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{{notability|Music|date=August 2023}}
{{update|date=August 2023}}
{{Short description|American ska punk band}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2013}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name = MU330
| name = MU330
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| background = group_or_band
| background = group_or_band
| alias =
| alias =
| origin = [[St. Louis, Missouri]], [[United States]]
| origin = [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], United States
| genre = [[Ska punk]], [[punk rock]], [[indie rock]]
| genre = [[Ska punk]], [[punk rock]], [[indie rock]]
| years_active = 1988–2008 (on hiatus)
| years_active = 1988–present
| label = [[Asian Man Records|Asian Man]]
| label = [[Asian Man Records]]
| associated_acts = Dan P & the Bricks, The Stitch Up, Spitzer, Bagheera, [[Skankin' Pickle]], Orange Tree, Mikey
| associated_acts = Dan P & the Bricks, The Stitch Up, Spitzer, Bagheera, [[Skankin' Pickle]], Orange Tree, Mikey
| website = {{url|www.mu330.com}}
| website = {{url|www.mu330.com}}
| current_members = [[Dan Potthast]]<br />Ted Moll<br />Chris Diebold<br />Robert Bell<br />Gerry Lundquist
| current_members = [[Dan Potthast]]<br />Ted Moll<br />Chris Diebold<br />Robert Bell<br />Gerry Lundquist
}}
}}
'''MU330''' is an American [[ska punk]] band from [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]. Formed by students of [[St. Louis University High School]] in 1988, MU330 played a self-described brand of music called "psycho [[ska]]", high energy ska punk marked by manic performances and humorous, often strange lyricism.


Since 1997, the band's musical direction has changed towards a more melodic and lyric-driven ska/[[indie rock]] sound, a combination that has been described as "[[Weezer]] meets [[The Specials]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asianmanrecords.com/basket/crabrangoon.html |title=MU330 "Crab Rangoon" CD/LP |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613030113/http://www.asianmanrecords.com/basket/crabrangoon.html |archivedate=June 13, 2011 |publisher=[[Asian Man Records]] |accessdate=30 August 2023}}<br>- {{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/mu330/artist.jhtml |title=MU 330 |website=MTV |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620034439/http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/mu330/artist.jhtml |archive-date=June 20, 2012 |access-date=December 5, 2013}}</ref>
'''MU330''' (pronounced "em-you-three-thirty") are a [[ska punk]] band from [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], [[Missouri]].


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[[Dan Potthast]] ([[electric guitar|guitar]]/[[singing|vocals]]), Ted Moll ([[drum kit|drums]]), Chris Diebold ([[bass guitar]]), and Robert Bell ([[trombone]]) have remained with MU330 since the band's inception, and the trombonist Gerry Lundquist has been a member for over two decades. There have been several different frontmen in the past, but Potthast has always been the band's principal songwriter and lyricist.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/mu330/bio.jhtml |title=mu330 |website=VH1 |access-date=August 30, 2013 |archive-date=April 26, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050426090329/http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/mu330/bio.jhtml }}</ref>
Formed by students of [[St. Louis University High School]] in 1988, MU330 played a self-described brand of music called "Psycho [[Ska]]", high energy [[ska punk]] marked by manic performances and humorous, often strange lyricism. Since 1997, however, the band's musical direction has shifted towards a more melodic and lyric-driven ska/[[indie rock]] sound, a combination that's been described as "[[Weezer]] meets [[The Specials]]".<ref>[http://www.asianmanrecords.com/basket/crabrangoon.html Asian Man Records: Crab Rangoon] [[Asian Man Records]].</ref><ref>[http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/mu330/artist.jhtml MTV Bio]</ref>

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[[Dan Potthast]] ([[electric guitar|guitar]]/[[singing|vocals]]), Ted Moll ([[drum kit|drums]]), Chris Diebold ([[bass guitar|bass]]) and Robert Bell ([[trombone]]) have remained with MU330 since the band's inception, while trombonist Gerry Lundquist has been a member for over a decade. Though several different frontmen have been featured in the past, Potthast has always acted as the band's principal songwriter and lyricist.<ref>[http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/mu330/bio.jhtml VH1 Bio]</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
{{Expand section|date=September 2010}}
{{Expand section|date=September 2010}}
The original members met in [[St. Louis University High School]] music class 330 (hence the name of the band).<ref name="AllMusic_MU330">[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p203242|pure_url=yes}} ''All Music MU330 - Biography'']
The original members met in St. Louis University High School music class 330, hence the band's name.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mu330-mn0000222737/biography |website=AllMusic |title=Biography MU330}}</ref>

.</ref>
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Potthast has released solo work and has also started a second band, The Stitch Up, with the former [[Slow Gherkin]] frontman, James Rickman. He also started a ska/rocksteady group called Dan P and the Bricks with former the MU330 saxophonist, Matt Knobbe.


In 2018, Potthast was part of [[Jeff Rosenstock]]'s touring band. Moll, the drummer, has a side project band called Bagheera. Most members of MU330 have performed with Mike Park's [[Bruce Lee Band]] throughout the band's history, although Potthast is the only member who has played live with The Bruce Lee Band in the past few years.{{when|date=August 2023}} MU330 continues to perform live sporadically across the United States.
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Singer Dan Potthast has released solo work and has also started a second band [[The Stitch Up]] with former [[Slow Gherkin]] frontman James Rickman. He also started a ska/rocksteady group called "Dan P and the Bricks" along with former MU330 saxophonist, Matt Knobbe. Drummer Ted Moll has a side project band called Bagheera.


==Band members==
==Band members==
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*Dan Potthast - vocals, [[electric guitar|guitar]]
*Dan Potthast - vocals, [[electric guitar|guitar]]
*Ted Moll - [[drum kit|drums]], vocals
*Ted Moll - [[drum kit|drums]], vocals
*Chris Diebold - [[bass guitar|bass]]
*Chris Diebold - [[bass guitar]]
*Robert Bell - [[trombone]]
*Robert Bell - [[trombone]]
*Matt Knobbe - [[tenor saxophone]]
*Matt Knobbe - [[tenor saxophone]]
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*Dan Potthast - vocals, guitar
*Dan Potthast - vocals, guitar
*Ted Moll - drums, vocals
*Ted Moll - drums, vocals
*Chris Diebold - bass
*Chris Diebold - bass guitar
*Rob Bell - trombone
*Rob Bell - trombone
*Traygen Bilsland - saxophone
*Traygen Bilsland - saxophone
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*Dan Potthast - vocals, guitar
*Dan Potthast - vocals, guitar
*Ted Moll - drums, vocals
*Ted Moll - drums, vocals
*Chris Diebold - bass
*Chris Diebold - bass guitar
*Robert Bell - trombone
*Robert Bell - trombone
*Gerry Lundquist - trombone
*Gerry Lundquist - trombone
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! '''Title'''
! '''Title'''
! '''Label'''
! '''Label'''
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|-
|1991
|''Salamander Stew''
|Self-released
|-
|-
|1994
|1994
|''Press''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Greene |first=Jo-Anne |title=Press Review |work=AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/press-mw0000184743 |access-date=2022-09-04 |archive-date=December 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209011611/https://www.allmusic.com/album/press-mw0000184743 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|''[[Press (album)|Press]]''
|[[Moon Ska Records]] / [[Asian Man Records]]
|[[Moon Ska Records]] / [[Asian Man Records]]
|-
|-
|1996
|1996
|''[[Chumps on Parade]]''
|''Chumps on Parade''
|[[Dill Records]] / Asian Man Records
|[[Dill Records]] / Asian Man Records
|-
|-
|1997
|1997
|''[[Crab Rangoon (MU330 album)|Crab Rangoon]]''
|''Crab Rangoon''
|Asian Man Records
|Asian Man Records
|-
|-
|1999
|1999
|''MU330''<ref>{{Cite web |title=MU330 - MU330 |work=AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mu330-mw0000245478 |access-date=2022-09-04 |archive-date=August 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804090920/http://www.allmusic.com/album/mu330-mw0000245478 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|''[[MU330 (album)|MU330]]''
|Asian Man Records
|Asian Man Records
|-
|-
|1999
|1999
|''Winter Wonderland!''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Phares |first=Heather |title=Winter Wonderland Review |work=AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/winter-wonderland-mw0000260655 |access-date=2022-09-04 |archive-date=November 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123133851/https://www.allmusic.com/album/winter-wonderland-mw0000260655 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|''[[Winter Wonderland (MU330 album)|Winter Wonderland!]]''
|Asian Man Records
|Asian Man Records
|-
|-
|2002
|2002
|''Ultra Panic''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Rick |title=Ultra Panic Review |work=AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ultra-panic-mw0000658872 |access-date=2022-09-04 |archive-date=May 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503221038/https://www.allmusic.com/album/ultra-panic-mw0000658872 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|''[[Ultra Panic]]''
|Asian Man Records
|Asian Man Records
|}
|}
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|-
|-
|2001
|2001
|''"Oh Yeah!" Live''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiznitzer |first=Ari |title=Live Oh Yeah! Review |work=AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-oh-yeah%21-mw0000004188 |access-date=2022-09-04 |archive-date=December 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203074320/https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-oh-yeah%21-mw0000004188 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|''[["Oh Yeah!" Live]]''
|[[Asian Man Records]]
|[[Asian Man Records]]
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|-
|}
|}


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|California Roll
|California Roll
|Japan-only compilation with four unreleased songs
|Japan-only compilation with four unreleased songs
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|-
|}
|}


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! '''Title'''
! '''Title'''
! '''Label'''
! '''Label'''
! '''Formats'''
! '''Notes/Track(s)'''
! '''Notes/Track(s)'''
|-
|-
|1991
|199?
|''Salamander Stew''
|''Salamander Stew''
|Self-released
|No Record Co.
|Cassette
|Demo cassette
|Demo recorded and mixed at Profound Sound
|-
|-
|1996
|1996
|"Jason" b/w "Now" 7"
|"Jason" b/w "Now" 7"
|[[Moon Ska Records]]
|[[Moon Ska Records]]
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|
|"Jason", "Now"
|"Jason", "Now"
|-
|-
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|MU330 / [[Blue Meanies (Illinois band)|Blue Meanies]] Split 7"
|MU330 / [[Blue Meanies (Illinois band)|Blue Meanies]] Split 7"
|[[Asian Man Records]]
|[[Asian Man Records]]
|
|"[[Vacation (The Go-Go's song)|Vacation]]" ([[Charlotte Caffey|Caffey]], [[Kathy Valentine|Valentine]], [[Jane Wiedlin|Wiedlin]])
|"[[Vacation (The Go-Go's song)|Vacation]]" ([[Charlotte Caffey|Caffey]], [[Kathy Valentine|Valentine]], [[Jane Wiedlin|Wiedlin]])
|-
|-
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|''Time Bomb EP'' 7"
|''Time Bomb EP'' 7"
|H.Y.R.
|H.Y.R.
|
|"Hoosier Love", "LA", "Ireland"<br />Split with Punishment Park. Released only in [[Norway]].
|"Hoosier Love", "LA", "Ireland"<br />Split with Punishment Park. Released only in [[Norway]].
|-
|-
|2000
|2000
|''Doppel Pack'' soundtrack
|''Doppel Pack'' soundtrack
|
|
|
|"Better Than Pork" (Potthast)
|"Better Than Pork" (Potthast)
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|''Metalliska: A Ska Tribute to 80's Metal''
|''Metalliska: A Ska Tribute to 80's Metal''
|Too Hep
|Too Hep
|
|"[[Motorbreath]]" ([[James Hetfield|Hetfield]])
|"Motorbreath" ([[James Hetfield|Hetfield]])
|-
|-
|2007
|2007
|''Ska Is Dead Compilation CD''
|''Ska Is Dead Compilation CD''
|Asian Man Records
|Asian Man Records
|
|"Please Don't Run"
|"Please Don't Run"
|-
|-
| 2017
| ''Don't Worry Don't Stress''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://asianmanrecords.bandcamp.com/track/dont-worry-dont-stress |title=Don't Worry Don't Stress by MU330 |publisher=Asian Man Records |website=Bandcamp |access-date=2020-04-06 |archive-date=August 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821004329/https://asianmanrecords.bandcamp.com/track/dont-worry-dont-stress |url-status=live }}</ref>
| Asian Man Records
| Digital
| "Don't Worry Don't Stress"
|}
|}


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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.mu330.com/frameset.htm The Official MU330 Website]
* {{Official website|1=http://www.mu330.com}}{{dead link|date=August 2023}}
* [http://danpotthast.com/ Dan Potthast's official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702044053/http://www.danpotthast.com/ |date=July 2, 2010 }}
*{{MySpace|11056464}}
*[http://www.facebook.com/pages/MU330/218513141492?ref=ts MU330] at [[Facebook]], operated by Potthast
*{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p203242}}
*[http://danpotthast.com/ Dan Potthast's Official Website]
*[http://www.last.fm/music/MU330 Mu330] at [[Last.fm]]


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[[Category:Third-wave ska groups]]
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[[Category:Indie rock musical groups from Missouri]]

Latest revision as of 17:11, 6 May 2024

MU330
MU330 performing live at the 2007 International Ska Circus in Clark County, Nevada.
MU330 performing live at the 2007 International Ska Circus in Clark County, Nevada.
Background information
OriginSt. Louis, Missouri, United States
GenresSka punk, punk rock, indie rock
Years active1988–present
LabelsAsian Man Records
MembersDan Potthast
Ted Moll
Chris Diebold
Robert Bell
Gerry Lundquist
Websitewww.mu330.com

MU330 is an American ska punk band from St. Louis, Missouri. Formed by students of St. Louis University High School in 1988, MU330 played a self-described brand of music called "psycho ska", high energy ska punk marked by manic performances and humorous, often strange lyricism.

Since 1997, the band's musical direction has changed towards a more melodic and lyric-driven ska/indie rock sound, a combination that has been described as "Weezer meets The Specials".[1]

Dan Potthast (guitar/vocals), Ted Moll (drums), Chris Diebold (bass guitar), and Robert Bell (trombone) have remained with MU330 since the band's inception, and the trombonist Gerry Lundquist has been a member for over two decades. There have been several different frontmen in the past, but Potthast has always been the band's principal songwriter and lyricist.[2]

Biography

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The original members met in St. Louis University High School music class 330, hence the band's name.[3]

Potthast has released solo work and has also started a second band, The Stitch Up, with the former Slow Gherkin frontman, James Rickman. He also started a ska/rocksteady group called Dan P and the Bricks with former the MU330 saxophonist, Matt Knobbe.

In 2018, Potthast was part of Jeff Rosenstock's touring band. Moll, the drummer, has a side project band called Bagheera. Most members of MU330 have performed with Mike Park's Bruce Lee Band throughout the band's history, although Potthast is the only member who has played live with The Bruce Lee Band in the past few years.[when?] MU330 continues to perform live sporadically across the United States.

Band members

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Discography

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Albums

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Year Title Label
1991 Salamander Stew Self-released
1994 Press[4] Moon Ska Records / Asian Man Records
1996 Chumps on Parade Dill Records / Asian Man Records
1997 Crab Rangoon Asian Man Records
1999 MU330[5] Asian Man Records
1999 Winter Wonderland![6] Asian Man Records
2002 Ultra Panic[7] Asian Man Records

Live albums

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Year Title Label
2001 "Oh Yeah!" Live[8] Asian Man Records

Compilations

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Year Title Label Notes
1998 Best of MU330 California Roll Japan-only compilation with four unreleased songs

Singles, demos and non-album tracks

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Year Title Label Formats Notes/Track(s)
1991 Salamander Stew Self-released Cassette Demo recorded and mixed at Profound Sound
1996 "Jason" b/w "Now" 7" Moon Ska Records "Jason", "Now"
1997 MU330 / Blue Meanies Split 7" Asian Man Records "Vacation" (Caffey, Valentine, Wiedlin)
1998 Time Bomb EP 7" H.Y.R. "Hoosier Love", "LA", "Ireland"
Split with Punishment Park. Released only in Norway.
2000 Doppel Pack soundtrack "Better Than Pork" (Potthast)
2000 Metalliska: A Ska Tribute to 80's Metal Too Hep "Motorbreath" (Hetfield)
2007 Ska Is Dead Compilation CD Asian Man Records "Please Don't Run"
2017 Don't Worry Don't Stress[9] Asian Man Records Digital "Don't Worry Don't Stress"

References

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  1. ^ "MU330 "Crab Rangoon" CD/LP". Asian Man Records. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
    - "MU 330". MTV. Archived from the original on June 20, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  2. ^ "mu330". VH1. Archived from the original on April 26, 2005. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  3. ^ "Biography MU330". AllMusic.
  4. ^ Greene, Jo-Anne. "Press Review". AllMusic. Archived from the original on December 9, 2021. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  5. ^ "MU330 - MU330". AllMusic. Archived from the original on August 4, 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  6. ^ Phares, Heather. "Winter Wonderland Review". AllMusic. Archived from the original on November 23, 2021. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  7. ^ Anderson, Rick. "Ultra Panic Review". AllMusic. Archived from the original on May 3, 2021. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  8. ^ Wiznitzer, Ari. "Live Oh Yeah! Review". AllMusic. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  9. ^ "Don't Worry Don't Stress by MU330". Bandcamp. Asian Man Records. Archived from the original on August 21, 2017. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
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