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Yes, I know Kevin is no longer in the band, please do not feel the need to e-mail me about it anymore. Also if you are looking for information about such things then I must inform you that I am not the source to move towards. These sorts of things happen, bands are a lot like relationships, I'm sure many of you know this quite well. The notion of a third party expounding on the details of why your parents marriage didn't work out is inappropriate for anyone to post on the internet, and in my opinion so is this. It's best to just hope all parties involved are in good health and continue to make great music, as they undoubtedly have in the past.

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According to alternative tentaclesthey will be releasing both the mangled demos and pigs of the roman empire on vinyl this August. Also in late September they will be releasing the second installment from the Jello Biafra and the Melvins collaboration reportedly titled 'Sieg Howdy', a 6 track ep this will include remixes by Al Jourgensen of Ministry, Dalek, Dale, and a cover of Alice Cooper's Halo of Flies.

A good review of the Mangled Demos complete with full mp3's has been posted by Buddyhead, you'll have to scroll down to June 2nd.

Also Daniel sent me a heads up that the Melvins are playing All Tomorrow's Parties "Don't Look Back" where they will be playing the Houdini album in its entirety. This is taking place on the 4th of October this year at the Koko in London, England. Tickets are £17.00 and are available here.

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from girlieaction.com: The year was 1983 — the here and now was bleak, but the future itself was strangely hopeful and promising thanks to some fervent pot smokin’ and a 12 pack of Old English. Three high school classmates in Gray’s Harbor, WA would soon bond over the thrill of getting smashed and making music. Along with the spirit of youth and the growth of punk rock by their side, it was destined they would someday belt out some kick ass tunes, and call themselves the Melvins.

 

 

Recorded during the birth of 80’s hardcore, the Melvins’ Mangled Demos from 1983 will sit nicely next to your old Bad Brains and Corrosion of Conformity albums. There’s some of that classic rockin’ sludge we’ve grown to know and love (including a pre-Dale Crover version of "Set Me Straight"), but it’s the fast, raw and hopeful ferocity of a time when hardcore was brewing, that really makes this release such a gem. While the Melvins were never considered a punk band, and much less a hardcore band, they still managed to squish their way into such fan bases over the past twenty years. So, the argument of roots, influences, attitude and credibility were really never a question. It is only now for the first time, however, that we hear just when and how all those delightful ideas first kicked into high gear. The only archive in existence featuring the original Melvins line up, Mangled Demos from 1983 is made of the finest ingredients: youth, beer, weed and small town angst. It rocks and kicks our asses, recollecting an era of anger and optimism. And while it remains a diamond in the rough, would we really expect anything less from some dudes stuck in "a nasty dull rainy dark hell hole filled with dumb redneck simpletons" some twenty years ago? Ugly times breed beautiful music, and Mangled Demos from 1983 is genuine proof.

 

 

read more for the liner notes from the same site....

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from southern.com: * Mangled Demos From 1983 * CD * Ipecac Records * IPC-63

15 trks, 44 mins. No way! This is the very first time these demos have ever been released and they sound as raw & vital as they did back then, feat. the 1st Mike, Matt, Buzz lineup.

It is to be released in the U.S. on May 31st according to cduniverse.com. This stuff has only been available in bootleg form at this point, here.

 

 

Here's an update from pitchforkmedia including the tracklist:The new CD features several songs whose titles got lost somewhere in the last 22 years; rather than making up new ones, the Melvins appear to have assigned them little graphical doodles, which makes the following tracklist a bit of a bitch to reprint. Meanwhile, some songs are included twice, and others run together, producing a total of 18 tracks that, in some abstract sense, look like this:

01 Elks Lodge Christmas Broadcast
02 If You Get Bored - live radio
03 Forgotten Principles
04 Snake Appeal
05 [flower]
06 If You Get Bored
07 Set Me Straight
08 [communist star]
09 I'm Dry
10 Forgotten Principles
11 I Don't Know
12 Matt-Alec
13 The REAL You
14 Run Around
15 Keep Away From Me
16 [clover]
17 Bibulous Confabulation (during rehearsal)
18 [iron cross]
19 [pencil]
20 Matt-Alec
21 "Walter"
22 [broken scissors]
23 [airplane]

Also remember Fantômas' "Suspended Animation" came out today.

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The Melvins - one of the most influential cult bands of the last fifteen years - will make three special appearances in Europe. After Paris and Vienna, this performance will be put on once-only in the Netherlands: on 12 November at De Vleeshal in Middelburg. Here, The Melvins will give a live performance of their specially composed soundtrack for three films by American artist Cameron Jamie. The Melvins' ominous soundtrack fuses intensely with Cameron Jamie's dark and disturbing films.

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from alternativetentacles.com: The Melvins will still play with Jello on Halloween for ATs 25th anniversary show at Slims in San Francisco. They have cancelled all remaining tour dates for the rest of the year due to illness. They will use a stand in bassplayer at the Halloween show, but will definitely be playing.

Nils Jörgen sent me this: it might be of interest for some people in vienna, austria, that the european tour is cancelled, BUT they will show up on november 10. at Gartenbaukino where 3 shortmovies by Cameron Jamie are shown, to which the Melvins will play LIVE. tickets are available at the Viennale stands and from 28.10 at the Gartenbaukino and will be 16 euros.

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