| Buzz Osborne, Coady Willis and Jared Warren from left to right.Buzz Osborne (aka "King Buzzo") and drummer Dale Crover are constant members, but the band has been through several bass guitarists.They have occasionally added a guest or second guitarist for live performances.The band was named after a supervisor at the Thriftway in Montesano, Washington where Osborne served as a clerk (and vandal).They often favor very slow tempos, and their sludgy sound was a strong influence on grunge music, especially Nirvana, Soundgarden, and many other bands from Seattle.Boris, who took their name from title of a Melvins song.The group has received mostly positive critical notice.While the band has never found (and probably never sought) mainstream success, the Melvins have a dedicated cult following.They maintain an impressive schedule of new albums and tours, including two releases with former Dead Kennedys front man Jello Biafra.The band has been colloquially known as "Jelvins" during Biafra's tenure with the band.In appreciation of their devoted fans, the Melvins have released various collectibles throughout the years.Melvins skateboard, The Melvins Fetus!When Dillard left the band, Dale Crover joined, and the band's rehearsals moved to a back room of Crover's parents house in Aberdeen, Washington.Fellow Aberdeen resident Kurt Cobain (a good friend of Crover) was a huge Melvins fan and helped them transport their equipment to a few shows.Cobain maintained his relation with the band.Records was created to document the Washington music scene, the label released Deep Six, featuring four songs by the Melvins.The album was recorded live to a two track at Ironwood, February 8, 1986.Gluey Porch Treatments was later coupled with their second album Ozma for the Boner Records CD release.Later that year Osborne and Crover relocated to San Francisco, California.The band recorded Ozma in May 1989, and released it later that year.The album was produced by Mark Deutrom, who later joined the band on bass.In August 1990, Nirvana was without a drummer, and Crover helped out by playing on a brief west coast tour with Sonic Youth.The band then toured Europe; their January 23, 1991 show in Alzey, Germany was released as Your Choice Live Series Vol.When they returned to the U.Lorax left the band, and was replaced by Joe Preston.Preston appears on the Salad of a Thousand Delights (1992, Box Dog Video).The Melvins then released three "solo" EPs, following the concept and imitating the cover artwork inspired by the four Kiss members' solo albums released in 1978.Lysol, which had to be renamed Melvins because Lysol was a trademarked name.The Atlantic years
When Nirvana's Nevermind became a massive, unexpected success, the Melvins were one of many groups to benefit from Nirvana's support.Gene Simmons of Kiss played bass with Melvins at Lollapalooza in 1993 and 1994 for a full set.He also played bass with the Melvins in 1993 in a concert with Primus, on the song Goin' Blind, a Kiss song that the Melvins had covered on Houdini.The Melvins released their second album for Atlantic in 1994, Stoner Witch.They returned to Atlantic one last time for 1996's Stag, which entered the Heatseekers chart at number 33.The band were dropped by Atlantic Records in 1997 after three albums.They recorded an August 1997 concert in Richmond, Melbourne, Australia as Alive at the F*ckerclub in 1998.The same year, Melvins opened for Tool.Tool website depicts the Melvins along with the words "Melvins say...Mike Patton's Ipecac Recordings, which began remastering and reissuing much of the band's back catalog.The Trilogy: The Maggot, The Bootlicker, and The Crybaby.The latter featured a number of guest vocalists and musicians.One unexpected highlight was a faithful rendition of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", sung by 1970s teen idol Leif Garrett.Kevin Rutmanis, formerly of The Cows, was bassist during this era.In 2004, Osborne and Crover toured to celebrate their 20th anniversary as a band, and also released an art book Neither Here Nor There.The book is a collection of art by creators of their cover art as well as friends of the band, and also contained retrospectives on the past twenty years of Melvins.In 2004 Melvins collaborated with ambient artist Lustmord for Pigs of the Roman Empire and with Dead Kennedys singer Jello Biafra for Never Breathe What You Can't See and Sieg Howdy!Jello Biafra and Adam Jones from Tool.Following the tour cancellation, the Melvins finished the year playing a few shows with David Scott Stone supporting the work of filmmaker Cameron Jamie in Europe and the United States.Fans feared that Rutmanis had departed like so many bassists before him; however, Rutmanis returned temporarily in early 2005.When Melvins toured with Jello Biafra in October and November of 2005, David Scott Stone filled in on bass.In early 2006, Crover confirmed rumors of the members of the band Big Business joining the Melvins.According to ZU's website, the Melvins and ZU are currently working on a collaboration.Vocals)
Founding member of Kurt Cobain's first band, Fecal Matter.Sings and plays guitar in the band Altamont, and drums for the band Porn.Coady Willis (Drums)
Former Member of The Murder City Devils.Vocals)
Former member of Tight Bro's From Way Back, Karp and The Whip.Plays bass and sings in Big Business.Selected Discography
See: Melvins discography for the complete Melvins discography .References in popular culture
Beck's song Beercan uses a sample from the Melvins' song "Hog Leg", from the Eggnog EP.King Buzzo also appears twice in the music video for the song.Anal Cunt poked fun at the connection between Nirvana and the Melvins in their song When I Think of True Punk Rock Bands, I Think of Nirvana and the Melvins
In a 2007 issue of Total Guitar Magazine, Mastodon guitarist Bill Kelliher selected the Melvins' "Honey Bucket" as a track 'he wished he'd written.Eric Melvin, guitarist for NOFX, has stated that he likes Melvins very much, not just because they share names.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.Making Love Demos + Fall U.Almost twenty years ago, Dale taped this for me and I have listened to it ever since.It is among my very favorite Melvins recordings.As for the band themselves, Dale is on fire on all of these tracks.Me and Charles are both really happy about this.This is being released by Bifocal Media on Oct.Melvins related 7 inches might be available for purchase at the show.August 25, 2007 Melvins are also touring the U.Big Business, they will also be screening the Purge of Dissidents DVD at all shows.Special Summer Shows coming up!Check their page for dates.Suicide Girls radio show on Indie 103 in LA from 12 midnight to 2 am on July 8.Ipecac Records and will be on the road, shown at screenings prior to Melvins shows on their upcoming national tour this fall.Melvins were involved in the soundtrack for this and Buzz wrote the introduction for the book.The first official Melvins music video in a decade has been posted on YouTube.Jared Warren and Coady Willis, respectively the new bass player and SECOND drummer of Melvins.Even more good news, as mentioned before is that our good friend Sir David Scott Stone plays guitar on the release.We admit that we need help and plan on doing everything we can to get to the root of these feelings.Another Fourth of July ...MELVINS TOUR DATES Purchase Melvins Merchandise at the Cinderblock Melvins store.The) Melvins
(A) Senile Animal
The Melvins are family entertainment on another level.Some people say The Melvins are the wave of the future.Some people think The Melvins have already influenced a huge wave of music on a global level but most people expect The Melvins to totally fuck up.Most people think they should be called "The Fucks" because they're fucked.Well, maybe so, but nonetheless it's the last half of 2006 and The Melvins have a new new NEW album called (A) Senile Animal.The Melvins have been through a lot this last year: wars, drugs, impeachment but they never lost sight of what was important AND what was festering in their bowels.Once again the Melvins have "started over" with two, count em TWO, new members, Coady Willis and Jared Warren from the band Big Business.We can't even believe it's happening but believe it or not it's becoming more and more believable.Double, triple and even quadruple vocals, double bass and guitar...Well, not really double bass and guitar but...The Melvins will hit the road with Big Business in September for a full United States tour.Take a road trip with your friends and go see the Melvins.Take time off from work, get your tickets and go go go to the show show show.You and all your friends should go to as many of the Melvins shows as you can because all sorts of crazy shit will be happening.It will be a kick in the ass!Well, earlier in 2006 and as usual the seemingly tireless Melvins released yet another brand "new" CD.This time, as a result of their strange work last year in Europe with the famous Trevor Dunn playing bass they've recorded a full length record entitled "Houdini Live: A Live History of Gluttony and Lust", which was released in May.It would be criminally and morally irresponsible not to get behind, promote and endorse The Melvins with every tool (legal and illegal) possible.Get busy, don't fight it, just do it!Buzz Osborne
Release date: Oct.If you see this page, it means that you have set up your web server for serving a new site, but have not uploaded the site content yet.You can upload your web site contents using FTP.You can install web applications on your site: an image gallery, a discussion forum, a blog, an online store, a chat, and many other applications.You can create a site using SiteBuilder wizard.Test PagesPlesk ships with several test pages, showing script version, testing database connections, sending mail, etc."Are you sure you want to block this user?Uh huh huh, water is cool!It's time to come to Italy...So come along and steal a copy.If you hate it, then spread it like you hate it, inflict it upon all who you hate!!!Gibson,Ari Surdoval, for a Buzz Osborne signature series les paul custom.Ari is not allowed to make suggestions of this sort, yet replied if it were up to him there would already be one.Good times and tunes last night at the Cha Cha lounge!Saw you guys paly Houdini at the Casbah in San Diego.Cody and Jared ain't too bad.COULD U SUCK ANY MORE...Milan is where you guys need to rox.You can buy premium acounts (Rapidshare, Megaupload).Greetings from Outer Mongolia!Can't believe I missed you guys with Big Business last time round.Should I 1) start playing music again, steal my bass back from my dads stepson, get my guitar fixed?Start looking for work in sales again, and become an 'upstanding member of society'...SF featuring The Melvins via my myspace blog.This is not a MySpace login page, please do not enter your MySpace login information (email address or password).Sign in to get personalized recommendations.Your search did not match any products.Too many keywords can constrain your search.Use fewer keywords to find more results.Track your recent orders.View or change your orders in Your Account.Visit our Help department.Recommended if you like Melvins, Black Flag, The Locust.Recommended if you like Melvins, The Jesus Lizard, Scratch Acid.Recommended if 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