Brendan Telford, Journalist

Mudhoney are still fighting the good fight, are blowing all other pretenders off the stage, and are a live force to be reckoned with.

"I haven’t even held the sexy package in my hands, and we all know that the best feeling is a sexy package in the hands."

“It started when I was 17, 18 years old; it was my outlet to make rock and roll. My actual name doesn’t sound very rock and roll, so I needed something more exciting."

“Yeah, there was a time where there wasn’t any music around that really represented what we were interested in at all."

“We’re all alike, but not alike, if you get what I mean; there are enough similarities there that means we gel."

“I think a lot of the emotions we sing about in the songs can be quite general; I feel like we have been experiencing everything we sing about on the album and we believe most other people of our age have to."

Leave it to The Nation Blue to bring everything to a cataclysmic close. Being the trio’s only show in Queensland for the year, there’s high anticipation, and the boys don’t disappoint.

Undoubtedly talented, Yellen is yet to grow into himself – but give him time.

In all honesty, it feels rushed, and what would sound grand in a sloppy den of slovenly depravity sounds like one hundred other lesser-thans. Next.

In the end, a perfunctory set – all the pieces are in place, yet something is still missing tonight, which is a shame.