The rumours have been confirmed - bass player extraordinaire Matt Lukin
has left the band. Here is a statement from Mark, culled from The Unofficial Mudhoney .com :
Well, I've got good news and some sad news. First the good news: We are no longer on Reprise. I'm sad that we won't be working with David Katznelson (our A&R person who stuck with us through thick & thin), or Rick Gershon (our US publicist who went beyond the call), but the rest of the company didn't seem to give a shit or have a clue. So the split with Reprise is very cool.
The sad news is Matt decided to retire from playing music. He plans to move out to the sticks and hone his hermit skills (something he's been working on for awhile). He said that he hasn't enjoyed touring for the last few years and that his heart isn't into playing music anymore. The rest of us aren't sure what Mudhoney will do next except that we're going to take a break from the band.
In other news, we are compiling a 2 CD set for Sub Pop. One CD will be a best of both the Sub Pop and Reprise eras, the other CD will feature b-sides and rarites.
Monkeywrench played it's fourth show ever on May 28th at Garageshock in Bellingham Washington. This event kicked the band into it's second life. Right now Steve, Mark, Martin and Tom are in Seattle working on new material and waiting for Tim to come up from Austin so we can record a new album, perhaps this summer.
Dan's been playing with Mike Johnson.
As you can probably guess, we have no future tour plans at this point.
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Personally I would like to wish Matt all the best for the future. I will post more info when I get it.
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