Your Melvins History...

[Ham Sandwich]

We found them after the cartoons. 

OZma of OZ and Gluey Porch Treatments on ONE

Always enjoyed the letters of L. Frank Baum and so was naturally inclined to pick up the ............ for a spin on the machine.  It sounded like

monkey
from heaven
sexual contortion
the glory
beyond death even
a thousand petaled flower in the .... of a skull
Happy Good Times With Karla and Petunia
pleasure cylinders rotating the right way

NEVER LOOKED BACK!

In the war the Melvins served me well

[Metalhead Cow]

We found them after the cartoons. 

OZma of OZ and Gluey Porch Treatments on ONE

Always enjoyed the letters of L. Frank Baum and so was naturally inclined to pick up the ............ for a spin on the machine.  It sounded like

monkey
from heaven
sexual contortion
the glory
beyond death even
a thousand petaled flower in the .... of a skull
Happy Good Times With Karla and Petunia
pleasure cylinders rotating the right way

NEVER LOOKED BACK!

In the war the Melvins served me well

[Luciditypro]

We found them after the cartoons. 

OZma of OZ and Gluey Porch Treatments on ONE

Always enjoyed the letters of L. Frank Baum and so was naturally inclined to pick up the ............ for a spin on the machine.  It sounded like

monkey
from heaven
sexual contortion
the glory
beyond death even
a thousand petaled flower in the .... of a skull
Happy Good Times With Karla and Petunia
pleasure cylinders rotating the right way

NEVER LOOKED BACK!

In the war the Melvins served me well

[Metalhead Cow]

We found them after the cartoons. 

OZma of OZ and Gluey Porch Treatments on ONE

Always enjoyed the letters of L. Frank Baum and so was naturally inclined to pick up the ............ for a spin on the machine.  It sounded like

monkey
from heaven
sexual contortion
the glory
beyond death even
a thousand petaled flower in the .... of a skull
Happy Good Times With Karla and Petunia
pleasure cylinders rotating the right way

NEVER LOOKED BACK!

In the war the Melvins served me well

Classic movie 

[Dumpster D]

knowing that this music was IT, this was what I had been looking for in my quest.

Exactly this!

Yup. same man...just randomly Caught mombius Hibachi video one night while channel surfing and was instantly obsessed.

[jonE5]

We found them after the cartoons. 

OZma of OZ and Gluey Porch Treatments on ONE

Always enjoyed the letters of L. Frank Baum and so was naturally inclined to pick up the ............ for a spin on the machine.  It sounded like

monkey
from heaven
sexual contortion
the glory
beyond death even
a thousand petaled flower in the .... of a skull
Happy Good Times With Karla and Petunia
pleasure cylinders rotating the right way

NEVER LOOKED BACK!

In the war the Melvins served me well

This is very Melvinsesque.. You should start ghost writing for Buzz

[Luciditypro]

We found them after the cartoons. 

OZma of OZ and Gluey Porch Treatments on ONE

Always enjoyed the letters of L. Frank Baum and so was naturally inclined to pick up the ............ for a spin on the machine.  It sounded like

monkey
from heaven
sexual contortion
the glory
beyond death even
a thousand petaled flower in the .... of a skull
Happy Good Times With Karla and Petunia
pleasure cylinders rotating the right way

NEVER LOOKED BACK!

In the war the Melvins served me well

This is very Melvinsesque.. You should start ghost writing for Buzz

What if Hammy really is Buzz????

[Uncle Danny]

I think my first run in with them was in around 91 or 92, via an Ozma cassette I can't remember how I acquired (boy howdy do I wish I'd held onto that one).  I'd heard of them prior to this, but never bothered to check them out.  Unlike many, I can't say I was instantly hooked.  I chalked them up to "decent band, didn't make me lose sleep for repeat listens."

I was re-introduced a few years later, maybe 93ish(?) when living with spunkmonkey and a bunch of other miscreants near the end of college.  Houdini was somehow in pretty regular rotation at the house as we did stupid college shit.  I don't remember who was responsible for this, but I agree with spunkmonkey -- glen was likely involved somehow.  I grew to like this album quite a bit, but they still didn't crack my "follow obsessively" list.

Then later, as an "adult," I saw that they'd been signed to Ipecac.  Being a fan of underdog stories, their music and Mike Patton, I thought to myself "wow, that's great.  they never should've signed to a major."  Later, I picked up The Maggot and loved it.

Then kinda forgot about them again.

Then I found out in 2006 that my technophobic friends glen and spunkmonkey had actually joined a BBS on the (gasp!) internet.  So I came here to harass them.  I've been here ever since.  I listen to the Melvins about once per month, still, and have caught probably 75% of their shows here since moving to SF.  They're a slow burn, or like a wart that just won't go away for me.  And I hope they never do go away.  I'm definitely a fan, but not a fanboy.

[larry]

i remember playing tony hawks undergound 2 when i was like 10 and sweet willy rollbar was on the soundtrack it was heavy as fuck and i loved the vocals after that the rest was history

that was about 7 years ago if i remember correctly

[MrLuck87]

In addition to my previous story, I remember sending Brain Center at Whipples to a friend in 2005.  Apparently when I was first getting into the Melvins I sent these quotes to a friend of mine because I thought they were awesome.     (I'm not sure why there's typos.  I think the website acted weird when I tried to copy the text)



(Talking about Fantomas) "I dont think its that weird myself, but
compared to the rest of the world of music, its definately out there,"
Buzz considers as he circles my body picking up cruel looking tools
with interest,"Its only because people dont have a very good idea what
weird is. They're just basically shown things and are led by the hand
to very easily consumed products, and i haven't been part of that
world in a long time. I've either been doing strange music or
listening to strange music for well over twenty years, my sense of
normalcy is much differnt to the rest of the world!"

   He laughs appreciatively."I've gotten shit from people about every
single record i've ever done, i've never been involved in a record
that was universally accepted, even by my own fans. It doesnt suprise
me, none of that suprises me."


"The competion in the music field at the moment isn't very great. Who
are we up against? Godsmack, or some of those other god awful nu-metal
bands. We're doing a U.S tour, part of which is supporting Tool. Tool
are great, they're one of the few bands that we would actually take a
support spot for. Lots of bands have offered us those kinds of deals,
and none of them have ever come through. Everybody from The Deftones
to Limp Bizkit to Prdigy, none of which have panned out. They either
didn't want to pay us the money, or they never called us back again. I
don't give a shit, it's par for the course with dumb asses like that.
Does it suprise you when somebody like Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit
does something stupid? He's not capable of anything else. Although I
have to say, I think that that solo record of that guitar player is
pretty damn good. It's wacky, it's really fucking weird. It gives me
hope. Not for Fred. Believe me, if I was them and I had that kind of
bread I would have been out of there a long time ago."



Haha!  Maybe you guys will listen to Buzz instead of me...


Big Dumb Face - Duke Lion

[Kolonel Kurtz Kobain]

I went to go see D.R.I. at the Crescent Ballroom in Tacoma Washington in May of 1987. Melvins were the first band on the bill along with Poison Idea. They each wore a different color Star Trek shirt. They blew my mind. Shortly after that I picked up the Deep Six compilation and wore the record out.

that was a wild night

[John Schuller]

I went to go see D.R.I. at the Crescent Ballroom in Tacoma Washington in May of 1987. Melvins were the first band on the bill along with Poison Idea. They each wore a different color Star Trek shirt. They blew my mind. Shortly after that I picked up the Deep Six compilation and wore the record out.

that was a wild night

It certainly set me on a proper path through life. A few weeks later I was at the Tacoma Mall with my dad and I saw the Melvins walking around (they must have had a gig and were killing time) - I pointed them out to my dad and was all excited "Holy crap! It's the Melvins!!". I don't think he was too impressed.

Now he likes watching Buzz on Red Eye.

[linoleum blownapart]

We had road tripped to Austin to see Ed Hall, I was a big fan of theirs (still am). First time I saw the Melvins, Ed Hall was opening for them in 1990.  I had never heard of the Melvins before that night.  They were ok and I saw them a few times over the following years.  Was not until Stag came out I became a real fan.

[black stallion]

They were ok

[Schnabster]

They were ok

Dale was awesom, BS, the rest of the Melvins were ok!