With insperation from “Green River”, “Mudhoney”, and “Temple of the dog”. Home of the sweet potato fry & Perry’s ice cream. The idea for the name “River Mud Dog”, came from a friend who claimed he had the ultimate, “grunge- bandname”. Upon formation they were an Australian super group, with Birtles, Goble. The members are: Magnus Claesson (vocals), André Högberg (guitars, vocals), Anders Kjellberg (guitars, vocals) Patrik Grundström (bass, vocals) and Magnus Olsson (drums, percussion). Little River Band formed in March 1975 in Melbourne as a harmony rock group with Beeb Birtles on guitar and vocals, Graham Davidge on lead guitar, Graeham Goble on guitar and vocals, Dave Orams on bass guitar, Derek Pellicci on drums and Glenn Shorrock on lead vocals. The band, came together in the year 2000 in the hometown, Härnösand, in the middle- east part of Sweden. The music is influenced by bands like “Alice In Chains”, “Nirvana”, and “Pearl Jam”.
River Mud Dog started off mostly like a fun project, but after the first gig, witch was ment to be the only one, the audience wanted more so the band decided to continue. Todays sea temperature in Mud River, at Old Teakettle Creek is 27.9 ° C (Statistics for -2005 mean: 26.2 max: 27.3 min: 23. lead vocals and guitar - Justin 'time' Handrahan, bassist and back vocals - Alan Cochrane, and percussionist and back vocals.