Several experimental songs were primitively recorded that year. Near the end of the year, it was realized that there would soon be enough songs recorded to compile a tape. The big question was "What is it going to be called?" Not worried about the album title, efforts were concentrated on naming the 'band'. The following is taken from an interview with Mune Mud front-man, Jason: "I've always had an interest in space, so I knew the name would be astronomical. I set my sites on the Moon. The name had to have something to do with the Moon. Then I decided it would be a two-word name with the first word being Moon and the second also starting with M. Then in late December 1990 or early January 1991, after having spent several days of thinking of names, I was laying on my bed and the name just came to me: Moon Mud. And to be a little different, I changed Moon to Mune." Thus the name was born.
The above scan (from January 5, 1991) shows the evolution of the name and design of the letters. In the center at the bottom of the scan shows the final letter design. It was used on the cover of the unreleased 1991 Mune Mud debut album. The scan below shows an alternate name design with an Arabic theme (sketched by co-worker Kevin).
In November of 1991 the next album, Olympus, was released. 1992 saw the release of Underwater Problem Factory and 1993 released Pryme Material. 1994 had two releases, the first being the re-release of the debut Mune Mud album and the second being the EP Devaulted. 1996 also had two Mune Mud releases, the first was a "live" album called Monograph and the second was Equation of Time. Sleep State F was released in 1997. The Search for Metropolis was released in 2001. It was the first Mune Mud album to be released on CD. The Singles Collection was released in 2004 along with Hobson's Choice. And the last new Mune Mud release to date was in 2005 with Hobson's Second Choice. Update: In 2008, the restrospective Precursory 33 was released. This was a re-re-release of the original Mune Mud debut album. And in 2010, a long-awaited new album was released titled The Zodiac Road followed shortly by a reworking of that album called Beyond the Star King.
In 2001, the Mune Mud 10th Anniversary Collection was started. The first one was Olympus. Each song was remastered and re-released on CD. Each CD also contained bonus material, usually unreleased songs or demos of songs appearing on the original album. There are five albums in the Mune Mud 10th Anniversary Collection.
But who is Mune Mud? It has been one person since it was created. Mune Mud is Jason Watson. There have been various guest musicians and singers on songs throughout the years, but it has always been a solo effort.
By far the project with the most released albums of Metal XOR Studio, Mune Mud continues to thrive with the occasional new recording being made. When enough material is recorded, there will be a new Mune Mud album. But that could still be a year or two away.
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