06/01/2003 Houston, TX Fitzgerald's

[jimmydoufus]

It's the second time the Melvins have played here in less than a year, and both shows were astounding!!! The latest tour, with Tomahawk as the headliners, was a completely different show than when the Melvins were headlining. These freaks actually tricked me into something I told myself I would never do... See a fuckin' rap concert. The openers (Dalek) were a hard working band (or whatever you call the trippy electro-rap ensemble) who closely resemble any yo-yo rap band, with a trippy twist... not my bottle of beer... The best part of the Dalek show was the last song, where the mix-master hit this beat, and Dale came walking out in a very fitting BLACK LACE TEDDY jumped behind his set and played along while the mix-master faded his drums out and DALE POUNDED the skins in sweet time, in true Crover fashion! That's when Kevin came out with his CUNT T-Shirt, gas mask and a handheld loudspeaker and added a trippy twist to emulate the Dalek thing (i liked not having the rapper and being able to hear Dale on his own). The MELVINS played an incredible set, but much too short (45 min). I wish I could remember the set list, but they were all my favorites and I was having way too much fun enjoying the herbal pass-alongs. I gotta say Dale does not get enough credit for his HUGE contribution to that band. Everybody is yelling "Buzz-O", like little teenage groupies, and I am sitting back watching SEXY dale keeping perfect time, and playing like no other. He is extremely talented and mathmatical in his playing. Dale was the last member to leave the stage that show. He played the last song of Dalek and played 5 minutes on his own at the end... What else can I say, a perfect show. Then Tomahawk... truthfully, I thank M. Patton for the sponsorship, but... YAWN... Patton's head is too big to realize that it must suck to follow the Melvins. In all seriousness, Patton is a good musician too, it just didn't do it for me, but it definately did it for the strippers that came to the show. Sweet pussy!!! Hee Hee.

Did anyone get the set list?