The Muffs "Hamburger" 2000

In 1994, Shattuck debuted a new edition of the Muffs; she handled lead vocals and all guitar chores, Ronnie Barnett returned on bass, and former Redd Kross percussionist Roy McDonald took over on drums. This trio soon became the final and definitive Muffs lineup, recording two more albums for Warner/Reprise, 1995's Blonder and Blonder and 1997's Happy Birthday to Me, as well as cutting a cover of Kim Wilde's "Kids in America" for the soundtrack of the hit movie Clueless...
...While the second and third albums earned positive reviews, sales were not up to the label's expectations, and by 1998 the Muffs were free agents. They worked with the independent punk label Honest Don's Records to bring out their fourth LP, 1999's Alert Today, Alive Tomorrow, and 2004's Really Really Happy (mostly recorded in Shattuck's kitchen) was issued on CD by Oglio Records and on vinyl by Sympathy for the Record Industry. Somewhere in between, they brought out the odds-and-sods compilation Hamburger (2003); much of the material surfaced again in 2011 on another collection, Kaboodle. While the Muffs played out periodically, the members mostly kept themselves busy with other projects after the release of Really Really Happy, and Shattuck released an album with her side band the Beards (2002's Funtown). In the fall of 2013, she landed an unexpectedly high-profile gig playing bass with the Pixies after the departure of original bassist Kim Deal. A few weeks later she was fired, reportedly for jumping into the audience to chat with fans at the end of a show, but her brief tenure with the group received plenty of attention in the music press. This helped generate buzz for 2014's Whoop Dee Doo, the first Muffs album in nine years. Shattuck and Melanie Vammen reunited to launch a new edition of the Pandoras, touring and releasing the EP Hey! It's the Pandoras in 2018. Shattuck and Vammen also created another side project, the Coolies, with drummer and multi-instrumentalist Palmyra Delran, recording an EP, Uh Oh! It's … the Coolies, that appeared in July 2019...to be continued... - Biography by Mark Deming
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01 Get Me Out Of Here 02 You Can Cry If You Want 03 Brand New Chevy 04 New Love 05 I Don't Like You 06 Guilty 07 Right In The Eye 08 I Need You 09 Beat Your Heart Out 10 Love 11 Rock & Roll Girl 12 Right in the Eye 13 Everywhere I Go 14 You Lie 15 Toilet Paper 16 I'm Confused 17 When I Was Down 18 Sick of You 19 No Action 20 Become Undone 21 Goodnight Now 22 Nothing for Me 23 Kids in America 24 I'm a Dick 25 Pacer 26 My Crazy Afternoon 27 Silly People 28 My Minds Eye 29 Happening 30 Do the Robot