3.29.01 London, England
Thanks to Steven Astley
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They played at a venue called the Mean Fiddler, there
were HUNDREDS of people there, I've never seen so many
people at a Melvins gig before (the last time they
played in London there were only a hundred or so
people at the gig). There was no support group so
everyone was there to see Buzzo and co.
The band played one long set which consisted of;
Instrumental intro (Colossus?)
Eye Flys
Lovely Butterfly
Ballad Of Dwyght Fry
Halo Of Flys
At The Stake
Let It All Be
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Cherub
The Bit
Night Goat
With Teeth
Youth Of America....after which Buzz played guitar on
his own while stomping about the stage for about five
minutes and this led into.....
Hung Bunny/Roman Dog Bird
The whole thing lasted just over an hour and a half
and not one word was spoken by anyone on stage. The
band were wearing their dresses and Dale's had his
hair cut and died dark since I last saw them. The
presence of this Dave guy seems to have freed Buzzo up
to do some theatrics, which I'm not too crazy about,
but looking back on the gig now I think it's probably
the best out of the nine times I've seen them.
Highlights for me included "At The Stake" and Dale
standing on his drumstool at the end of "With Teeth"
and replacing the final "WAAAA" with a rendition of
the Allman Brothers' "Whipping Post". The cover of
Alice Cooper's "Halo Of Flies" was damned near perfect
too.
They had shirts, stickers and posters on sale. The
posters had the picture from the cover of Electro
Retard on them with the European Tour dates
underneath.