BULLHEAD

[GrimReaper]

Melvins leave the Northwest and move to San Fransisco and release Bullhead on Boner Records.

1) San Francisco is famous for its liberal views on sexuality.

2) Boner Records is named after a hard penis, its logo is a hard penis.

3) Bullhead slang for a penis with a large head.

4) Cover art a basket of fruit. Fruit: a derrogatory name for male homosexuals.

5) c/d art an unrolled condom. condom male birth control method

6) back cover 144 packs of unopened condoms arranged in a square.

7) square root of 144 = 12

Anaconda reference to a penis, size large

9) Ligature: dangerous sexual practice of cutting off blood flow to head while beating off.

10) Boris lyrics: about a penis? debateable

11) It's Shoved - use of penis during intercourse

What happened to the boys from Aberdene when they went to SF? Who cares. They had Lorax to look after them.  

Bullhead = masterpiece.

[klump]

9) Ligature: dangerous sexual practice of cutting off blood flow to head while beating off.

no thats scarfing.
ligatures or ligature marks are tears in the skin from beeing tied.

that album has a lot of serial killer stuff.

[CaptainPungent]

if you have a favorite song from bullhead, tell why.
bullhead is one of my favorite albums of all time, so that's why i picked this album to be the topic.
i'd have to say boris. (currently at the moment)
when i try to "define" the melvins to other people, i usually refer to this song (even though the melvins aren't just like this one song)
it was an interesting choice too to be first on the album.  usually bands would be opening with a really fast or attention getter, not a slow song in this case.
i didn't like it at that much at first, but now i love it.
whenever people call the melvins sludge metal you can refer to this.

[anaconda]

anaconda, your blessened and cow. just cuz i have them on a mix CD back to back

[steve]

it was an interesting choice too to be first on the album.  usually bands would be opening with a really fast or attention getter, not a slow song in this case.
i didn't like it at that much at first, but now i love it.
whenever people call the melvins sludge metal you can refer to this.

They started with slow tracks on GPT and Ozma, too.

As for best song, "If I had an exorsism" - simple yet effective. However Bullhead really does not have a bad track.

[norecess]

I've asked myself the same question several times and every time the answer changes. Bullhead is one of my favorite albums, if not THE favorite. After watching a 92 bootleg yesterday, I'd say Your Blessened.

[glen]

that's a tough one.    BORIS is a classic but what about COW?   for the drums alone I gotta go with COW.  it's all about DALE.

[Hog log]

cow

[THE DON]

zodiac and cow 

[Anti Vermin Seed]

If i had an excorsism

[Joe Deutrom]

It has to be the hidden song/extra track.

[Rex Irae]

If I Had An Exorcism

[Mount Ambulance]

Bullhead is a horn 'o plenty no doubt. Hard to pick a fave they all shine for one reason or another. But since you ask. Zodiac: that outro swings so sick ! Boris of course, great opener it really sets a tone for the album . . . drags you in. Cow: perfect closer, the combo of the cymbals, treated vocals, an' that riff when they kick into it . . . thats just soaked and then lose it all to the classic Crover outro . . . and If I Had An Exorcism: that outro, the ocillation, those gross muffled vocals. This album is a great example of the sway & swing Melvins wield. Obvious with all those pulled and bent cords and notes, the droning feedback & Buzz's slurred vocals (damn I miss that . . . he should bring that back some). But its not just those obvious elements . . . its just Melvins. I've always thought they swing and groove (not like fuckin' jam bands, like voodoo). Kinda like when I see 'em live. Everyone drinks beer, bangs their heads & smashes into each other?? I've always leaned more towards droppin a tab & some skeletal relaxants, closing my eyes & dancin like a molassas snake. I think alota people miss out on that swing an' just latch on to all the crushing volume , distortion and whatnot. 

[anaconda]

thats poetic,  kevin

[Mount Ambulance]

Sarcasm intended I assume? Yeah, I wasn't being completely literal, trying to cop on Kev, or in anyway refereing to the community here. But it's kinda like the shirt: "Why'd the metal head cross the road?" I've encountered alota people at shows that should just go see Slipknot or somethin'. I mean the windy parts of PORTE don't really scream SLAM!!! or CROWD SURF!!! To me thats the whole beauty. They are as heavy and brutal as shit but thats just the frame, the guts and gears offer so much more. I think alota people just latch onto or fathom the obvious but there ain't nothin' obvious bout the Melivns . . . but thats a whole other post, so I'll zip it.