Sub Pop says that Mudhoney "are definitely still together," yet inside the band's new greatest-"hits"-plus-rarities double album March To Fuzz (Sub Pop), guitarist Steve Turner makes it seem like the godfathers of grunge are finished. Either way, bassist Matt Lukin has "retired," Reprise is out of the picture, and singing along with Mark Arm to "Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More" is still one of the best things in the whole world. Good story: the best song on the rarities disc - "Run Shithead Run" from the With Honors soundtrack - came to fruition when the film company asked Mudhoney to score a scene with the guy running through the snow. Apparently they wanted something along the lines of EMF's "Unbelievable." What they got was pure Mudhoney. Steve Turner answered our 13 questions.

1. What was the first song you heard that completely floored you, made you shiver, made you want to make music?

"Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen, "Pushin' Too Hard" by the Seeds, "Nervous Breakdown" and "Fix Me" by Black Flag.

2. What's the worst piece of advice anyone's ever given you?

You have to finish high school. I wish someone had told me about the GED program and I would've gotten out of there and gone straight to community college.

3. Who is your favorite musical artist of all time?

That's kind of impossible. Almost every record I like has some sort of transcendent moment on it.

4. When you hear your own records, what other bands do you hear in your songs?

Sometimes it's whoever I borrowed something from. Other times it's an accident, like sounding like the sax from Roxy Music or something.

5. What song have you written and/or performed that you're most embarrassed by?

Our version of "The Rose" doesn't really stand up to the hit version. Neither does our "Halloween." And in 8th grade I sand a duet version of "Rocky Raccoon" in guitar class.

6. What was the last song you heard that made you want to kick that artist's ass?

I don't subscribe to the use of violence like that, but it gets harder every day.

7. What town will you never play in again? Why?

Oh, I can probably skip Florida.

8. What is something that you've said that you wish you could take back?

The punchline to the joke "How do you get a gay guy to fuck a girl?"

9. What is your oddest musical inspiration?

The penny whistle.

10. How do you feel about the Internet and MP3s and how it's all changing how music is distributed and consumed? Are you excited or do you fear it all?

I'm excited about anything that can bypass the corporate structure. Power to the people.

11. Do you believe in God? Do you believe in a higher being?

It doesn't matter to me at all. But I like a good argument.

12. If you were on death row, what would your final meal consist of?

Pasta in tomato sauce, in Italy. Or a really big hit of heroin if they won't let me go to Italy.

13. What's your favorite piece of equipment that defines your sound?

I'd have to go with the fuzz box.