Melvins Appreciation Thread

Started by (the) Razor, November 08, 2008, 05:57:39 AM

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cara

Excuse me, but i have a bit of a rant. So i lent a bunch of my thrash CDs (mostly Vio-lence, Exodus, etc) to a friend about a month ago and put Houdini in the pile thinking he would appreciate and love it, but today he got back to me about it and said it was just "okay". I dont get it, that album changed my taste in music forever. Its one of those albums that doesnt take any time at all to get into. Dammit, how can you be so into Municipal Waste but just bat an eyelash upon hearing Houdini? I didn't make a big deal of this at all at the time becuase i didn't want to look like a crazy Melvins fan and everyone has different taste and blah blah blah, but still.. COME ON! I bestowed a gift upon you by letting you touch and listen to my Melvins album, why can't you appreciate it like me?

turnacus

Municipal Waste! From my town (Richmond VA) same as Gwar and Lamb of God.

Anyways, yeah,  most people I try getting into the Melvins don't take. Nothing you can do, except maybe try other songs. Also, keep in mind there could be a really great band you dismissed at one time.
Van Hagar

FartLips

cara, you need a real man in your life, a melvins man, like me. :P
"Mess with the best, trolled like the rest." - Jacket Man.

Uncle Fester

ahhh ha oh god, fart lips.
It kind of took me a while to get into houdini... i started listening to it when i was in grade 9 and at that time i was into alot of stupid bands so the transition was rough for me....but it was for the best.

suck poppet

Quote from: cara on November 15, 2008, 11:23:18 PM
Excuse me, but i have a bit of a rant. So i lent a bunch of my thrash CDs (mostly Vio-lence, Exodus, etc) to a friend about a month ago and put Houdini in the pile thinking he would appreciate and love it, but today he got back to me about it and said it was just "okay". I dont get it, that album changed my taste in music forever. Its one of those albums that doesnt take any time at all to get into. Dammit, how can you be so into Municipal Waste but just bat an eyelash upon hearing Houdini? I didn't make a big deal of this at all at the time becuase i didn't want to look like a crazy Melvins fan and everyone has different taste and blah blah blah, but still.. COME ON! I bestowed a gift upon you by letting you touch and listen to my Melvins album, why can't you appreciate it like me?

I loaned my brother houdini, thinking it would be right up his alley. I mean this is the guy who started listening to metallica, megadeth, anthrax, and slayer when I still thought mtv was "where it's at" (they still played videos back in those days) . He loves KISS for god's sake! I told him goin blind was on there and that it was cobain's favorite band to try to entice him. I thought it would be a natural. I were wrong.
What's that? Not me. Fuck that, I'm a cat.

Eye in Triangle

Houdini was my first Melvins album, and it didn't do much for me. It's just a bit on the plain side until you really "get" the Melvins. Stoner Witch would probably have a bigger impact.

gesundheit

Bullhead was the first for me and it remains one of my absolute favorites. After I was fully enthralled with Bullhead I picked up the Salad of a Thousand Delights DVD not really knowing what to expect. My life was changed forever.

bathroom creep

I got Houdini and 10 songs first, and they both blew my mind..  But when I heard Stag for the first time a bit later I didn't really like it.  Looking back, I can't believe I didn't like Stag from the beginning.  I mean,  Stag is just..  STAG.  That was an important moment for my Melvins appreciation.
Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt.

Centripetal core of soul sojourn the field vibrates to absolution. I climb toward the sun to breathe the universal.

Have you seen the bridge?  I ain't seen the bridge!  Where's that confounded bridge?!

therizz

houdini live got me into the melvins, no joke.

i'm relatively new... but i'm obsessive about anything i like, so it was a quick process becoming obsessed.


i still like that album more than the original.

Uncle Fester

Quote from: Smoghler on November 13, 2008, 03:09:15 PM
The Melvins made me drink more and more beer... so, thanks for that!
that sounds like a terrible thing.

cara

kind of like this? :

Quote from: Uncle Fester on November 11, 2008, 04:02:17 PM
i didnt find the melvins...they found me and made me listen to each and every one of their albums...since then I cant say I have beent he same....

You Look Like Such a

I actually found a copy of Houdini at Goodwill, believe it or not, and that sparked my love for Melvins. It seems absurdly fitting somehow.
"The United States should have a net thrown over it, you know?"
-Buzzo

Uncle Fester

Quote from: cara on November 17, 2008, 09:26:13 PM
kind of like this? :

Quote from: Uncle Fester on November 11, 2008, 04:02:17 PM
i didnt find the melvins...they found me and made me listen to each and every one of their albums...since then I cant say I have beent he same....
i never said my story wasnt for the best... and I gave my stepdad permission to force all his music down my throat.

(the) Razor

Quote from: You Look Like Such a on November 17, 2008, 11:03:28 PM
I actually found a copy of Houdini at Goodwill, believe it or not, and that sparked my love for Melvins. It seems absurdly fitting somehow.

What's Goodwill? At an uneducated guess, is it like a poor man's Walmart?
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black stallion

remember i casually started with Prick in 1994,i was a little confused,then Stoner Witch.i always thought to Dale Crover like the most important difference from every other normal band.he is the best musician i had ever seen in my life.
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