Guy Bernard Maddison (born 31 March 1965) is an Australian punk and grunge musician. From 1986 to 1989 he worked as a member of noise rock group Lubricated Goat and appeared on their album Paddock of Love. He was a member of Bloodloss (1993–97), a blues-punk band, alongside Mark Arm on vocals. From 2001 Maddison is the bass guitarist of the United States-based grunge band, Mudhoney (which includes Arm), and has worked on their studio albums, Since We've Become Translucent (2002), Under a Billion Suns (2006), The Lucky Ones (2008), Vanishing Point (2013), Digital Garbage (2018) and Plastic Eternity (2023).
Guy Maddison | |
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 Maddison performing with Mudhoney in 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Guy Bernard Maddison |
| Also known as | Buster Smallgoods |
| Born | 31 March 1965 Perth, Western Australia |
| Genres | Garage punk, punk rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Nurse |
| Instrument(s) | Bass guitar, vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Labels | Black Eye, Sub Pop, Amphetamine Reptile |
| Member of | Mudhoney |
| Formerly of |
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Career edit
1980s edit
Guy Maddison played in mid-1980s Perth-based punk group, Greenhouse Effect, with Paul Gill on guitar.[1][2] By 1986 he moved to Sydney, he played bass guitar for noise rock band Lubricated Goat, sometimes under the pseudonym Buster Smallgoods, recording one album, Paddock of Love (July 1988).[1][2] In 2003 Maddison recalled meeting Stu Spasm (aka Stuart Grey) by chance, "I was crossing the road one day on Cleveland Street ... and Stuart yelled out to me ... he asked me if I was doing anything and if I’d like to play the bass in Lubricated Goat" – they had previously met when Spasm was recording tracks in Perth with an earlier version of Lubricated Goat.[2] The line-up of Lubricated Goat for Paddock of Love, alongside Maddison on bass guitar, and Spasm on vocals, guitar, synthesiser and bass guitar; were Pete Hartley on bass guitar and guitar; and Brett Ford on drums.[1] In November 1988 the band lip-synched a nude performance of their track, "In the Raw", on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV program Blah Blah Blah, an event which created national media outrage.[1][2] In 2009 Cousin Creep, an alternative music journalist, directed a documentary film, In the Raw, about the event.[2]
In May 1989 Lubricated Goat followed with an extended play, Schadenfreude with Maddison and Spasm joined by Gene Ravet on drums (ex-Ragadoll, Space Juniors) and Charlie Tolnay on guitar (Grong Grong, King Snake Roost).[1] Front man Spasm and Maddison were the only band members to tour the United States, they enlisted tour musicians, Renestair EJ on guitar and Martin Bland on drums.[1] Maddison was an occasional member of the improvised group, The Unconscious Collective, and the mixed media experiment, Merge. In late 1989, after the US tour, Maddison left Lubricated Goat and formed a side project with former bandmate, Hartley. The new group was Monroe's Fur. At this time, Maddison relocated to Seattle, Washington.
1990s edit
In 1990 Guy Maddison was briefly a member of a studio group, Bushpig, on bass guitar and keyboards, with Tolnay (ex-Bloodloss) and Peter Hill (King Snake Roost) on vocals and harmonica.[3] That year they issued a self-titled album on Hill's label, Practical Goat Keeping Records.[4] In 1993, Maddison played bass guitar in the third incarnation of Bloodloss, a blues-punk band which had started in Adelaide, Australia in 1982.[5] This version had formed in Seattle with Mark Arm of Mudhoney on vocals, and Maddison's former bandmates Renestair and Bland.[5] In November 1995 the group issued Live My Way on Warner / Reprise Records.[6] Australian rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, felt they "played delta blues by way of Captain Beefheart and Jon Spencer Blues Explosion".[5] On 1 January 1996, Bloodloss issued their next album, Misty. McFarlane found it showed "echoes of Pere Ubu, Thug and all manner of jazz and blues".[5]
Mudhoney (2001–present) edit
In 2001, after the departure of founding bass guitarist Matt Lukin, Maddison joined the band Mudhoney, reuniting with Arm. He has appeared on all of their studio albums since then, most recently in Plastic Eternity. In November 2011, Arm credited Maddison with reinvigorating his interest in the group after Lukin had left.[7]
Personal life edit
Guy Bernard Maddison was born on 31 March 1965 and grew up in Perth, Western Australia. In addition to his work as a musician, Maddison also works as a critical care nurse at Harborview Medical Center.[8][9]
Discography edit
- With Lubricated Goat
- Paddock of Love (1988) Black Eye Records
- Schadenfreude EP (1989) Black Eye Records
- With Bushpig
- Bushpig (1990) Practical Goat Keeping Records, PGK 001
- With Monroe's Fur
- New World Order Catalogue (1991) Vinal Pollution Records
- Fire/Green Horn (1994) Carving Knife Records, CKR-011
- With Bloodloss
- Live My Way, (1995)
- Misty, (1996)
- In a Gadda-da-Change (1993)
- With Mudhoney
- Since We've Become Translucent (2002)
- Under a Billion Suns, (2006)
- Live in Mexico City (2007)
- The Lucky Ones (2008)
- Vanishing Point (2013)
- Digital Garbage (2018)
- Plastic Eternity (2023)
References edit
- General
- McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Whammo Homepage". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 5 April 2004. Retrieved 10 April 2012. Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
- Specific
- ^ a b c d e f McFarlane, 'Lubricate Goat' entry. Archived from the original on 4 June 2004. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ^ a b c d e Barnes (aka Cousin Creep), Craig (January 2012). "Pissant!: A Story of 80's Australian Underground". In the Raw. Cousin Creep. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ^ McFarlane, 'King Snake Roost' entry. Archived from the original on 6 April 2004. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ^ "Bushpig". Mudhoney Official Website. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ^ a b c d McFarlane, 'Bloodloss' entry. Archived from the original on 19 April 2004. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ^ "Live My Way – Bloodloss: Credits". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ^ Clarke, Dermot (28 November 2011). "Mudhoney". Rave Magazine. Brisbane Street Press. Retrieved 20 September 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "From mosh pit to ER: Mudhoney bassist on being a nurse during COVID". Crosscut.
- ^ "Mudhoney's Guy Maddison Discusses His Day Job As A Registered Nurse". Stereogum.
- "The Brickland". Mudhoney Official Website. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
External links edit
- The Last Laugh– August 2002 Seattle Weekly Article
- Mudhoney NSFAQ – August 2002 Everett True Article
- In the Raw – Guy Maddison interview from 2003
- Plan B Magazine – Mudhoney interview from August 2006
- Bass Guitar Magazine Guy Maddison interview in issue 29