Timeline

## History of Mute Frank

Mute Frank formed around September 2021 in Finland. The band started with just Onni and Sampo switching instruments when necessary. On January 31st 2022 they released their first album 'Delbirate'. On the album they collaborated with Onni's roommate on 'Pulpet' and a friend who did some vocals on the album. The album was produced by The Sound Guy.

On March 6th 'It Will All Be Over Soon' was released. The album again featured the girl from the last album on vocals, as well as another friend from school also on vocals. The album was produced by Sampo.

On March 12th a project called 'Demo 1' was released on the band's Bandcamp.

A month later on March 28th Mute Frank released 'I'm Dumb' as a single from the album 'Dumb Rock', which was the first time Mute Frank released a single before an album.

'Dumb Rock' was released on April 3rd. The album was again produced by The Sound Guy. It featured 3 other vocalists including the same girl that did vocals on 'Delbirate' and 'It Will All Be Over Soon', Onni's friend who did vocals on 'Dumb Intro', another friend who sang on a couple of tracks on the album, as well as Onni himself.

(see full list of collaborations and credits here)

On April 30th Mute Frank released 'Sweet Dreams' with no prior singles released. The album features no collaborations, its also the first album where Onni recorded all the instruments by himself.

On May 24th Mute Frank released a single called 'I want to die', promoting their new album. On June 4th they released a polka cover of Taylor Swift's 'You Belong With Me', which was the first single not released on an album. On June 20th and June 27th 2 more singles were released that ended up being on the next album, 'Care' and 'Get Up'. 'Get Up' features the band's first B-Side 'Why Don't You Turn That Frown Upside Down'.

'Mute Frank' (self titled) was released on June 29th. It once again featured Onni on every instrument, as well as being produced by Onni.

On July 4th a compilation of unreleased songs was released titled simply 'Unreleased/Unfinished', Featuring songs from the Self Titled and It Will All be over soon sessions, as well as some other extras.

Once again without any prior singles, on August 3rd 'The Beige Album' was released. Its entirely written and recorded on a keyboard by Onni and, again produced by him. The album was also released on the bands Bandcamp page, however the Bandcamp version is slightly different than the one released on Spotify.

On September 13th Mute Frank released 'Fuck the Queen' as a single alongside the first ever music video by the band on their Youtube channel. on September 19th another single for the album was released titled 'Mute Frank'.

11 days later on September 30th 'Frank The Mute' was released once again recorded and produced entirely by Onni.

On October 19th a single titled 'you should be running' was released to promote the bands new album. Its also the first and only album single to be released on bandcamp. On October 24th the 2nd single 'Keep It Together' was released on Spotify only.

On October 31st 'nightmares' was released once again recorded and produced by Onni however the drums on 'it's real' were recorded by The Drummer Guy.

The same day as 'nightmares' Mute Frank also released a cover of 'El Scorcho' by Weezer on Youtube only. On November 8th they released another Youtube exclusive cover of 'I'm Not Angry Anymore' by Paramore. From November 3rd to November 15th Mute Frank's Youtube channel would post a series of videos of the band practicing songs from past albums live in the studio, as well as an entirely new song titled 'technical difficulties' under the name 'What The Fuck Happened To My Pedal' which was later cancelled and privated on Youtube, however you can find the link here.

On December 9th Mute Frank released a stand-alone singe 'Christmas Christmas'.

On December 27th Mute Frank released 'A Vague Blue Haired Girl Broke My Heart When I Was 16'. The song would slowly gain more popularity and eventually become pretty popular on Tiktok, making the song gain 50k+ steams on Spotify, easily becoming their most popular song. Eventually the song was even played on the radio, which to this day is the only time Mute Frank was ever featured on the radio. The song received another popularity wave in 2023 because of a video by Bret Crow duetting the song and playing along on bass. The song was reaching number such as 8k streams in a week. As of September 2023 its still the most popular mute frank song by a lot.

On January 11th 2023 the band released 'Masterplan'. The song also became a somewhat hit on Tiktok, however it never reached the popularity the previous single did.

On January 14th Sampo and Onni live streamed themselves playing a concert for fans on Twich.

On February 4th The Drummer Guy became an official live member for the band. Around this time the band also hired their former manager, The Manager Guy.

On March 6th Mute Frank rerecorded and released their single 'I want to die' in their new style. The song was produced by The Sound Guy after a long time away from producing for the band. The song was supposed to be a part of the album 'Mute Frank 22' which was scrapped but since has been teased to be revisited by the band. The Sound Guy started being considered a part of the band after the release of this single.

On March 12th Onni started posting demos on the bands discord server, the first one being 'I Met God'. The song quickly became a fan favorite and is still considered one of the best Mute Frank song by the fans. 2 days later he posted 'dancerockdemo' in the server.

On April 12th Mute Frank started working on a covers album simply titled "Covers" with their cover of 'I Hate School' by Ruben The Understander. The band would post more covers as they were finished until April 26th.

On April 13th Mute Frank played their first live show at Hard Rock House in Helsinki. The show was live streamed on Tiktok and later released on Youtube.

On April 25th Mute Frank posted 'CHEESE' on the bands Bandcamp hinting at a new album called 'HARDCORE' which was cancelled later.

On April 26th Mute Frank posted a demo to the Mute Frank discord server which was a remade more fleshed out version of 'dancerockdemo', titled 'Charles Bonnet Syndrome'. The song also became a fan favorite. On this day they would also scrap "Covers" and release the recordings on Youtube under the name 'I dont know about you but im having fun'. The "official" original setlist for 'Covers' consisted of only 4 covers, 'I Hate School', 'Rock 'n' Roll McDonalds', 'Barbie Girl' and 'Wavin' My Dick In The Wind'.

On April 28th Mute Frank released a cover of 'Shake it Off' by Taylor Swift for the I don't know about you but I'm having fun project. on May 1st the band would release their cover of 'Song 2' by Blur for the same project.

On May 5th Mr Bördöt, also known as The Bassist Guy would become a touring bassist for the band.

On May 11th Onni posted a demo to their discord server, 'Give Me Your Summer' which also quickly became a fan favourite.

On May 25th Mute Frank started a project titled 'Album in a week' where they wanted to make an album in a week, however it ended up being "too good" and was worked on more for a better end result. Onni would update the Bandcamp page for the album when new demos for the albums were finished.

On June 5th the band played a live show at Aatos cafe in Porvoo. The show was live streamed on tiktok and supposed to be also released on youtube, however after delays were still waiting for it.

On June 13th this wiki was made public for the first time.

On June 14th the band would play another live show at Bar Loose in Helinski. The show was not recorded in any way except for fan videos from the audience.

On June 16th Mute Frank played at Riihimäki pride.

On June 19th The Sound Guy would officially quit the band.

On June 26th Mute Frank uploaded 'Wont Stop' as their first and only single for their new album, renamed to 'Pure Chaos'. 'CHEESE' was rereleased as a B-Side for this single.

We don't know the exact date, however around this time The Manager Guy was fired.

On July 9th 'Pure Chaos' was released recorded and produced by Onni once again.

On August 6th a cover of 'Star' by The Crash was released on the bands Youtube page as a part of 'I don't know about you but I'm having fun'.

On August 7th Onni teased a song called 'I want to be a crab' as well as a new album in progress. He posted updates throughout August and September.

On September 27th Onni announed on the bands discord server that they fired their bassist and drummer for unknown reasons. He announced that the band would go back to being a duo as well as a gig on the 20th of October at Hard Rock House in Helsinki.

On November 6th 2023 Mute Frank released Genocide as a single. All money made from Bandcamp and streaming was donated to The Palestine Children's Relief Fund.