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Funnily enough I did in fact ask them this very question a long long time ago....2001 I think and from memory Buzz and Dale didn't have any idea what the shout out to them and Shostakovich was about other than presumably he liked the Melvins and Buzz's compositional skills. Not convinced that they knew each other but Dale did see that he was wearing an Altamont t shirt on the news when he first heard about Jeff's untimely death, and also that he didn't have the first clue where he got it.

Bwahahaha...Steady on, luv! Don't want to give people the wrong idea!

It's black but the pirate is pink! The only reason I say that is I haven't decided what I am wearing tonight...anyway, see ya in a bit and enjoy the Ginger Baker doc...

Last night there were the 2 T-shirts and no posters 

Jules, I have no idea what you look like but I am aiming to be at the Prince around half 5....I'll be the guy with the pink pirate Fantomas bag...Happy 40th gig, I think it's my 38th or something - let's drink cake and eat beer....see ya there!

Hey I just remembered my password! 

Really nice to meet you again Old Ernie....for those that didn't know I was the guy that looked like this the whole gig 

oh yeah that was just about everyone wasn't it?!

Anyone pubbing it tonight beforehand or do most people have to work today?!

By the sounds of this review, it proves that Buzz was sage-like in calling the album "Freak Puke"!

Joe Preston's solo EP signed by Kevin 'Ass' Rutmanis? It's certainly one of the more ridiculous ones I have...

Hasn't anyone noticed yet that if you play Slayer's "Reign In Blood" backwards and slow it down to a tenth of the speed it's actually "Gluey Porch Treatments in its entirety"?

I'm glad you said it that way round, cos for me songwise "And Justice For All" I think has the best songs on it but I think the production is the worst on any Metallica album...the drums sound like someone hitting a piece of paper with a carpet slipper (I know cos I've tried!)

Wow. On several counts, first that I live in the UK and this only took a week to get here! With a bank holiday weekend smack in the middle of it to boot...and now it's finally here, it's well worth the wait! Enjoying this immensely, proving once again that no matter what the Melvins do it's the best of that particular musical endeavour's kind...and it's authentic to the 80s, even down to production values/style.  Yet again it's been a very good year for really really good Melvins!

guess we'll have to wait and see...i can't really see the logic in sending someone 5 copies of the same cd (unless it's to outdo the flaming lips with zaireka and you have to listen to them all simultaneously on 5 different cd players?!)...i interpreted it as 1 cd with all 5 of the different covers...so not really 7 dollars a cd....more like 7 dollars per cover and the music comes free with them! hoorah in any case!

oh ok...maybe it is 5 copies of the same CD!    maybe they are keeping the costs down and flooding the market to reduce the chances of people fleecing it up on ebay?!

Sorry do you mean 7 dollars a cd or 35 dollars a CD with 5 different covers?! That was my impressions anyhow...and what I purchased!

Alas I wasn't the show in 1994 at the Garage but that would have been proper mental! Napalm Melvins! How IS the Universe still intact, seriously?! In the Garage? The only explanation for the survival of the human race in a venue that small was that the venue IMPLODED in a blaze of death and vanished into another Universe where it still broadcasts live to this Universe today.

  So without getting all boast-y about it, here's my list of Melvins shows that I have seen so far:

ELECTRORETARD EURO TOUR 2001
1. March 29, 2001 London, England - Mean Fiddler
2. March 30, 2001 Manchester, England - University
3. March 31, 2001 Nottingham, England - Rock City  Tequila x 3 for the encore

GEEK SHOW EURO TOUR 2003
4. July 16, 2003 Manchester, England - Academy 2
5. July 17, 2003 Nottingham, England - Rock City
6. July 18, 2003 London, England - The Forum

CAMERON JAMIE EURO FILMS TOUR 2003
7. November 17, 2003 Liverpool, England - FACT  Destruction of new cinema ceiling due to volume!

ATP 2005 WARMUP SHOW
8. February 24, 2005 London, UK - Camden Electric Ballroom with David Yow

HOUDINI LIVE SHOW
9. October 04, 2005 London, UK - Koko  with Trevor Dunn

FANTOMASMELVINS BIG BAND 2006 EURO TOUR
10. May 01, 2006 London, England - The Forum

WINTER UK 2006 TOUR
11. December 10, 2006 Cardiff, Wales - The Point w/ Big Business, Flipper
12. December 11, 2006 London, England - Scala w/ Big Business, Flipper, PORN (The Men Of) guesting with FLIPPER
13. December 12, 2006 Oxford, England - Zodiac w/ Big Business, PORN (The Men Of)
14. December 13, 2006 Manchester, England - Academy 3 w/ Big Business, Flipper, PORN (The Men Of) (guesting with FLIPPER + stage invasion)

MAY 2007 EURO TOUR
15. May 01, 2007 Birmingham, UK - The Barfly w/ Big Business, PORN ( The Men Of)
16. May 02, 2007 London, UK - Carling Academy Islington w/ Big Business, PORN ( The Men Of)

FALL 2008 TOUR
17. September 10, 2008 Cardiff, UK - Barfly w/ Big Business, Porn
18. October 01, 2008 Nottingham, UK - Rescue Rooms w/ Big Business, Porn
19. October 02, 2008 Manchester, UK - Academy 2 w/ Big Business, Porn
20. October 06, 2008 Brighton, UK - Concorde 2 w/ Big Business, Porn
21. October 07, 2008 Leeds, UK - Stylus w/ Big Business, Porn

ATP NIGHTMARE
22. MELVINS 1983 December 05, 2008 Minehead, UK - ATP Festival "Nightmare Before Christmas" curated by Melvins & Mike Patton
23. December 06, 2008 Minehead, UK - ATP Festival
24. December 07, 2008 Minehead, UK - ATP Festival
25. & 26. MELVINS 1983/MELVINS December 09, 2008 London, UK - Scala w/ Big Business, Melvins 1983 (Buzz/Dale/Dillard) More info

FALL EURO 2009
27 & 28. [2 sets] December 8, 2009 London, United Kingdom - Garage w/ Witch, Porn

FALL EURO 2011
29. September 30, 2011 - Cardiff, Wales - The Globe
30. November 1, 2011 - Birmingham, England - HMV Institute
31. November 2, 2011 - Leeds, England - Irish Centre
32. November 3, 2011 - London, England - Camden Electric Ballroom
33. November 4, 2011 - Bristol, England - The Thekla

BULLS & BEES EURO TOUR 2012
34. May 24, 2012 - Bristol, England - The Croft
35. May 25, 2012 - London, England - Alexandra Palace (All Tomorrows Parties 'I'll Be Your Mirror' festival curated by Mogwai)
36. May 28, 2012 - Brighton, England - Concorde 2
37. May 30, 2012 - Manchester, England - Moho Live


Is that a fair numbering system, would you say? or are you gonna take me down to 35 because it's 35 SEPARATE OCCASIONS that i paid to see them?! I'm not too bothered either way - I've seen the Melvins MORE than 30 times and that makes me feel all HAPPY inside

Some day soon, I will begin the mammoth task of finishing off that Ipecac book I've been working on for a while (a slight excerpt was in that post a while back about "Hugh") , but for now, I'm afraid, preparation for a job interview tomorrow!

Goodnight from Europe
xx Duffy

Oh sorry yeah, prices!

In short, Merch was:

1 Bristol Croft show poster

3 shirts:  Melvins Stamp of Authenticity, The insect/number 23 and the happy halloween, bitch one

So who knows?! Maybe the same, maybe more?!