides the Subsonics?" During the song, Mark introduces the band in the same way as on 3/13/99. As they're leaving the stage after Hate the Police, Matt thanks the crowd, "thank you! Thank you very much! I'll be holding a little court back there by the pool table, but first I have to go to the bathroom. Thank you! Allright!" but mumbles it in his typical way so badly that, Mark asks, "does anybody know what he said?"3/8/99 40 Watt Club. Athens, GA
Supported By: The Titanics
Set: Suck You Dry, Poisoned Water, A Thousand Forms of Mind, Blinding Sun, Real Low Vibe, Judgement Rage..., Try to Be Kind, I Have to Laugh, Who You Drivin' Now?, Night of the Hunted, Gen into Yours, I Will Fight No More Forever, Beneath the Valley...
Encore: Touch Me I'm Sick, Hate the Police, In 'N' Out of Grace (encore possibly incomplete and out of order, with the exception of In 'N' Out of Grace)
Notes: The guys were hanging out in the crowd while the Titanics played. At one point, Matt rambles on about how everything is "rock 'n' roll."3/10/99 Barrister's. Memphis, TN
3/11/99 Galaxy. St. Louis, MO
Supported By: Pheonix Thunderstone
Set: Suck You Dry, F.D.K., Touch Me I'm Sick (set incomplete)
Encore: Hate the Police (encore incomplete)
Notes: Steve was having equipment problems throughout, and made a comment to the effect of "that's what you get when you have someone you don't even know set up your Big Muffs - all four of them." Mark said that they might come back a little sooner next time, rather than waiting another eight or 10 years.3/12/99 Bottleneck. Larwence, KS
Supported By: Creature Comforts, Dragqueen
Set: Suck You Dry, Poisoned Water, A Thousand Forms of Mind, Here Comes Sickness, Real Low Vibe, Judgement Rage..., Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick, This Is the Life, I Have to Laugh, You Got It, Oblivion, Who You Drivin' Now?, Ghost, I Will Fight No More Forever, Beneath the Valley...
Encore: When Tomorrow Hits, F.D.K., In 'N' Out Of Grace, Hate the Police
Notes: The guys seemed to be in a great mood. Matt had fun with the mic stand before starting the encore, using it as a machine gun, complete with the requisite noises. He also held up a sign from the audience that said Queen Bitch (a David Bowie song covered by Green River) before leaving after the regular set, and made a comment about how he loved that song. During In 'N' Out of Grace, Mark introduced the band, and thanked everyone for coming to Lawrence and the surrounding areas. He said people were here from Omaha, NE and as far away as Ann Arbor, MI. That prompted him to say that when he heard that, it made them feel like they were doing the right thing. Mark introduced Hate the Police, with "this song isn't ours, but we wish it was."3/13/99 Will Rogers Theatre. Oklahoma City, OK (75 min)
Supported By: Altamont Speedway, Train Dodge
Set: Suck You Dry, Poisoned Water, A Thousand Forms of Mind, Here Comes Sickness, Real Low Vibe, Judgement Rage..., Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick, This is the Life, I Have to Laugh, Blinding Sun, Oblivion, F.D.K., Ghost, I Will Fight No More Forever, Beneath the Valley...
Encore: When Tomorrow Hits, Into the Drink, In 'N' Out of Grace, Hate the Police
Notes: During In 'N' Out of Grace, Mark introduced the band with, "we have Matt 'mile long' Lukin on bass, because he's mile long, Dan 'double penetration' Peters on drums, that's his favorite sport, Steve 'sticky teeth' Turner on lead guitar, he earned that nickname at the last truck stop, and I'm Mark, thanks a lot."3/15/99 Fox Theater. Boulder, CO
Supported By: Superbuick3/19/99 The Crocodile Cafe. Seattle, WA (80 min)
Attendance: 350
Supported By: Hovercraft, The Speedholes
Set: Suck You Dry, Poisoned Water, A Thousand Forms of Mind, Here Comes Sickness, Real Low Vibe, Sweet Young Thing, Judgement Rage..., This is the Life, I Have to Laugh, Blinding Sun, Oblivion, The Farther I Go, Ghost, I Will Fight No More Forever, Beneath the Valley...
Encore: When Tomorrow Hits, In 'N' Out of Grace, Hate the Police
Notes: Spotted in the crowd of the sold out show were Ben Shepard, formerly of Soundgarden, and Peter Buck of R.E.M. In the middle of the set, Steve told the crowd, "this is our newest single," before playing Blinding Sun. Later Mark said, "No, really. This is our latest single. It's getting some push from the record company. It might make it" and they launched into The Farther I Go. During the middle of In 'N' Out of Grace, Mark told the crowd about how they had been touring since August, "delivering the message of rock 'n' roll to the huddled masses." He went on to say that they had grown quite close during that time, and introduced the band in the same manner as on 3/13/99. When he got to Matt, Matt stuck his bass between his legs. Hate the Police was introduced with, "we'd like to leave you with a parting thought. It's not new to most of you, but it's the truth."4/12/99 Club Quattro. Osaka, Japan
4/14/99 Shiyuba Club Quattro. Tokyo, Japan
Supported By: DMBQ, Asahito Nanjo
Set: Suck You Dry, Poisoned Water, (unknown), (unknown), Real Low Vibe, (unknown), Touch Me I'm Sick, I Have to Laugh, You Got it, Oblivion, Beneath the Valley..., (unknown), Who You Drivin' Now?, In 'N' Out of Grace (set incomplete; In 'N' Out of Grace is out of order)
Encore: Hate the Police (encore incomplete)
Notes: A lot of songs from Tomorrow Hit Today were also played. Mark is smiling throughout the show, and as they close the show with Hate the Police, he does a strange dance.5/1/99 EJ's. Portland, OR
Supported By: Heavy Johnson Trio, Fuckpriest Fantastic
