Ever get in a fight because of the Melvins?

[meezer]

Ratty Mice. That's funny!
.r.p.i

<snip>my friend Ratty Mice gets there just then <snip>

ratt mice=Matt Rice

Too fuckin' funny! 

[Bro Hammer]

Back in maybe 2002/03 I was at a Melvins show @ First Ave. I had been drinking but I was nowhere drunk. Anyway towards the end of their set I notice one of the security guards was standing next to me. Skinny little white trash fuck but I was like "whatever". So the Melvins do the "pure digital silence bit" where they just stood in front of their amps feeding back and just stared at the audience for 4mins and however many seconds and then launched into YOA(remember that shit!?! God that was amazing!!). So OF COURSE I start rocking the fuck out. Jumping up and down, singing and fist pumping. The things I wasn't doing were , touching anybody else, slam dancing or just being that drunk asshole. No I was at a concert and I was simply "rocking out". So all of the sudden I feel a tug on the back of my shirt and I just kinda knock the persons arm off me but I never turned around or anything but I was then immediately turned around and was face to face with this skinny little fuck that I could've killed and he starts choking me. Like real deal I can't breathe it was terrifying and obviously because I want to breathe I start pulling the guys hands off my throat. Once I got them off, the literal second I got them off here comes the real reason this skinny fuck was being so brazen, a HUGE probably 300+ skin head looking security guy grabs me, puts me into a headlock and drugs me outside and through the front doors. Then the DOOR GUY, I KiD YOU FUCKING NOT says "Hey! Can I get in on this!?!" and I was handed over to him and put in a sleeper hold. Mind you the Melvins playing a killer version of YOA was the soundtrack the entire time. So door guy has me in this sleeper hold and says to me "Okay dude. I'm gonna let you go and you're gonna just get up and walk away OKAY!". I was "Yeah! OKAY! Please stop choking me!". So he lets me go and I walk around the side of the venue you, call the cops, wait for them to get there and they basically tell me it's their word against mine and I can go fuck myself. SO, I walk down to a police station hub thingy and filed a police report. I was told by the cops there that that shit happened all the time and I was definitely not the only person to file a report. It fucking sucked. My throat was bruised and hurt for days. My roommate talked me into Robo tripping later that night (fucker) and that's a whole other story.
I had a real hard time with what had happened to me there. I'm kinda crazy and back then I was crazier. I would ride my bike past their almost every night to see if I could catch that skinny fuck alone or the door guy. I'm glad I didn't because I would've done something incredibly stupid. It really kinda fucked me up for awhile and I've gotten over it over the years. Luckily YOA was their last song of the set anyway.
Also shortly after that incident I had heard tFirst Ave cleaned house of their security because one of them ended up beating the shit out of one of Del The Funky Homosapien best friends at a Hiero show a few months later. WHOOPS! I heard that security guy ended up in pretty bad shape. Anyway since then the security has been pretty pro and I don't mind it there too much but that night haunted me for quite awhile.
*for the record, I honestly don't know if that Del story is true but it's what I heard, you know how that goes.

[Dumpster D]

Yeah wow...You dont ever get over something shitty like that.

once at Fantomas when NO ONE was even dancing some kid came out of nowhere from behind and totally elbow Drops me out of the blue and like pretended like it was a total accident, NO idea what the fuck that was about...everyone was standing still it was like an Ambient part of the set and the place was frozen...he came out from behind a row of people behind me...It hurt like hell and I just turned and looked at the guy like totally in dis belief.

and honestly...I really dont know what the fuck gets into assholes who take advantage of a crowd like that.

He knew what he was doing, and basically got away with it, Next time Im smart enough to know I have every right to literally FUCK THAT GUYS SHIT UP THE FUCK!!!

and no one else is going to stop me either, I know I wouldnt want to stop a beat down that someone totally deserves, less they might end up in the same place.

Take a lesson from the book of dumpster..if someone fucks with you, accidentally on purpose...I WANT YOU TO SEVERELY FUCK THEM UP FOR ME! 

[GiveMe45]

Almost twice when they opened for White Zombie in '95.  Early before the show Buzz and Mark D were walking around outside the venue.  A kid walks up to Buzz with a White Zombie cassette and asks him to sign it.  Buzz's exact words were "I'm not White fucking Zombie!".  I busted up laughing and the kid's dad got all puffy chested and was shooting me a look like he was ready to fight.  Later while they were in the last 5 minutes of their set they were doing just noise and feedback.  All the Zombie jocks were getting pissed and were yelling stupid shit.  I was up front against the barrier both cheering the band and laughing at the assholes.  One dickhead kept trying to climb over me to flip off and yell at Buzz.  I kept pushing him back off me but he kept getting more agressive about it until I finally turned around, grabbed him and threw him to the ground.  He got up acting like he was ready to fight but there were enough people around me who were also laughing and he ended up walking away.

[DAYSTAR]

A kid walks up to Buzz with a White Zombie cassette and asks him to sign it.  Buzz's exact words were "I'm not White fucking Zombie!".  I busted up laughing and the kid's dad got all puffy chested and was shooting me a look like he was ready to fight.

If someone, anyone, said that to my kid I would beat their ass, and anyone laughing.

[(PAUL)]

Note to self: don't tell Daystar's kid I'm not White fucking Zombie.

[DAYSTAR]

Note to self: don't tell Daystar's kid I'm not White fucking Zombie.

Haha, "will get a stern talking to" doesn't have the same ring to it. But seriously, don't be a dick, and especially don't drop the f-bomb to my kid.

[oldies radio]

i fight everything because of the melvins. 

[DC]

I usually just stay out of the pit at shows, but if shit gets rowdy you might "accidentally" catch an elbow.

Crescent ballroom, man, great, great venue, but so tiny you can't really not be on the middle of shit.

[meezer]

I usually just stay out of the pit at shows, but if shit gets rowdy you might "accidentally" catch an elbow.

Crescent ballroom, man, great, great venue, but so tiny you can't really not be on the middle of shit.

Agreed. 

[spunkmonkey]

Note to self: don't tell Daystar's kid I'm not White fucking Zombie.

Haha, "will get a stern talking to" doesn't have the same ring to it. But seriously, don't be a dick, and especially don't drop the f-bomb to my kid.

That's a little harsh.  The kid was at a White Zombie concert where, I imagine, lots of cussing would be heard.  Also, Buzz just used the word "fuck".  He didn't call the kid a stupid little fuck or anything like that. 

[DAYSTAR]

Note to self: don't tell Daystar's kid I'm not White fucking Zombie.

Haha, "will get a stern talking to" doesn't have the same ring to it. But seriously, don't be a dick, and especially don't drop the f-bomb to my kid.

That's a little harsh.  The kid was at a White Zombie concert where, I imagine, lots of cussing would be heard.  Also, Buzz just used the word "fuck".  He didn't call the kid a stupid little fuck or anything like that.

True, a little harsh. My original comment was a little sarcasm mixed with a lot of gut reaction. I'm not one to just start throwing punches or even get in someone's shit, especially at this point in my life. A lot of things cross my mind thinking about this, I'll keep it brief. First of all there's a lot I don't know about the situation, like how old the kid was. But I think about it like this; you take your kid to the ball game, he says hey Mr. Ballplayer, sign my program and gets an I don't play for the fuckin' Tigers response. Is that ok? There's a lot of swearing at a ball game. It's it ok because this is rock 'n roll? I'm a nobody from nowhere who's never met Buzz or Dale or anyone. There's countless stories about Buzz being a great guy, he probably is, but he chooses to have a public persona of being pretty harsh himself. So, why were Buzz and Mark walking out in the crowd? To do a meet and greet with the  fans? More likely to fuck with the stupid people there to see a stupid band and a kid recognizes him and says hey sign this for me? And he responds with I'm not fuckin' WZ when he easily could've been gracious and signed it with something like - Buzz, listen to more Melvins. As that kids dad I would've been pissed. All in all I'm not that kids dad, I wasn't there, but I opened my mouth so to speak so I owe some explanation. Maybe a 20 years older Buzz would handle it differently? Maybe I'm just a dick?

[GiveMe45]

I don't think you're a dick...like you said, gut reaction and I totally respect your stance about your kid.  Buzz may have been walking back from eating or something.  I don't think he was specifically out for meet and greet purposes.  Kid was probably 12 or 13 but it was clear he didn't know who Buzz was.  I was 19 so I'm gonna laugh at a situation like that.  Buzz may have been inadvertently channeling his frustrations of being on the tour.  Who knows...?

Mark D was out far away from the crowd smoking a cigar.  At 19 I was still dumb enough to be star struck.  I worked up enough nerve to go say hi to him and I must have been really nervous because the first thing he said to me was "are you ok?".  Of course at that age thinking everyone thought it was cool I asked if they needed any weed to which he explained that the cigar in his hand is the only smoking that goes on in the band....

[oldies radio]

giveme45 is derek fuckin' for real! 

[DAYSTAR]

I don't think you're a dick...like you said, gut reaction and I totally respect your stance about your kid.  Buzz may have been walking back from eating or something.  I don't think he was specifically out for meet and greet purposes.  Kid was probably 12 or 13 but it was clear he didn't know who Buzz was.  I was 19 so I'm gonna laugh at a situation like that.  Buzz may have been inadvertently channeling his frustrations of being on the tour.  Who knows...?

Mark D was out far away from the crowd smoking a cigar.  At 19 I was still dumb enough to be star struck.  I worked up enough nerve to go say hi to him and I must have been really nervous because the first thing he said to me was "are you ok?".  Of course at that age thinking everyone thought it was cool I asked if they needed any weed to which he explained that the cigar in his hand is the only smoking that goes on in the band....

At 19 I would have laughed too, at the time Buzz's defiant attitude was one of the things I loved about the band. Times change, people change, now I have 19 year olds laughing at me

WZ tour was my first time seeing Melvins I would've been 18 or 19 too. At the time, pre-internet for me, they were a total mystery. I couldn't believe I was actually getting a chance to see them. Roar of feedback and distortion starts up and Buzz comes sprinting across the stage headbanging the 'fro, I was giddy like a child at christmas. We passed around the couple of joints we brought with the people sitting around us while telling them they were going to love this band opening up. WZ were terrible, they lost a fan that night. No fights.