Mustard Plug has a new rhythm section. If you saw them on the second leg of the Ska Is Dead tour you would have caught a preview of their new drummer John Massel. The band's new bass player is Rick Johnson. He played in the band Wack Trucks and recently toured with Dan Potthast. The band's prior bassist, Matt Van, is now playing for Uncle Kracker and ex-drummer Brad Rozier is busy with his new son and job.

The band will hit the road this fall. They're planning a set of Midwest college and club dates in September and November and the West Coast Ska Is Dead dates in October. The should be announced soon.