When Mudhoney was still an up and coming band they had a chance to go all the way to Berlin, Germany to play at the Berlin Independent Days festival in 1988. This was strange to the band, because we all know Mudhoney as a band from the big Seattle scene in the 80's and 90's, this was before the rise to being a known band. "We couldn't understand quite why this was happening, why ours was the band that was flying out, or what was going on. We'd only played Portland, outside of Seattle, at that point. And to be flown out to Berlin to play a show, at that point, seemed almost like a joke to us," said vocalist and guitarist Mark Arm. And now we get to see the gig. !K7 Records has unearthed video that they didn't even know they had, and will release it as a live DVD called "Live In Berlin, 1988" on November 13th, complete with an interview with Mark Arm.
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