#18: Mustard Plug

Said it before and I'll say it again, things were better off just dating Miss Michigan

At 18 are Mustard Plug. A poster for their album "Yellow #5" can be seen in Ted's bedroom in an episode of "How I Met Your Mother"

Wiki Says: Mustard Plug is a ska band from Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Formed in 1991, the band's original members were Dave Kirchgessner, Mike McKendrick, Colin Clive, and Anthony Vilchez. Currently the band consists of Dave (Vocals), Brandon Jenison (trumpet), Jim Hofer (trombone), Nate Cohn (drums), Colin Clive (guitar/vocals), and Rick Johnson (bass). The band has regularly toured throughout the United States, Europe, Japan, and South America. They have toured with the Warped Tour twice, and participated in the Ska Against Racism Tour. Brandon Jenison stated in an interview that their band name originated when a guy in the early stages of the band was making a sandwich and that crusty stuff that forms on the mustard bottle when you put it in the without wiping it off first gave him an interesting idea for a name.

Discovery: Skapocalypse Now! (1992)

Big Daddy Multitude (1993)

Evildoers Beware! (1997)

Pray for Mojo (1999)

Yellow #5 (2002)

In Black an White (2007)*

*best album

Other Releases: Masterpieces: 1991-2002 (2005)

Ska is Dead (2007)

Favorite Songs: 10. Something New

9. The Freshman - Verve Pipe cover

8. You

7. Just a Minute

6. Someday, Right Now

5. Not Enough

4. Safe

3. Mr. Smiley

2. Hit Me! Hit Me! - Favorite song all time #98

1. Beer (Song) -Favorite songs all time #50

Years Active: 1991-Present

Seen Live: 3 times

September 2005 (Asbury Park, NJ)

October 2007 (Baltimore, MD)

November 2008? (Baltimore, MD)

Ever have those songs or albums that when you listen to them you think of a particular place and time? Mustard Plug has that effect on me. I got their greatest hits albums, Masterpieces: 1991-2002, in late September of 2005 and was listening to that when I was doing my Halloween lawn decorations that October. Hearing songs from that album almost always reminds me of that time. Based on music alone they'd still be high on this list, but not as high. Their live performances really boosted them on this.

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