a very BIG thank you for all yr support & friendship!!
Biography :
The band, first started as a side-project for Myo & Ducktoi in the middle of 1994 has now becoming a serious band after playing in lot of shows and gigs all over Malaysia since it formation. After various changes of line-up, Kujoy has join in permanently on guitar. With Feroz on board (after the absent of Aie & Par) & officially filling the bass department. MUCK have evolved from a simple indie rock band to become more experimental with their music. Hence, MUCK have succeed in creating their own sound and style, and at the same time attracting more people becoming their followers due to their new, fresh & interesting sound.
For those of you who are unfamiliar and didn't have a chance to listen to MUCK before this, MUCK sounds can best describes as a late 80's & early 90's influence indie rock / lo-fi / college rock / post-punk / grunge / shoegaze / noise pop or anything in between. Among the bands that've inspired MUCK since the early days until now are SONIC YOUTH, DINOSAUR JR. , PAVEMENT & SEBADOH. All the bands that have been mentioned above have helped MUCK musically in creating and finding their own sound. Since then, MUCK is recognized by a lot of people as a unique band because of their own identity, originality & style in the Malaysian indie/underground music scene.
Reviews :
Despite churning out memorable indie-rock tunes, Ipoh's Muck have always been under-rated and often neglected.
Muck first caught the attention of local music enthusiasts when their second demo, Blastosit, in 1996 received glowing reviews especially after it made the pages of Blasting Concept.
Inspired by lo-fi and indie rock bands like Dinosaur Jr, Modest Mouse,
Pavement, Sonic Youth and Sebadoh, Muck music is not like that of most local bands. It has that, er, distinctive ..Ipoh sound'.
The band has appeared in various compilations like The Underworld Chronicles, BARA, Breaking Ground and most importantly Perak's pivotal Kopi Sechewen compilation series - which was coincidentally spearheaded by Bodysurf Music, a label run by Myo and Ducktoi.
After laying low for quite a while, the band took everyone by surprise when they released a split album with another lo-fi band from the UK, Things in Herd.
More mature and refined, the split CD saw Muck at their creative peak and it could be rated as one of the best local releases ever.
- as published in the Below the Radar column by Mr. Adly Ramly inMalay MailonJune 16, 2004.
" Hello Sunshine"
(Teaser Video)
video create by Mr. Razaisyam Rashid courtesy of Pulp! Visual
"A Perfect Sunrise" video create by Muck / edit by Badak courtesy of Bodysurf Music
"Wonderful World Of Smile, Girl" Live Footage
video by Mr. Hafidz Si Anson
"Corporate Stoner" Live @ MCPA Grand Hall, KL video by Kamalbocat
On Stage Dec '06 - Live @ Rock The World 7, Merdeka Stadium, KL