Mudhoney Tourbook, 2006
3/7/06 Easy Street Records (Queen Anne). Seattle, WA (40 min)
Attendance: 200
Set: Where is the Future?, It is Us, Suck You Dry, Endless Yesterdays, Who You Drivin' Now?, I Saw the Light, A Brief Celebration..., Inside Job, Empty Shells, You Got it, Hard on for War
Notes: This was a free performance at a record store on the day that they released Under a Billion Suns. Endless Yesterdays, A Brief Celebration..., and Empty Shells are premiered. Steve has a problem with his guitar as soon as they start, and they play the opening song while he fades in and out. Afterwards, they take a lengthy break, as the guys make small talk while Steve exhorts them to be entertaining. When Steve is ready to go, he provides the crowd with the following joke: "Knock, knock. Who's There? Chicken. Chicken Who? Chicken," leading the guys to wonder why he was telling them to be more entertaining. After A Brief Celebration..., Steve remarks that the song is a "politically charged instrumental" (in reference to reviews of Under a Billion Suns) and then adds, "Darn that Thatcher!" You Got it is played more slowly than normal. After the show, the band took a short break, then signed records for people at the front of the store.3/14/06 KEXP Studios. Seattle, WA
Set: Where is the Future?, It is Us, Empty Shells, Hard on for War
Notes: The band played a set and participated in an interview that was broadcast by KEXP 90.3 FM, Seattle.3/17/06 The Crocodile Cafe. Seattle, WA (75 min)
Attendance: 400
Supported By: The Makers, The Stabbs, Parchman Farm
Set: Where is the Future?, It is Us, I Saw the Light, Endless Yesterday, Empty Shells, Hard on for War, A Brief Celebration..., Let's Drop in, On the Move, In Search of, Blindspots
Encore: Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick, Inside Job, The Straight Life, Who You Drivin' Now?, You Got it, Suck You Dry, In 'N' Out of Grace, Hate the Police
Notes: Let's Drop in and Blindspots are premiered. On the occassion of the record release party for Under a Billion Suns, the band plays the record in order. Some guys are shouting out requests for other songs, so Guy takes a second before Empty Shells to explain the concept to them. Early in the encore, they hit a rough patch. During Touch Me I'm Sick, Mark misses the transition from the first pre-chorus to the chorus, causing everyone to crack up through the rest of the song. No one is playing the same song during The Straight Life, and after they somehow keep it together through the end, Mark says, "We really should have practiced that one," and Steve adds, "it sounded like a Red Kross song." Dan takes a wild solo on In 'N' Out of Grace, while Mark does an accompanying jig and Guy calls out "Riverdance!" (the show takes place on St. Patrick's Day.) After they finish the song, they're about ready to leave the stage, but Mark calls out an audible for Hate the Police. Steve says that the song is for the Irish, since so many Irish are police. No One Has is on the setlist to open the encore, but not played.3/18/06 Dante's. Portland, OR (85 min)
Attendance: 600
Supported By: The Stabbs, The Divining Rods
Soundcheck: Let's Drop in, Endless Yesterday, No One Has, Where is the Future?
Set: Where is the Future?, It is Us, I Saw the Light, (Empty Shells), Endless Yesterday, Empty Shells, Hard on for War, A Brief Celebration..., Let's Drop in, On the Move, In Search of, Blindspots
Encore: No One Has, Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick, Inside Job, Here Comes Sickness, Who You Drivin' Now?, You Got it, Suck You Dry, In 'N' Out of Grace, Hate the Police
Notes: This was the second of the two record release parties for Under a Billion Suns. They play the record in order for the main set. Steve starts up Empty Shells, and is joined in by Mark before they realize that that's not the fourth song on the record. Mark tells the crowd that "It won't flow" if they don't play the songs in the proper order, and they go into Endless Yesterday. When they come out for the encore, Mark jokes, "Now that we've got the new stuff out of the way..." and Steve waves around a copy of the setlist while saying, "We're not doing the set that Sub Pop tells us to" (they switched The Straight Life for Here Comes Sickness on the printed setlist, and added Hate the Police). For the encore, they keep up with the theme, and Mark calls out the first song on their first record, the a-side to their first single, the b-side to their first single, and finally, "The seventh song from our last record." Guy dedicates Here Comes Sickness "for Jim and John - the tape geeks." The intro to Who You Drivin' Now? catches Steve by surprise, and by the time they hit the first chorus, he waves everyone to stop. They get ready to restart it, and Steve refuses: "That one's jinxed now. Fuck that song." The other guys can't believe it, so they sit around for a minute or two having a friendly argument, but Steve is recalcitrant. Dan even goes so far as to do the drum into to the song again, but no one joins in. During the solo in In 'N' Out of Grace, Mark and Steve start doing their best "I am overcome by the power of my own rocking-ness" guitar poses, that culminate in Mark crouching under Steve's legs while playing, and Steve taking the opportunity to sit down on Mark for a piggy-back ride.5/10/06 Rescue Rooms. Nottingham, England
Supported By: Comets on Fire
Set: Where is the Future?, It is Us, You Got it, Inside Job, Hard-on for War, No one Has, Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick, On the Move, If I Think, Sonic INfusion, Beneath the Valley..., Here Comes Sickness, Blindspots
Encore: When Tomorrow Hits, In 'N' Out of Grace, Hate the Police5/11/06 Shepard's Bush Empire. London, England
Supported By: The Scientists, Comets on Fire
Set: Suck You Dry, It is Us, Where is the Future, You Got it, The Straight Life, Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick, Where the Flavor is, I Have to Laugh, Mudride, I Saw the Light, Empty Shells, Get into Yours, Sonic Infusion, Hard-on for War
Encore: When Tomorrow Hits, In 'N' Out of Grace, Hate the Police
Notes: Guy blows his amp during I Have to Laugh, so they have to restart the song.5/12/06 "All Tomorrow's Parties". Camber Sands Holiday Centre. Camber Sands, England
Supported By: Total Sound Group Direct Action Committee, Black Mountain, The Drones, The Scientists, The Country Teasers, David Dondero, John Wahl & the Amadans, The Flesh Eaters, Comets on Fire, The Drones, Mark Pickerel, Holly Golightly
Set: Suck You Dry, It is Us, You Got it, Where is the Future?, Hard-on for War, Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick, Where the Flavor is, I Have to Laugh, If I Think, Sonic Infusion, Beneath the Valley, Here Comes Sickness, Blindspots
Encore: When Tomorrow Hits, In 'N' Out of Grace, Hate the Police
Notes: Mudhoney curated and headlined the first day of the three-day All Tomorrow's Parties festival. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Devandra Banhart curated the other two days. Chris Desjardins of The Flesh Eaters: "John (Doe) got a call from Mark Arm in Mudhoney. They wanted the Flesh Eaters to play on the day they‘re curating. Each day, a major independent band is curating. ... (Arm) said, ‘Any lineup‘s OK, but this is the one we want to see.'"5/13/06 Melkweg. Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Supported By: The Holy Soul
Set: Suck You Dry, It is Us, You Got it, Where is the Future?, Hard-on for War, Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick, Where the Flavor is, I Have to Laugh, If I Think, Sonic Infusion, Beneath the Valley..., Here Comes Sicknesss, Blindspots
Encore: When Tomorrow Hits, In 'N' Out of Grace, Hate the Police5/14/06 Vera. Groningen, The Netherlands
Attendance: 375
Supported By: The Holy Soul
Set: Suck You Dry, Where the Flavor is, I Have to Laugh, It is Us, Where is the Future, Hard-on for War, Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick, Endless Yesterday, Get into Yours, Empty Shells, Here Comes Sickness, Blindspots
Encore: Mudride, In 'N' Out of Grace
Encore 2: Into the Drink, Who You Drivin' Now?
Encore 3: Hate the Police5/15/06 Vega. Copenhagen, Denmark
Supported By: The Holy Soul
Set: Suck You Dry, It is Us, You Got it, Where is the Future?, Hard-on for War, Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick, Where the Flavor is, I Have to Laugh, If I Think, Sonic Infusion, Beneath the Valley..., Here Comes Sicknesss, Blindspots
Encore: When Tomorrow Hits, In 'N' Out of Grace, Hate the Police5/16/06 Vooruit. Ghent, Belgium
Supported By: The Holy Soul, Hitch
Set: Mudride, Suck You Dry, It is Us, You Got it, Where is the Future?, Hard-on for War, Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick, Where the Flavor is, I Have to Laugh, If I Think, (unknown), Sonic Infusion, Beneath the Valley..., Here Comes Sickness
Encore: In 'N' Out of Grace, Who You Drivin' Now?, Hate the Police
Notes: Hate the Police is introduced as an American traditional, which you can see performed by Pete Seeger on Youtube.com.5/17/06 Elysee Monmartre. Paris, France (80 min)
Attendance: 400
Supported By: Holy Soul, Sleepers
Set: Suck You Dry, It is Us, You Got it, Where is the Future?, Hard-on for War, Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick, Where the Flavor is, I Have to Laugh, If I Think, Sonic Infusion, Beneath the Valley..., Here Comes Sickness, Blindspots
Encore: When Tomorrow Hits, In 'N' Out of Grace, Who You Drivin' Now?5/18/06 Rote Fabrik. Zurich, Switzerland
Set: It Is Us, Where is the Future?, You Got It, Inside Job, Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick, Where the Flavor Is, I Have to Laugh, Mudride, I Saw the Light, Empty Shells, Get into Yours, Hard-on for War, Blindspots
Encore: When Tomorrow Hits, In 'N' Out of Grace, Suck You Dry, Hate the Police
Encore: Who You Drivin' Now?, Here Comes Sickness5/19/06 Rainbow Club. Milan, Italy
Supported By: Jennifer Gentle
Set: Into the Drink, It is Us, Where is the Future, You Got it, I Have to Laugh, Sweet Young Thing, Hard-on for War, Empty Shells, Blindspots, Get into Yours, Where the Flavor is, Inside Job, Touch Me I'm Sick, I Saw the Light, Mudride (set out of order, with the exception of the first four songs, and possibly incomplete)
Encore: When Tomorrow Hits, In 'N' Out of Grace, Suck You Dry, Hate the Police5/20/06 Circolo Degli Artisti. Rome, Italy
Supported By: Jennifer Gentle5/21/06 Gagarin 205. Athens, Greece
Supported By: Engine V, The Dive
Notes: This show was originally booked for Another Club.6/10/06 The Crocodile Cafe. Seattle, WA (85 min)
Attendance: 250
Supported By: The Tripwires, The Coconut Coolouts
Set: Into the Drink, It is Us, You Got it, Where is the Future?, Hard-on for War, Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick, Where the Flavor is, I Have to Laugh, If I Think, Sonic Infusion, Beneath the Valley.../Here Comes Sickness, Blindspots
Encore: Suck You Dry, In 'N' Out of Grace, Hate the Police
Notes: This show was in observance of The Crocodile Cafe's 15th Anniversary. Mudhoney also played the club's 10th Anniversary celebration on 5/11/01. Mark observes after Hard-on for War that it's also the 15th anniversary of "that fucking pole" (which blocks the view of a decent number of people every show). Suck You Dry is on the setlist as the opener, but is replaced by the unlisted Into the Drink. Steve breaks a string shortly into the second song of the set, which may be a new record for quickness. He introduces Touch Me I'm Sick by talking about how it was written on Mercer Island (where he grew up), and Mark adds that he was there and they ate cake. Later, Mark introduces If I Think by talking about where that song was written - "On a bus somewhere between Kirkland and Totem Lake (where he grew up), so, Juanita?" and adds that Juanita is home of his favorite Jack in the Box restaurant, not for the special food, but for sentimental reasons. After all that, Steve can't get the intro to the song right, to the point that he tells the other guys that he wants to give up and move on. He finally gets it, but its very slow, so they play at that speed for the verses, with Dan using a different, more conventional drum pattern than normal, and then go to normal speed for the chorus and solo.6/15/06 Maggie O'Toole's. Lakewood, WA (85 min)
Supported By: Melba Toast
Set: Into the Drink, It is Us, You Got it, Where is the Future?, Hard-on for War, Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick, Where the Flavor is, I Have to Laugh, If I Think, Sonic Infusion, Beneath the Valley.../Here Comes Sickness, Blindspots
Encore: Suck You Dry, Who You Drivin' Now?, In 'N' Out of Grace
Notes: They do If I Think slow like on 6/10/06, but Dan modifies his drum beat again so that its halfway between the recorded version and a straight-ahead pattern. Before Blindspots, Mark says that they wanted to come down to the venue a few weeks ago for the porn star party, but that would involve getting raped by their step-dads, doing lines of coke, and feeling bad..."Other people's hell is our amusement."6/16/06 Richard's on Richard's. Vancouver, Canada
Supported By: The Countless Jibes
Set: You Got it, Touch Me I'm Sick, Sweet Young Thing, Here Comes Sickness, Suck You Dry, Into the Drink, Who You Drivin' Now? (set incomplete and out of order)6/17/06 The Nightlight Lounge. Bellingham, WA
Supported By: Black Breath, Melba Toast
Set: Into the Drink, It is Us, You Got it, Where is the Future?, Hard-on for War, Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick, Where the Flavor is, I Have to Laugh, If I Think, Sonic Infusion, Beneath the Valley..., Here Comes Sickness, Blindspots
Encore: (unknown)6/18/06 The Sunset Tavern. Seattle, WA (80 min)
Supported By: The Fall-Outs, Melba Toast
Set: When Tomorrow Hits/In 'N' Out of Grace, I Saw the Light, Inside Job, Where is the Future, Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick, On the Move, Let's Drop in, Sonic Infusion, Beneath the Valley..., Hard-on for War
Encore: Into the Drink, Who You Drivin' Now, Suck You Dry, Hate the Police
Notes: They hit the stage to the dulcet tones of AC/DC's For Those About to Rock. After they do a quick soundcheck, Dan says, "Let's play some music, boys," and Mark asks the crowd a Paul Stanley-esque "Are you ready to rock?" Mark keeps holding the last note of Sonic Infusion, and holding, and holding, and finally the other guys come back in for a proper ending. He changes the lyric of Beneath the Valley... to "The spitting image of Mike Maker" (singer for The Makers). They come to the end of the show, and Mark asks "Gee, I wonder what we'll play next?" and Steve announces that they're doing a "Texas folk tune" as they go into Hate the Police.7/14/06 Roxy. Prague, Czech Republic
Supported By: Esgmeq
7/15/06 "Dour Festival." Dour, Belgium
Set: Suck You Dry, It Is Us, You Got It, Where is the Future?, Hard-on for War, Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick, Where the Flavor is, I Have to Laugh, If I Think, Blindspots, Get into Yours, In 'N' Out of Grace, Hate the Police
Notes: Mudhoney played the third day of this four-day festival.7/16/06 "Ilosaarirock Festival YleX-Stage." Joensuu, Finland
Also on Bill: Blackalicious, Carpark North, Entombed, Katatonia, Viikate, Stam1na, Viikate, 51koodia, Saul Williams
Notes: Mudhoney played the third day of this three-day festival.9/1/06 The Double Door. Chicago, IL
Attendance: 350
Supported By: The Cynics, DJ Mike Miller
Set: Suck You Dry, It is Us, You Got it, Where is the Future?, Hard-on for War, Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm sick, Where the Flavor is, I Have to Laugh, If I Think, Sonic Infusion, Inside Job, Who You Drivin' Now?, Get into Yours, Blindspots
Encore: When Tomorrow Hits, Make it Now, Hate the Police9/2/06 Music Mill. Indianapolis, IN
Attendance: 150
Supported By: The Retreads
Set: Suck You Dry, It is Us, You Got it, Where is the Future?, Hard-on for War, Sweet Young Thing..., Touch Me I'm Sick, Where the Flavor is, I Have to Laugh, Mudride, Who You Drivin' Now?, Inside Job, I Saw the Light, Get into Yours, Blindspots
Encore: Here Comes Sickness, Let's Drop in, In 'N' Out of Grace9/3/06 The Majestic Theatre. Detroit, MI
Also on Bill: Radio Birdman, The Dirtbombs, Easy Action9/10/06 "The Southern Comfort Music Experience." 7th Ave and Market St. San Diego, CA
Attendance: 750
Supporting: The Roots
Supported By: Spank Rock, The Legendary Shack Shakers, Fooling April, American Princes
Set: Suck You Dry, It is Us, You Got It, Where is the Future?, Hard-on For War, Mudride, Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick, In 'n Out of Grace, Get Into Yours, Into The Drink, Inside Job, I Saw The Light, Who You Drivin' Now?, Hate The Police (set slightly out of order)
Notes: This is two-day free festival, put on by an alcohol manufacturer, with Mudhoney playing the second day. Steve: "Oddball, ill-attended, free music fest in San Diego a while back. I'd much rather play The Casbah any day! First and last time to drink Southern Comfort as well. Legendary Shack Shakers and The Roots were cool, though, as is the awesome poster by Lindsay Kuhn. Currently hanging over [my] skate obsessed [son's] bed." The venue is the parking lot on the SE corner of 7th Ave and Market St.9/15/06 The Larimer Lounge. Denver, CO
Supported By: The GEDs
Set: Suck You Dry, It is Us, You got it, Where is the Future?, Hard-on for War, Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick, Where the Flavor is, I Have to Laugh, Mudride, Inside Job, Into the Drink, Endless Yesterday, Here Comes Sickness, Sonic Infusion
Encore: When Tomorrow Hits, In 'N' Out of Grace, Hate the Police9/16/06 The Larimer Lounge. Denver, CO
Supported By: Machine Gun Blues, Looker
Set: When Tomorrow Hits, In 'N' Out of Grace, It is Us, The Straight Life, Let's Drop in, No One Has, Our Time Is Now, Touch Me I'm Sick, On the Move, If I Think, Who You Drivin' Now?, Get into Yours, Dyin' for It, Hard-on for War, Beneath the Valley...
Encore: Where is the Future?, Suck You Dry, You Got it, Hate the Police11/3/06 Safari Sam's. Los Angeles, CA
Supported By: Howlin' Rain, John Wahl & Amadans
Set: When Tomorrow Hits, In 'N' Out of Grace, It is Us, You Got it, Where is the Future?, Inside Job, Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick, Where the Flavor is, I Have to Laugh, Mudride, Into the Drink, Endless Yesterday, Get into Yours, Hard-on for War
Encore: Suck You Dry, Who You Drivin' Now?, Fix Me, Hate the Police
Notes: Fix Me is performed for the first time since 4/15/94.11/4/06 12 Galaxies. San Francisco, CA
Supported By: Howlin' Rain, John Wahl & Amadans
Set: When Tomorrow Hits, In 'N' Out of Grace, Sweet Young Thing, Burn it Clean, You Got it, Mudride, If I Think, Touch Me I'm Sick, It is Us, Where is the Future?, Blindspots, Hard-on for War, Hate the Police (setlist incomplete and out of order with the exception of the first two songs)
Notes: After having taken the stage, but before starting to play, Mark has to leave to have his guitar attended to. Steve announces that the crowd is in his hands now...and Dan's...and Guy's. When Mark retakes the stage, Steve says that the crowd is in Mark's hands now. In the middle of the set, Mark says that they don't do Pearl Jam's Even Flow. Mark bungles the first verse of Hate the Police.11/17/06 The Knitting Factory. New York City, NY (75 min)
Supported By: Birds of Avalon, Hank IV
Set: Suck You Dry, It is Us, Where is the Future, Hard-on for War, No One Has, Our Time is Now, Touch Me I'm Sick, On the Move, Mudride, Inside Job, Into the Drink, Endless Yesterday, Get into Yours, Sonic Infusion
Encore: When Tomorrow Hits/In 'N' Out of Grace, Fix Me, Hate the Police
Notes: After the first song, Mark tells the crowd, "Thank you, thank you, very much. Your applause may come a little too soon." When they come out for the encore, they're tuning up and someone yells for them to play Gas Huffer's 'Hot Cakes.' Mark: "We don't know 'Hot Cakes' by Gas Huffer. We do know that Joe from Gas Huffer is in the house though!" Longtime Seattle band and Mudhoney touring mates Gas Huffer had broken up at the start of the year, and Joe moved to New York City for a job.11/18/06 WFMU-FM Studios. New York City, NY
Set: Mudride, Where is the Future?, Suck You Dry, Hard-on for War, Into the Drink, Fix Me
Notes: Mudhoney played a set, and gave a short interview, on a radio station the afternoon before their proper show.11/18/06 The Knitting Factory. New York City, NY
Supported By: Hulda, Dan Melchior und Das Menace
Set: When Tomorrow Hits, In 'N' Out of Grace, It is Us, The Straight Life, Let's Drop in, Sweet Young Thing, Toouch Me I'm Sick, Where the Flavor is, I Have to Laugh, If I Think, Who You Drivin' Now?, Where is the Future?, Get into Yours, Dyin' for it, Hard-on for War
Encore: Suck You Dry, You Got it, Here Comes Sickness, Fix Me, Hate the Police
Notes: After the main set, the crowd chants, "Mud-ho-ney!" Mark comes back onstage and comments, "we've been standing for 10 minutes waiting for some kind of chant to start. Chanting is about all we can do. Before You Got it, he tells the crowd that they have to waif for "old three-fingers Turner" to get going. Then, after Fix Me, he turns to Steve and says, "We've got to find some way to stretch that one out more." People begin stage diving during Hate the Police, and Mark playfully "butts" one of them off the stage.12/1/06 Sabala's. Portlad, OR
Supported By: John Wahl & Amadans, Divining Rods
Set: Suck You Dry, It is Us, You Got it, Where is the Future, If I Think, Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick, Where the Flavor is, I Have to Laugh, Mudride, Inside Job, Let's Drop in, Into the Drink, Who You Drivin' Now?, Get into Yours, Hard-on for War
Encore: Here Comes Sickness, In 'N' Out of Grace, Fix Me, Hate the Police12/2/06 Neumo's Crystal Ball Reading Room. Seattle, WA (75 min)
Attendance: 300
Supported By: John Wahl & Amadans, Hot Lunch
Soundcheck: Let's Drop in, Where is the Future
Set: When Tomorrow Hits/In 'N' Out of Grace, It is Us, You Got it, Where is the Future, Sweet Young Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick, Where the Flavor is, I Have to Laugh, Mudride, Inside Job, Let's Drop in, Into the Drink, Get into Yours, Hard-on for War
Encore: If I Think, Suck You Dry, Fix Me, Hate the Police
Notes: Steve draws out the ending to most every song, which leads to repeated audience confusion as to when to clap. After one such ending, Mark introduces him to the crowd as "Two Hands Turner." Guy has amp troubles at the start of If I Think, and while he attends to that, Mark tells the crowd: "Seattle is one of our favorite places to play. Every time we come through here we have a good show. I haven't been to Seattle since ... sometime Friday." Steve jumps in with, "I thought you were going to say the '90's."