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MOJO selects the 50 strangest, most far-out albums ever!

Even with over half-a-century hindsight, it's difficult to determine the greatest misfortune of the many that befell Moby Grape early in its career.

Skip Spence was a talented musician and songwriter whose impact on the music industry is often overlooked. As a founding member of two seminal bands, Moby Grape and Jefferson Airplane, Spence played a significant role in the development of the San Francisco Sound during the late 1960s. Despite his contributions, Spence's career was derailed by

Portland-via-Seattle musician Steve Turner has led a semi-charmed life. He's made a decent living in the music business without succumbing to substance abuse and without his personal life descending into tabloidy drama. He's had ample time to indulge in his main hobbies—skateboarding, collecting fuzz boxes, and accruing and selling records. Oh, and he played a major role in creating the grunge phenomenon with the bands Green River and Mudhoney without suffering the tragic destinies of...

How Mudhoney weathered addiction, business precarity, major-label apathy, and ill-fated encounters with Hollywood soundtrack coordinators to maintain a 35-year career full of musical thrills.