I've just been reading this Melvins thread over on the Electrical Audio forum. Im not the greatest Buzzo lover as regards his opinions sometimes, but he's getting an absolute ton of undue hate here! (Scroll down the page about half way for the strangeness.)
https://www.electricalaudio.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1076&start=1160
Clicking through the pages, at around page 55 multiple posters share their stories of encountering Buzz, Dale and Mark in the mid 90's.
They pretty much all state that Buzz and Dale were always friendly and accomodating people while Mark was pretty much a prick to them (one poster even refers to him as "dickboy" :lol:)... is that true? Can anybody here in the forum confirm these stories? I always assumed that Mark's cockiness on stage and interviews was just mostly part of his "public" persona.
There are a handful of ultra-liberal douchebags on that forum. I love that they're pissed at Buzz now. I agree with what Buzz said about Bernie Sanders 100%.
related question, what is the education level of the Melvins?
Pretty sure high school/high school/high school/high school for recent members. Not certain though.
Higher educational attainment is increasingly associated with Democratic Party affiliation and leaning. At the same time, those without college experience – once a group that tilted more Democratic than Republican – are roughly divided in their partisan orientation.
Women are significantly more likely than men to associate with the Democratic Party.
African American voters remain overwhelmingly Democratic: 84% identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party. Just 8% of black voters identify in some way with the Republican Party. There is a similar balance of partisanship among Asian American registered voters.
Millennial voters (born 1981 to 1996) have had a Democratic tilt since they first entered adulthood; this advantage has only grown as they have aged.
White evangelical Protestants remain one of the most reliably Republican groups of voters, and the GOP's advantage among this segment of the population has continued to grow in recent years: 77% of white evangelical voters lean toward or identify with the Republican Party, while just 18% have a Democratic orientation.
Quote from: Chief Ten Beers on September 21, 2019, 03:17:18 PM
There are a handful of ultra-liberal douchebags on that forum. I love that they're pissed at Buzz now. I agree with what Buzz said about Bernie Sanders 100%.
I'm a lefty and consider Buzz's political opinions to be myopic rubbish but just reading that one page linked to a few of those guys do sound like complete and utter douchebags.
Quote from: AxelFoley on September 21, 2019, 02:05:00 PM
"dickboy"
Gold. :lol:
Too real, our Drummer has our Guitarist Name as "Fag boy" when he gets a text from him. :P
Quote from: Chief Ten Beers on September 21, 2019, 03:17:18 PM
There are a handful of ultra-liberal douchebags on that forum.
Knights in dull armour ... coming to your emosocial rescue.
I disagree with Buzzo's political views. However, he is allowed to have his opinions and its not like they are a political band.
I think there parts of his classical-liberal mindset that come through in the lyrics especially stuff around the Big Biz era. But yeah, not an overtly political band.
I don't agree with a lot of the things he says, especially some of the political stuff. I also think golf is stupid. Doesn't really change my views on him or the band. If he's not, he should be an artistic roll model for any creative person, regardless of his views on anything. Everybody is entitled to their opinion. He did two very political albums with Jello Biafra, I think he must be pretty open about other people's opinions as well. It's funny how bent some of the people over there got over it. Buzz doesn't want to pay for other peoples' college, who gives a shit?
golf courses are some of the biggest users of pesticides, herbicides and fungicides around. Common golf course pesticides include: 2,4-D, bensulide, chlorothalonil, dicamba, maneb, mecoprop, thiram, trichlorfon, ziram.
Quote from: ilduclo on September 23, 2019, 03:35:43 PM
golf courses are some of the biggest users of pesticides, herbicides and fungicides around. Common golf course pesticides include: 2,4-D, bensulide, chlorothalonil, dicamba, maneb, mecoprop, thiram, trichlorfon, ziram.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4w7H48tBS8
Carlin nails it. He was the best. :lol:
Quote from: Chief Ten Beers on September 23, 2019, 03:48:37 PM
Carlin nails it. He was the best. :lol:
"Saving all the dead people!" :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5h0JgDSDj0
President Buzz
Who cares what his political views are. He's not pushing them in his music & he doesn't seem to be shoving them to the forefront of his interviews. I've gone thirty years without ever wondering which way KB's politics lean. I see no reason to start now.
Quote from: Lylelovett666 on September 25, 2019, 12:21:48 PM
Who cares what his political views are. He's not pushing them in his music & he doesn't seem to be shoving them to the forefront of his interviews. I've gone thirty years without ever wondering which way KB's politics lean. I see no reason to start now.
Exactly. Who gives a shit...
Quote from: Jozzy on September 25, 2019, 01:36:04 PM
Quote from: Lylelovett666 on September 25, 2019, 12:21:48 PM
Who knows what political views are? He's not pushing them in his music & he doesn't seem to be shoving them to the forefront of his interviews. I've gone thirty years without ever wondering which way KB's Dick swings. I see no reason to start now.
Australia, Who gives a shit...
Isn't that your Countries Credo?
F-F-f-f-ff----FIXED!!!
I wish Oz was in Michigan :lol:
Quote from: vince furnier on September 26, 2019, 09:29:05 AM
I wish Oz was in Michigan :lol:
It ain't Dee-Troit...It's dihTROIT mothafucka! :x
What are you babbling on about? :lol:
Quote from: Jozzy on September 26, 2019, 12:27:58 PM
What are you babbling on about? :lol:
I bumped into you last August outside the Melvins Detroit show while I was waiting for (The) Glen.
You had some posters and such.
Do you want a bootleg Cassette copy of that show?
:P
Wasn't me :) I was at the Grand Rapids show.
:lol: :lol:
Well, Dumpy?
https://youtu.be/Ac8T_k7Ij7U
Quote from: AxelFoley on September 21, 2019, 02:05:00 PM
Clicking through the pages, at around page 55 multiple posters share their stories of encountering Buzz, Dale and Mark in the mid 90's.
They pretty much all state that Buzz and Dale were always friendly and accomodating people while Mark was pretty much a prick to them (one poster even refers to him as "dickboy" :lol:)... is that true? Can anybody here in the forum confirm these stories? I always assumed that Mark's cockiness on stage and interviews was just mostly part of his "public" persona.
Me and a friend met them after a very poorly attended UK show in 1996 and hung out with them for about half an hour, talking Music and playing Craps in the venue car park with dice they'd recently picked up in Las Vegas.
Buzz and Dale were super nice people. They were talkative and seemed genuinely interested in asking us questions about music we liked. Mark was stood next to me the whole time and I honestly didn't get any shitty vibes from him. He was definitely quieter than Buzz and Dale but I have no negative memories from meeting him. Maybe he was having a good night but he seemed ok.