More Muffs please
You've no ambition and only ever sit around
I don't know why
And you know it's true and you never wanted anything
You're a lucky guy
You're a lucky guy
Oh oh oh, you're lucky
So sang the amazing Kim Shattuck on the opening track of the eponymous album by The Muffs in 1993. I say sang, yeah she was singing, but it was more than that, it was the raw energy and her astonishing guttural screaming that drew me to The Muffs. She had great songs too, which got even better on their second album Blonder And Blonder where Kim's voice felt like it was ripping your insides out one minute ('Agony') and then could flip to be almost as sweet as a bird ('Just A Game').
I was lucky enough to see The Muffs play The Garage, Highbury, in what must have been '94 or '95. A great 'in your face' gig at a great old venue. Those were the days. A long time ago though. From what I can gather from their website it looks like Kim and the other Muffs are still ticking over in the background, so maybe we'll see another release one day. Let's hope so.
I was looking around the web for an old video to show. There are a couple of old 'classics' like 'Lucky Guy' and 'Sad Tomorrow' out there but I've chosen the following song which kind of lept out at me today. Here's a really raw, lo-fi, live in the studio take of 'Oh, Nina'.
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