MUD
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Biography
[Edit]Mention the name Mud to most Americans — even those neck-deep in the '70s revival — and the likely result will be a blank stare. In England, however, between 1974 and 1976, Mud was one of the hottest rock & roll acts there was, charting a series of monster hit singles and recording a pair of delightful oldies-oriented albums. They were never a profoundly philosophical band, and never pretended to be. The group played music to have a good time, and merely asked that others join in, which millions of Brits did for a few years.
Their history extended back to the middle of the previous decade. Singer Les Gray and drummer-vocalist Dave Mount had come out of separate groups in the Carshalton section of South London during the mid-'60s, when they hooked up together to form a new band of their own, which they christened Mud. Ray Stiles (bass, vocals) and Rob Davis (lead guitar, vocals) came aboard in 1966 and the quartet was signed to the then fledgling CBS label (Columbia Records having only founded its U.K. division in 1965, with the acquisition of the Oriole label), for which a pair of novelty singles, "Flower Power" and "Up the Air Mountain," stiffed on the charts. Mud continued to play local gigs and had enough of a following to make a living off its concert work. They were a solid rock & roll band with a good attack and a clean, unpretentious sound that made for great live performances but was difficult to translate on record. Their stage act included a fair number of rock & roll classics, which made them fairly unusual in a British music scene populated by acts bent on creating a psychedelic experience from the stage. They tried again with a pair of singles on the Philips label in 1969-1970, but neither of these attempts found an audience.
Fate, in the guise of producer Mickie Most, took a hand in the early '70s. Most was impressed with their stage presentation and hooked them up with the songwriting- producer team of Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman (known corporately as Chinnichap). They came up with "Crazy" and "Hypnosis," a pair of singles that made the Top 20 for the group in 1973 on Most's RAK label; this did better than any of their previous singles had done, but still wasn't representative of the group's sound.
Lightning struck a third time late 1973 when Mud inherited a Chinn/Chapman song that had been rejected by the Sweet called "Dyna-Mite." Driven by a crunchy "Long Cool Woman"-type guitar intro, "Dyna-Mite" was a catchy rocker that became a Top Five British hit, but it also had a profound effect on the direction of the band. It required Les Gray to sing in a style akin to that of Elvis Presley, and a sound and direction were beginning to be established for the group. Their next single, "Tiger Feet," topped the English charts in early 1974, riding the number one spot for a month, and they followed this with "The Cat Crept In," a Top Three British hit. "The Cat Crept In," in particular, was written to exploit Les Gray's propensity to imitate Elvis Presley, and the band was quite obviously having the time of its life joining in the proceedings, as Chapman continued returning to the formula. The group treated all of this as a lark. They were grateful for the hits, and didn't feel compelled to worry over their artistic development in the way of a lot of other acts. They'd started out in music to have a good time, and they were having it. Their musical competency and visual presentation — particularly Rob Davis' willingness to ornament himself with dangling jewelry — positioned them perfectly for the glam rock boom, and the Chinn-Chapman songs made for catchy singles.
After three hit singles, an album seemed a logical next step, and one was knocked off in mid-1974, called Mud Rock, done as a fake live performance which included a medley of the three hits and a series of covers of classic rock & roll, everything from the Contours' "Do You Love Me" and Chuck Berry's "Bye Bye Johnny" to a Marcels-style rendition of Rodgers & Hart's "Blue Moon," with a nod to big-band music in the form of "In the Mood." Mud Rock sold well, and the band might've gone on perfectly well this way, cutting hit singles and doing an LP once a year, but for a problem that came up late in 1974, when Mud was persuaded to sign a contract with the new Private Stock label.
They were still under contract to Mickie Most, and the Chinn-Chapman songwriting team kept providing the band with retro-style songs, including "The Secrets That You Keep," another Top Three British single in early 1975. Their next single, a cover of Buddy Holly's "Oh Boy!" that made number one in England, was an outgrowth of the session that yielded "Blue Moon" — the Holly song was suggested as a follow-up at the time, cut for the second album, and then culled as a single. By then, the band had left RAK, and suddenly, they found themselves in the awkward position of competing with themselves — before they could get anything out on Private Stock, RAK had a succession of hit singles (including a version of "One Night," a direct Elvis Presley cover). Their second album, rather unimaginatively titled Mud Rock, Vol. 2, yielded over a million sales in singles drawn from its lineup of songs.
They ultimately did get a succession of hit singles out on Private Stock, and for another year, Mud were a fixture on the U.K. charts (and non-existent as a presence in America), before their appeal faded. Glam rock faded as punk and disco came to dominate the airwaves and the charts. They continued to record for Private Stock and RCA-U.K. until 1980, but nothing they did ever sold in numbers resembling their past glories. Mud's ride at the top was a short one, not even three years from start to finish before they disappeared from the charts, but they never intended to have a long or lasting impact on music, they just wanted to help people have a good time.
Title: Mud (with Yarol, Melvil Poupaud)
Artist: MUD
Genre: Rock, Glam Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll, Punk Rock, Heavy Metal, Alternative
Title: Where Is Tomorrow
Artist: MUD
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Hard Rock, Punk, Hardcore Punk, Metal, Pop, Indie
Title: Mud Pack (with Yarol & Melvil Poupaud)
Artist: MUD
Genre: Rock, Glam Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll, Punk Rock, Heavy Metal, Pop
Title: Let's Have a Party - The Best of Mud
Artist: MUD
Genre: Rock, Glam Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll, Heavy Metal, Pop
Title: Falling Apart - Single
Artist: MUD, The Puddle
Genre: Electronica, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Collections
Title: 101 Christmas Songs 2012 (CD3)
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: 100 Hits - Super70s (Special Edition) (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Pop, Funk
Title: 70's In The Mix Volume One (Strictly DJs Only) (CD2)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Winter Retro Music
Genre: Electronica
Title: 100 Hits: Rock Classics
Genre: Rock
Title: 70 Songs From The 70's (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Pop, Funk
Title: 60 Top Hits - Party, Party, Party (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Massive Hits! (Seventies) (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Massive Hits! (Seventies) (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Alle 40 Goed Gitaarhelden (CD1)
Genre: Rock
Title: My Favourite Hits Of 1975 (CD5)
Genre: Soul, Soul Jazz, Rock, Blues Rock, Folk Rock, Progressive Rock, Rock & Roll, World Music, Country Rock, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock, Folk
Title: My Favourite Hits Of 1975 (CD10)
Genre: Rock, Glam Rock, Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, Rock & Roll, Heavy Metal, World Music, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock, Funk, Folk
Title: My Favourite Hits Of 1975 (CD14)
Genre: Soul, Soul Jazz, Rock, Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, Heavy Metal, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: My Favourite Hits Of 1976 (CD5)
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock, Folk Rock, Glam Rock, Hard Rock, Symphonic Rock, Heavy Metal, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: My Favourite Hits Of 1976 (CD9)
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock, Glam Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: My Favourite Hits Of 1974 (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll, Heavy Metal, Reggae, Pop, Pop Rock, Funk
Title: My Favourite Hits Of 1974 (CD2)
Genre: Soul, Soul Jazz, Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Pop, Pop Rock, Acoustic
Title: My Favourite Hits Of 1974 (CD6)
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop, Pop Rock, Funk
Title: The Emotion Collection (Christmas) (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: NOW That’s What I Call Christmas 2015 (CD1)
Genre: Dancefloor, Disco, Pop, Dance Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: The Seventies Album (CD2)
Title: Last Christmas (CD1)
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Hazibuli 2
Genre: Pop
Title: NOW Thats What I Call Christmas 2016 (CD1)
Genre: Downtempo, Chill Out, Jazz, Instrumental, Instrumental
Title: 70s Pop ~ 101 Original Hits (CD5)
Genre: Pop
Title: 70s Pop ~ 101 Original Hits (CD6)
Genre: Pop
Title: 70s Pop ~ 101 Original Hits (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: The Ultimate 70s Compilation (Pop & Chart Edition) (CD4)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, World Music, Country, Disco, Funk, Folk
Title: 70 Hits Of The 70s (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Country, Disco
Title: Top Of The Pops 1970-1974 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Glam Rock, Rock & Roll, Disco, Pop, Funk
Title: Digital Remaster Forever 70s
Genre: Rock, New Wave, Rock & Roll, Country
Title: Feel Good Music
Genre: Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Folk Rock, Glam Rock, Disco
Title: 100 Greatest - Christmas 2017 (CD1)
Genre: Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: The Original Christmas Box Set (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Oldies 70's
Title: Christmas The Collection (2017 Version) (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: The Greatest Seventies (CD2)
Title: The Greatest 70s (CD2)
Title: 70s Golden Greats
Genre: Soul, Jazz, Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Latin, Disco
Title: Definitive 70s (X5 Music Group)
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, World Music, Country, Disco, Pop, Funk, Folk
Title: Chart 70's Pop
Genre: Blues, Rock, Glam Rock, New Wave, Power Pop, Rockabilly, Disco
Title: The Collection Oldies Best! (CD9)
Genre: Pop
Title: The Collection Oldies Best! (CD7)
Genre: Pop
Title: The Collection Oldies Best! (CD14)
Genre: Pop
Title: Timeless 70s (X5 Music Group)
Genre: Avant Garde Jazz, Rock, Experimental Rock, Glam Rock, Punk, Avant Garde Metal, World Music, Folk
Title: Joe - Christmas All The Way (CD2)
Genre: Soul, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: 100 Greatest Christmas Songs Ever (CD1)
Genre: Jazz, Rock, New Wave, Country, Traditional Pop Music
Title: BBC Radio - UK Top 40 Singles Chart (28 December 2018)
Genre: Electropop, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Glam Rock, Dancehall, Disco, Pop
Title: 100 Hits From The 70's (CD2)
Title: UK Chart Pop Hits Of 1973
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Pop, Pop Rock, Easy Listening
Featuring albums
Title: Piccadilly Sunshine Part 13 - Brit Pop Psych 1967-70 - Remastered
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Alternative Rock
Title: Piccadilly Sunshine, Pt. 14: British Pop Psych and Other Flavours 1965 - 1969
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock
Title: The Best Christmas Album Ever (CD2)
Artist: Diverse Artiesten
Genre: New Age, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Top Of The Pops 1975 (CD1)
Artist: Top Of The Pops
Title: Mastermix DJ Beats Christmas 2
Artist: DJ Beats
Genre: Gospel, Rock, Byzantine/Relegious, Country, Rockabilly, Disco, Pop, Classical