Matthew David Lukin (born August 16, 1964) is an American former musician, best known as a bassist and founding member of the Melvins and

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Career

Melvins (1983–1987)

Lukin co-founded the Melvins in 1983 with guitarist/vocalist

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and drummer

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, where the trio had attended high school together. Beginning as a

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cover band and then as a

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band, they changed their sound when Dillard left and a new drummer, Dale Crover joined the band, playing slower and heavier rock music. Soon they were one of the most important bands in the early

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-area

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scene. When Crover joined the band, the Melvins also relocated to

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. While with the Melvins, Lukin recorded ''

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''; '' Six Songs'' (later repackaged as '' 8 Songs'', '' 10 Songs'' and then '' 26 Songs''); and the band's first full-length album, '' Gluey Porch Treatments''. He also played bass on the band's four contributions to the '' Deep Six'' compilation. In 1987, the band temporarily dissolved. According to Lukin, Osborne had told him that he was going to relocate to

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to live with then girlfriend

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, and that the Melvins would be disbanding as a result. It was then later found out by Lukin that Crover had moved down there as well, and they hired Black to play bass in the revived version of the band.

Mudhoney (1988–2001)

Remaining in Washington, Lukin formed the grunge band

with vocalist

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and guitarist Steve Turner, both formerly of

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, and drummer

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, formerly of

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. Lukin played bass on

's first five studio albums (''

'', ''

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'', '' Piece of Cake'', '' My Brother the Cow'', and '' Tomorrow Hit Today''), as well as two EPs and numerous singles. Lukin left

in June 1999, but rejoined the band in December 2000 for a tour that lasted through January 2001. Since then,

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has been Mudhoney's bassist. In 1996,

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wrote and recorded a short and fast punk song entitled "Lukin" naming it after Matt Lukin. Lukin describes the song in an interview for the book ''Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge:'' "Vedder had a stalker chick that would come by his house that was freaking him out. He would start to avoid his house after a while, so he would just come by my place. Vedder'd come over and we'd sit 'round the kitchen and drink and stuff. He would talk about his stalker problem a little bit, but I would just blow it off. It was just drunken talk, throwing darts, having fun. There'd be other people there, sometimes four or five of us. Just me and Eddie and our wives and mutual friends like hen Mudhoney managerBob Whittaker. The Pearl Jam song 'Lukin' is about how my kitchen's a sanctuary for him. Also, I was giving him shit about all their songs being too long. That inspired him to make 'Lukin' a one-minute song. I've always flipped him shit. Never let him be the rock star that he is."

Retirement from music

Since leaving Mudhoney in 2001, Lukin has essentially retired from music. Currently, he works as a carpenter in the Seattle area.

Discography

With the Melvins

* '' Melvins'' (1986; a.k.a. "Six Songs") * '' Gluey Porch Treatments'' (1987) * '' 10 Songs'' (1991; recorded in 1986, not the same sessions as debut EP) * '' 26 Songs'' (2003; deluxe re-issue of ''10 Songs'' and debut EP) * ''

'' (2005)

With Mudhoney

* ''

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'' (1988) * '' Boiled Beef & Rotting Teeth'' (1989) * ''

'' (1989) * '' Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles'' (1990) * ''

'' (1991) * '' Piece of Cake'' (1992) * '' Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew'' (1993) * '' My Brother the Cow'' (1995) * '' Tomorrow Hit Today'' (1998)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lukin, Matt 1964 births Living people American people of Croatian descent American rock bass guitarists American male bass guitarists Grunge musicians Mudhoney members People from Aberdeen, Washington Melvins members 20th-century American guitarists