So uhm yeah I'm going to this ... as well as with members of sweet bands.
DubEMC, turn your phone on. Are you going? Do you want a ride up? Tommy A moeba is most likely going and he said his friend Jamie might be going and if so... we'll take his van up there. Dave Peters is coming.
I'm meeting up with J. Roman and Steck and probably mantooth as well.
You should come. I want to leave afterwards so we wont be out THAT LATE.
Oh... who else is going to this?
I will be there, and with at least two other people.
count me in. plus it looks like I'll have a compadre for the trip as well.
Quote from: glen on September 24, 2007, 06:55:24 AM
count me in. plus it looks like I'll have a compadre for the trip as well.
The kid???
Quote from: Dead Cowboy on September 24, 2007, 08:46:32 AM
Quote from: glen on September 24, 2007, 06:55:24 AM
count me in. plus it looks like I'll have a compadre for the trip as well.
The kid???
yeah, like I'm going to take a 2 month old to a smokey bar for a devil-music concert. what kind of sick son-of-a-bitch do you think I am? :)
nah, actually a friend of mine called me out of the blue on saturday to ask me if I was going to the motown show. I said "yezzz, plus cleveland." he was intrigued. he is currently trying to bail out of work on sunday so he can tag along.
which would be nice since it would be cool to have a co-pilot for the voyage. either way though I'll be there.
maybe I'll actually get to shake hands with the legendary DUB EMC. and admire the mustache that is DOG TIRED.
looking forward to it.
Quote from: glen on September 24, 2007, 11:24:41 AM
Quote from: Dead Cowboy on September 24, 2007, 08:46:32 AM
Quote from: glen on September 24, 2007, 06:55:24 AM
count me in. plus it looks like I'll have a compadre for the trip as well.
The kid???
yeah, like I'm going to take a 2 month old to a smokey bar for a devil-music concert. what kind of sick son-of-a-bitch do you think I am? :)
(http://sutemigear.com/images/logo_spdlxsmnv.jpg)
taking 2 month olds to MELVINS concerts causes this:
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Holy shit man! Im in a library and I just fucking choked on my coffee when I saw that.
sorry bra,
but I can't sugar coat it. its important that you're aware of the truths. no matter how awful they may be.
now who else is in for cleveland?? hello?
Quote from: glen on September 24, 2007, 01:33:32 PM
sorry bra,
but I can't sugar coat it. its important that you're aware of the truths. no matter how awful they may be.
now who else is in for cleveland?? hello?
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I think Melvins should be in the Cleveland r & r hall of fame for being innovators.
We will see what happens when the Melvins become elidgible next year.
25th anniversary tour anyone?
I'll be there
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"Where did you get that suit? Cleveland?"
glen.... it would be amazing to meet you..
should i were a snivlem shirt?
i dont have a moustache anymore :(... i got a beard....
i dont know if DUBEMC is going.. he fucking better...
Quote from: Dog Tired on September 24, 2007, 04:45:56 PM
glen.... it would be amazing to meet you..
should i were a snivlem shirt?
not necessary. I'll know dog tired when I see him.
but don't get your hopes up. I'm not that exciting. :|
Quote from: glen on September 24, 2007, 07:57:15 PM
Quote from: Dog Tired on September 24, 2007, 04:45:56 PM
glen.... it would be amazing to meet you..
should i were a snivlem shirt?
not necessary. I'll know dog tired when I see him.
but don't get your hopes up. I'm not that exciting. :|
Wait til we hang out brother. Cleveland won't know what hit it! :twisted:
I'm scared. :(
please, be gentle. remember... I have a family at home.
looking forward to meeting you guys. we should hook up for some grub or something before the show.
you can show me the finer points of beautiful downtown cleveland. :?
hey dubby! shoot me a cell # via PM or vice-versa and I'll look you up when I'm rolling into town. should be in the early afternoon range.
anyone else? TGH??
we're probably going to roll up in clevelame around 8 or so...
hey guys. i'm jim. i've seen the melvins twice in philly, but not for a few years. i haven't logged on this site in so long that i just now found out that kevin isn't in the band anymore. bummer. anyways. i'm going to do my best to make it to this show!
Quote from: fugazi on September 25, 2007, 10:41:37 PM
hey guys. i'm jim. i've seen the melvins twice in philly, but not for a few years. i haven't logged on this site in so long that i just now found out that kevin isn't in the band anymore. bummer. anyways. i'm going to do my best to make it to this show!
So, has it been weird living under that rock?
I keed.... :D
Yknow, Fugazis been on Hiatus for like 6 years now.
that rock was softer than the bootlicker, so there's nothing to worry about ;)
and yeah. it's a shame fugazi doesn't play anymore. i saw them in philly dec 4 1999. i also met ian mackaye jun 18 2004 here in akron, oh at a 100 person capacity record store show with his "new" project 'the evens'....my ticket was number 100 luckily. ha!
while i'm going through my little box here...i saw the melvins apr 27,2001 and tomahawk/melvins may 24 2003.
last call for cleveland. who's in besides dog, dub and little ol' me?
Quote from: glen on September 27, 2007, 01:30:26 PM
last call for cleveland. who's in besides dog, dub and little ol' me?
I'll be there, going solo, coming from Buffalo area. I don't know what any of you dudes look like, but I'll look for a bunch of fellow weirdos.
trying to find people to go....i have no car.
Quote from: glen on September 27, 2007, 01:30:26 PM
last call for cleveland. who's in besides dog, dub and little ol' me?
I'll be there. I posted in the main tour dates thread, not realizing this one was here. But yeah, if anyone wants to find me, I'll be the heavy set guy in a button up shirt next to a guy with a beard.
glen and i fucking met at this show...
not the best melvins show.... the best part was seeing ballad of dwight played live.... that was the best thing... but cleveland fucking sucks.... you people are boring.
The Flaming Lips were there.
amoeba knievel
(((microwaves)))
brown angel
magic wolf
and brain handle were there
Quote from: Dog Tired on September 30, 2007, 09:11:48 AM
amoeba knievel
(((microwaves)))
brown angel
magic wolf
and brain handle were there
I was there. Caught myself a stick from Coady. I think the only problem I had was that I was so close to Big Business, I couldn't hear Buzz at all. Other than that, I thought it was a great show.
Oh, I also made sure to tip John the Merch guy. It was only two dollars, but he really appreciated it, so that was cool. He made sure to ring me up next after that. :lol:
Killer show, I thought the Melvins played great given the shitty venue and the minor technical difficulties. I don't judge a band's performance on how the audience reacts. I don't think the Melvins really care or feed off what the crowd does, like some hardcore bands always have to try and whip the crowd into a frenzy? I can't stand that. Just play your set and rock out. Who cares what the crowd does?
Has to be the worst venue I've been to in Cleveland. Stood out in front for what seemed like forever, watching homeless guys try to hustle people for money. I'll take the Grog or Agora anyday over that place. Basically a shitty old first floor warehouse turned into a club. Fucking big I-beams in the middle of the floor that could block your view depending on where you stand.
I liked the flow of the show last year better - Porn going into Big Biz, morping into Melvins with no waits. Show started late enough as it was, and it took too long between POD & Big Biz. I could have done without the film, since I have it at home. Hardcore fans probably already own it, a casual fan won't likely drop $30 to take it home.
This year's setlist is more varied and no complaints. Great to hear Shoved, Gardener,Blessened, Hog Leg, etc. Nice lyric mutation on Lizzy :lol:. I like how they mixed in the ASA material - Civilized near the beginning, most of the latter half as one big segue near the end. How could I forget?, Big Biz fucking destroyed. Toshi sounded great with them and looked like he was having a blast. Dale on 2nd guitar was nice too. An Altamont tune or two would have been nice, but oh well.
QuoteThe Flaming Lips were there.
Like in the audience? Wow. That's interesting.
I've been thinkin' that the Lips, Sonic Youth, MELVINS, and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds should tour together. They've all been at it since the early to mid 80's and are still doin' quality stuff that isn't like what other bands do.
Quote from: EGO the Living Planet on September 30, 2007, 05:24:03 PM
QuoteThe Flaming Lips were there.
Like in the audience? Wow. That's interesting.
I've been thinkin' that the Lips, Sonic Youth, MELVINS, and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds should tour together. They've all been at it since the early to mid 80's and are still doin' quality stuff that isn't like what other bands do.
Add Einsturzende N. , and that would be too much greatness for one night. Have all the aforementioned bands play, two a night at a time, in a row, and that would be most excellent.
TGH i was right in front of big business when they played... i was with the guy who had the annoying screams.
Quote from: EGO the Living Planet on September 30, 2007, 05:24:03 PM
QuoteThe Flaming Lips were there.
Like in the audience? Wow. That's interesting.
I've been thinkin' that the Lips, Sonic Youth, MELVINS, and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds should tour together. They've all been at it since the early to mid 80's and are still doin' quality stuff that isn't like what other bands do.
I wouldn't have recognized the Flaming Lips, other than that singer. Didn't realize they were from Cleveland. I wonder if David Thomas & Peru Ubu were in the house? Probably not, David's pretty easy to spot out.
legend has it I was there. and I was.
too much to say. to little time.
Quote from: glen on September 30, 2007, 06:03:35 PM
legend has it I was there. and I was.
too much to say. to little time.
spill the beaaaaaaaaaaans!!! :P
Quote from: Chief Ten Beers on September 30, 2007, 06:01:48 PM
Quote from: EGO the Living Planet on September 30, 2007, 05:24:03 PM
QuoteThe Flaming Lips were there.
Like in the audience? Wow. That's interesting.
I've been thinkin' that the Lips, Sonic Youth, MELVINS, and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds should tour together. They've all been at it since the early to mid 80's and are still doin' quality stuff that isn't like what other bands do.
I wouldn't have recognized the Flaming Lips, other than that singer. Didn't realize they were from Cleveland. I wonder if David Thomas & Peru Ubu were in the house? Probably not, David's pretty easy to spot out.
The Lips are from Oklahoma.
the best part about this is that glen and josh came up to me calling me a legend and then the guy i was standing next to who plays in brown angel... was in awe of everything. ha
glen:
www.myspace.com/amoebaknievel my own and tommy's band
www.myspace.com/weirdpaul famous band i play in
other bands that was around with my group of friends
www.myspace.com/microwaves
www.myspace.com/br0wnangel (*the "o" is a zero so make note of that.. it does not show up in formatting)
www.myspace.com/magicw0lf (*ditto)
and uh brain handle doesn't have a myspace but check this kind of sweet video out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWOiUpbAmio&mode=related&search=
Quote from: Dog Tired on September 30, 2007, 05:49:01 PM
TGH i was right in front of big business when they played... i was with the guy who had the annoying screams.
Do you have a beard and what not? If so, I remember you. I was standing right in front of Jared, and my friend was next to that beam.
Quote from: bUTTHOLEmAN on September 30, 2007, 05:39:48 PM
Quote from: EGO the Living Planet on September 30, 2007, 05:24:03 PM
QuoteThe Flaming Lips were there.
Like in the audience? Wow. That's interesting.
I've been thinkin' that the Lips, Sonic Youth, MELVINS, and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds should tour together. They've all been at it since the early to mid 80's and are still doin' quality stuff that isn't like what other bands do.
Add Einsturzende N. , and that would be too much greatness for one night. Have all the aforementioned bands play, two a night at a time, in a row, and that would be most excellent.
Except that Einsturzende Neubauten started to suck big time. Just add Blixa to the Bad Seeds. I nominate The Ex, making awesome music since 1979 without starting to suck.
okay, here we go.
got to Cleveland early after a hung-over, 2.5 hour drive. figured I'd walk the town. I found out quickly that 98% of what was in that neck of the woods was out-of-business, the other 2% was closed. about 6 o'clock I took a dry run down to the club which was about 100 yards from my hotel. I turned the corner to see Buzz playing catch up ahead of me with toshi across the street. I was a slightly nervous to approach the King but I figured after 20 years of dedicated fandom there was no way i was going to miss this opportunity to shake his hand. I walked up and stuck my hand out. he took it graciously. I told him what an honor it was to meet him and complimented the previous evenings show. this inspired a brief conversation about where I was from and how far I had traveled to see them. again, buzz seemed very gracious for my dedication to see them. I was even slightly shocked to hear that buzz had heard of my hometown, saginaw. we spoke a few minutes but I tried to keep it brief so as not to interupt the game of catch too long. I apologized for "bothering" them and buzz said "no worries" and thanked me again for coming out. I swallowed my stomach back down and moved on. finally, after all these years I got to meet the legend, Buzz Osborne. and I must say I was surprised at how friendly he was.
so anyway... came back down to the show about 10. Purge of Dissidents was already playing inside. got in and hooked up with jgarver and a friend of his. nice guys. over the course of the evening garver proceeded to contribute greatly to my increasing drunken state by buying me a few rounds of budweiser's. it was a pleaure to meet garver and his buddy.
during Big Business's set I saw my old pal (from the previous evening) John Raymond standing all alone at the merch table. I spent the next 45 minutes discussing the finer points of everything from life on the road, to europe, to baseball, to buzz, to his brother dan, to more baseball, to my wifey and baby, to more baseball, to the amount of money the melvins bring in on any given night in merchandise, to how he got the gig, to more baseball. the dude was cool as fuck.
he seemed to really be enjoying the conversation. as was I. he wound up giving me a bunch of free schwag. plus I served as educated opinion man for his stray customers that were considering what album or single to buy. he kept telling the people "this is the guy you want to ask." when they'd say "which one should I buy?" it was pretty damn cool and I was frankly honored.
then I went and staked some claim for the melvins set. not as good as the previous night in detroit but still pretty damn good show. it was odd for me being from MI where you can smoke in bars and normally get lung cancer just breathing at shows. it was smoke free in there and my lungs didn't know how to deal with all the fresh air. melvins had a brief technical difficulty so Buzz asked the crowd what they wanted to do during the wait. some kid yelled "smoke pot".
buzz responded with a sarcastic light-hearted rant about how stale and boring pot-smoking was.
near the end of the melvins set toshi came walking through the crowd right at me. over the last year I've made slight friends with toshi via myspace so I stopped him to say "hi". I pointed at myself and said "glen". toshi grabbed me and hugged me. no bullshit. it was a tender moment. he said he remembered seeing me earlier when I interupted his game of catch with buzz. we spoke for just a couple minutes and he went about his busy business. incredibly nice guy.
after the set I hooked up with dog tired. a pleasure to meet him. he seems like he'd be a cool guy to have a few beers with. if he wasn't flippin 19! stopped and said by to garver and on the way out to John Raymond. he said "see you next time". he actually tried to talk me into heading to philly the next night but the family was calling.
truely a memorable melvins weekend. worth every second. the highlight being finally meeting buzz. call me a 34 year old loser-fanboy if you will. but the man is more than a simple man to me. he's an icon. I shall never forget this weekend.
and like I said... it was also a pleasure to meet jgarver, dog tired, ego the living planet, and all the associated friends.
good times were abound.
whens the next tour???
Yea, the Lips are Okies, but Tim Moss said they had a day off in Cleveland so they came to the show.
glen, you got your stuff ok then?
Quote from: DubEMC on October 01, 2007, 12:27:32 PM
glen, you got your stuff ok then?
indeed. thanks a mill dubby! sorry I missed you. next time!!
and thanks for all the extra stuff. very cool of you. but I expected no less.
how long has it been since that all started anyway? 1 year? 2?
regardless, the job is done. thanks again.
Quote from: TGH on October 01, 2007, 12:37:13 AM
Quote from: Dog Tired on September 30, 2007, 05:49:01 PM
TGH i was right in front of big business when they played... i was with the guy who had the annoying screams.
Do you have a beard and what not? If so, I remember you. I was standing right in front of Jared, and my friend was next to that beam.
indeed so... do you have long hair.
I'm seriously depressed I can't make the philly show tonight, this tour sounds amazing. I'm seeing Boris tomorrow but honestly I'd rather be at the Melvins show right now :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(
This is slightly late, but it is here none the less.
First off, I got to Cleveland at about 6:15. I got a great parking spot right across from the venue. My copilot was hungry, so we decided to search for a place to eat. I saw Buzz and Toshi playing catch, and they were in the direction I had to walk anyway, so I talked to Buzz for a little. He said good luck finding any place that wasn't boarded up, and he was right. The only thing we could find was a Pizza place on the corner.
After a leisurely meal, we got in line around 7 - 7:30. We spent the next two hours trying to decide if 271 is a prime number or not (it is). We were within the first ten people in, and immediately hit the bar for a few drinks. Glen found me sometime before Big Business went on, and then we saw Dog Tired, so we said hey to him.
Big Business was great, and I thought Toshi did an excellent job on guitar. There wasn't much time in between Big Business and the Melvins. Loved the Melvins set. Especially the third verse on Dwight Fry.
After all was over, I hit merch table for the singles and poster. Then had a beer or two with Glen before the 3 hr ride home. I almost didn't go to the show because I have been sick with a cold for a couple weeks, but I am glad I did.
Glen, I was really glad to meet you, and glad you came. I bet that security guy is still looking for that doob. Also, glad to meet Dog Tired. I am sure we'll cross paths in the future.
Which film star does Glen resemble?
Quote from: bUTTHOLEmAN on October 01, 2007, 10:13:09 PM
Which film star does Glen resemble?
I wouldn't say he looks like a film star. Unless he himself IS a film star.
Quote from: jgarver on October 01, 2007, 10:45:28 PM
I wouldn't say he looks like a film star. Unless he himself IS a film star.
I'm what they call "unique".
OK so we start out with the movie. My take, looks like Jeannine Gerafalo downloaded a copy of flash, then decided to drop acid and have at it. While watching, I miraculously converted into a Dennis Kucinich voter. There were (I believe) some references to the oil industry and made sure to go outside after the gig to gaze upon the solar powered tour busses. (They weren't there!) Obviously this 'movie' was one of those things that Mike Patton had show up in his email and forced the melvins to show it at gunpoint. I also asked my friend if he was ready to return his t-shirt after viewing it.
maybe this was made by Jello Biafra who has plenty of time on his hands these days! (I know I know, this was done by 'Dalek')
onto music - Big biz started off as a 3 piece and i enjoyed the energy. Coady was amazing on the drums. Look, I think Dale Crover is one of the best 3 or 4 drummers I've ever seen (and trust me on this, I've seen a lot) but his guitar was making a horrible wretched noise. My friend and I basically tried to save our hearing from the ear-drum damaging cacophony. As I desperately tried to force more tissue paper into my ear canal, I was reminded of the time I accidentally pierced my ear-drum with a q-tip. I still love Dale, though. Maybe it was just a horrible mix because I saw him do the same thing at the Grog last year I do not recall a similar reaction. Actually, it probably was the mix. I mentioned my displeasure over the sound with some 'hardcore's' from Michigan (O H I O!) one of them looked particularly annoyed with me and, given a different time and place, would have jumped me in a back ally.
OK - onto good things. The King showed up and I immediately thought 'Hooray' - a man who can actually play the guitar' and Dales sat over on the drum kit and I immediately thought. 'Hooray! Dale's sitting in the right place now.' The proceeded to pummel and dismantle every last standing or fixed object in the room. Buzz is the king of the big riff and is just a freakin metal chug machine - the dude was in the groove. I loved the tune 'the hawk' off of the new one, that's the one I was waiting for. Of course Dale is really a true abstract artist on drums - again probably me favorite ever. Nobody plays like Dale Crover. (Except that is, for Coady!) Jared was great, too. I was on one side and could not see him because the lame venue has huge freaking I beams blocking your view. (ATTN PEABODY's! MOVE!) Anyway, the Melvins definitely made sitting through that movie and some horrble sound probs worth the wait. Come back soon!!
p.s. Scored a sweet St Louis poster signed for 5 bucks! Awesome cheap art!
Quote from: glen on October 02, 2007, 06:33:38 AM
Quote from: jgarver on October 01, 2007, 10:45:28 PM
I wouldn't say he looks like a film star. Unless he himself IS a film star.
I'm what they call "unick".
huh? :shock:
it's eunuch, but your heart was in the right place fart.
That's redneck humour!
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Quote from: anaconda on October 02, 2007, 12:38:16 PM
it's eunuch, but your heart was in the right place fart.
you can spell it both ways now. i used the urban dictionary, of course. this is america.
:lol:
glen sort of looks like our friend Wild Bill from Pittsburgh except not as wild (no offense... but you dont get a name like Wild Bill unless you're pretty Wild)
jgarver... where in PA do you live? come to pittsburgh for the weekend before halloween for the big PPP Halloween 2007
I live about 2 hrs north of Pittsburgh, in a little town called Clarion. What is this PPP Halloween? I might be interested.
clarion what the fuck? why?
i guy i went to highschool with goes to school there and works at a beer distributor... you've probably seen his stupid face.
but uhm...
yes come it's a little music comp / weekend celebration of halloween in pittsburgh at the scummiest of scum places to play
you should come...
the first show is (i believe the friday show) is at Gooski's on Polish Hill in PGH
the second show is at the Shooting Gallery in Lawrenceville behind Arsenal Lanes
the first night im playing in my psych rock band Amoeba Knievel with that weird guy i was with at the melvins show
the second night im playing in my cyndi lauper / goonies movie cover band The Goonies which is always fun to watch.
come dude you'll be mindblown.
I live in Clarion because I go to school here. I'll be here for about another year, and then it's on to grad school. As far as you beer distributor friend, I doubt I have seen him. I get my beer at a six-pack shop.
I think I may try to see these shows you are talking about, but I'll need directions and such.
Gooski's is 3117 Brereton St., Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Shooting Gallery is behind Arsenal Lanes and the address at AL is 212 Butler St., Pittsburgh, PA 15201
both shows will blow your fucking mind im telling you
shit...
Shooting Gallery show is Friday
Gooski's is Saturday.