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Supposedly free tickets from this site:
http://view.email.ticketweb.com/?qs=c25a5c46690328cac287875627717231f30a7a16a87b6cb156c246e8d005bf81222d748d46cf188fd0b3307d6b6c61f4d007fb48de225050a8d7acec5b08def2ee0a5bceb88747c616a6e79d700dc726

http://www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be/en/interviews/mark-deutrom-clown-alley-the-melvins-2019/

...Victor and you produced their debut «Gluey Porch Treatments" – could you please tell me when you met these guys for the first time and what do you remember about your work on the record ?

Well, actually it was Victor who first saw the band...he had some business interests or connections or friends in Seattle area. Victor would go there and I was never really sure what he did up there.. ( laughs ). He was kind of a mysterious person in many ways. So he went up there in...maybe 1985...and saw a couple of Melvins gigs. He came back and was talking about that. He was very impressed with just what they were doing, and how they were deconstructing the punk and rock thing. As Victor was an artist he'd speak in those kind of terms. Art terms and music terms. I understood what he was talking about anyway. I think he had their tape or record...because they'd made something – single or something like that. So he had that and we listened to it together. I thought it could be really interesting to do. Victor said: "Yes, let's do this!" and I liked the way it sounded. I thought we could make a good sounding record. They decided to come down to San Francisco to do that. I think, they sent us a tape with what they wanted to record, and they drove all the way down from Seattle, which is a long way ! They were exhausted and it was interesting to meet them. Actually, the picture – the photograph on the back on "Gluey Porch Treatments" album is a picture that I took of them in my house in San Francisco, probably, about an hour after meeting them. They came to my house and I said: "Stand up against the wall" and I took that photograph of them. They had just driven from Seattle and that's the photograph that's on «Gluey Porch" album.

https://smarturl.it/BeyondTheDoor

"Today is a special day for me because Redd Kross release a new song from our forth coming album #beyondthedoor into the world. The track is called "The Party Underground" and I wrote it all by my lonesome. It's a celebration of the world of underground music, a place I've inhabited either as a fan or a creator my entire life... - Steven McDonald, facebook post"

King Buzzo guests as well

[18 EUROS]

https://rockishell.bigcartel.com/product/hepa-titus-blue-fat-pussy-lp-dl-code-pre-order

New record from Hepa.Titus
= Kevin Rutmanis + Sterling Riley + Paul Christensen featuring Dale Crover (MELVINS) and Rokko DeLuca

turquoise vinyl
silkscreened slip-in covers

Release date: mid-end august

18 EUROS

July 24 Oakland, CA Fox Theater
July 27 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl
July 28 San Diego, CA Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre

Coming soon?

http://coachellavalleyweekly.com/melvins-will-be-performing-at-stoned-and-dusted/

A Coachella Valley Weekly Conversation with Buzz Osborne
By Noe Gutierrez

The SOLD OUT Stoned and Dusted is presented by the California Desert Wizards Association. On Saturday May 25th at the desert's premiere roadhouse and one of the world's favorite music venues, Pappy & Harriet's Pioneertown Palace, the outside event of the year will feature Melvins, Fu Manchu, Brant Bjork, REZN, Jesika Von Rabbit and (Big) Pig with lights by the Mad Alchemy Liquid Light Show.

Melvins core members are Roger "Buzz" Osborne AKA King Buzzo (guitar/vocals) and Dale Crover (drums). Their most recent album, Pinkus Abortion Technician (Ipecac Recordings), features both ongoing Melvins' bass player Steven McDonald (Redd Kross, OFF!) and Butthole Surfers', and occasional Melvins', bottom ender Jeff Pinkus on bass.

Melvins recently announced their Fall 2019 Tour of the U.S. with Redd Kross and ShitKid.

Coachella Valley Weekly recently spoke with King Buzzo and we covered a variety of topics occasionally hitting on the music.

Buzz on New Melvins Music

"We always have records. We're recording all kinds of things. We have a split-EP with the Flipper guys coming out. We have an EP with a band from Sweden called ShitKid coming out soon. We have a Melvins project with me, Dale and the original drummer that we're working on. I also have a solo acoustic album I'm finishing. We have another album that I can't really let the cat out of the bag on that one yet that we're working on

It's a ton of stuff. I think in the last two months we've recorded 35 songs."

Buzz on the Melvins Legacy

"Legacy is not anything I've ever really kind of worried about. There's not really much I can do about that. You just do what you're doing. You get out of the way of it. Let people decide what they think. Once you make the records, if you're satisfied with them, you just walk away from it. Then it becomes somebody else's."

Buzz on Melvins Music

"Our attitude really hasn't changed, that's kind of the thing. I consider us a contemporary band. I don't think we're an oldie type of band. We can't go out and play the hits because we really don't have any hits. We're a band that's worried about whatever new thing we're working on more so than the stuff we've done in the past. I don't think that we really need to make records but I like making records. We've recorded north of 400 songs. I don't think it's a problem us having material. I'm a songwriter, that's what I do. To 'not' do that is not something that is part of my nature. I guess it's kept me young. The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan are still doing it."

Buzz on His Stomping Grounds & the Desert

"I feel a connection to Southern California in general. I've lived in Southern California now for 26 years. In California for 33 years. Well over half of my life. 99% of the work that I've done has been in California. I feel like we're a California band. I appreciate bands everywhere but Southern California is definitely my home. No question. It's where I feel at home. I miss Southern California when I'm gone. To be able to go and play a show anywhere is nice. To go out and play in the desert, we've always had a good reception out there. I know lots and lots of people from that area. But I wouldn't say that it's more so than when I go play a show in San Diego, Orange County or Los Angeles, I feel appreciative of all of it. I think it's all part of the same deal. We have often joked we want to do a tour of just California. I think we could do probably 20 shows. The desert would be a big part of that for sure."

Buzz on Alcohol

"I haven't had a drink since the 80's. It's by choice. It's better for everybody if I don't drink, including me. When I drank, I never drank in bars. I didn't see the point. Alcohol made me want to go on adventures, running wild. Sitting in a fucking bar listening to clever talk, it's the last thing I wanted to do. I wanted to run wild."

Buzz on Drugs & Liberty

"I'm a true believer when it comes to liberty. I believe you should be able to be the master of your own destiny. If that's what yanks your crank fine with me. I'm in. I think it's a good thing. I think you should be allowed to do what you want. I'm very very liberal when it comes to that sort of thing. I am for the legalization of all drugs. Every drug. If you want to do those drugs I don't see why some politician should tell you, you can't. It's bullshit. It doesn't make any sense to me. I think it should be left between you and your doctor. If you want to buy anabolic steroids and do as much as you want, who am I to tell you no? It's none of my fucking business. If you want to do Oxys it's your business. I would advise you not to. But if that's what you want to do, why should that be a criminal offense. It's nobody's business what I'm doing. And nobody said that better than The Rolling Stones. It's nobody's business what they were doing. It's like, I didn't even know I wanted to do that until you told me I couldn't. It's also I didn't even know I didn't want to do that until you told me I had to. I'm a firm believer in that. I believe in personal responsibility. You want to destroy your life with drugs, fine with me. Good. Do it. Don't expect me to pick up the pieces. I'll give you all the freedom in the world. I think you should have freedom to do that stuff that you want to in the entire world and you should be able to do it safely and cleanly from a pharmacy and a place you know you're getting quality whatever it is. You shouldn't have to worry about that. That's what I really believe. It's funny a few of these people that will say, 'I'm pro-marijuana' and then you ask them about the rest of the stuff and they say, 'well, we can't do that', I'm like, 'oh really?' so you're the prude in the room, not me. If you had told me 20 years ago that in 2019 that you would be able to legally smoke pot at a gay wedding I would have told you you're crazy. Here we are. Things change for the better. Nothing bad is going to happen as a result of that. If you legalize those kinds of drugs in the U.S., Mexican drug cartels are out of business tomorrow. If I want to drink tequila until I die who are you to tell me I can't? I don't want some fucking asshole in Sacramento or Washington telling me what I can or can't do. Fuck you guys! It's none of your goddamn business what I'm doing. It's also none of your goddamn business what I do for a living. Nobody's business equals nobody's business. And the people who are into minding their own business rarely want to be in charge. That's the truth. I'm the true liberty person. Not these people who think they are. I don't want to tell you what to do at all. If you're not hurting somebody else I don't give a shit what you do. I don't care. It's none of my business. That seems like the natural progression of things. It's the way it should be. In a civilized society, you're allowed to do what you want as long as you're not hurting somebody else. I don't open my mouth about something unless I've already thought it through. I'm not wrong about this. I'm willing to debate anyone about it. You'll lose. I'm right, you're wrong."

Buzz on Politics

"We're not that kind of a band, a political stance type of a band. I believe in personal freedom. Real freedom. As far as using my music as a vehicle for that, nah, I prefer for the wildness to come out from my work as opposed to wasting that energy on senseless partying. I'm only speaking from myself of course. I'm not speaking for the band when I say that. It's my opinion and my opinion only. I rarely ever talk at shows. I prefer to let the music do the talking."

Buzz on His Wife, Blackie and Buster

"The other band members both have kids, which is nice. I don't have kids. It's just me my wife and the dogs. My wife and I work together all the time. It's a great team. It's an honor and a privilege to have her in my life. We've been married 25 years. We celebrated January 1st. We went on a dog-oriented vacation about three hours from the house. It's a big deal to us.  It's kind of nice. The dogs are brats. We have brats for dogs. We have Jack Russels. One's a Jack Russel ones an American Hunt Terrier and kinda looks like a Jack Russel. All black. They are high-energy dogs. They kill rats. Impressive."

"Dogs are a very important part of our lives. I believe dogs have a symbiotic relationship with us. Without them I think things would have been a lot different for humans. As soon as they domesticated dogs, they immediately had an alarm system against Grizzly bears and whatever else. Also as hunting partners, how much have we benefited as a result of that? People spend all kind of money on alarm systems and all that shit. Just buy a Doberman. Nobody is going to go in your house. They'll go to another house without a dog, they don't give a fuck about an alarm system. Dogs! Dogs! Dogs! If you were a burglar would you want to deal with a fuckin' dog no matter what size it was? You cannot negotiate with them. They are going to go berserk. They'll go to the house that doesn't have them. Done and done. I love dogs. Dogs are a huge part of my life. My life is made better by having them there. You come home no matter what mood you're in they're always happy to see you. It's probably the closest that human beings will ever get to massive unconditional love. They are in the moment. My wife says theyre 'spiritual giants'. They know how to live in the moment. That's a big deal. I don't know how to do that, not the way they do."

Buzz on Loss

"It's devastating when we've lost an animal. They give you so much it's your job to see them through to the end. The day has come where their level of dignity of being alive is severely compromised and you have to set the date and prepare for it. It's not easy. Its one of the worst things I've ever been through but you have to be strong for them. My wife did this thing that I thought was amazing with the first dog we ever had. It became obvious we were going to have to put him down. She refused to be upset in front of him. She didn't want him to see her upset. So she waited. That's right. That's real love. She remained strong until he was gone. That's what you do. Love them to death. To think about it in those terms was very advanced. I admired it. It was a wonderful thing. I learned a lot just from that one action. I wouldn't have thought of it exactly like that. We had another Jack Russel that was 21 years old and we finally had to put her down. It was really tough. We've had four dogs we've had to put down. I have a way harder time with relatives. I have a much closer relationship to these dogs than with my relatives. And that's OK. They're our family. Everything we do is somehow associated with them. I can't imagine life without them. They help get me centered and feel like an adult."

melvins.com

stonedanddusted.com

pappyandharriets.com

In more recent times, I became friendly with the Melvins. They are big Pussy Galore fans. When Jon and I went to Irving Plaza to see them play, we went back-stage. Dale (Crover) and Buzz (Osborne) cornered us and they were asking Jon all these questions about Pussy Galore. I think that maybe got his head spinning a little bit and that's maybe why he made this new record, which sounds like a combination of Pussy Galore-meets-the-Blues-Explosion.

https://louderthanwar.com/bob-bert-interview/

Coming in a few months. Possible Melvins/Flipper tour in the Fall?

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/soundgarden-kim-thayil-favorite-grunge-albums-812785/

Melvins, Gluey Porch Treatments (1987)
I could pick almost anything by Melvins, but I'm going to say Gluey Porch Treatments since it was their debut album. They made a lot of albums that were more inventive creatively and better produced sonically, but I'm picking this one because I like to think of them in that period.

They were the slowest band in the scene, but they started of being the fastest. At times Buzz had this Gene Simmons thing to his vocals, but the music was incredibly arty and somewhat experimental even if they were never self-conscious about it. They may not have been aware they were being so arty at the time, but all the rest of the bands certainly took notice. Just the fact that they slowed down was a big deal. The fact that they have arrangements that would often not repeat was cool too; it would just be a linear sequence: A, B, C, D, N.

With Black Sabbath cover band rehearsal and shitkid, at the Zebulon in Los Angeles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl9L97Fa38Q

First time seeing a singer with a phone. 'What r u up 2?' 'Lol I'm singing with the Melvins'


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-68wCqaDqpA

Jon Spencer played 'Pretty fuck look' with a keyboardist that sounded like an organ grinder.
Will try to get a video up.
(wasn't there)

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With All Souls!

"When Myke and Zach and I were working on the Uncle Melvins episode of Cartoon Networks Uncle Grandpa I think we all had the mutual thought of, "Holy shit! How cool would it be to get King Buzzo to do some guest vocals on "Voyage in Bad Taste?!". A few weeks later we had him sitting in with us at Toshi Kasai's studio recording a verse for "Rainbow Hammer". The original song is a schizophrenic swirl of folk, spazz, hardcore, and doo-wop made all the more berserk with the addition of Buzz's grinding vocal style."

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/honus-honus-remixed-the-manx-buzz-osbornes-the-rainbow-slammers-listen/

Same setlist.

Merchandise:
Hillbish pedal
Mackie PAT lps
Haze XXL PAT lps
posters
Walsby's books
Walsby's posters
Ozma LP
Bullhead LP

Repo records is having a ticket giveaway for this event.

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TICKET GIVEAWAY!! We have one pair of tickets to each of the Melvins and Fu Manchu shows at Underground Arts @undrgroundarts this Thursday and Friday... (21+ event!!) JUsT comment below with which show you want to see and we will pick a winner at random by tomorrow. BONUS: if you come in and buy one of these items, you will win the tickets to that show. If you buy BOTH items, I will give you tickets to BOTH shows. It's like a showcase showdown. I'm the bob barker of this record store. #fumanchu #melvins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phKlr4_bsEw&feature=youtu.be&t=4m45s

Calling all reviewers! 

Ha, very awesome.

In response to: https://www.revolvermag.com/music/buzz-osborne-10-albums-made-me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnbeRJGygtg

Does anyone remember the exact dates Tom toured with the Melvins on bass?  During the Ozma tour, I think, but I'm not positive.  I think he might have toured with them in 1991 as well (possibly 1990), but I'm not sure.

Supposedly coming soon, gatefold editions for both albums.

midheaven.com

 

How was the performance?
What records did they have for sale?
What was the artwork like? What was the price range for the art?

26 January 2018 - Alex's Bar - Long Beach

 

http://www.adultswim.com/videos/streams

I'm guessing: The Trilogy!

www.dalecrover.com

Coming soon

Glen Helen Amphitheatre, CA

with Redd Kross:

Redd Kross — 2017 Tour Dates
4/15 — Denver, CO, Larimer Lounge
4/17 — Omaha, NE, Slowdown – Front Room
4/18 — St. Paul, MN, Amsterdam Bar and Hall
4/19 — Milwaukee, WI, Cactus Club
4/21 — St. Louis, MO, The Firebird
4/22 — Memphis, TN, Growler's
4/23 — Dallas, TX, Club Dada
4/25 — Austin, TX, Barracuda
4/26 — Houston, TX, White Oak Music Hall
4/27 — New Orleans, LA, Sibera
4/29 — Atlanta, GA, The EARL
5/1 — Durham, NC, The Pinhook
5/2 — Washington, DC, Black Cat
5/3 — Philadelphia, PA, Underground Arts
5/4 — New York, NY, Bowery Ballroom
5/5 — Montreal, QC, Bar Le "Ritz" PDB
5/6 — Toronto, ON, Lee's Palace
5/8 — Cleveland, OH, The Grog Shop
5/10 — Detroit, MI, El Club
5/11 — Chicago, IL, Empty Bottle
5/12 — Louisville, KY, Zanzabar
5/13 — Nashville, TN, Third Man Records Blue Room
5/16 — Los Angeles, CA, The Echo

Melvins, Redd Kross
Doors 8:30

One day to go!

Like the Who's Tommy?  Or Pink Floyd's The Wall??

"Buzz Osbourne recently asked Jeff and I if we'd take part in a history of rock 'n' roll concept record that he and Dale want to make."- Steven McDonald

https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/rank-your-records-steven-mcdonald-ranks-the-eight-redd-kross-records