"Music Is Crap" is the third single from '' We Have the Technology'', the fourth album by Custard. It reached #73 on the Australian

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singles chart, and No. 24 on the 1998 Hottest 100.

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The song was written and sang by lead drummer Glenn Thompson. Thompson would later say, "Ah ha! No look, I was kinda riffing on the idea of being very introspective, saying the vehicle that you are making your art, your art form is rubbish but at the same time you’re loving it. Ha ha, I just thought how punk is that?". Custard frontman

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noted that when Thompson joined Custard, "He already had "Music Is Crap" and a couple of other great songs which he was playing in another band around Brisbane called Adults Today which sometimes transformed into Adolf Today or Control Group. It was always the same band members but with different names."

Critical reception

The song is often credited with reinvigorating public interest in Custard. Craig Mathieson for

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wrote, "Glenn Thompson specializes in plaintive songs whose sweet melodies mask bittersweet jibes. This is one of his standout efforts". Music critic Noel Mengel named the song the 43rd best from the state of

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