The Melvins next full length album is scheduled for release on July 8 through Ipecac Recordings and is titled "Nude With Boots". The eleven track album was recorded in January 2008 in Los Angeles and features the same line-up as (a) Senile Animal (Buzz & Dale along with Jared & Coady from Big Business ).
Nude With Boots Tracklist:
The Kicking Machine
Billy Fish
Dog Island
Dies Iraea
Suicide In Progress
The Smiling Cobra
Nude With Boots
Flush
The Stupid Creep
The Savage Hippy
It Tastes Better Than The Truth
Above is a live video of Melvins playing two songs slated to be on the next album, Suicide In Progress & Billy Fish
Tour dates should start trickling in before too long.
Also due in July is the Fantomas/Melvins Big Band Live From London 2006 DVD release, featuring audio commentary from the Melvins' own Buzz, Danny DeVito and Ipecac co-owner Greg Werckman.
from enterruption.com : The Best way to start off '08: the mighty Melvins live in '03!! Buzz, Dale, and Kevin, recorded by their longtime soundman, Kurt Schlegel, in Los Angeles, CA, at the beginning of their Spring 2003 US tour with Tomahawk.
Song list: At A Crawl, Black Stooges, Night Goat, Revolve/Brain Center At Whipples, Let It All Be, Hooch, Mombius Hibatchi, The Bloat, The Bit.
Mastered by Mell Dettmer (Earth, Sunn, ASVA, Boris). Cover art by Alison Elizabeth Taylor.
Edition 500x copies, shades of pink...ish vinyl.
The vinyl re-issue of the long out-of-print cassette originally released on Enterruption, edition 100x, in early '04.
from Brian Walsby's myspace page: "Almost twenty years ago, Dale taped this for me and I have listened to it ever since. Frankly, I am surprised that they have never unearthed this. It is among my very favorite Melvins recordings. Recorded shortly after the release of "Gluey Porch Treatments", this homemade four track won't be confused with "Sergeant Pepper" in terms of production values (although we have boosted the levels somewhat), but fucking A, the songs and the performance more then makes up for that. It was also the last thing the band recorded with original bass player Matt Lukin, a fitting end to the band's first album lineup... Some of these then new songs ended up on "Ozma". I actually prefer these versions. Other songs were lost in the shuffle but are as good as anything the band has put out. As for the band themselves, Dale is on fire on all of these tracks. Buzz's vocals have never been any more twisted, sneering or evil. I am pleased as punch that these guys have let me release this material in conjunction with my new book. Me and Charles are both really happy about this. Obviously this will sell my book a lot easier then the previous two. Sadly, the band's version of a Kiss song from which the title of the demos have been taken didn't make the cut, as a abrupt tape drop in assured that said fact. Besides, Gene Simmons might get pissed off. I don't need that trouble."
This is being released by Bifocal Media on Oct. 9th 2007. It is available for pre-order now.
An update from the Melvins Myspace page: "Hey, how's it going friends? Are you keepin' cool, by the pool, at the bbq? We hope so! Our friends Big Business are on the road in the US and just got offered an opening spot on the Tool tour! HORRAYYYYY!! Check their page for dates. Oh shit!!! That means that Coady and Jared can't play the Houdini, Lysol and Eggnog shows we've booked this July in S.F. and L.A..... BOOOOOOO.... Wait a minute now, get this, we'll get Trevor "mutha fuckin" Dunn to play bass... HORRAYYYY!!! Then, when Coady and Jared get back we'll do a US tour.. BOOOOOO..er, I mean HORRAYYYY!" The dates and sets are currently understood to be:
July 20, 2007 San Francisco, CA - Slims playing Houdini in its entirety
July 21, 2007 San Francisco, CA - Slims playing Lysol and Eggnog in their entirety
July 27, 2007 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour playing Lysol and Eggnog in their entirety
Buzzo and Dale will be co-hosting the Suicide Girls radio show on Indie 103 in LA from 12 midnight to 2 am on July 8. If people are outside of Los Angeles they can listen on the website: http://www.indie1031.fm/ It will also be archived at http://suicidegirls.com/ipod/
The Dalek/HAZE XXL Art Book/Animation DVD/Music collaboration project “Purge Of Dissidents” was recently released on 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. It's for the song "The Talking Horse" off of (a) Senile Animal. It was directed by Behn Fannin.
The new Big Business full length album "Here Come the Waterworks" was released today on Hydra Head Records. As you may or may not know Big Business is/are 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. from Hydra Head: Big Business is bigger and better than ever, with better hair, bigger hits, and the kind of overwhelming Norman Schwarzkopf-style force that rolls like thunder, stings like a missile, and—above all—takes no shit. On Here Come the Waterworks, their second full-length, bassist/vocalist Jared Warren and drummer Coady Willis unfurl all the mammoth riffs, furious vocals and blazing drum work you’ve come to expect—nay, DEMAND—from LA’s answer to Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday. No, wait… make that Sonny Crockett and Rico Tubbs. Either way, there’s a new sheriff in town—two of ’em, actually. EDIT: Big Business comments on the carnage post release: "We're very sorry for everything that's happened and that we hope all the violence and controversy surrounding the release of our new record will soon come to an end. We admit that we need help and plan on doing everything we can to get to the root of these feelings." Track Listing: 1. Just as the Day was Dawning (4:13) 2. Hands Up (2:59) 3. Shields (3:07) 4. Grounds for Divorce (5:30) 5. Another Fourth of July ... Ruined (4:30) 6. Start Your Digging (4:05) 7. I’ll Give You Something to Cry About (9:09) 8. Another Beautiful Day in the Pacific Northwest (7:10)
Big Business Spring 2007 Tour Dates: Mar 7 2007 9:00P All Star Lanes- Eagle Rock Los Angeles Mar 8 2007 8:00P the Detroit Bar Costa Mesa, California Mar 9 2007 8:00P The Casbah San Diego, California Mar 10 2007 10:30P The Bunkhouse Las Vegas, Nevada Mar 11 2007 8:00P the Brickhouse Phoenix, Arizona Mar 13 2007 8:00P the White Swan Live Houston, Texas Mar 14 2007 8:00P Rock Bottom San Antonio, Texas Mar 15 2007 8:00P Emo's Annex Austin, Texas Mar 16 2007 2:45P Vice Stage (across from the Longbranch Inn) Austin, Texas Mar 20 2007 8:00P Launch Pad Albequerque, New Mexico Mar 24 2007 8:00P The Troubadour West Hollywood, California
