Since forming in 1991, Mustard Plug has established itself as one of the hardest-working independent bands. The Grand Rapids, Michigan-based group, with the help of its label, the California indie ska-punk outfit Hopeless Records, repeatedly tours the United States, Europe, Japan and South America. It has made the rounds of two Warped Tours and participated in the Ska Against Racism tour. Mustard Plug began its career meagerly, releasing the cassette, "Skapocalypse Now!" on its own Dashiki Clout label in 1992. (It would be re-released on CD by Dashiki Clout and Hopeless in 1998.) But the band's proper debut, 1993's "Big Daddy Multitude," was backed by the seminal ska label Moon Records, which eventually went bankrupt. (The album was re-released by Hopeless Records after it signed Mustard Plug in the mid-1990s.) The CD pushed Mustard Plug into touring orbit playing a multitude of gigs.