Mugstar

Mugstar are an English rock band, influenced by kraut/psych/space/noise rock such as Oneida, Sonic Youth, Neu! and Hawkwind. Since 2003 they have issued several full-length albums, a split release with Mudhoney and two live albums performing on stage together with Damo Suzuki. The group's name came from the mis-hearing of the word Mugstack.
==Links to Peel==
Their first single, "Spotlight Over Memphis", drew attention from John Peel, who played a track from their 7-inch on his radio show in September 2003. It was after that single, that Peel offered the band to do a session for his show, which they performed in May 2004.
In a 2015 interview with the music website, Perfect Sound Forever, the band's keyboard player, Peter Smyth, mentioned how Peel influenced him in his music tastes:
"The first tape I bought was De La Soul 3 Feet High and Rising. I used to be quite embarrassed about liking it but it's a really great album. I got into music when I was about fifteen. I remember really liking Metallica and then hearing Bolt-Thrower on John Peel and not hearing anything like that before. Like what the hell is this? After that it was just a gradual progression of getting into more extreme and weirder things. Back then, music wasn't as readily available as it is now." 
Fellow bassist member, Jason Stöll, also in the same interview mentioned how he also was influenced by Peel:
"The first record I ever got given was the greatest hits of Abba. I used to play that regularly. My cousin, luckily, was into metal: Motorhead, Iron Maiden. He was a few years older and influenced me. To impress him, I bought the "Ace of Spades" seven inch. When Princess Diana got married, there was a big party at the woods near where I grew up. The person who was organizing it asked everyone to bring records and I brought the album Ace of Spades and they actually played it at this party. So, Motorhead and Abba, at a very impressionable age. Like Pete, I was into metal when I was at school. Listening to John Peel, I got into Napalm Death and I realized Bill Steer used to walk past my house, after watching an Arena documentary. I watched it with my parents and my dad said, "That's that lad who walks past, with long hair." It was Bill Steer who used to walk past to go to a guy called Midi's house in Bromborough on the Wirral. There was quite a scene of people on the Wirral into hardcore and metal." 
==Festive Fifty Entries==
;Post-Peel
*2005 Festive Fifty: My Baby Skull Has Not Yet Flowered #43
*2006 Festive Fifty: Good Posture Vs Bad Posture #22
*2006 Festive Fifty: My Baby Skull Has Not Yet Flowered #17
*2010 Festive Fifty: Serra #27
==Sessions==
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1. Recorded: 2004-05-05. First Broadcast: 02 June 2004
*Flavin Hot Rod / Mascon / Dux / Man With Supersight / Object
==Other Shows Played==
;2003
*10 September 2003: Love Gasoline (7" - Spotlight Over Memphis) Critical Mass
*22 October 2003: Love Gasoline (7" - Spotlight Over Memphis) Critical Mass
;2004
*21 April 2004: Spotlight Over Memphis (7") Critical Mass
*07 May 2004 (BBC World Service): Spotlight Over Memphis (7") Critical Mass
*19 May 2004: Love Gasoline (7" - Spotlight Over Memphis) Critical Mass
*01 June 2004: I Am A Droid (7" - Spotlight Over Memphis) Critical Mass
*08 September 2004: Dux (Split 7" EP with Hunting Lodge) Funny Girl
*15 September 2004: Flavin' Hotrod (CDR) Critical Mass
*29 September 2004: Flavin' Hotrod (CDR) Critical Mass
*25 November 2004 (Rob Da Bank): Dux (Split 7" EP with Hunting Lodge) Funny Girl
*07 December 2004 (Rob Da Bank): Object (Split 7" EP with Hunting Lodge) Funny Girl
*14 December 2004 (Rob Da Bank): Man With Supersight (CDR - Flavin' Hotrod) Critical Mass
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Official Website
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