UPDATE 12/19/08 from the amrep bored: "You folks from out of town, thank the snow gods, as we had a semi blizzard with -10 temps the night of the show. Being true Minnesotans we still had a great turnout at the guest bartending things and the Sun. show itself. Likely we were the only bar in town with a couple hundred folks hanging out! But it wasn't quite a sellout, and as a result we have some extra stock left over. I Never announced the re-issue of the CD set, as it came up pretty last minute. Burlesque Crew (well Wes) did a bang up job."
MELVINS • STAR SPANGLED BANNER 7" - SOLD OUT
$10 - Scale 114
Newest Melvins / AmRep collaboration. 2 studio songs. The acapella version of Star Spangled Banner they performed during their 2008 tour, and another studio track, this being a ripping version of Kiss' "Detroit Rock City". Limited Edition of 666, on vinyl only.
2nd and final edition of
MELVINS vs. MINNEAPOLIS CD set. - SOLD OUT
$40
Same material as the 1st EDITION, with a whole new sleeve. Edition of 333
UPDATE 12/14/08 from the bbs: Hello everybody, There's some new limited stuff showing up at the Buzz's bar tending shift at Grumpy's in downtown Minneapolis tonight as well as at the Melvins show at Grumpy's Roseville later. Along with the new 7" I'm sure most of you know about, I put together a second and final edition of the Melvins vs. Minneapolis 3 CD set. This is an edition of 333 and has revamped artwork by yours truly. I had fun on this just working over my original art and generally Grump-a-fying it. The CDs are the same as the first edition, we just did it for people that missed out the first time and since we had to screen print it all over again, thought a change up was in order. They are priced at $40 each. (hey, there's over 10 hours of music on there!)
The second item goes with Buzz's takeover of Grumpy's, or as it will soon be known, BuzzO's. They are available in white and grey, complete with Buzz's gold tooth. These were made for this weekend and tonight might be the only chance to get them. Unless you were one of the awesome people that picked one up last night of course. Shirts are $15 each
from the amrep bored: Holy smokes, the weekend to promote the new Melvins single has gone ballistic. Events all over.
Buzz just called me late last week and wants to do a Melvins set. Here's the itinerary for that weekend.
• Buzz guest bartending Grumpy's Roseville Sat. Dec 13 - 9pm
• Big Business playing live at the Triple Rock Sat. Dec 13 - 11pm
• Buzz guest bartending Grumpy's Downtown Sun. Dec 14 - 9pm
• Melvins playing live Grumpy's ROSEVILLE Sun. Dec 14 - 10pm
Tickets for both the Sat. Big Business show at Triple Rock, and the Sun. Melvins show at Grumpy's available at Indietickets.com
(Big Business WILL NOT be playing on the Melvins set that Sun. Night though there's been some talk of the Melvins joining them at the Triple Rock, as of yet unconfirmed, so get down to the Triple Rock!)
directions / info at www.grumpys-bar.com
From grumpysbar.com: MELVINS AND BASTARD SAINT LIVE AND LOUD AT GRUMPY'S ROSEVILLE.
December 14th (interestingly, day two of King Buzzo as a guest bartender), Grumpy's Roseville will see a live performance from the Melvins and Bastard Saint. Or if you want to really live it up that night, get access to the VIP room for free food, beer, records and conversation. It's like being part of the hipster crowd, but you don't have to deal with hipsters.
More from grumpysbar.com: KING BUZZO OF THE MELVINS WILL BE SLINGING DRINKS AT GRUMPY'S.
Grumpy's X-Mas Present to our Rocker crowd comes early!
Guest bartending indeed. Buzz will be in the house, behind the bar, and serving up his own concoctions for those brave enough to drink 'em. Sat Dec 13 at Grumpy's Roseville, and Sun Dec. 14th at Grumpy's Downtown. Both nights will be from 9pm-10:30 pm. In conjunction with the Guest Star Bartender appearance, AmRep will be making a limited edition 7" available at the bar during this. The 7" is limited to 666 copies, and has 2 unreleased studio tracks. - The Melvins version of Star Spangled Banner, and a cover of Kiss's Detroit Rock City.
UPDATE 12/2/08 grumpysbar.com: A while back, we made the announcement that Melvins singer King Buzzo would be guest bartending at Grumpy's Roseville and Downtown locations. Well, now he's got help. Melvin's collaborator and Tool guitarist Adam Jones (video director, Rolling Stone's #75 top guitarist, and Ronnie Dobbs supporter) will also be slinging drinks for you. So if you prefer your rock celebrities subservient, your time is coming.
