{"title":"Mr Epp","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"ridiculing-the-apocalypse","title":"Ridiculing the Apocalypse","description":"\u003cp\u003eT\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003ehe first band of Mark Arm — Before Green River, before Mudhoney! \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eOriginally issued on CD in 1996, \u003cem\u003eRidiculing the Apocalypse\u003c\/em\u003e now receives its first-ever vinyl edition. Bang! Records and Jo Smitty have reshaped the anthology into a concentrated sixteen-track LP, newly\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eremastered for vinyl by Sergio Delgado in Madrid in 2026. It includes the complete Of Course I’m Happy, Why? EP, the band’s most essential studio recordings and two live tracks captured at Seattle’s\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMetropolis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe packaging completes the document: Todd Why?’s original drawings, the wrecked EPP car, rehearsal and live photographs, Craig Joyce’s extensive band history and Jo Smitty’s track-by-track notes.\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNothing has been cleaned up or rewritten into respectable rock history. The entire edition retains the photocopied, basement-made, fanzine-and-rented-hall aesthetic that defined MR. EPP.\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eLimited edition of 500 copies on black vinyl. Essential for followers of Mudhoney, Green River, Flipper, early American hardcore, post-punk and outsider noise — and for anyone who wants to hear Seattle\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebefore it became an industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eNot a footnote. Not a novelty. The sound of a band turning ridicule into method.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bang!","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":58343077740875,"sku":"R8880-5739","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/i3uIGiUb.jpg?v=1788379743"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/mr-epp.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}