Your first Melvins record experience?

[Dan_Halen]

Once we got our hands on a copy of Lysol, I was definitely hooked for life. That whole first 15 minutes or so was such a mind-blowing experience that was so worth the initial patience to really discover. We always made a habit of listening to that album in a dark room in it's entirety whenever we where getting especially faded off smoking weed and drinking 40's. All of our other friends didn't get it and probably thought we where mentally retarded.

Nice!!! I had the "with yo heart not yo hands" 7" and decided to start buying the albums. I used to order all my vinyl through the mail too, so I ordered "Self Titled" which I assumed would be their first album (Didn't know it was called Lysol) Anyhow, it took a second for me to get it. At first I was like"Are they just gonna fucking drone on an E chord the whole time or what?!? ... BUT by the time the first side ended I was like "Holy fuck that was intense! I love this band!

[homeless_dad]

Set the way back machine to 1994...
Big Nirvana fan...learned of Melvins...got Stoner Witch and liked most of the songs...next 4 purchases were Eggnog, Ozma, Dale Crover and Your Choice Series Live.  Those CD's were what sealed the deal (Devo and Melvins were my favorite bands at this time).  It only took about 10 years for me to warm up to Charmacharmacat though...that was always just way out there for me.  So I confess I wasn't much into the slow stuff at first as I was around 14...wasn't much into metal (still not)...started getting into fast punk...Nofx, Lag Wagon, Op Ivy, Bad Religion, etc.  Melvins went on the back burner once I bought Prick around 1996 and felt ripped off.

Enter 2002...
My brothers and I head to Ameoba Records in Hollywood for a free show by the boys to promote HAT...First time I saw them live and it blew me away!  I bought The Crybaby  (don't ask wht I didn't buy HAT!), got it signed and ended up disliking the album (still do)...A little later I did buy HAT and my faith had been renewed in the band...I started buying the CD's I missed over the past 6 years and loved 'em (especially bootlicker and Stag).

It's the weirdness and diverse range of the albums that I love about these guys.  Being into punk I realized that these guys were a billion times more punk than the rudest, fastest punk band out there.  They actually stuck to being truly punk (in the vein of Black Flag) whereas the punk I listened to in my late teens still all sound the same today and get boring after the first song.  The Melvins continued where black flag left off ( I think Walsby said that, no?) and are certainly not boring.  The sludgy songs have more intensity and punk attitude than any 'punk' release in the past 2 decades. 

So...I'm hooked.

[jules]

FASHO. Pleased to meet ya. Don't know how I wasn't more intimately familiar with this site already....

That's what I thought when I first came across it. I can't imagine how I coped without it.

[Dan_Halen]

FASHO. Pleased to meet ya. Don't know how I wasn't more intimately familiar with this site already....

That's what I thought when I first came across it. I can't imagine how I coped without it.

Right!?!? It's almost like saying "How did we survive before cell phones?"...."How did we enjoy life without the Melvins board?!?"

[linoleum blownapart]

went to see ed hall open in 90 or 91 for the melvins and was not impressed.  could have been ythe mushrooms and the weed?  later someone gave me bullhead since ed hall and the melvins were label mates.  was hooked on them.

[homeless_dad]

FASHO. Pleased to meet ya. Don't know how I wasn't more intimately familiar with this site already....

That's what I thought when I first came across it. I can't imagine how I coped without it.

Right!?!? It's almost like saying "How did we survive before cell phones?"...."How did we enjoy life without the Melvins board?!?"

What do you mean without cell phones! I still don't own one. 

You know that carrier pigeon is gonna die some day.

[FartLips]

FASHO. Pleased to meet ya. Don't know how I wasn't more intimately familiar with this site already....

That's what I thought when I first came across it. I can't imagine how I coped without it.

Right!?!? It's almost like saying "How did we survive before cell phones?"...."How did we enjoy life without the Melvins board?!?"

What do you mean without cell phones! I still don't own one. 

You know that carrier pigeon is gonna die some day.

he's still got smoke signals.

[Illusionator]

FASHO. Pleased to meet ya. Don't know how I wasn't more intimately familiar with this site already....

That's what I thought when I first came across it. I can't imagine how I coped without it.

Right!?!? It's almost like saying "How did we survive before cell phones?"...."How did we enjoy life without the Melvins board?!?"

What do you mean without cell phones! I still don't own one. 

You know that carrier pigeon is gonna die some day.

he's still got smoke signals.

Plus back up pigeon's. Im training his understudy this weekend actually! He shows a lot of promise i must say.

...and I'll stop that one too. DO YOU HEAR ME BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Stop the Pigeon Intro Opening

[tinnitus photo]

I think this was the 1st Melvins record i ever bought:
http://www.discogs.com/Melvins-With-Yo-Heart-Not-Yo-Hands/master/146767


i typically liked all things SFTRI, so gave that a shot. i wish i had bought more early melvins vinyl when i had the chance...the only early LPs i have are GPT (found used) and Houdini...

[spunkmonkey]

ed hall

Fucking love Ed Hall.

I don't remember my first Melvins listening experience, but it was almost definitely in the late 80's and Glen was responsible.

[Leroy]

unfortunately, it was Crybaby.  Not exactly the best spot to start off on...

[homeless_dad]

unfortunately, it was Crybaby.  Not exactly the best spot to start off on...

Way to hang in there!

[Braykfast]

My first true exposure was the mombius hibachi video from cinema beer belly on vhs in high school. Then it was hearing Queen from Stoner Witch and If I had an Exorcism...I purchased their latest albums right away (Maggot and Bootlicker) and was CRUSHED. Picked up Honky shortly thereafter. I convinced my brother to buy Stoner Witch so I could listen to it. The heaviest stuff I was into was some dark metal and punkrock, and the melvins blew them all away with their originality and ( i thought) classic rock feel. When colossus of destiny came out I laughed and scratched my head. The most "experimental" stuff I was into was refused, godspeed, autechre, and mr bungle at the time. This was just plain weird and awesome. None of my relatives or friends liked it, so I loved it. I picked up electroretard, the jello sessions (Loved loved loved these, huge DK fan, this shit was crazy) and then wept when Kevin left, yet rejoiced when BigBusiness joined (i was into their Head For The Shallows album and a lot of hydrahead stuff at the time).

Saw my first show on the senile animal tour and have been rabid for more live appearances ever since. I have been lurking on the boards since 2002 and officially joined on a whim a few years back.