“The worst band ever” that you have to experience live at least once in life
SØWT is a noise-pop band founded in Eindhoven that opened the evening and it was thrilling watching those young artists full of energy and youthful rage. They say that their role models are Smashing Pumpkin, Nirvana and Sonic Youth and it’s amazing that they opened the evening before the legends that were lined up to shortly enter the stage.
MUDHONEY came back to Zagreb for the fourth time after almost six years and luckily for them it was a magnificent event in a much bigger venue as the band very well deserves! The band played one more gig in Croatia which is great news and hopefully more concerts in Rijeka after/before Zagreb ones will continue! Their latest album “Plastic Eternity” was published last year and was promoted last night.
Mudhoney was formed 46 years ago and their legendary status doesn’t need much explaining. Their career began as Mr. Epp and the Calculations and they were introduced on local radio as “the worst band ever”. After forming the iconic Green River, a band whose first EP “Come on Down” is considered the first grunge release in general spotlight was on them. They will soon release their debut EP “Superfuzz Bigmuff” (for the legendary label Sub Pop), which was a great inspiration to Kurt Cobain, and there is also their first single “Touch Me I’m Sick”, with which they achieved considerable visibility and popularity in the USA. Sonic Youth soon invited them to tour the UK, while in 1989 they released their first album “Mudhoney”. Since then, they have strung together 10 more official releases and maintained their cult status on a global level.
I was amazed by one of the greatest age ranges in the audience I saw as it really covered all generations proving that good music is everlasting and understandable and relatable through all generations. It can not be run over time or become redundant.
Mudhoney hosted a raw, sweat-soaked celebration of grunge that felt like a gritty throwback to Seattle’s ‘90s scene. They opened with a fierce set, mixing muddy riffs and snarling vocals.
It was clear that Mudhoney delivered a brutal, emotion-laden performance. Feedback-heavy guitars, sludgy basslines, and uncompromised vocals filled the venue as they ripped through many of their famous tracks.
Absolute climaxes of the evening were performances of “Touch Me I’m Sick” and “Here Comes Sickness”! The crowd roared through every breakdown, feeding off the band’s chaotic energy. No polish, no excessive frills—just pure, unfiltered power and positive energy.
The main question for me today was: “Does nostalgia have an expiration date?” Well, the answer is: “It doesn’t”. Mudhoney delivered an instant throwback to the best days of our growing up years and it felt too good to be true. Although many evolved beyond grunge and found another favourite genre, grunge music will always warm our hearts as it was the soundtrack of our youth. Mudhoney succeeded in an impossible mission: they kept their youthful energy and they never sold out themselves. Respect!
