The first Melvins release you heard?

[>>>JZS<<<]

Gluey Porch Treatments on cassette. The tape was given to me by a friend and when I bought the Ozma/G.P.T. on cd I passed the tape on to someone who hadn't heard them before. I have to admit, it took a few listens before I 'got it' . After that I was hooked.

[erin]

I've only been a Melvins fan for like, six years.  I got Stoner Witch used at a record store for about five bucks. I didn't take to it immediately of course because I didn't listen to metal alot at that time (more punk). That album changed my whole outlook on music and I then collected everything starting with Ozma/GPT. The Melvins proceeded to get me through middle and high school, and now college. 

[ManWithNoName]

Houdini or Stonerwitch. It didn't click until I picked up HAT a year or so later, even then, it took a few months and some shelf life for the light to come to me.

[norecess]

I've only been a Melvins fan for like, six years. 

You wanna talk about it?

[bUTTHOLEmAN]

I've only been a Melvins fan for like, six years. 

You wanna talk about it?

When you're talking about it with norecess, and he says either 'come here, lets hug' or 'come here, sit on my lap', it's time to leave.

[Mount Ambulance]

86 mabey 87??? Kinda foggy. Total thrash/hard-core kid. A buddy of mine was real into the whole scene: letter writing, tape trading, promoting gigs, going on road trips w/ DRI. He said ya gotta hear this band and lent me "THE" album:  GTP . . . red eyed & in a cloud we were all floored. After we listened on '45 thinking mabey we were too stoned & got it wrong. But that sounded a little weird an' off too. I played out my first copy . . . Never been the same . . .

http://www.themelvins.net/forum/index.php?topic=4835.msg61132#msg61132

[erin]

I've only been a Melvins fan for like, six years. 

You wanna talk about it?

When you're talking about it with norecess, and he says either 'come here, lets hug' or 'come here, sit on my lap', it's time to leave.

maybe i shouldn't talk with him about it at all.  that's how he suckered in lunica. 

[suck poppet]

houdini

[norecess]

maybe i shouldn't talk with him about it at all.  that's how he suckered in lunica. 

No, it were my eyes.

THE EYE FLIES IN MY EYES

[FartLips]

I've only been a Melvins fan for like, six years. 

You wanna talk about it?

When you're talking about it with norecess, and he says either 'come here, lets hug' or 'come here, sit on my lap', it's time to leave.

maybe i shouldn't talk with him about it at all.  that's how he suckered in lunica. 

lun loves sitting on his shoulders.

[Windshield]

The Crybaby.   Bought it for the Tool collaboration and was intrigued by the allure of the Melvins.

[bathroom creep]

I kept hearing about the Melvins and so I decided to randomly pick up a copy at a cd store. I think this was about three years ago. I didn't know anything about them or their records so I just went with Houdini and 26 Songs. I remember that I really liked the Houdini cover. When I first heard Houdini I was blown away.. really, I listened to it over and over again. I instantly liked 26 Songs as well. It was unbelievably heavy.  Drums.  After a while I got Bullhead which I loved right away, and Stoner Witch. It took me a while to get into Stoner Witch but then I loved it as well. When I got Stag I remember being bewildered and unsatisfied... but seeing as it's one of my all time favorites now it didn't take very long to grow on me. After that I just bought everything. And this was the beginning of my Melvins obsession...

[jlamour]

Houdini on cassette when it first came out. Based on an article in Newsweek.

What was the article?  I tried searching this forum and this post was the only thing that came up.  I'll try searching for it on Google.

Found this but it doesn't say much:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/103051/page/1

[erin]

maybe i shouldn't talk with him about it at all.  that's how he suckered in lunica. 

No, it were my eyes.

THE EYE FLIES IN MY EYES

Oh yeah? well I stand all alone like a tree.... all alone I stand. 

[gesundheit]

The first Melvins purchase I ever made ws definitely Salad of a Thousand Delights. BUT I had already heard various songs from various albums from downloading via various methods like Soulseek and originally KAZAA! So this was around maybe 2000-02..I then got Bullhead. That was it for a long time. This band was the most amazing thing ever and I had a live DVD and Bullhead. This is how big of a fan I am. Since then, how well do you think I've gotten to feel about this band?

So probably like four years later through smoke and haze and after using and abusing many live downloads and the bootleg videos (not THAT many) and Bullhead and SOATD. I bought The Crybaby..because of the Tool connection. Then I got Houdini and started to realize. Saw them live a bunch over a few years...A Senile Animal  ..Maggot, Bootlicker..Nude with Boots...Stoner Witch, HAT...remember I already had Bullhead so I thought I didn't really NEED the earlier stuff...not until recently (in the past few months) I picked up GPT, Ozma, Eggnog, Lysol...then Stag..

Eggnog=masterpiece