Yes, they play the song from the Fruitopia commercial.
March 25, 2013 9:09 AM   Subscribe

Here's about an hour of The Muffs (v1.0) rehearsing somewhere in California on January 13, 1991.

[SLYT, music starts at about 3:45, NSFW if Criss Crass cracking dick jokes will agitate your co-workers.]
posted by mintcake! (9 comments total) 7 users marked this as a favorite
 
Nice! My favorite Muffs song is Pacer which is a cover of The Amps song (Kim Deal, et al), the lyrics of which may or may not have been written by Robert Pollard (The Amps covering GbV) OK back to work...
posted by gwint at 9:33 AM on March 25, 2013 [1 favorite]


Also, the Cocteau Twins wrote some music for the Fruitopia commercials in the 90's:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58yf3T1i8oI
posted by Chocomog at 9:35 AM on March 25, 2013


I've seen the Muffs live a couple times. They kicked ass.
posted by jonmc at 9:43 AM on March 25, 2013 [1 favorite]


I saw the Muffs live on a three band bill around the time the first album came out. Going in they were the only band I didn't care about seeing. When we left they were the only band I wanted to see again. I don't even remember who the other 2 bands were, but I remember lots of people were talking about the Muffs at the end of the night. It's great when a you don't know a single song by a band and they still kick your ass and make you an instant fan. Kim Shattuck is a hell of a great person to be fronting a band.
posted by Slack-a-gogo at 9:49 AM on March 25, 2013


Wow, the Muffs must have had some pretty heavy video camera accompaniment starting out – here's a video taped from their first show (Kim says so) on January 26.
posted by furiousthought at 10:06 AM on March 25, 2013


Having never seen/heard them, but knowing of the connection, I always assumed the Fruitopia ads would've used Crush Me.

Now that I bother to look it up, I guess a song about a stalker makes as much sense…
posted by Pinback at 10:52 AM on March 25, 2013


This is my favourite era of The Muffs. I love that first album so much that the rest of their discography just sorta paled in comparison.
posted by jeffen at 12:35 PM on March 25, 2013


Kim Shattuck is one of my heroes. Thank you for posting this!!
posted by bibliogrrl at 6:08 PM on March 25, 2013


Neato. I was an incorrigible Muffs fan. About a year ago I happened upon this video of The Muffs live in Pensacola ca. 1995. And yep, it was the show I went to! MEMRYS.
posted by sklero at 9:15 PM on March 25, 2013


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