To quote BO; "But, having said that, if you look at all the records that were released each year, I like about the same percentage of those records as I ever did. It's just that my record collection has only expanded because years have gone by. There's a few bands that slip through the cracks, and you go, "Wow, I really like this." And then you buy it. But, by and large, it's very few."
That is EXACTLY how I discovered Melvins with Ozma. I really don't care much for any of their contemporaries (or most of 80s music for that matter). When I think about it, the 70s were a bit more exciting to me. I was a teenager then, and most likely, my standards were just lower...
Good interview here: http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/11/melvins-three-bastards-30-years/ (http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/11/melvins-three-bastards-30-years/)
I love the part where he addressed people bickering about the traditional covers on Tres Cabrones.
Because, you know, when I want a serious Melvins album I'm totally going for the one that opens with a song about being shitfaced drunk, has a song named after Alaskan toilets, was produced by a junkie and closes with ten minutes of percussion.
QuoteDC: Yeah. Yeah... [Laughs.] There are a couple of songs I really like his drumming a lot on, too, where it's like, "Wow, that's so cool, I never would have thought to play it like that." And that's really great, you know, to hear that kind of stuff. Now I really want to play it live, and I want to learn it. He won't really be able to play with us. He won't be able to tour that much with us. He's got a regular job, a wife, three kids. A union job. So, he won't be able to tour too much, but there are a few songs I'd really like to learn to play on drums.
YES!
An excellent read.
Damn, we're already getting a new album next spring?! Sweet! I wonder what could possibly be head scratching about it.
Leary and Pinkus playing with Buzz and Dale.
i hope they'll do an album involving just the two of them,Buzz and Dale