The one million dollar question:

[Eye in Triangle]

Officially, I think it's Melvins, but unofficially, I think they love to be called Nirvana 2.

[norecess]

Officially, I think it's Melvins, but unofficially, I think they love to be called Nirvana 2.

This is what his Wikipedia entry says:

Buzz Osborne (born 1964), also known as King Buzzo, (birth name Roger Osborne) is the guitarist/vocalist/songwriter and technically the only remaining founding member of the Melvins. (Drummer Dale Crover is often regarded as a founding member, but he joined after the band was formed, though before they had yet recorded an album.) Buzz Osborne is also a founding member/guitarist for both Fant

[EVILSTACK]

For me its...

Melvins

i refer to them as 'the Melvins'

the record before Nude with Boots i title as (A) Senile Animal yet i do not consider (The) Melvins to be the band that recorded it. Get me?

Also it's good to see that im not the only music fan who is really pointlessly obsessed over tiny details like this. It's like when Sonic Youth called themselves The Sonic Youth on 'EVOL' or The Dillinger Escape Plan's records where the band are always titled as such yet on the most recent release they cut out the 'The' from the band name.  That kind of inconsistant thing pisses me off 

[You Look Like Such a]

MELVINS = Maggot
melvins = bootlicker
M3lV1NZ = COD

[norecess]

Is it:

A) The Stooges
B) Iggy & The Stooges
C) Iggy & The Fucking Stooges

[Captain CoryCory]

Boris does it best because you know what  you're going to get.

BORIS = Loud album
boris = Quieter Album

You forgot B0r1s = stupid new live album.

And who could forget...

Misfits or The Misfits or Misfits (With Trademark symbol)?

[Salty Green]

i could see buzz finding fans' frustration with the band name semantics quite amusing

[cara]

Officially, I think it's Melvins, but unofficially, I think they love to be called Nirvana 2.

[bUTTHOLEmAN]

Officially, I think it's Melvins, but unofficially, I think they love to be called Nirvana 2.

This is what his Wikipedia entry says:

Buzz Osborne (born 1964), also known as King Buzzo, (birth name Roger Osborne) is the guitarist/vocalist/songwriter and technically the only remaining founding member of the Melvins. (Drummer Dale Crover is often regarded as a founding member, but he joined after the band was formed, though before they had yet recorded an album.) Buzz Osborne is also a founding member/guitarist for both Fant

[bathroom creep]

Is it:

A) The Stooges
B) Iggy & The Stooges
C) Iggy & The Fucking Stooges

The correct answer is C)

[Pelican]

Two totally different bands. Like "The Who" and "The Guess Who" or "The Verve" and "The Verve Pipe" or even more confusing, "Nirvana" and "Nirvana".

The Melvins recorded such classics as "The Maggot" and "Gluey Porch Treatments" while Melvins recorded their own classics like "Stoner Witch" and "Ozma". It's easy to see how two bands with the word "Melvins" in their title could get mixed up.

What about Electric Wizard, or The Electric Wizard?

And, if you really want to get confused look at the great American rock and rollers John Cougar, John Cougar Melloncamp and finally, John Melloncamp.

[bUTTHOLEmAN]

Two totally different bands. Like "The Who" and "The Guess Who" or "The Verve" and "The Verve Pipe" or even more confusing, "Nirvana" and "Nirvana".

The Melvins recorded such classics as "The Maggot" and "Gluey Porch Treatments" while Melvins recorded their own classics like "Stoner Witch" and "Ozma". It's easy to see how two bands with the word "Melvins" in their title could get mixed up.

What about Electric Wizard, or The Electric Wizard?

And, if you really want to get confused look at the great American rock and rollers John Cougar, John Cougar Melloncamp and finally, John Melloncamp.

Don't forget to throw in John Cougar Concentration Camp!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Cougar_Concentration_Camp

[dontyoutellme]

john cougar melloncamp. (def. i refuse to drop the cougar)
prince or wacky symbol?
beyonce....or sasha fierce?
garth brooks or chris gaines?
etc.etc.

melvins and the melvins are interchangeable. no one really gives a shit. king buzzo or roger osborne? roger if you're nasty. obvs.

[Asharak]

I'm gonna have to say Melvins, though I refer to them as the Melvins all the time.

[Pelican]

Per Slick Rick, they are the Marvins.