Stupid thread, but does anyone else listen to this stupid band at least 5 times a week?
It's like I've never been so addicted to a band and I've been listening to them for the most part of this decade. I mean, I've gone through phases my whole life - had different favourite bands - but no one has stayed on top of my list as long as these guys.
I know some of you have been listening to them since the 80's on this board or early 90's....So what is it about the Melvins that makes you still want to listen to them after all these years?
You can't buy them at a Wal-Mart store.
im the same way, i have crazy pink floyd obsessions and some others, but nothing has lasted this lond, i still listen to asa all the time, i have listen to the melvins everyday of my life for the last 10 years. im beginning to think its an unhealthy obsession. but it makes me happier then shit. IT JUST NEVER GETS OLD!
i think its becuase theres always something new to discover about them - even on albums i've listened to 1000 times like Houdini, i always have a new favorite and something new i like about it. Plus you can always stray from the Melvins for a while to try to find something heavier but never will. You'll always go back.
Melvins are the only thing that doesn't disappoint me during the day.
Oh, and the girlfriend too :wink:
I mean, yeah. I used to really be into Nirvana and Tool and Rage and Nine Inch Nails, but then I heard honey bucket and I've been obsessed with them since. I popped my cherry with them in 2002 in terms of live shows.
I also managed to hook about 3 people into the Melvins world, as well as get others to listen to them somewhat. I remember in my history class in 11th grade, tapping out the drum beat to Halo of Flies from the House of Blues show, and doing a call and response thing with my friend. The first song I ever learned on bass was "Oven", and now my band can do a sweet Oven/Anaconda rock off.
I am not obsessed with them 24-7, but it seems like a bi-polar mania. I'll go long periods of time without hearing them, and then listen to all their albums and take them in again, listening to them from both my virginal 15 year old perspective, as well my current self.
To me, they are forever my Led Zeppelin. Except they keep touring and keep making music. It's not like they have a good song, or a good album. They have a grand artistic perspective, which means most of their albums are going to be interesting, if nothing else. Their music, their art, their lyrics, their shows.... it's all interesting. Their artbook, their merch, it's all good.
They are connected intimately to the bands that were huge in the early 90's, except instead of going mainstream when signed, they just mutated into I guess what they would consider "mainstream", out-Slayering Slayer on Honey Bucket, and just being weird. Oh and they opened for huge bands too.
They can play with Gene Simmons, who is the definition of excess in rock, and Jello Biafra, who might be the most opposite.
Yeah I love them.
melvins is gay!!!
Seriously, man. Nobody comes close. Other bands come and go, but Melvins are ALWAYS.
i hardly ever listen to them. i have it all memorized.
I might have to try that. I think I've already done that with Simpsons seasons 2 to 6.
i didnt find the melvins...they found me and made me listen to each and every one of their albums...since then I cant say I have beent he same....
The Hostile Ambient Takeover album has been stuck in the cd player of my truck for the past few months. I am contemplating whether or not Brain Center at Whipples is the best rock and roll song of all time ever in the eternity of rock and roll songs..in existence. ever.
Enough said.
Quote from: Uncle Fester on November 11, 2008, 04:02:17 PM
i didnt find the melvins...they found me and made me listen to each and every one of their albums...since then I cant say I have beent he same....
that sounds violent.
Quote from: Uncle Fester on November 11, 2008, 04:02:17 PM
i didnt find the melvins...they found me and made me listen to each and every one of their albums...since then I cant say I have beent he same....
Repeat after me: 'I am the same'. Say it, it's easy.
No but of course you haven't been the same, no one ever does, silly.
The Melvins made me drink more and more beer... so, thanks for that!
Excuse me, but i have a bit of a rant. So i lent a bunch of my thrash CDs (mostly Vio-lence, Exodus, etc) to a friend about a month ago and put Houdini in the pile thinking he would appreciate and love it, but today he got back to me about it and said it was just "okay". I dont get it, that album changed my taste in music forever. Its one of those albums that doesnt take any time at all to get into. Dammit, how can you be so into Municipal Waste but just bat an eyelash upon hearing Houdini? I didn't make a big deal of this at all at the time becuase i didn't want to look like a crazy Melvins fan and everyone has different taste and blah blah blah, but still.. COME ON! I bestowed a gift upon you by letting you touch and listen to my Melvins album, why can't you appreciate it like me?
Municipal Waste! From my town (Richmond VA) same as Gwar and Lamb of God.
Anyways, yeah, most people I try getting into the Melvins don't take. Nothing you can do, except maybe try other songs. Also, keep in mind there could be a really great band you dismissed at one time.
cara, you need a real man in your life, a melvins man, like me. :P
ahhh ha oh god, fart lips.
It kind of took me a while to get into houdini... i started listening to it when i was in grade 9 and at that time i was into alot of stupid bands so the transition was rough for me....but it was for the best.
Quote from: cara on November 15, 2008, 11:23:18 PM
Excuse me, but i have a bit of a rant. So i lent a bunch of my thrash CDs (mostly Vio-lence, Exodus, etc) to a friend about a month ago and put Houdini in the pile thinking he would appreciate and love it, but today he got back to me about it and said it was just "okay". I dont get it, that album changed my taste in music forever. Its one of those albums that doesnt take any time at all to get into. Dammit, how can you be so into Municipal Waste but just bat an eyelash upon hearing Houdini? I didn't make a big deal of this at all at the time becuase i didn't want to look like a crazy Melvins fan and everyone has different taste and blah blah blah, but still.. COME ON! I bestowed a gift upon you by letting you touch and listen to my Melvins album, why can't you appreciate it like me?
I loaned my brother houdini, thinking it would be right up his alley. I mean this is the guy who started listening to metallica, megadeth, anthrax, and slayer when I still thought mtv was "where it's at" (they still played videos back in those days) . He loves KISS for god's sake! I told him goin blind was on there and that it was cobain's favorite band to try to entice him. I thought it would be a natural. I were wrong.
Houdini was my first Melvins album, and it didn't do much for me. It's just a bit on the plain side until you really "get" the Melvins. Stoner Witch would probably have a bigger impact.
Bullhead was the first for me and it remains one of my absolute favorites. After I was fully enthralled with Bullhead I picked up the Salad of a Thousand Delights DVD not really knowing what to expect. My life was changed forever.
I got Houdini and 10 songs first, and they both blew my mind.. But when I heard Stag for the first time a bit later I didn't really like it. Looking back, I can't believe I didn't like Stag from the beginning. I mean, Stag is just.. STAG. That was an important moment for my Melvins appreciation.
houdini live got me into the melvins, no joke.
i'm relatively new... but i'm obsessive about anything i like, so it was a quick process becoming obsessed.
i still like that album more than the original.
Quote from: Smoghler on November 13, 2008, 03:09:15 PM
The Melvins made me drink more and more beer... so, thanks for that!
that sounds like a terrible thing.
kind of like this? :
Quote from: Uncle Fester on November 11, 2008, 04:02:17 PM
i didnt find the melvins...they found me and made me listen to each and every one of their albums...since then I cant say I have beent he same....
I actually found a copy of Houdini at Goodwill, believe it or not, and that sparked my love for Melvins. It seems absurdly fitting somehow.
Quote from: cara on November 17, 2008, 09:26:13 PM
kind of like this? :
Quote from: Uncle Fester on November 11, 2008, 04:02:17 PM
i didnt find the melvins...they found me and made me listen to each and every one of their albums...since then I cant say I have beent he same....
i never said my story wasnt for the best... and I gave my stepdad permission to force all his music down my throat.
Quote from: You Look Like Such a on November 17, 2008, 11:03:28 PM
I actually found a copy of Houdini at Goodwill, believe it or not, and that sparked my love for Melvins. It seems absurdly fitting somehow.
What's Goodwill? At an uneducated guess, is it like a poor man's Walmart?
remember i casually started with Prick in 1994,i was a little confused,then Stoner Witch.i always thought to Dale Crover like the most important difference from every other normal band.he is the best musician i had ever seen in my life.
Quote from: Uncle Fester on November 18, 2008, 03:44:21 AM
Quote from: cara on November 17, 2008, 09:26:13 PM
kind of like this? :
Quote from: Uncle Fester on November 11, 2008, 04:02:17 PM
i didnt find the melvins...they found me and made me listen to each and every one of their albums...since then I cant say I have beent he same....
i never said my story wasnt for the best... and I gave my stepdad permission to force all his music down my throat.
it just sounds scary :(
Quote from: SpaceFarm on November 18, 2008, 04:03:20 AM
Quote from: You Look Like Such a on November 17, 2008, 11:03:28 PM
I actually found a copy of Houdini at Goodwill, believe it or not, and that sparked my love for Melvins. It seems absurdly fitting somehow.
What's Goodwill? At an uneducated guess, is it like a poor man's Walmart?
That's one of the most apt descriptions of Goodwill that I've ever read. It's a big store full of donated stuff people can buy.
Quote from: NickP on November 18, 2008, 06:54:14 PM
Quote from: SpaceFarm on November 18, 2008, 04:03:20 AM
Quote from: You Look Like Such a on November 17, 2008, 11:03:28 PM
I actually found a copy of Houdini at Goodwill, believe it or not, and that sparked my love for Melvins. It seems absurdly fitting somehow.
What's Goodwill? At an uneducated guess, is it like a poor man's Walmart?
That's one of the most apt descriptions of Goodwill that I've ever read. It's a big store full of donated stuff people can buy.
Where the coolest rich kids buy their clothes.
That said, here's my take on American cities: It's rich white kids acting poor with poor black kids acting white.
I was thinking about the band and their music recently when listening to something else and i realised something. For all the albums of theirs i feel were a bit below par or had a few really terrible songs or false steps, one criticism you truly can't level at the band is that their records are boring. They are definitely NOT boring ever! When you think about it, that's actually quite an achievement. So many bands put out identikit releases or variations on the same old, same old. Yet with Melvins however much i might not personally like a certain release or such i can't deny they keep things interesting.
Well almost 10 years later and nothing's changed for me. What perspective.
Nice bump Ian. :lol:
Quote from: Idlehanz on November 08, 2008, 11:19:05 AM
Melvins are the only thing that doesn't disappoint me during the day.
Oh, and the girlfriend too :wink:
Melvins > Women 8)
Quote from: lust on October 30, 2017, 11:06:59 AM
Quote from: Idlehanz on November 08, 2008, 11:19:05 AM
Melvins are the only thing that doesn't disappoint me during the day.
Oh, and the girlfriend too :wink:
Melvins > Women 8)
good point
Quote from: (the) Razor on October 05, 2017, 06:32:18 PM
Well almost 10 years later and nothing's changed for me. What perspective.
same here, and for me it's more than ten years