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Title: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: kevbayer on June 13, 2010, 10:23:29 AM
Just wondering if anyone had any info...the Paradise listing looks like Isis is headlining ? Does this mean the Melvins will only do 1 set or still doing 2 sets like they have been doing for the rest of the tour?
Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: jonE5 on June 13, 2010, 11:05:04 AM
I'm pretty sure that they are gonna be alternating who headlines. I think Sunday the 20th  (I will be @ Sunday) is Melvins. Monday the 21st is Isis. I would assume that means one set (sigh) I do wish I got two Melvins sets and little or no Isis.
Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: jonE5 on June 13, 2010, 11:13:48 AM
Is Anyone going to be @ Sunday the 20th? I would love to meet up before. I myself am bringing three Melvins 'Virgins'.  I look forward to blowing a few minds.
Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: the_consumer on June 13, 2010, 09:38:56 PM
going to both shows i am. hope to video tape as well.

sunday is sold out i think. i cant for the life of me get extra tickets for friends who wanted to go!

Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: kevbayer on June 14, 2010, 08:10:43 AM
Sunday is deff sold out, I sent a friend to the box office and I tried online, I heard it was sold out by last tuesday. Sunday was my first choice of nights...so i settled on the Monday night, I guess the good news is i can leave early.

I hope it is at least an extended set but it will probably end up being very similar to bonnaroo
Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: jonE5 on June 14, 2010, 11:35:07 AM
Quote from: the_consumer on June 13, 2010, 09:38:56 PM
going to both shows i am. hope to video tape as well.

sunday is sold out i think. i cant for the life of me get extra tickets for friends who wanted to go!



Wow! Did not know it sold out. I had one more friend, up in the air about going. Guess they aren't going..
If I see you taping I will say hi. I'll be the 6 ft. 5 guy with the Melvins belt buckle and I wear the same shirt to every show for the last few years it's turned into a tradition.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ulsbLrvL-WM/SsNnp2nwp2I/AAAAAAAAAIk/-tboEUYepfI/s320/abide.jpg)
Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: the_consumer on June 14, 2010, 09:42:17 PM
Quote from: jonE5 on June 14, 2010, 11:35:07 AM
Quote from: the_consumer on June 13, 2010, 09:38:56 PM
going to both shows i am. hope to video tape as well.

sunday is sold out i think. i cant for the life of me get extra tickets for friends who wanted to go!



Wow! Did not know it sold out. I had one more friend, up in the air about going. Guess they aren't going..
If I see you taping I will say hi. I'll be the 6 ft. 5 guy with the Melvins belt buckle and I wear the same shirt to every show for the last few years it's turned into a tradition.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ulsbLrvL-WM/SsNnp2nwp2I/AAAAAAAAAIk/-tboEUYepfI/s320/abide.jpg)


do me a favor- if you see me taping, don't say until after the show! i have no idea who you though. hope you wash that shirt before coming anywhere near me. ill wear my 2deadsluts1goodfuck shirt, just for you.

so psyched for these shows. should be around my 15th time seeing them!

LYSOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: jonE5 on June 15, 2010, 11:54:15 AM
Quote from: the_consumer on June 14, 2010, 09:42:17 PM
Quote from: jonE5 on June 14, 2010, 11:35:07 AM
Quote from: the_consumer on June 13, 2010, 09:38:56 PM
going to both shows i am. hope to video tape as well.

sunday is sold out i think. i cant for the life of me get extra tickets for friends who wanted to go!



Wow! Did not know it sold out. I had one more friend, up in the air about going. Guess they aren't going..
If I see you taping I will say hi. I'll be the 6 ft. 5 guy with the Melvins belt buckle and I wear the same shirt to every show for the last few years it's turned into a tradition.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ulsbLrvL-WM/SsNnp2nwp2I/AAAAAAAAAIk/-tboEUYepfI/s320/abide.jpg)


do me a favor- if you see me taping, don't say until after the show! i have no idea who you though. hope you wash that shirt before coming anywhere near me. ill wear my 2deadsluts1goodfuck shirt, just for you.

so psyched for these shows. should be around my 15th time seeing them!

LYSOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Don't worry. My wife wouldn't let me out of the house without being laundered and bathed, and I won't jump in front of your camera and scream "Hello Boston" or anything like that.

-I'm so jazzed for this, I feel like 18 years old again.

-Lysol/Hung Bunny would make my year!! I have a feeling we won't be seeing those, BUT..... [-o< [-o< [-o<
Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: jonE5 on June 15, 2010, 02:44:08 PM
Quote from: backstard on June 15, 2010, 01:24:09 PM
I bet you they will. They started with Sacrifice and ended with Hung Bunny/RBD last night.

YESSSS!! Very cool.
Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: tinnitus photo on June 16, 2010, 12:06:21 PM
i'll be at the Sunday show.

i've also been granted the pleasure of a pre-show interview, which should be awesome.
Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: black stallion on June 16, 2010, 12:20:22 PM
Quote from: tinnitus photo on June 16, 2010, 12:06:21 PM


i've also been granted the pleasure of a pre-show interview, which should be awesome.
=D>
Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: gesundheit on June 16, 2010, 03:27:03 PM
Quote from: black stallion on June 16, 2010, 12:20:22 PM
Quote from: tinnitus photo on June 16, 2010, 12:06:21 PM


i've also been granted the pleasure of a pre-show interview, which should be awesome.
=D>

Very cool! Take lot of pictures! It's ALWAYS a pleasure..
Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: jonE5 on June 17, 2010, 12:07:24 PM
Quote from: tinnitus photo on June 16, 2010, 12:06:21 PM
i'll be at the Sunday show.

i've also been granted the pleasure of a pre-show interview, which should be awesome.

That's amazing. Very very cool. I'm sure some great pictures will result from that. I am making my friends get there pretty early just in case we can run into some of the guys. If anyone has a suggestion for a good pub for some burgers and pints, feel free to make suggestions. Were coming from Albany, so I just want to get there. Then commence chilling, and getting ready for the show.
Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: tinnitus photo on June 17, 2010, 12:27:58 PM
Quote from: jonE5 on June 17, 2010, 12:07:24 PM
Quote from: tinnitus photo on June 16, 2010, 12:06:21 PM
i'll be at the Sunday show.

i've also been granted the pleasure of a pre-show interview, which should be awesome.

That's amazing. Very very cool. I'm sure some great pictures will result from that. I am making my friends get there pretty early just in case we can run into some of the guys. If anyone has a suggestion for a good pub for some burgers and pints, feel free to make suggestions. Were coming from Albany, so I just want to get there. Then commence chilling, and getting ready for the show.

there's a GREAT Thai place a few blocks away (Brown Sugar).  the place right next door to the Paradise serves decent pub food and beer.
Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: jonE5 on June 17, 2010, 12:31:58 PM
Quote from: tinnitus photo on June 17, 2010, 12:27:58 PM
Quote from: jonE5 on June 17, 2010, 12:07:24 PM
Quote from: tinnitus photo on June 16, 2010, 12:06:21 PM
i'll be at the Sunday show.

i've also been granted the pleasure of a pre-show interview, which should be awesome.

That's amazing. Very very cool. I'm sure some great pictures will result from that. I am making my friends get there pretty early just in case we can run into some of the guys. If anyone has a suggestion for a good pub for some burgers and pints, feel free to make suggestions. Were coming from Albany, so I just want to get there. Then commence chilling, and getting ready for the show.

there's a GREAT Thai place a few blocks away (Brown Sugar).  the place right next door to the Paradise serves decent pub food and beer.

Awesome, thanks. Great Thai is right up my alley. I am a big Foodie, Thai is one of my favorites. I'll have to work on my traveling companions, there definitely more burger and beer kind of guys.
Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: tinnitus photo on June 21, 2010, 12:16:56 AM
did you make it to Brown Sugar?  i had some awesome duck curry.  Dale and Coady were a few tables over from us, eating w/ a few other people (one who may have been his mother?).
Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: the_consumer on June 21, 2010, 12:40:35 AM
well that was amazing.

sane set as Athens show, although Lovely Butterfly was jammed on somewhere in there towards the end.

box sets are all sold out !!!

picking up A Senile Animal 4LP for $20 was a nice touch though!

left before Isis played. 2 hour drive home. work at 9am. then back out to Boston.

filmed and audio recorded but I dilly-dallied too long and got shitty shaky angles for most of the night.

i have seen this band so many times and it is impossible to tell if one show is better than another. all i know is that every year they seem to get tighter and tighter; how unladylike. the drumming is so phenomenal. buzzo constantly has that focused intensity. the BSM tracks came out really well. AMAZON has this new out of tune (or something) intro that makes it build up wonderfully.

and hung bunny/roman dog bird? totally different than the album version, totally different than the 2001 versions, but it really took on a new life.

blah blah blah none of these adjective-laden sentences really do any justice to describing this band.

how about this: i'm exhausted and my ears are rining and i am 110% stoked to be doing it all over again tomorrow night- hopefully with an even longer set!

Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: jonE5 on June 21, 2010, 12:40:05 PM
Quote from: tinnitus photo on June 21, 2010, 12:16:56 AM
did you make it to Brown Sugar?  i had some awesome duck curry.  Dale and Coady were a few tables over from us, eating w/ a few other people (one who may have been his mother?).

Yes, thank you. Fantastic meal. I passed Dale going to the restaurant he must have been leaving I said hi, but felt a little silly, my arms were full of Melvins Merch..  We got stuck in traffic on the way to Boston. Lost an hour. Otherwise I would have been there the same time as you guys. Did u get any good Pics?
Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: tinnitus photo on June 21, 2010, 01:01:54 PM
Quote from: jonE5 on June 21, 2010, 12:40:05 PM
Quote from: tinnitus photo on June 21, 2010, 12:16:56 AM
did you make it to Brown Sugar?  i had some awesome duck curry.  Dale and Coady were a few tables over from us, eating w/ a few other people (one who may have been his mother?).

Yes, thank you. Fantastic meal. I passed Dale going to the restaurant he must have been leaving I said hi, but felt a little silly, my arms were full of Melvins Merch..  We got stuck in traffic on the way to Boston. Lost an hour. Otherwise I would have been there the same time as you guys. Did u get any good Pics?

cool, glad to hear you liked it.


i think i got some good shots; shooting @ the Paradise can be tough since there's no photo pit, and for sold out shows it's even harder...i'm not the kind of guy to push my way through the crowd.  that said, i got there early enough to stake a good position, one person back from the stage, on Buzzo's side, and should have plenty of good shots of him.  got some good shots of Coady, too.  as for the rest of it, it was nearly impossible to get anything of Dale, given the stage setup.  i did move around the room for the last song or so to get different angles...i'll take a look at the shots tonight.  the lighting was brutal for the first half of the set, then it got brighter which made my life easier. when i got my pass the woman told me no flash, and my experience is that the melvins don't care but i didn't use any.
Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: andy the angry bald man on June 21, 2010, 01:48:30 PM
i'll be there tonight, thanks to a kind fellow on this very board who put his tickets up on ebay.  totally fucking stoked!!

and i'm bringing my girlfriend, who's heard the melvins but doesn't know almost anything about them.....   also, i'm glad isis is headlining, that means i don't have to sit through their boring fucking drivel. 
Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: mosled on June 21, 2010, 02:25:28 PM
I know this is a long shot, but does anyone have an extra ticket for Monday night?

Shoot me an email, mosled@gmail.com      can meet you anywhere.

Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: jonE5 on June 21, 2010, 03:07:05 PM
Quote from: tinnitus photo on June 21, 2010, 01:01:54 PM
Quote from: jonE5 on June 21, 2010, 12:40:05 PM
Quote from: tinnitus photo on June 21, 2010, 12:16:56 AM
did you make it to Brown Sugar?  i had some awesome duck curry.  Dale and Coady were a few tables over from us, eating w/ a few other people (one who may have been his mother?).

Yes, thank you. Fantastic meal. I passed Dale going to the restaurant he must have been leaving I said hi, but felt a little silly, my arms were full of Melvins Merch..  We got stuck in traffic on the way to Boston. Lost an hour. Otherwise I would have been there the same time as you guys. Did u get any good Pics?

cool, glad to hear you liked it.


i think i got some good shots; shooting @ the Paradise can be tough since there's no photo pit, and for sold out shows it's even harder...i'm not the kind of guy to push my way through the crowd.  that said, i got there early enough to stake a good position, one person back from the stage, on Buzzo's side, and should have plenty of good shots of him.  got some good shots of Coady, too.  as for the rest of it, it was nearly impossible to get anything of Dale, given the stage setup.  i did move around the room for the last song or so to get different angles...i'll take a look at the shots tonight.  the lighting was brutal for the first half of the set, then it got brighter which made my life easier. when i got my pass the woman told me no flash, and my experience is that the melvins don't care but i didn't use any.
Did you get that interview? Or no?
Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: Melvy on June 21, 2010, 03:07:51 PM
For those wondering, Melvins go on @ 9:30 and play about 80 minutes.
Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: tinnitus photo on June 21, 2010, 03:08:08 PM
yep. the interview was fun. i have a lot of work ahead of me (photos, transcription, writing).
Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: Melvy on June 21, 2010, 04:27:49 PM
(http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/2056/backroom.jpg)

I really wish that middle pole wasn't there, such a fucking inconvenience.
Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: tinnitus photo on June 21, 2010, 06:03:15 PM
the metal pole does indeed suck, but it's a load-bearing element of the room and cannot be removed.  they are shutting down the club from July to Sept and remodeling, and i tihnk the stage will be moved a few feet towards the Comm Ave direction so that at least the pole won't be in the middle. still, it will be there. along w/ the other two.
Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: the_consumer on June 22, 2010, 12:32:42 AM
tonight was better than last night.

far smaller crowd that sunday night. picked up Roko's Adventures MELVINS issue for a measly $5 and it is AMAZING! A 100-page Melvins book?! Gorgeous!

The band was great tonight! Buzz had some fun trashing Isis and the Melvins jammed on WE WILL ROCK YOU during the Anaconda intro.

Hung Bunny / Roman Dog Bird was intense and beautiful.

True talented professionals.

Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: Melvy on June 22, 2010, 01:38:58 AM
Did the crowd actually move tonight?

Or was it just a bunch of semi-interested faces drinking beer again.
Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: d3vil0ck on June 22, 2010, 02:25:26 AM
crowd was kinda meh for the melvins, like last night. i was right up front and going crazy though. they sounded awesome, buzz was funny tonight. dale was just pounding the shit out of the kit man, and damn amazon just sounded so, so great again.  so great live. i got to meet buzz later quick too, cool dude.

isis was amazing, i know everyone here hates them but it was the last show in their home town and everyone there including myself lost their shit during the encore. all in all, this will go down as one of the best shows i've seen.
Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: andy the angry bald man on June 22, 2010, 06:42:33 AM
i've seen the melvins 11 times now, and while i don't know if i'd say this was the best, it was pretty damn close.  opening and closing with "lysol" tracks was fucking brilliant-- i'd never seen any of those songs live before.  i was glad to hear AMAZON and anaconda too...  and a civilized worm/black stooges was what i've been waiting to hear since (A)SA came out.  the band was dead on accurate, buzz was hilarious; it was probably the most i've ever heard him talk at a show.  i'm still pissed that isis headlined, but only because the melvins had to cut their set...   though i really liked how they played pieces of songs to make up for it. 

left before isis.  last show ever, hometown, i understand..  i would have stayed if they played only the early stuff.  from what i hear, this isn't the case.  glad i left.

spent too much at the merch booth: got the "going-to-get-me-a-lot-of-questions-because-it-looks-sort-of-nazi-ish" eagle shirt as well as the NWB LP (which is very, very warped...  :x), sludge glamorous and the isis split. 
Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: kevbayer on June 23, 2010, 11:31:54 AM
the show was truly amazing, buzz was very interactive and funny...." after our set we will be handing out whiskey and ax handles at the merch table...let Isis know how you feel about this being there last show"

Sacrifice was long slow and amazing, one of the best Monday night was perfect...and the was no moshing but that is boston and no one wants to break there glasses
Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: Braykfast on June 26, 2010, 09:15:15 PM
"Show ISIS how much you really care...go buy a bunch of their stuff from the merch booth and sell it to the goodwill at a LOSS!"

Buzzo's stand-up was better that most assholes on comedy central!
Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: Idlehanz on June 27, 2010, 10:01:26 AM
Quote from: Braykfast on June 26, 2010, 09:15:15 PM
"Show ISIS how much you really care...go buy a bunch of their stuff from the merch booth and sell it to the goodwill at a LOSS!"

Buzzo's stand-up was better that most assholes on comedy central!

The Melvins - Buzz Talks About Isis Breaking-Up + Anaconda (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVhwQfZhndw#ws)
Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: jonE5 on June 27, 2010, 11:23:37 AM
Quote from: Idlehanz on June 27, 2010, 10:01:26 AM
Quote from: Braykfast on June 26, 2010, 09:15:15 PM
"Show ISIS how much you really care...go buy a bunch of their stuff from the merch booth and sell it to the goodwill at a LOSS!"

Buzzo's stand-up was better that most assholes on comedy central!

The Melvins - Buzz Talks About Isis Breaking-Up + Anaconda (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVhwQfZhndw#ws)

Good stuff. Thanks, Seems that Buzz was more chatty than the night before when I was there.
Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: Braykfast on June 27, 2010, 11:43:30 PM
Indeed. That was funny even from my sober vantage point atop the balcony. Sober. And vantaged. And balcony-ed.
Title: Re: Melvins 6/21 Boston
Post by: the_consumer on July 01, 2010, 07:22:03 AM
http://www.themelvins.net/forum/index.php?topic=13837.0 (http://www.themelvins.net/forum/index.php?topic=13837.0)