FIRST HEARD THEM IN ANCHORAGE: I was a long way from home that summer. My first trip out around the town, I found Mammoth records, dug around and bought the Scud Mountain Boys’ “Massachussets.” That record soothed me the whole summer of 1996. Being on that train was a tough one. Long hours. Dickhead servers. Waterlogged extremities. Methhead cooks.

The Scud Mountain Boys made things a little better. Remember, Noah?