The 1990s opened with a number of lineup changes, swiftly followed by the 1991 album Hey Cop! If I Had a Face Like Yours … , featuring Bill Collins (formerly of Fang , Special Forces, Intensified Chaos) on guitar and Matt Freeman (of Operation Ivy and Rancid ) on bass. Collins wrote all the music on the album and sang three of the songs. This lineup toured the US and Europe. The acclaimed Shades of Brown album appeared in 1993, released by New Red Archives in the U.S. and We Bite in Europe. The album featured the hip hop vegetarian song “Real Food, Real People, Real Bullets”. MDC, now with guitarist Chris Wilder (formerly of Stikky ) and bassist Erica Liss, marked the album with a tour of the former Soviet Union , making MDC the first American punk band to tour Russia. This was followed by two more European tours and several U.S. tours until 1995, where began a lull in the band’s activity. The lack of new recorded material, other than a 7-inch release on Slap-a-Ham Records , and live performances after 1994, plus personal problems of band members, pointed to an informal break-up of the band. Though the band did a few shows in 1997. Including Punk fest 97 in Seattle WA with Poison Idea, The Accused, and the first performance of Murder City Devils.
Released 1991 album Hey Cop! If I Had a Face Like Yours…
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