Mushroomhead - Complete Discography Retrospective

Mushroomhead formed in the early 90s in Cleveland, Ohio and became one of the more interesting bands to be carried along on the nu metal wave in the early 2000s. This video is a ‘return to’ the old LINESINWAX format of a complete discography retrospective, covering every studio album from this interesting outfit, right up to the present day.

I’ll also be digging into some of the band’s history Along The Way (see what I did there?) as well as adding my opinions on their music and addressing (or attempting to address) their line-up changes as we go along.

Get a drink, it’s gonna be a long one.



SOURCES & ADDITIONAL WATCHING:

Jason Popson on why he originally left Mushroomhead (it’s a long video):
   • Mushroomhead's Waylon and J Mann  

Jeffrey Hatrix on his faith / leaving Mushroomhead:
   • Jeff Hatrix (Lead Singer from Mushroo...  

Jeffrey Hatrix on Skinny, Church and the issues with Mushroomhead:
https://www.theprp.com/2018/11/20/new...

Waylon personal video on leaving Mushroomhead:
   • Waylon Reavis REVEALS WHY HE LEFT MUS...  

XX era live footage by Liberated Tape Archives:
   • Mushroomhead Live - COMPLETE SHOW - B...  



CHAPTERS:

00:00 Introduction
03:41 Self-Titled
11:15 Superbuick
14:00 Remix ‘97 & Remix 2000
15:54 M3
23:10 XX (Eclipse) & XX (Universal)
33:20 XIII
36:43 Savior Sorrow
40:47 Beautiful Stories For Ugly Children
42:53 The Righteous & The Butterfly
50:53 A Wonderful Life & Closing Thoughts



CORRECTIONS:

At the start of the video I explain that Mushroomhead’s first ever gig was on a support slot for Gwar. This is incorrect - the Gwar support show was their 2nd ever gig, the first being only a number of days earlier.

When talking about M3 I incorrectly called track “The Final Act”, “The Final Conflict” instead. D’oh.

By the video’s publication date of July 2022, there have been several further line-up changes, which were not mentioned in the video as they were outside of the scope of the project. Sometime towards the end of 2021, it seems that Jackie left Mushroomhead, although there is no official statement from the band as to how or why.

As of the June 2022 UK and EU tour, Scott Beck has replaced J Mann, Joe Gaal has replaced Tommy Shaffner, and Aydin Michael has replaced Stitch. It is unclear at the time of writing whether these members are absent for the European leg of the tour, or have dropped out of Mushroomhead permanently. I’d be surprised if the latter was the case, but at this point I’m past caring after spending the last few months totally enraptured in the twists and turns of this band’s members LOL

Towards the end of the video I incorrectly addressed Shmotz’ real name as Tim Schmitz. His name is Tom Schmitz.



SONGS USED IN THIS VIDEO (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE)

Never Let It Go
Simpleton
Slow Thing
Flattened
Idle Worship
2nd Thoughts (Fuck Like Pigs Mix)
Conflict… The Argument Goes On
Exploiting Your Weakness
Solitaire / Unraveling
The Wrist
Eternal
Erase The Doubt
Simple Survival
Come On
Our Apologies
Qwerty
What A Shame
Seen It All
Inevitable



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