Seattle grunge trailblazers Mudhoney are heading back to Australia this October, bringing nearly four decades of loud, uncompromising rock to Victorian audiences with four intimate performances across Melbourne and regional Victoria.
The influential band will kick off the Australian leg of their tour at Thornbury Theatre on 16 October before travelling to the Torquay Hotel, Castlemaine’s Theatre Royal and Volta Ballarat. The run also includes appearances in New South Wales and Queensland before wrapping up with five dates across New Zealand.
Few bands have had the lasting influence of Mudhoney. Formed in Seattle on New Year’s Day in 1988 following the breakup of Green River, the group helped define the emerging grunge movement through early releases including Touch Me I’m Sick and the landmark Superfuzz Bigmuff EP. Their raw mix of garage rock, punk attitude and distorted guitars became a blueprint for a generation of alternative musicians.
While many of their Seattle contemporaries found mainstream success in the early 1990s, Mudhoney forged a different path, continuing to release music and tour without straying from the sound that made them underground icons. Across 11 studio albums and more than 25 official releases, the band has remained one of alternative rock’s most enduring acts.
The current lineup still features founding members Mark Arm, Steve Turner and Dan Peters, joined by Australian bassist Guy Maddison, whose own history in Sydney’s underground music scene adds another connection to local audiences.
Fans can also expect support from Californian garage rock trio Primitive Ring on most Australian dates, adding another dose of high-energy rock to the lineup.
Tickets go on sale Tuesday, 30 June at 9.00am local time via pressplaypresents.com.
