When Mucky Pup burst onto the scene in the late 80s/early 90s, they enjoyed a lot of success (especially in Europe) with their crossover between hardcore and humor. In case you’ve never heard of them before, then Dog Eat Dog might just ring a bell. That band featured three Mucky Pup members and also played very groovy hardcore. Or think of Suicidal Tendencies who were kinda doing the same thing back then.
Now that Mucky Pup is reunited and playing shows again, I Scream Records felt the time was right to re-release the band’s second and third album (1989’s “A Boy In A Man’s World” and 1990’s “Now”) on one shiny disc.
To be honest, the packaging on this one looks a bit poor, as if it was slapped together in about five minutes. And there aren’t any extras to be found either. But hey, these dudes still manage to make me smile with tracks like “You Stink, But I Love You”, “Batman”, “Death By Cholesterol” and “Hippies Hate Water”.
Yes, the rather infantile humor rivals that of Murphy’s Law but this is still prime material when you want to recover from the somanieth post-something band who are taking themselves a bit too serious.
Score: 7.5 out of 10
http://www.iscreamrecords.com
http://www.muckypup.com
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