Munich, Hansa39 - 5 Oct 2015

[Paul Naschy]

Your Blessened 

YOUR BLESSENED was the very first Melvins track I have ever heard. That was back in 1988 or 89. Yesterday they played this song especially for me (I believe). We are all blessened. Thank you so much!

[jules]

I love that venue. Nice photos, thanks for sharing!

[black stallion]

YOUR BLESSENED was the very first Melvins track I have ever heard. That was back in 1988 or 89. Yesterday they played this song especially for me (I believe). We are all blessened. Thank you so much!

sometimes i wonder how Buzz could write such good tunes back in the days.. not that their recent stuff isn't good eheh

[triumphant idiot]

Hi folks, first time post here...

What an event that concert in Munich, Oct 5th was!

When I arrived at the venue (capacity ca. 500) to strains of Bitches Brew wafting from the PA, I knew this would be a memorable night. Just as I was getting my first beer from the bar opposite the stage, a piercing yell stopped me dead in my tracks. Turned around and there were Big Biz, getting ready to pulverize us all.

And they did. At first, maybe only 40 people were in the room (the rest outside, smoking), but very quickly the room filled up. Big Biz were simply excellent, a crushing blow to the senses. I must shamefully confess that I didn't know any of their stuff. Need to fix that and soon. One song got stuck in my head for days: "You don't need to get bigger, you need to get out." (Or something to that effect.) With just drums & bass they make a mighty racket, don't they? Great singing from Jared, too.

Once BB were done with rupturing every eardrum within five miles, we had a short break to gather the sorry remains of our wits and take our "medication".  And then one of the greatest gigs ever ensued.

All I can is this: Saw them in 2011 and they were absolutely great, but this time around they were even better. Meatier, more punchy. Throughout, none of the band said anything to the audience. We were all in the zone, fully immersed in the sounds. At one point, the left side of the PA went out (due to overload?), but it still sounded great. Highlights? At the Stake (heavy as shit), Crankenstein (great singing from Jared), Blessend (otherworldly)...hell, even Waterglass was great. It's good, demented fun yelling along with that one, that's for sure.     

One more impression: It seemed that there were a lot more women in attendance than in 2011, at least it seemed so. Some of the wimmen were even up front, rockin' hard and singing along. Very cool. 

[the ether bunny]

This picture instantly has the water glass rolling through my noggin!