Clean As A Broke Dick Dog

The year is fast drawing to a close, and I have a few more things I wanted to put up here before 2024 is done. This year has been all about (re)discovering many of the old Sub Pop Records releases, and even though I have picked up a lot of them, there are still quite a few that I didn't get around to finding, so no doubt this quest will roll on into 2025.

One that I was keen to find, which I achieved about a month ago just before my last trip to the States, was the first LP by a band called The Monkeywrench, 'Clean As A Broke Dick Dog'. There were a few different colours of vinyl pressed for this record, but I wanted the purple marble version, as I used to own this very same colour back in about 1992.

The photo of the front cover isn't great as the shrink wrap is stuck more in some places than others. But overall this record is in absolutely top condition. It came out in 1992, and I used to own this but sold it when I sold a lot of my Sub Pop records when I clearly lost my mind.

The Monkeywrench is a supergroup of sorts, with Mark Arm and Steve Turner from Modhoney, Tim Kerr, a dude from Gas Huffer and an Aussie from Lubricated Goat. To me this sounds like Mudhoney (mainly due to the vocals being provided by Mark Arm) although some of the songs feature an organ and/or harmonica, giving it a more bluesy feel. I probably wouldn't usually go for something that sounds like this, but I'm a Mudhoney fan, so that helps.

Sub Pop always released a 7" by the band, which seems kinda weird as it came out after the LP, but the first song is on the LP and the second song is a slightly different version of one song on the LP. So in some ways this seems a little pointless. I didn't fully realise this until I bought one, although I'd probably have still bought one anyway as it sits in the range of Sub Pop releases that I have spent the year trying to collect.

This one also comes on pink vinyl, which seems harder to find. I'll hopefully pick one up at some point.