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2.23.24
YELLOW #5 REISSUED
You demanded it and we delivered! Our fifth album, 2002’s frenzy of D.I.Y. fun, Yellow #5, is coming out on vinyl April 5! Preorder at one of these fine websites.



2.20.24
EUROPE AND UK TOUR
YES!!! We got those UK and Europe dates for you! Heading over in July/August to blast some rad festivals, clubs, and pubs. Most of the links are live now and the rest go live in the days ahead. So what are you waiting for?!



9.8.23
ALBUM RELEASE AND YET ANOTHER NEW VIDEO!!
Today we release our album WHERE DID ALL MY FRIENDS GO? on Badtime Records! We are so stoked and excited for you to check it out!! We also have another video up today on our YouTube channel for the song "WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE SO HARD?" Video by Chris Graue.



8.25.23
AND ANOTHER NEW VIDEO!!
And we have yet another video out today! Check out the cinematic masterpiece for the song "DOIN' WHAT WE DO". Up on our YouTube channel! Video shot by Geoffrey Hudson, Edited by Mike Sosinski.



8.11.23
ANOTHER NEW VIDEO!!
Our new single “VAMPIRE” is now streaming everywhere! We also felt like some issues about SKA were raised in the movie Renfield that never got resolved… so Bess Rous stars in our new video to help give us some closure. Go check it out on our YouTube channel! Don’t forget… “Where Did All My Friends Go?” is out September 8.‍ Video shot and directed by @chrisgraue Gfx by @fourthwavecreative.



7.31.23
ALBUM RELEASE SHOWS
Surprise! Our September shows are now our Album Release Shows! We've got The frickin Toasters playing with us! Plus Half Past Two's first time playing the Midwest! Don't miss out on these parties!!

9/7/23 Chicago BUY NOW
9/8/23 Detroit BUY NOW
9/9/23 Grand Rapids BUY NOW
9/10/23 Cleveland BUY NOW



7.28.23
NEW ALBUM NEW LABEL NEW VIDEO!!
We've got a new album for the first time in 8 years!! And it will be out on Bad Time Records!!! The release date is 9/8/23 but you can pre-order your vinyl and digital now! Don't wait on this!! Also you can watch a video for the first Single "Fall Apart". Check it all out here!!



3.20.23 SPRINGTIME
NEW SONG! NEW SEASON! We’re super psyched to share our version of “Springtime,” an Imagination Movers song from their forthcoming album COVERALLS!!! You can find “Springtime” RIGHT NOW on your fave music streaming platform!

Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube



2.12.23 SOUTHEAST TOUR
Only a couple more weeks before we bask in the sun down South with Stop the Presses. Check the dates! A couple more shows through the summer to announce and then a stacked Fall and Winter!!



9.12.22
EVILBREWERS BEWARE! COFFEE
Need some extra energy for your skanking? We’ve partnered with Rootless Coffee to bring you EvilBrewers Beware! Coffee! Need something to drink it from? We also have some badass mugs! Need both? Bundle them together for some extra savings!! Pre-order live on the store now!!



8.29.22 EVILDOERS BEWARE! 25TH ANNIVERSARY VINYL
On March 18th Evildoers Beware turned 25 years old! We had to wait a bit for the vinyl to be made, but here it is: Limited edition 25th Anniversary vinyl!! The release date is November 4th, but you can pre-order now in our store!



8.27.22 IN DEFENSE OF SKA TOUR
The In Defense of Ska tour is coming up in 2 weeks! September 8 - 17 with Buck-O-Nine and Omnigone!! Tickets are moving fast. Get yours now!! Links in the Shows listing.



1.20.22 EAST COAST TOUR
We'll be doing a quick trek out to the East Coast in April with our friends Catbite. We'll also be playing with Mephiskapheles and the Scoth Bonnets plus a ton of awesome bands on the This Is Not Croydon Fest 3!!



1.11.22 SAD NEWS
Sadly, one of the members of Buck-O-Nine has had a serious medical emergency, not COVID related, requiring hospitalization. Thankfully he will recover but it will take some time. We are sorry to announce this but we will need to reschedule the IDOS tour to September. All tickets will be honored for the new dates in September. We hope to see you then. The following dates have been rescheduled:

Thu Sept 8 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar (Rescheduled from Jan 13)
Fri Sept 9 - Las Vegas, NV @ Backstage Bar (Rescheduled from Jan 14)
Sat Sept 10 - Mesa, AZ @ Nile Theatre (Rescheduled from Jan 15)
Sun Sept 11 - Garden Grove, CA @ Garden Amp (rescheduled from Jan 16)
Mon Sept 12 - San Jose @ The Ritz (rescheduled from Jan 17)
Thu Sept 15 - Eugene, OR @ Old Nick's (rescheduled from Jan 20)

San Francisco, Sacramento, Portland and Seattle - we will have your rescheduled dates figured out within a few days, they are all in the works.



11.20.21
30TH ANNIVERSARY!!
It's our 30th anniversary!! And to celebrate we've got 2 new shirts from 2 of our oldest songs! Are they older than you? Could be! Anyway we're doing a pre-sale now so we can have them out to you in plenty of time before the Holidays. Speaking of Holidays, we have Holiday / 30th Anniversary shows coming up in Grand Rapids (12/17 at Elevation) and Chicago (12/18 at Subterranean) with some awesome lineups!! Check out the shows and check out the merch



11.5.21 LOTS OF SHOWS
Next week we'll be out on the road with The Slackers and Something To Do on some dates. Then we have our Holiday / 30th Anniversary shows with Kill Lincoln and Malafacha in December. And then we'll be on the West Coast in January with Buck-O-Nine and Omnigone. Whew!! Take a look at our shows and see if we'll be near you!!



9.21.21 WEST COAST TOUR
We've got a bad ass tour announcement today!! Mustard Plug and Buck-O-Nine will be co-headlining a West Coast Tour in January 2022!! Omnigone will be opening every night along with Aaron Carnes (In Defense of Ska author and podcast host). Check out the dates to the right ------->
Or buy TICKETS.



6.18.21 NEW VINYL ALERT!!
We have two new vinyl variants available for pre-order: Evildoers Beware in Transparent “Beer”” colored vinyl and Pray For Mojo in Translucent Green! Both are limited to 500 copies and include a download card. Pick up one or both in a bundle!! Click here to check it out!



6.7.21 WE HAVE SHOWS!!!!
We have a number of shows now confirmed!! Check out the list to the right! And thanks for getting vaccinated!!



11.25.20 IBAW VINYL
In Black And White vinyl is back on green vinyl!! We are now taking pre-sale orders for a Dec. 15th release date. Come check out the new store and bundle up!



11.21.20 NEW MERCH SITE
We have a brand new online store!! Come check it out, and don’t miss the new bundling feature that lets you build your own bundles! Also we are now doing a flat $6 shipping, no matter how much you order. To celebrate, Dave has opened the Dashiki Clout vault and brought forth a limited amount of some rad 7 inch vinyl collectibles! Don’t sleep on these, they’ll go fast. We’ll have even more new cool stuff up soon….



9.4.20 SKA AGAINST RACISM
We are super stoked to be included on the Ska Against Racism Comp! It's 28 new, rare, & unreleased tracks from ska & ska/punk bands from all over the world. All proceeds donated to organizations focused on racial justice/equality. Pre-order the vinyl, grab a digital copy, and join the movement at skaagainstracism.com!



8.26.20 VINYL VINYL VINYL
Introducing the new Big Daddy Multitude double gatefold album! The album that put Mustard Plug on the map plus 8 bonus tracks and pictures that no one has seen in 25 years! The release date is September 15th, but we'll be taking pre-orders now and will ship out early.

We also have limited edition Evildoers Beware on ketchup colored vinyl and limited edition Pray For Mojo on orange colored vinyl up for sale on our store! Get any individual vinyl or save with a vinyl bundle!!



12.2.19 AUSTRAILIAN TOUR
We'll be heading to Australia March 5-9. We’re touring with the Resignators and Out of Control Army. It’s our first time in Australia!!



11.7.19 WEST COAST
Mustard Plug is heading out for a West Coast Tour with the Toasters January 30 - Feb 9th. The tour kicks off in San Diego and ends in Seattle. Its been a few years since we’ve made it to the Pacific Northwest and we're stoked to be back!



7.16.19 JAPANESE TOUR
Mustard Plug is going back to Japan!! We will be doing 3 days with our old friends Kemuri. See you soon Osaka, Nagoya, and Tokyo!!



7.5.19 FESTIVALS AND BEER
We've got 2 cool festivals coming up at the end of the summer. One is the 350 Fest in Chicago where we'll be playing with a bunch of awesome bands including the Mighty Mighty Bosstones! And the other is for the 24th Anniversary of Ska Brewing in Colorado with our friends in the Aggrolites and Toasters!! Come pour several with us!!



12.5.18 NEW STORE AND SHOWS
We finally got our crap together and opened an online store! We'll be adding new items soon as well as some vintage stuff we haven't sold in forever. Check it out here!

We also have our annual Holiday shows coming up as well as a West Coast tour. Check out all the dates to your right!



10.11.17 LOTS OF SHOWS
So we took the summer off, but we're back at it! We've got some awesome shows coming up. In a few weeks we'll be playing both Pre Fest and Fest (including an all Evildoers Beware set at Pre Fest!). We'll be opening for the Descendents in Grand Rapids and the Bouncing Souls in Denver. We've got our annual Holiday shows including Black Christmas in Detroit with the Suicide Machines (info to come). Plus we just announced a January West Coast tour with Buck-O-Nine. And sprinkled in all that will be some select Midwest dates. Whew! Check out the shows list to the right ----->



12.25.16 25TH ANNIVERSARY & HOLIDAY SHOWS
Woah we've been around for 25 years! We'll be celebrating at our annual holiday shows this year. Come out and party with us Chicago, Grand Rapids and Detroit!!

And if you can't make it to those shows, we have more! Texas and the West Coast we're talking to you!!




11.11.16 SHOWS & SOCKS
Next week we've got 4 shows with our friends the legendary Less Than Jake!! One of them with our buds in Big D too!! We've also announced our annual holiday shows in Chicago and Grand Rapids. These will be our 25th anniversary shows as well. Holy crap!!

To go along with all this madness we are having a flash sale on socks. THE SOCKS WILL ONLY BE FOR SALE TIL NOVEMBER 20TH so get your order in now!!



4.19.16 FEST 15
Guess what? We're returning to FEST this year! Let's party!!




3.23.16 AMNESIA ROCKFEST
Hey we just announced a few June dates including the Amnesia Rockfest!!!




11.4.15 WEST COAST
We'll be on the West Coast in January with the amazing Dan Potthast (and The Bricks on the first 3 shows)! Check out the dates to the right. Also, next week we'll be in the Northeast and we'll have the annual Holiday shows up soon. Get Plugged!!




5.27.15 RIOT FEST 2015
Oh yeah! We're back playing Riot Fest Chicago this year! They just announced the first wave of bands and it's predictably crazy! We'll have more info posted when we know it...




4.21.15 FEST 14
We will be playing both the Pre-Fest and Fest this year!! We'll have more info posted for both shows as soon as it becomes available.

For now, you can check out the official website that was just launched.



3.14.15 RANCID TRIBUTE
The Hooligans United Rancid Tribute Record is out today! Shout out to our friend Elvis who put this together. 54 tracks from some rad bands!!

You can purchase the vinyl here. Or download from Itunes here.



2.18.15 FEBRUARY ROCKS
Thanks to everyone who came out to our short West Coast tour! It was super fun hanging with our friends the Toasters, Dan P. & The Bricks and Los Kung Fu Monkeys. And it was our first time in Mexico!! Here is a review of our San Francisco show.

We also would like to thank the good people at WYCE for bestowing a Legacy Award on us at this year's West Michigan Jammie Awards! I beileve that means we've been around for a long time!!



12.20.14 HOLIDAY SHOWS
Our holiday shows are coming up! We've got some sweet shows lined up! Check them out on the right and click here for a chance to win tickets to our Chicago show!!



8.26.14 ON THE ROAD AGAIN
Well the summer is winding down. We've gotten nice and fat eating bbq and drinking beer. Now it's time to play some shows! We've got a bunch of new shows up now, including a tour with our friends the Voodoo Glow Skulls and Dan Potthast!! Check it out on the right side of the page---->



2.19.14 WKAR BACKSTAGE PASS
Our performance on WKAR TV Backstage Pass will be available starting this Friday at 9pm! You can watch it here!




1.18.14 PODCAST
Check out this podcast Rick did for the Bonebat Show!



1.14.14 SONG & ALBUM RELEASE!!
Can't Contain It is officially released today! Dying Scene is streaming "Bang!" from the new album!!



1.13.14 CAN'T CONTAIN IT
The new album will be officially released tomorrow!! Here are some early reviews.



12.19.13 NEW WEBSITE
And the new website is live!



12.18.13 SONG RELEASE
Alternative Press is premiering our song "The All-Nighter" from our upcoming album! Listen to it here.



12.7.13 WROS FESTIVAL CANCELLED
We are sad to announce that our Brazilian shows have been cancelled. We appreciate the support of our Brazilian fans. We hope to make it your way in 2014.


12.4.13 CAN'T CONTAIN IT
You can now PRE-ORDER the new album!! $10 vinyl, $7 cd, $7 download. Cheap cheap cheap!!



12.2.13 SONG RELEASE
Check out our new song, "White Noise"!!



11.29.13 NO IDEA RECORDS
We are very excited to announce that we are partnering with NO IDEA RECORDS to release our new album Can't Contain It. NO IDEA is a super cool label out of Gainesville FL that have been releasing uncompromising punk records for over 20 years, and working with them will allow us to get our record into stores and the hands of more people who will (hopefully) dig it!



9.26.13 ALBUM NEWS & SHOWS
Big thanks to everyone who helped out with our Kickstarter Campaign!! We have finished recording, mixing & mastering the songs. Our friend Jeff from Bomb The Music Industry is working on the artwork right now and then everything will be sent off for CD's & vinyl to get manufactured! Once that happens we will be able to announce a release date. We're super happy with how everything has turned out so far!!

In tour news, we have some sweet shows coming up! We'll be doing Fest again this year (as well as Pre-Fest), a Skanksgiving show in New Jersey with Less Than Jake and Big D & The Kids Table, and some shows with the Planet Smashers in Canada to name just a few!

Check out our tour schedule for info on all our upcoming shows!



8.1.13 KICKSTARTER
So the time has come!! Today we are starting a Kickstarter Campaign for our new record. We have decided to take the reigns back and try and do things all ourselves. Of course we will need the help of you guys! Please help us out with the funding! We've got some sweet rewards for your donations!

Here we go! 30 days left......and the stress begins.

CLICK HERE TO HELP US OUT!!



6.2.13 BACK STAGE PASS
We have a free show/video shoot in Lansing on Weds. June 19. See this video or our shows page for more info.

You can reserve your free seats here!!





5.5.13 DYING SCENE COMP
DyingScene.com has put out a cool new ska-punk comp called Skaface Evolution. It's got a bunch of un-released tracks including some from Mustard Plug, Big D & the Kids Table and the Mad Caddies. Download it for free here!!






3.18.13 VEGAS BABY
Punks In Vegas put up a review and pictures of our recent show there. Check it out here.






Booking: dave@covertbooking.com



Sat | 3.23.24 | Kalamazoo, MI
at Bell's Back Room
with The Abruptors, K-Man & the 45's, The Write Ups
18+ | 7pm doors | $15/$18
BUY TICKETS | event page



Sat | 4.13.24 | Lansing, MI
at Grewal Hall at 224
with Rodeo Boys, Singing Lungs, Foxgrave
all ages | 6pm doors | $16/$20
BUY TICKETS | event page



Fri | 5.17.24 | Holland, MI
at Park Theatre
with CaliKO, Dance Contraption
18+ (or w/adult) | 7pm doors
$16/$20/$50/$100
BUY TICKETS | event page



CANADA


Mon | 6.3.24 | Hamilton, ON
at Bridgeworks
with Lagwagon
all ages | 6:30pm doors | $45
BUY TICKETS | event page



Tue | 6.4.24 | Ottawa, ON
at Bronson Centre
with Lagwagon, tba
19+ | 7pm doors | $39.50
BUY TICKETS | event page



Thur | 6.6.24 | Granby, QC
FESTIVAL AU LAC
with Millencolin, Lagwagon, The Anti-Queens, The Matchup
BUY TICKETS



Sat | 6.8.24 | Pont-Rouge, QC
RED BRIDGE FEST
with Millencolin, Lagwagon, Zebrahead, The Planet Smashers, Pridebowl, Down Memory Lane, Try Again
BUY TICKETS



EUROPE


Fri | 7.26.24 | Leeds, UK
at Key Club
14+ | 19:00 doors | ÂŁ17/ÂŁ18.70
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Sat | 7.27.24 | London, EN
LEVEL UP 6
at New Cross Inn
with Chris Murray, Omnigone, Joystick!
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Sun | 7.28.24 | Tarn, FR
XTREME FEST
with Rise of the Northstar, The Baboon Show, The Casualties, Thrown, The Meffs, Belvedere, Punky Tunes, Strung Out, The Manky Melters
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Mon | 7.29.24 | Paris, FR
at TBA
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Wed | 7.31.24 | Hamburg, DE
at Indra Musikclub
with Holly Would Surrender
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Thur | 8.1.24 | Wermelskirchen, DE
at AJZ Bahndamm
with Chaser
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Fri | 8.2.24 | Schweinfurt, DE
at Stattbahnhof
with Chaser
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Sat | 8.3.24 | Duffel, BE
BRAKROCK
with Descendents, Less Than Jake, H2O, Strung Out, Zebrahead, A Wilhelm Scream, The Dwarves, The Casualties, The Queers, Belvedere, Wisdom In Chains, Death By Stereo, Chaser, Tusky, The Drowns, CF98, Seized Up, Sidekick, School Drugs
BUY TICKETS



Sun | 8.4.24 | Groningen, NL
at Baxbier
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Tue | 8.6.24 | Tolmin, SI
PUNK ROCK HOLIDAY
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