The remix album is best avoided.
― neither good nor bad, just a kid like you (unperson), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 23:26 (fourteen years ago) link
my annoying co-worker keeps talking about how heavy metal is his favorite music to make powerpoint presentations to. I found out he was talking about the Melvins.
― Mike Crandle, Financial Analyst, Bear Stearns, New York, NY 10185 (res), Wednesday, 23 September 2009 02:26 (fourteen years ago) link
the remix album has its moments of brilliance and its moments of bleh, but none of it is better than unadulterated melvins.
― m the g, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 07:43 (fourteen years ago) link
As noted by Andy K elsewhere:
http://grungereport.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/buzzworldseries.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 29 October 2010 13:56 (thirteen years ago) link
buzz like the giants
― social-media-compost Circle of Life (jdchurchill), Friday, 29 October 2010 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Cuet panda hat girl too.
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 29 October 2010 15:29 (thirteen years ago) link
that's thalia zedek
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 29 October 2010 15:33 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 29 October 2010 15:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Anyone else going?
http://blowthescene.com/bands/melvins-bands/the-melvins-spaceland-residency-this-january.html
― puff pastry hangman (admrl), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 19:10 (thirteen years ago) link
The Melvins are set to perform each Friday throughout January at Spaceland (Silver Lake, Calif.) with a different set and featured albums including the band’s current line-up, a 1983 incarnation with Mike Dillard and several albums in their entirety.
The band’s most recent release, The Bride Screamed Murder, was released by Ipecac Recordings in June. A limited edition vinyl version of the album will be on sale at the shows with each handcrafted album featuring detachable artwork from one of ten different artists.
If you missed it, Blow The Scene Senior Staff Writer Adam Rauf caught up with the Melvins in Washington DC as part of Isis‘s final tour for an exclusive interview.
Performance information is as follows:
Jan. 7: Melvins set (current line-up performing songs from Colossus of Destiny); Lysol and Eggnog records in their entirety
Jan. 14: Melvins 1983 (Buzz, Dale and Mike Dillard); Melvins set (current line-up performing normal set) and Houdini in its entirety
Jan. 21: Melvins Lite (Buzz & Dale only); Melvins set (current line-up performing normal set) and Bullhead in its entirety
Jan. 28: Melvins set (current line-up performing normal set) and Stoner Witch in its entirety
going on the 14th i think
― ObviousSccck (buzza), Thursday, 6 January 2011 08:27 (thirteen years ago) link
I wish I could go tomorrow.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 6 January 2011 13:59 (thirteen years ago) link
y'know Stag is a really cool album, for all of its genre-hopping weirdness...
― the Sonic Youths of suck (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 6 January 2011 15:56 (thirteen years ago) link
whoa dude this sounds dope imo
― good and bad, interesting and boring, experimental and traditional (jdchurchill), Thursday, 6 January 2011 20:16 (thirteen years ago) link
anyone here go the the show last week??
― buzza, Friday, 14 January 2011 05:59 (thirteen years ago) link
good show! had to leave a bit early because of the sitter but glad i went
― buzza, Sunday, 16 January 2011 01:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Any other reports on that show? I should try to dig up a piece I wrote when we booked Melvins to play outside of our student union at Macalester spring 1990. "Like an atomic bomb in a paper bag."
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Melvins Poll
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 21:53 (thirteen years ago) link
new live album Sugar Daddy Live is really awesome, one of their best live things. and these guys have a LOT of live albums... i dare not even count them. i think i have four but i know there's a few more.
― ilxor running, w/ laptop in hand, checking ILX as he sprints (ilxor), Sunday, 15 May 2011 16:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, I was listening to it yesterday. The Melvins are better now than they've ever been, and this live album is the proof of that.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Sunday, 15 May 2011 16:53 (thirteen years ago) link
i agree, though consensus seems like Bride was a bit undercooked/a mixed bag. do you agree?
totally loved Senile and Nude, tho
― ilxor running, w/ laptop in hand, checking ILX as he sprints (ilxor), Sunday, 15 May 2011 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link
The first and last tracks kinda sucked; everything in between was great. (And I liked the first track when they played it live.)
― that's not funny. (unperson), Sunday, 15 May 2011 17:20 (thirteen years ago) link
huh, maybe i should listen again, its been a year or so
― ilxor running, w/ laptop in hand, checking ILX as he sprints (ilxor), Monday, 16 May 2011 02:45 (thirteen years ago) link
dudes bride is good melvins for sure listen
― 7+ minute (jdchurchill), Monday, 16 May 2011 03:03 (thirteen years ago) link
run me run me in the dusthuh me huh me ten hut
― 7+ minute (jdchurchill), Monday, 16 May 2011 03:05 (thirteen years ago) link
i mean dude evil new war god is top notch c'mon
― 7+ minute (jdchurchill), Monday, 16 May 2011 03:24 (thirteen years ago) link
if you listen to pig house and don't die awesome
― 7+ minute (jdchurchill), Monday, 16 May 2011 03:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Whiney's feature on _Lysol_ is a must-read:
http://www.villagevoice.com/2011-06-01/music/the-melvin-s-power-disinfectant/
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 15:37 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.ebay.com/itm/World-Famous-MELVAN-MELVINS-Tour-Van-Artwork-Kurt-Cobain-NIRVANA-/150771070206
― fuck deathcore and metalcore (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 5 March 2012 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
free EP download at Scion A/V
(info http://www.facebook.com/melvinsarmy )
― StanM, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
new album Freak Puke out on Ipecac this summer!
http://loudwire.com/files/2012/02/melvinslitefreakpuke-300x300.jpg
― ilxor, Saturday, 7 April 2012 15:28 (twelve years ago) link
hah! good title.
― original bgm, Saturday, 7 April 2012 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
this part of Buzzo's Village Voice interview had me laughing--
What was the thinking behind doing an album with stand-up bass? Trevor has played electric bass for you guys.Well, I saw Trevor play stand up bass with Nels Cline and I thought it was something we could do and the wheels started rolling in my head. We reinvented the band but it's just an extension; it's not going to take over. We're gonna do both things—Melvins Lite and regular Melvins.So Melvins Lite is not just a one-off thing. It will continue?I certainly hope so.And the two-drummer lineup will go on, as well?You bet. Or we'll totally go insane and overdose in the toilet like Elvis.
Well, I saw Trevor play stand up bass with Nels Cline and I thought it was something we could do and the wheels started rolling in my head. We reinvented the band but it's just an extension; it's not going to take over. We're gonna do both things—Melvins Lite and regular Melvins.
So Melvins Lite is not just a one-off thing. It will continue?
I certainly hope so.
And the two-drummer lineup will go on, as well?
You bet. Or we'll totally go insane and overdose in the toilet like Elvis.
― ilxor, Sunday, 29 April 2012 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
I have been on a Melvins kick. I really love "The Bootlicker". That record is pretty much the Melvins make a their Pink Floyd album (or close as they ever gonna get) and kinda a bit of both Syd and later Floyd at that too.
― earlnash, Thursday, 7 February 2013 03:57 (eleven years ago) link
More just to showcase this bit of angry hilarity:
http://www.avclub.com/article/melvins-buzz-osborne-picks-songs-by-bands-that-wer-200741
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 15:30 (ten years ago) link
I pre-ordered one of these in Decemberhttp://i.imgur.com/SqzRqLd.jpg
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 15:56 (ten years ago) link
great article btw Ned, thank you!
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 16:07 (ten years ago) link
so great
Buzzo OTM throughout
― sleeve, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 16:12 (ten years ago) link
THE MELVINS' BUZZ OSBORNE RELEASES FULL-LENGTH SOLO DEBUT, THIS MACHINE KILLS ARTISTS, JUNE 3 VIA IPECAC RECORDINGS
http://exclaim.ca/images/buzz2.jpg
Buzz Osborne, the legendary grunge progenitor who has helmed the Melvins for thirty plus years, releases his debut solo full-length album, This Machine Kills Artists, on June 3 via Ipecac Recordings. "I have no interest in sounding like a crappy version of James Taylor or a half-assed version of Woody Guthrie," said the grunge progenitor of the 17-song offering, continuing, "which is what happens when almost every rock and roller straps on an acoustic guitar. No thanks... This Machine Kills Artists is a different kind of animal." Rolling Stone gave listeners early access to music from Osborne's acoustic release, premiering the song "Dark Brown Teeth." The magazine described the song as "doomy, ill-angled" and with the "Beefheartian edge his band is renown for." This Machine Kills Artists track listing: 1. Dark Brown Teeth2. Rough Democracy3. Laid Back Walking4. Drunken Baby5. Vaulting Over A Microphone6. New River7. The Vulgar Joke8. Everything's Easy For You9. The Ripping Driving10. How I Became Offensive11. Instrument of God12. The Spoiled Brat13. Illegal Mona14. Good and Hostile15. The Blithering Idiot16. Useless King of the Punks17. The Hesitation Twist
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 20 March 2014 13:46 (ten years ago) link
lol i like this
― Kornblud (admrl), Wednesday, 4 June 2014 20:28 (ten years ago) link
SubPop has put the new Mike & The Melvins album on youtube and I'm loving this insane final track. Dale doing blast beats!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_HMmhLIMxk&index=12&list=PLbOGt8cOph4V-FsNSj924xHIG6myxdF7T
― woman in the dunes, Monday, 28 March 2016 03:49 (eight years ago) link
I always figured King Buzzo was one of those weirdo libertarians that liked to say provocative things to piss people off, but uh the quotes I've seen from his interview with Gav1n Mc1nn3s(!!) don't paint him in a very favorable light.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 6 August 2020 14:12 (three years ago) link
aw man :(
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Thursday, 6 August 2020 14:18 (three years ago) link
I have no desire to seek it out, but the quotes on Twitter are "lesbian weirdo liberals", "socialists are the real Nazis" and apparently a rant about "racial diversity" in film.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 6 August 2020 14:22 (three years ago) link
Buzzo has always seemed like an assholehe used to be on that "hip" Fox news show Red Eye
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 6 August 2020 14:37 (three years ago) link
Yeah that was as big a warning sign as any.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 6 August 2020 14:39 (three years ago) link
Damien from Fucked Up was a fixture on there iirc, to the best of my knowledge he's not like this tho
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Thursday, 6 August 2020 14:40 (three years ago) link
Yeah, was just reading that was where he developed a relationship with Mc1nn3s started. I'm not at all surprised he's an asshole, just disappointed to learn what flavor of asshole he is.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 6 August 2020 14:41 (three years ago) link
Wow I botched that sentence, I blame answering a work call in the middle of typing it.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 6 August 2020 14:42 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zZFwUljowg
Enjoy!
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 6 August 2020 15:10 (three years ago) link