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Cool review. Yeah, show ruled. My 14th and one of the best. As others have said, yeah, Buzz & Jeff are really channeling ZZ Top circa 1980 with their stage moves. Buzz is moving around more than ever in the 12 yrs I've been seeing them. The Buttholes covers ruled, and Youth Of America killed, finally got to see that one live.
As much as I like to see bands who mix the setlist up every night & throw in the rare song or two, I love how Melvins deliver the same setlist every show, & every night is like it's the last night on Earth.

This was my 12th time, they were definitely better than the last few times I've seen them.
As solid as they are, it would be nice to see them mix it up every once in a while. I would travel to see my favorite band on a few dates on their tour, but why do so if they are going to play the same exact set.

A review my friend wrote, I took pictures.
http://hanginghex.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-melvins-keep-syracuse-weird.html


The band was great. Buzzo really warmed up mid-set and played some ripping solos.

Merch - No poster for this specific show for sale. Most of the Clown 7"s were available, Butcherettes split, Silver skull version Melvins/Totimoshi split, etc.







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At A Crawl (version 1)- 10 Songs , 26 songs
At A Crawl (version 2)- 6 Songs, Gluey Porch Treatments (cassette only) , 26 songs
At A Crawl (version 3)- Ozma
At A Crawl (version 4)- Advanced Alternative Media Vol.1
At A Crawl (live)- Your Choice Live 12

I think there's a story in why Melvins haven't played Buffalo since '09.  Last time was that off night from the Down tour at Town Ballroom. Night before they were with Down in Rochester which was well attended. A lot of people left during Down's set(myself included). I couldn't wait to see Melvins again next night. The Buffalo show was Melvins(2 sets), with Weedeater opening and was pretty poorly attended. Previous two times in Buffalo - '06 & '08 were good turnouts. From what I understand, local promoter was also a member of some local generic stoner-rock band who wanted to open. When they were told no locals, they decided to barely promote the show. Faggots.
There were literally like 8 people watching Weedeater's set, and maybe 50-100 tops by the time Melvins hit stage. Still one of the best shows I saw them play. Seriously, nobody even knew Weedeater were on. 6 months later Weedeater plays to a packed house at a smaller club, and that show was hyped up months in advance. That promoter has since folded, so hopefully the Melvins come through and get a better deal next time. If not, I'll gladly keep driving to Cleveland, Syracuse, or Rochester.

That Town Ballroom show was one of my favorites, just about a perfect setlist and Weedeater were a nice surprise. I'd prefer they keep coming back to Westcott in Syracuse, that seems like a great venue for them.

I was very happy to see the Melvins play the Westcott. Parking in the area sucks but otherwise went well.

Also, anyone know why the Melvins never have a local opener?

I think that C. Lee shirt has been re-pressed quite a few times. I could have sworn I saw it for sale on some tour between 2000-01. Unless it was a tour leftover.

    July 12, 2013 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom - Melvins_Fan, Sweet Intuition,  greenguy!
    July 13, 2013 - Albuquerque, NM - The Launchpad
    July 15, 2013 - Denver, CO - The Summit Music Hall - DC, SxPxDxCx
    July 17, 2013 - Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room - jlamour
    July 18, 2013 - Rock Island, IL - Rock Island Brewing Company - Brian, JUDY (weather permitting), SirDrinksalot
    July 19, 2013 - Minneapolis, MN - Grumpy's (Record Release Party) - Flutter Nuts, Brian, JUDY, (thespiritofJules), zlbenson, GrimReaper
    July 20, 2013 - Minneapolis, MN - Grumpy's (Bash-13 Festival) - Flutter Nuts, Brian, JUDY, (thespiritofJules), zlbenson, GrimReaper, Cheeseburger
    July 21, 2013 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall Ballroom (w/Mudhoney) - Paul
    July 22, 2013 - Chicago, IL - Double Door - fortysixand2
    July 23, 2013 - St. Louis, MO - The Firebird
    July 25, 2013 - Cleveland, OH - The Grog Shop
    July 26, 2013 - Detroit, MI - Small's - glenisabanana, Ron Maiden, thespiritofJUDY, jozzy
    July 27, 2013 - Syracuse, NY - The Westcott Theater - Chief Ten Beers, fraxs
    July 29, 2013 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club - jonE5, Metalhead Cow, booji
    July 30, 2013 - Hartford, CT - Arch Street Tavern - Hot Pants, Dan Halen
    July 31, 2013 - Brooklyn, NY - House of Vans (w/Baroness) - danimal
    August 1, 2013 - Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts
    August 2, 2013 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar - GrimReaper
    August 3, 2013 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club - dead mike, GrimReaper
    August 4, 2013 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
    August 5, 2013 - Atlanta, GA - The Loft at Center Stage Atlanta - LuckMach3
    August 7, 2013 - New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jack's
    August 8, 2013 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live - Linoleum Blownapart
    August 9, 2013 - Austin, TX - Mohawk - Jellyfishing
    August 10, 2013 - Dallas, TX - Trees - Satchel Paige, snooki
    August 13, 2013 - Salt Lake City, UT - Club Sound - don cheadle
    August 14, 2013 - Boise, ID - Neurolux - suck poppet
    August 16, 2013 - Seattle, WA - Neumos - sadcorps, peebot, GrimReaper
    August 17, 2013 - Seattle, WA - Neumos - DC, sadcorps, peebot, GrimReaper
    August 18, 2013 - Bellingham, WA - Wild Buffalo House of Music
    August 19, 2013 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
    August 20, 2013 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom - DC, deatheats
    August 22, 2013 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's - RichieGoodtimes
    August 23, 2013 - Sacramento, CA - Ace of Spades
    August 25, 2013 - Los Angeles, CA - L.A. State Historic Park (FYF Fest)
    August 26, 2013 - San Diego, CA - Casbah - Yanayaya
    August 27, 2013 - Pioneertown, CA - Pappy and Harriet's - sadcorps, Yanayaya

Melvins 30th Anniversary Tour

July 27 - Syracuse, NY @ The Westcott Theater

FUCK Syracuse! Who lives in Syracuse?
Why not Rochester or Buffalo?

Waa waa waa!

Fuck. At least I get to see FLAG and SWANS this summer.

I FUCKIN live in Syracuse!



It will be the first show I don't have to drive hours to get to, of the 10 or so times I've seen. It's about time!

This glow-in-the-dark skull is still a mystery to me.  It's an oldie, that's for sure...

I have that one. I think I picked it up on the 1999 tour.

Hey,

Are the tracks on Eggnog exclusive to that EP? and is there a way I can check this kinda thing out in future to not bug y'all?

SM

pretty much.
Wispy: none
Antioxidote: live version on Live At Fucker Club
Hog Leg: Live on version on 8 track. As someone else mentioned, the album version is on the Neither Here Nor There book cd.
Charmicamicat: live version on International Pop Festival comp

All of the songs are featured live on the "Salad of a Thousand Delights" dvd

Charmicarmicat isn't on the Salad dvd

oops! you guys are correct!

show off!   

haha
actually I had written a document like that on my old Melvins site so i just copied off of there.  One of these days I'll get it back online. 

Hey,

Are the tracks on Eggnog exclusive to that EP? and is there a way I can check this kinda thing out in future to not bug y'all?

SM

pretty much.
Wispy: none
Antioxidote: live version on Live At Fucker Club
Hog Leg: Live on version on 8 track. As someone else mentioned, the album version is on the Neither Here Nor There book cd.
Charmicamicat: live version on International Pop Festival comp

All of the songs are featured live on the "Salad of a Thousand Delights" dvd

See you there Blewis Gonna be the show of the year for sure. It doesn't seem like 4 yrs since they last played there. I think it's in the main hall this time, not the club side.
Something tells me there won't be any merch on this run though. Buzz has stated that when they tour Canada, they leave the merch behind because they get taxed to death on the stuff. I doubt they would bother to bring anything to Rochester for one night, and to link up  with the merch again in two weeks. I hope I'm wrong though.

I can't wait!
I'll be bummed if they don't bring any merch, but a show I dont have to travel over 4 hrs to attend? Fair enough trade-off.

The "not knowing" right now is killing me . Hope there's a Buffalo or Rochester date on the schedule, last stop here was '09. I'd settle with Cleveland too. When was the last time they played Syracuse. Saw Clutch/C.O.C. a few weeks ago there at The Westcott Theater. Would be a perfect venue for Melvins. I hope this isn't just a dozen-date "big city" tour. We'll see.

The last time the Melvins played Syracuse was when they played the Fairgrounds as part of Lollapalooza in 1996.
The Westcott Theater is fairly new. I have suggested to the owners to book the Melvins. But they usually book college/hippie oriented stuff. Who knows. Maybe this fall we will get lucky.
I wanted to go to the NYC show but the Mrs and I are expecting a lil one right around the sametime.

This is awesome.
It's sorta like Jagermeister. I know several bands sponsored by them and they get FREE merch to SELL.

I know Jager seems to make more sense than Scion, but at the end of the day:
"The band has full artistic control of its product, and with Scion's money it has also been able to make music videos, something that he said his band had rarely had the budget for."

Sounds like a pretty good deal in my book!

fuck, it's sold out already..........