What's in your opinion the most creative era of the band?

[homeless_dad]

Did not Kev play on the Jello albums, too? 

Unless I'm wrong, Buzz played on Houdini (though Lori credited) not the trilogy.  Kevin played on the trilogy. 

[JUDY]

Kevin definitely played on the trilogy. He's on Sieg Howdy! as himself and Never Breathe What You Can't See, but credited as 'George W. McVeigh.'

And PIGS fricken rules. What a gem of a record!

Unless I'm wrong, Buzz played on Houdini (though Lori credited) not the trilogy.  Kevin played on the trilogy. 

Yes. I think.... but Lori is credited. Billy Anderson played a few tracks. Hag Me and Teet.

I think Buzz played bass on Eggnog, too, but Joe played for the tour/live stuff.

In conclusion, Buzzo rules and all Melvins is greater than anything else in existence. End.

[ManWithNoName]

I don't think one era is more creative than others. I think that a lot of people have this notion that what the Melvins are doing now is some how "less creative". This is bullshit. These people have their favorite era. They wrongly assume that their favorite era is the most "creative" because it's their favorite. They are wrong.

The Big Melvins albums are crazy shit but somehow, this is flying under the radar. I was listening to A Senile Animal lately and that is one crazy beast. The vocal melodies going on in there is some real "creative" shit. When exactly have they ever done anything like that before? Nude With Boots is ALL OVER THE PLACE. The same could be said of Bulls and Bees.

As Buzz said on many occasions he and the Melvins are very much "what have you done for me lately?"

What's the most creative era of the Melvins? NOW. There is no past. There is no future. There is just the present. Melvins have three lineups going currently. THREE DIFFERENT LINEUPS. A jazzy oriented lineup that freely revisits the past while pushing the boundaries of the melvins sound. A stripped down, minimalist lineup that celebrates their origins and a four headed monster that plows ahead not looking back.

It boggles my mind why so many "fans" seem to be so stuck up in the past. I don't understand how you can be a fan of the Melvins and be "bored" with whatever they're coming up with in the present.

It's fine to have a favorite era but to suggest that one era is more "creative" than an other is to miss the point entirely.

[(((O)))]

I don't understand how you can be a fan of the Melvins and be "bored" with whatever they're coming up with in the present.

Simply because some people can be.

[Stonergrunge]

I like all eras but my favorite one is with Kevin, that doesn't mean I don't like the things they're doing nowadays but HAT is still my #1 Melvins album of all time.