Artist
The Muffs are an American punk rock band based in Southern California, formed in 1991 and disbanded in 2019 upon the death of singer Kim Shattuck.
The Muffs started as a collaboration between guitarists Kim Shattuck and Melanie Vammen, both former members of the 1980s all-female hard rock group, The Pandoras. The band started performing and recording after the addition of bassist Ronnie Barnett (Shattuck's then-boyfriend) and drummer Criss Crass. Following the release of their first album in 1993, Crass left the band. By the time the band recorded their second LP, 1995's "Blonde and Blonder", Melanie Vammen had departed and Roy McDonald was the group's drummer. This would become The Muffs' definitive line-up. That same year, the band released one of their best-known songs, a cover of Kim Wilde's "Kids In America", for the soundtrack to the movie "Clueless" (ironically, it was a song that the band reportedly neither liked nor ever performed live). After 2004's "Really, Really Happy" LP the band went on extended hiatus, not returning to action until 2012 (Kim Shattuck credited former drummer Jim Lespesa, who filled in on tour after Chris Crass left, with bringing her, Ronnie Barnett, and Roy McDonald back together). The band recorded a new album, "Whoop Dee Doo" that year but it's release was delayed when Shattuck was offered the bass-playing slot in the Pixies. Her Pixies stint was famously short-lived and the album was released in 2014. The band's final album, "No Holiday" was released in October 2019, shortly after Shattuck's death from complications related to ALS.
Tracks
A1
That's For Me
00:38
A2
Down Down Down
01:33
A3
No Holiday
02:27
A4
Earth Below Me
02:02
A5
A Lovely Day Boo Hoo
04:14
A6
Late And Sorry
03:58
A7
The Best
01:18
B1
Pollyanna
01:31
B2
Sick Of This Old World
02:17
B3
To That Funny Place
02:06
B4
You Talk And You Talk
03:16
B5
Happier Just Being With You
02:32
B6
Lucky Charm
02:00
C1
On My Own
03:53
C2
Too Awake
02:27
C3
Insane
02:30
C4
The Kids Have Gone Away
03:19
C5
Sky
02:11
Releases
Labels
Omnivore Recordings
Countries
United States of America
Members
Kim Shattuck,Ronnie Barnett,
Melanie Vammen,
Jim Laspesa,Roy McDonald,
Chris Utting