I just heard Melvins are Coming to Toronto in Sept.?

[(the) flutter nuts]

i thought they coverd the ramones, and i have never heard bacon industry , what is it from? i tried to get a set list from a roadie but thet gave them to other people, oven and amazon blew my mind!!! buzz was amazing on sacrifice, damn i'll still cant think i only got 1 hr of sleep had to work at 5am till 3pm .

[Fishheadphil]

bacon industry is a karp song off of self titled lp.

[DCGod]

Did they not bring merch like last trip to Kanada?

[Greasy Statement]

i couldn't have been more happy with the show. i admit i've been a bit more spoiled than a lot of torontonians since i've been taking road trips to buffalo and detroit for 4 years or so, but it was amazing to see them kill it somewhere within streetcar distance from my house. i heard a few people grouse about them playing a 90 minute set, like the band "owes it to us", since it's been 10 years, but whatever. that 90 minutes was proof of an unfuckable with band. it was great to see a much better turnout than their last visit and the level of enthusiasm during the show and in the post show call for encores was encouraging, especially given toronto music fans reputation for apathy. i could have done without the pointless barricade, the two retards push moshing in front of me and getting whipped by the nasty dreads of some early 90's holdover, but those are all minor inconveniences. all i hope is that this becomes a regular tour stop once again...

[Greasy Statement]

review of show on Torontoist:
http://torontoist.com/2010/09/the_melvins_demolish_toronto_after_ten_year_hiatus.php

[DCGod]

Thanks, sounded cool, a little tweaking to the set list is always welcomed!

[anaconda]

WHAT A SHOW!!!!

Here's my take on the day and the evening.

I get to the venue around 7pm, start chatting with the one other person there,
a guy named Luke. I have a 2 litre bottle of cider with me so I share it with him,
topping up his empty Arizona Ice Tea can a few times etc, and lo and behold
out of the blue we hear 'The Water Glass', then 'Night Goat', we both look at
each other stunned!! We're at the venue just as the band have started their
soundcheck!!! We get to see the band soundcheck about 6 or 7 songs for the
next 40 mins!!! Each of us taking turns peering through these glass doors that
line the front of the venue. The sound is as clear as day! Awesomeness!!

Shortly thereafter a dude in a tom waits shirt walks up and recognizes
my board shirt, I recognize his. He's a member from the board who
goes by 'fishheadphil'. We exchange hellos, talk about the show, how
amazing it's going to be, then him, myself and luke stroll around the corner
to continue drinking and chatting and 'phil' gets me stoned! thanks for the
green. As we share some booze and green a trio of misfits from Sarnia roll up
and offer us all a few tokes from their cigar sized joint, I don't know what
was in it but I got instantly uber stoned.

We all sort of realize a line is forming so we all get in line and continue shooting the
breeze, talking about the show, looking at our tickets and making sure that
they're still there in our hands for the amazing experience we are about to have.

Around this time a goateed cat and a few friends of his walks by the line and he
says 'anaconda?' I say yes sir, and I've met my second memeber of the night who's on
this board. He goes by the name 'flutter nuts' but I call him flutter cuz it's weird saying
'nuts' to another dude. lol. Anyways, we let him and his friends cut in line with us, I say
no board member is going to the back of the line on my watch!! So we chat a bit and finally
the line starts moving, after about 20 mins or so we're in the venue.

At this point I head straight to the railing at the front of the stage, I want to get a good view
so I'm jostling a little bit with this one guy but then we both realize, hey we smoked a joint earlier!!
it's one of the guys from Sarnia!! I give him a $20 bill and say go get us some alcohol and I'll
hold your place here on the railing...normally i dont hand my money to strangers but he came back
a few minutes later with a couple beers for each of us. I think his name was Mike, if you're reading this,
thanks for the amazing joint you smoked with me.

By this time the place is filling up almost to capacity, people are starting to get rowdy in anticipation,
it's about 9:30 and some of us have been drinking and smoking for a couple hours now, a few people
start chanting 'melvins, melvins', i chant 'buzz ... buzz ... buzz!!!!' A dickhead security guard warns me
to cool down, I say 'it's been over 10 years man!!! i'm excited!!! he loosens his grip on my arm and shoves
off with a grin, later this same dickhead removed me from the railing at the front and
escorted me to the back of the venue 'to mellow down' as he put it. Under my breath I'm saying fuck you,
but out of my mouth comes yes sir, sir. Fucking goons need to lighten up a bit. Anyways, I mellowed down
for all of 30 secs until I was out of his sight and I headed straight for the railing again!

It's about 9:45 and the crowd is beginning to realize that there will be no opener for this show,
we all start thinking double set?? melvins lite?? etc.  Then amidst all the chatter and chanting
some piped in theme music is playing over the PA, and finally....the Melvins take the stage!!!!

They played a vast collection of songs with every member visibly giving 110%! Buzz was a joy
to watch, the man is hands down my favorite guitarist. Another thing that really stood out for
me is how amazing dale and coady are together!! The melvins can never go back to having one
drummer, the air that they were pushing was awesome

[bUTTHOLEmAN]

Ha, great review, thanks!

[DCGod]

Yes, great review.  I guess after 10 years of them not playing Toronto, you were too excited to put it in the show reviews part of this forum.   I certainly understand, seeing the Melvins does that to folk.

[Fishheadphil]

It is true, no merch. .... great review anaconda. you're right about that joint being something hefty i was coughing from the testicles.

[DCGod]

Sweet, some of the "Nut-cough" stuff.

[Mount Ambulance]

Yeah, great review

[anaconda]

sacrifice!! i knew i was forgetting one!! i was looking for you mount ambulance,
but then I realized i don't know what you look like!! hahahaha so I started to
scope the crowd for someone who looked  like they might fit the username
'mount ambulance' HAHAHAHAHAA..I was also hoping to see greasy
somewhere in the crowd, i'd seen his pic but i didn't see you in the crowd matt.
hopefully we can connect next time

and yes, the security goon walked me to the back of the club and had me sit down
for a 'time out' because i was yelling... if it hadn't of happened to me I wouldnt
believe it myself!!!  Great club. Great show, but obnoxious security goofs.

[Mount Ambulance]

Anyone remember what they played after Pinhead? I was sayin' to my buddies that I love how the Melvins bust so many covers ... last night alone (Sacrifice, Pinhead, Deserted Cities, Okie, Bacon Industry) often making them their own ... I mean I probably actually associate Sacrifice w/ Melvins more than Flipper! And Ballad of Dwight Fry/Halo of Flies ... I mean the Coop originals are untouchable ... though by this time in history the Melvins kinda own 'em. I mean I have no intrest ever hearing Coop do those tunes today, ya know?

Then my buddy sprays comedy gold asking if the tune after Pinhead was a Megadeth cover ... I was pissing myself ... but he was actually serious. I couldn't remember what it was but yeah definately not Megadeth!

i was looking for you mount ambulance,
but then I realized i don't know what you look like!! hahahaha so I started to
scope the crowd for someone who looked  like they might fit the username
'mount ambulance' HAHAHAHAHAA..

Yeah, I don't even know where the hell that handle came from ... I'm always a little disturbed when people don't look like their avatar ... just kinda becomes their face, ya know? Completely flips my wig everytime I see Glen and realize he actually doesn't look like Nelson C. Reilly!

[Greasy Statement]

sacrifice!! i knew i was forgetting one!! i was looking for you mount ambulance,
but then I realized i don't know what you look like!! hahahaha so I started to
scope the crowd for someone who looked  like they might fit the username
'mount ambulance' HAHAHAHAHAA..I was also hoping to see greasy
somewhere in the crowd, i'd seen his pic but i didn't see you in the crowd matt.
hopefully we can connect next time

and yes, the security goon walked me to the back of the club and had me sit down
for a 'time out' because i was yelling... if it hadn't of happened to me I wouldnt
believe it myself!!!  Great club. Great show, but obnoxious security goofs.

yeah, i was scanning the crowd looking for the shirt. i figured you were likely up close. me and mrs. statement were stage left enjoying the rock. she had a good view of her boyfriend,(mr. warren), so i presume she was happy, heh. talked to the always lovely big jim for a couple of minutes, then made a break for the floor. snapped some shitty photos, then stopped caring and rocked out.
mount ambulance-i think the actual set time was 1 hour 20 minutes, but that's semantics. they crammed a tonne of shit into that time and it was just right. i'm admittedly the type that's not in for the marathon type shows.
i noticed buzz broke a string before night goat, so that made for a bit of an extended bass intro. a perfect "happy accident" as it built up the pure menace of that song.
oprah's security have always been a bunch of goons. they were chimps in the early 90's and that's continued ever since. HATE that fucking venue. it's a nice place aesthetically, but always run in a completely asinine fashion. i hated playing there when i was in bands, since they treated locals like shit.