Mustard Plug are not afraid. Mustard Plug are not ashamed. Mustard Plug are one of the best third-wave ska bands in the world. Scratch that, the best ska-punk band in the world. Better than ice cream on a warm day. Better than a week at Disneyland. Better than Elvis in Vegas or the Beatles at Shea Stadium. Better than your mom.
If you've seen them play live, at one of those shows where the ceiling is dripping with sweat, the stage is on the verge of breaking in half, and the band and the crowd are just too damn busy rocking to notice the imminent threat to their lives and well being; well then, you know what I mean.
So far under the radar that mainstream press will never know, so far beyond the latest trend that most critics don't even bother, Mustard Plug know too much to turn back now.
With their new album, Yellow # 5, this Michigan six-piece wrote and produced the album that has come closest to capturing the same heart-pounding, death defying sound as their live show while showcasing their unique blend of ska, rock, pop and punk. The music is fun, passionate, energetic and catchier than you can even imagine.
The band's debut album - "Big Daddy Multitude," which first put them in a national spotlight (albeit a fairly dim one) came out in 1993 on seminal ska-label Moon Records and was followed by 4 years of non stop touring throughout the US. In 1997 the band came out with its break-through album "Evildoers Beware." An influential album released just prior to the frenzied peak of the American mainstream acceptance of ska-punk, Evildoers Beware received an overwhelming response from fans and sold more than 70,000 copies, an amazing figure for a then infantile independent punk label Hopeless Records. For "Pray for Mojo," the follow-up to "Evildoers Beware," the band returned to the production team of legendary punk duo, Bill Stevenson and Stephen Egerton (Descendents, All) who's hand helped show off the band's evolving songwriting while keeping the Mustard Plug ball steadily rolling along.
In a music scene filled with false 'me-too' types hopping on the next bandwagon, Mustard Plug's new album ''Yellow # 5'' revels in it's authenticity and true punk rock attitude. Ska fans, rock fans, punk fans and just about any random bastard you'd care to meet will feel the authenticity of this record and of a band doing what it was meant to do. 10 years, 1000 shows, over 100,000 records sold: still no sell out. Mustard Plug are doing just fine.
Source: http://www.mustardplug.com/press
