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Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
We take a look at this feature length 2006 live show featuring Mike Patton and Buzz Osborne.
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Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Despite its slick vinyl interior, the Los Angeles branch of the Cha Cha Lounge in Silver Lake is still a gum-under-the-table kind of joint. Melvins drummer Dale Crover sits in a corner booth. Guitarist Buzz Osborne appears in the doorway, his signature hair mussed. He was outside...
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Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Tweak Bird will release their debut EP Reservations September 9th via Volcom Entertainment . The album was produced under the helm of the production team Deaf Nephews ( Melvins ' Dale Crover and Altamont/ Big Business ' Toshi Kasai). You can download the track "Whorses" here .
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
Oh, for joy to learn that new Melvins material is on the way! It’s good to hear Buzz Osborne bellow his way through another set of grinding material with all the same raw forcefulness as he did years ago. It kind of blew my mind when it was brought to my attention that the band (amidst its numerous iterations) is about to hit the 25-year mark. And by “blow my mind” I mean “make me feel old.” How old?...
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Pitchfork (Free subscription) | 04/06/2008
Sludge masters the Melvins will release Nude With Boots , their follow-up to 2006's (A) Senile Animal , on July 8 via Ipecac . Just like the last one, Nude With Boots features not only longtime band members Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover but also both Big Business men, Jared Warren and Coady Willis. Big Business will in fact join the Melvins for a mid-summer U.S. tour, though the Melvins must first...
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LAist (Free subscription) | 31/12/2007
Prior to the Melvins' eardrum-shattering and patriotically inspiring performance at the Echoplex, Buzz Osborne was kind enough to share his thoughts on the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame, the digital revolution, and the potential for "peculiar" art in today's world. Video by Bob Thompson for LAist
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Austinist (Free subscription) | 17/10/2007
The Melvins have been around for over two decades and have influenced plenty of hard-rock acts in that period, either directly, or indirectly. Comprised of (permanent members) Buzz Osbourne and Dale Crover , the band recently added Coady Willis and Jared Warren to the line-up. The newer members will be on double duty tonight as they both make up 100% of the opening act Big Business . The Melvins’...
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Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 05/10/2007
DOWNLOAD: Meat Puppets - Look at the Rain (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Mudhoney - Halloween (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Melvins - Going Blind (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Nirvana - Even in His Youth (MP3) Meat Puppets formed in 1980 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Melvins formed in...
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 20/09/2007
As useful as they are at times, assumptions can lead one astray when divining the nature of any creative art, particularly that of an underground rock band.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 14/09/2007
The Melvins are twisted. Always have been, always will be. Perhaps the best example of Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover's bizarre sense of humor...
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Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 23/08/2007
DOWNLOAD: Melvins - The Brain Center at Whipples (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Melvins - Talking Horse (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Melvins - Sweet Willy Rollbar (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Melvins - Civilized Worm (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Melvins - Going Blind (MP3) I saw a lot of bands...