Mr. Mudd & Mr. Gold has everything a normal garage rock band needs: a lead singer, drums, bass, guitar, banjo … Wait, banjo?
Lead singer Tyler Matock met banjo player Jesse Gray at a local open mic. After a few weeks of watching each other perform, the duo started jamming together, eventually writing their own original songs.
After years of performing as a duo, Matock and Gray decided to find a drummer and bassist to become a full band. That’s where Connor Pritchard and Sam Bohlman came in.
Last month, Mr. Mudd & Mr. Gold were asked to open for indie rock band Peach Pit at The Van Buren. The touring openers were stuck in California. With only a few hours to put together a set, Mr. Mudd & Mr. Gold came together and performed at their first-ever sold-out show.
The band’s Spotify listeners quintupled in the two weeks following the show, and encouraged them to release a new single ahead of schedule.
The band will be performing on Saturday, April 9 at the FRIED Festival at Margaret T. Hance Park. People can stream their music on Spotify and Apple Music and follow them on Instagram @mrmuddmrgold.
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Amber Victoria Singer is a second-year student at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication pursuing a degree in journalism with a minor in sustainability. Along with being a staff reporter for Downtown Devil, she hosts a weekly DJ shift and music show on ASU's student radio station, Blaze Radio, and interns at KJZZ. In her limited free time, Amber likes to roller skate, thrift and drink extra sweet iced caramel lattes.
