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Written by Brian
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Tuesday, 29 November 2011 |
The Melvins and HAZE XXL continue to 'Occupy' your pocketbooks with yet another amazing limited edition release. This is the AmRep version of the Endless Residency LP Boxset, and only 100 were produced, details below on why the Guggenheim will probably beat you to the punch in snagging one of these puppies. "We've let HAZE XXL make an authorized edition of the Endless Residency box set for several art shows he has coming this spring. On this edition, there were only 100 made. They have been the most expensive project to make, that we've ever been part of, and that's not including the insane man hours, carving of art, and several cross country drives involved. They are EXPENSIVE ($500*). They are literally works of friggin' art. We talked him into selling a batch before hand. 20 will be for sale on Friday at 5pm. For those about to get your undies in a bunch, right around the same time we'll be releasing the ENTIRE 4 CD Endless Residency set as a $5 download, so those that just want the tunes are well taken care of."
*part of pricing reflects that the galleries will get a big slice of the pie, and you can bet your ass that we get a taste too! Shave off the copies the band members get, as well as some folks that helped us make this (like Obsolete Industries), and there's even less to go around. Brian Walsby's latest Melvins t-shirt design is a real gem, and it's available for pre-order now on his website. Limited to only 300, so as your little league coach told you every practice until the day you quit, Get after it!!! "Up to this point; no one, but NO ONE has done what the Melvins have done and I’m pretty sure they’re still light years from being finished. They will go down in history as being one of the best rock bands anywhere. What they hadn’t done until about 2006 or so is enlist the help of a fourth member, which they now have. Enter co drummer Coady Willis. Now they have finally FINALLY entered the most important part of their career: having enough people to be a gang! With this all important news, we bring you our second MELVINS t-shirt, the tribute to the Baseball Furies! Can street gangs be power trios? Hell no. That is why this t-shirt is so great; I tie in the "band as a gang" thing as well as bringing the MELVINS' love of baseball into the picture. Now they can kick your ass, both musically and otherwise. You would have to be a fan of other more inferior sports to pass this awesome t-shirt up! We’ve gone all out with a 4 Color design for this puppy. We’ve also giving folks the option of ordering an XXL this time. Get it while we got it! Limited to 300." All Tomorrow's Parties announced that Melvins will be playing their " I'll Be Your Mirror" event in London on May 25th, 2012 along with the inarguably best two bands that start with SL, Sleep and Slayer. Radio Nova out of Norway interviewed Buzz and Dale and have posted the audio in two parts. Part 1 & Part 2 Dale was quoted in the New York Times regarding the mini album being released in 2012 by a car company called Scion. "I am really glad that a company like this is interested in art, Mr. Crover said. It’s a way to continue doing what we do and make money doing it." Dale Crover speaks to Tom and Si from Phonic FM before the Melvins last show of their 2011 European tour at the Bristol Thekla. ' Kill All Redneck Pricks' is a documentary about Jared's old band KARP and it is touring currently, check out their site for dates. |
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Written by Brian
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Wednesday, 31 August 2011 |
Good news for those in Europe, the Melvins are on their way to your backyard in less than a month, check the tour dates below. In more good news, Rock Is Hell will be releasing an extremely limited "Endless Residency" 8xLP Boxset, the pre-order begins September 2nd so be on your toes!  Bullhead/Houdini/Stoner Witch/Lysol*Eggnog Recorded live during The Melvins L.A. Spaceland Residency in January. Silkscreened printed and assembled by hand. Total presing of 500 copies --> black wax, 450 copies orange wax w/ extra prints, 50 copies pre-order starts Friday Sept. 2nd, Noon Eastern Time. European Tour Dates 2011: 9/30/11 - Cardiff, Wales - The Globe 10/2/11 - Feyzin, France - L'Epicerie Moderne 10/4/11 - Rome, Italy - Circolo degli Artisti 10/5/11 - Bologna, Italy - Estragon 10/6/11 - Mezzago, Italy - Bloom 10/7/11 - Geneva, Switzerland - KAB Usine 10/8/11 - Zurich, Switzerland - Rote Fabrik 10/9/11 - Munich, Germany - Feierwerk/Hansa 39 10/10/11 - Vienna, Austria - Arena 10/11/11 - Ljubljana, Slovenia - Cvetlicarna Mediapark 10/12/11 - Zagreb, Croatia - Tvornica Kulture 10/13/11 - Prague, Czech Republic - Lucerna Music Bar 10/14/11 - Erfurt, Germany - Stadtgarten 10/15/11 - Wroclaw, Poland - Firlej 10/16/11 - Berlin, Germany - Volksbühne 10/17/11 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Lille Vega 10/18/11 - Oslo, Norway - Blå 10/20/11 - Tampere, Finland - Klubi 10/21/11 - Helsinki, Finland - Tavastia 10/23/11 - Stockholm, Sweden - Hornstull Strand Etablissement 10/24/11 - Malmo, Sweden - Debaser 10/25/11 - Bremen, Germany - Kulturzentrum Lagerhaus 10/26/11 - Haarlem, The Netherlands - Patronaat 10/27/11 - Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette - Kulturfabrik 10/28/11 - Schorndorf, Germany - Manufaktur 10/29/11 - Cologne, Germany - Gebäude 9 (Onkel's Minifestival) 10/30/11 - Kortrijk, Belgium - De Kreun (Sonic City Festival curated by Liars) 10/31/11 - Paris, France - Glazart 11/1/11- Birmingham, England - HMV Institute 11/2/11 - Leeds, England - Irish Centre **NOTE NEW VENUE** (Brudenell Social Club tickets still valid) 11/3/11 - London, England - Camden Electric Ballroom 11/4/11 - Bristol, England - The Thekla Here's a video from their recent performance at Hellfest in France to get you in the zone. Ipecac will be putting out a live performance of Fantômas' Director's Cut on DVD on September 6th. It has Dale on drums and obviously Buzz on guitar, in addition to that the DVD includes a commentary track by the legendary Neil Hamburger. Filmed at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall on Dec. 31, 2008, the DVD features the band performing songs from their classic 2001 collection of soundtrack covers The Director’s Cut, as well as two songs not featured on the album: Al Green’s ‘Simply Beautiful’ and Marc Bolan & T. Rex’s ‘Chariot Choogle’. Dale played drums for the Warlock Pinchers during their recent reunion shows and is featured on the DVD they've released chronicling the event. Rumor has it there's a special feature w/ the Melvins covering Alice Cooper included. Someone uploaded an old TV appearance by the Melvins on FX's SoundFX from the Stoner Witch era, they play Revolve & Goose Freight Train. 90's cable was sweet. AMREP has the Melvins 'News of the World' parody shirt by Brian Walsby for sale in limited sizes. There's a video interview with Joe Barresi(produced Stag & Honky) on the Internets where he touches on recording the Melvins, he starts talking about the experience at the 22:30 mark on the video. "We had porno going on twenty four hours a day in the studio just to get everyone in this weird space" |
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Written by Brian
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Saturday, 02 July 2011 |
Big Business will be touring the U.S. this summer. Their Quadruple Single is due for release on July 26th via their very own label Gold Metal.
I'm told you still can't purchase the new Quadruple Single ep online yet, but da Biz is working hard to get their webstore up. Until that day arrives you can always order it from your preferred local record store, or eBay. Check out this article from Brooklyn Vegan on the release which includes a stream of the album. Quadruple Single tracklist: - Always Never Know When To Quit
- Ice-Cold War
- California Square Dance
- Guns
The dates:
07/07 Houston, TX @ Walter’s on Washington * 07/08 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon * 07/09 Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree Cafe * 07/11 Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum * 07/12 Miami, FL @ Churchill’s * 07/13 Orlando, FL @ The Social * 07/14 Atlanta, GA @ EARL * 07/15 Greensboro, NC @ Greene Street Club * 07/16 Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel * 07/17 Baltimore, MD @ The Ottobar * 07/19 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church * 07/20 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg * 07/21 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Downstairs * 07/22 Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place * 07/23 Cleveland Heights, OH @ Grog Shop * 07/24 Newport, KY @ The Historic Southgate House * 07/25 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme * 07/26 Detriot, MI @ Magic Stick * 07/27 Indianapolis, IN @ The Hoosier Dome * 07/28 Chicago, IL @ The Bottom Lounge * 07/29 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club * 07/30 Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room * 07/31 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater * 08/02 Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Vegas * 08/03 Boise, ID @ Neurolux * 08/04 Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s * 08/05 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre & 08/06 San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s & 08/07 West Hollywood, CA @ The Troubadour & 08/08 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah & 08/09 Scottsdale, AZ @ Martini Ranch & 08/10 Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad & 08/12 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada & 08/13 San Antonio, TX @ Korova & 08/14 Austin, TX @ Red 7 & 08/16 Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress & 08/20 Missoula, MT @ Total Fest
* w/ Torche and Helms Alee & w/ Torche and Thrones Some great video from the Big Biz Chicago show via noisey.com |
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Written by Brian
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Tuesday, 31 May 2011 |
The new Melvins live album Sugar Daddy Live is out now, swing on down to your local record shop and pick up a few. The recording comes from their fabled appearance at the Busta-Guts Club in Downey, CA. If you're one of those fence riders, AOL Music for a limited time has the album streaming in its entirety...
The U.S. residency mini tour is about halfway done, if you're in Chicago, Boston, NYC, or MPLS be sure to check them out and pick up one of the amazing customized for the city Endless Residency Box Sets. The 4 CD set was recorded live in L.A. in Jan. during the Spaceland Residency. It's the same 4 sets we're playing live on this 7 city tour. There's 50 sets individualized for each city. All hand printed and hand assembled and numbered. Design, art, and printing by Mackie and on Amphetamine Reptile Records. They're $50 apiece. That $12.50 a CD so quit bellyaching about the price already!
While in New York City the band will be stopping by Tara McPherson's store Cotton Candy Machine for a show poster signing/release event. They've also released a Melvins T-shirt with her design, but it appears to only be available in children's and women's sizes at this time.
Dale was interviewed on the Howard Stern show recently.
Search & Destroy did a nice long video interview with Buzz & Dale while they were in Mexico.
Yowie.com did a 'webcam show' between the Melvins and some of their fans. The lag is something to behold.
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Written by Brian
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Monday, 18 April 2011 |
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Amrep will be putting out a split 7" with the Melvins and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion cover "Black Betty" this May and should be available at the upcoming tour dates. No word yet on what the edition will be of this. "AmRep will be making as many as we can stuff by ourselves. We are old and feeble. Do the math." The Jon Spencer version was actually used in a Volkswagen commercial during the Super Bowl of all places.
In more Amrep/Grumpy's news Melvins added Minneapolis to its list of Residency Tour stops. They'll be playing June 13 & 14, 2 sets each night. You can purchase tickets for the event from Eventbrite. Buzz and Dale will be doing a live video Q&A with fans on Yowie.com on May 24th. Big Business updated their website and announced U.S. tour dates with Torche this summer. Amazon has posted 30-second samples of the Melvins upcoming live album 'Sugar Daddy Live' which is set to be released on May 31st. KEXP 90.3 FM in Seattle did a short radio documentary on the Melvins recently.
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Written by Brian
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Wednesday, 23 March 2011 |
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the Melvins will be taking their January residency series from the Spaceland in Los Angeles on the road to six U.S. cities. The performances will feature the same set list in each city. The first night's first set will include songs from Lysol and Eggnog followed by a second set of cuts from Houdini. Then, the second night's first set will feature Bullhead in its entirety with Stoner Witch closing out the evening. Dates for U.S. Residency tour. No opening acts on the tour.
05.13 Seattle, WA: The Crocodile
05.14 Seattle, WA: The Crocodile
05.16 San Francisco, CA: Great American Music Hall
05.17 San Francisco, CA: Great American Music Hall
05.27 Austin, TX: Mohawk
05.28 Austin, TX: Mohawk
05.31 Chicago, IL: Double Door
06.01 Chicago, IL: Double Door
06.03 Boston, MA: Paradise Rock club
06.04 Boston, MA: Paradise Rock club
06.06 Brooklyn, NY: Music Hall of Williamsburg
06.07 Brooklyn, NY: Music Hall of Williamsburg Additionally, the Mexico City show that was originally scheduled to take place in March but was postponed due to Dale's injury during the Japan earthquake has been rescheduled for May 3.
Amrep continues to release new versions of the limited The Bride Screamed Murder vinyl. The pressing on this LP was limited to just 1000 copies & are in white vinyl that splattered with red/orange/yellow streaks. To make things even more special, 10 artists were commissioned to create artwork for the letterpress print that's affixed to the back of the sleeve with each design being limited to just 100 copies. There are still 4 artists remaining so keep checking back at amphetaminereptile.com/melvins/ for updates on this release. Melvins are also likely going to have copies of this release available while on tour.
Dale is appearing on the cover of Modern Drummer for their May edition. You can purchase the issue. Here is the interview. Buzz was interviewed for a documentary on Ministry titled Fix.
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Written by Brian
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Wednesday, 23 February 2011 |
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Melvins will be releasing a new live album entitled "Sugar Daddy Live" May 31st on Ipecac Recordings. According to the press release this was recorded on an undisclosed date at the 'Busta-Guts' club in Downey, CA. The tracklisting below looks to be a selection of songs performed on their 2008 tour. Tracklisting:
- Nude with Boots
- Dog Island
- Dies Iraea
- Civilized Worm
- The Kicking Machine
- Eye Flies
- Tipping The Lion
- Rat Faced Granny
- The Hawk
- You’ve Never Been Right
- A History of Bad Men
- Star Spangled Banner
- Boris
L.A. TIMES: short interview with Buzz recounting the experiences of being in the recent New Zealand and Japan Earthquakes Here is the official press release sent through by the promoter regarding The Melvins and High on Fire Tour of New Zealand as of 4pm Tuesday 22nd February:
As everyone is now acutely aware, the city of Christchurch was struck by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake today which has claimed several lives already and completely incapacitated the city's infrastructure.
The Melvins and High On Fire tour party were one minute into checking in for our flight to Wellington when the earthquake struck. The airport was immediately evacuated. We have become subsequently stranded at the Air New Zealand office complex, completely unable to get out of the airport or secure accommodation. We have tried desperately to secure transport to the Wellington show, but regrettably all our options have been exhausted and we are now confronting the reality that we will be spending the night at the airport in Christchurch.
We are currently making plans to move the scheduled Wellington show at Bodega to tomorrow night, Wednesday February 23rd. Additionally, we are looking at having Kylesa play a headliner show at Whammy Bar in Auckland on the same night, and for the scheduled Melvins/High On Fire/Kylesa Whammy Bar show to be moved to Thursday February 24th. Unfortunately, until we know more about our travel plans, we are unable to confirm that these scenarios will become a reality. However, the attitude in the tour camp is very much one of "the show must go on" and we are doing our damndest to make a revised tour schedule work.
We ask that all ticket holders bare with us at this time while we can solidify our plans and work towards the aforementioned backup option. Regrettably we have no further information at this time regarding this and we would like to dearly thank all ticket-holders in advance for their patience and understanding.
We are very shaken, but are all healthy and not injured. Needless to say this has been a very stressful time but we are trying to keep our spirits up. The three shows on the tour so far have been amazing and the Melvins and High On Fire guys are fortunately an amazingly understanding and friendly bunch of guys who have been an absolute joy to work with.
Our thoughts go out to all the people of Christchurch who have already been through such agony recently and are now going through much worse. To those who have lost loved ones in particular, our deepest sympathies.
We hope to update the situation soon and again thank you for your patience.
Please feel free to distribute this press release to any and all interested parties. Please also be aware that our communication options right now are limited and to be patient in light of this.
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Written by Brian
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Sunday, 02 January 2011 |
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Melvins/AMREP are releasing The Bride Screamed Murder on vinyl this year in what looks to be a pressing of 1000 with each 100 being partially designed by a different artist of the band's choosing. The artist list is not fully fleshed out at this point as far as I know. Test pressings are already showing up on eBay to help offset the initial production costs. The vinyl will be a splattering of Orange/Red/Yellow on white. I suggest you keep an eye on the Amrep Bored for details on how to get yours as they become available to the public. Word is they'll also have some of the initial copies available in time for their Spaceland residency shows this month.
In late February/early March the Melvins will be heading to Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. Check the tour dates page for more info on upcoming dates. Additionally, Buzz will be playing a special show w/ Haze XXL+Duane Denison+Steve Turner titled PSYCH-OPTIC BLACK LIGHT FUZZ at H-Space in Costa Mesa, CA. Our good friend Brian Walsby recently designed a new Melvins t-shirt based on a familiar theme and it is available for purchase from Bifocal Media. They're also preparing to release the latest in Brian's 'Manchild' series on January 25th. For all the details visit bifocalmedia.com T-SHIRT SOLD OUT
Many interviews with the band have been posted recently, here's the roundup: L.A. Times Music Blog | Punknews.org | OC Weekly | Sludge Factory | The AU Review | Under the Radar | Loud |
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Written by Brian
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Wednesday, 15 December 2010 |
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The Melvins will be taking over Spaceland, performing each Friday throughout January 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.
Performance information is as follows:
Jan. 7: Melvins set (current line-up performing 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
You can also purchase the posters from the residency individually or as a series from La-La Land Posters. Artwork by Kii Arens |
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Written by Brian
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Monday, 18 October 2010 |
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A new stop-motion animation music video for Electric Flower off of The Bride Screamed Murder has been released as part of the Scion A/V Video Series and directed by Mark Brooks, check it out:
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