Athens, GA

[participant]

This being my first Melvins show ever (but 2nd time seeing Buzz play -- there was Fantomas last winter) I was struck by a MOST unexpected thing:

KEVIN has this insanely, beautifully FORMIDABLE stage presence.  The pictures don't say the half of it.  The way he moves, the way he looks at you, that mad scientist haircut, the weird shit he DOES...

There were a couple times where he was playing with his back to the crowd and dumping bottles of water down the front of himself so all you could see was this stream falling down from between his legs and leaving this huge stain on the floor.  

He spotted some kids' beer cans standing on the stage and suddenly there was this look of calculating, burning fury -- "What?  What the fuck is THIS???" -- in his eyes as he walked over to kick them all over.  The bottles not the kids.

And the way he grinned tonight when he sang "lovely butterfly" made it so I could have died right then a happy girl.  

Stage presence aside, I can't stop thinking about how uncommon a bass player he is.  Have you seen his action?  It is so high because he hauls off and WAILS at that fucker.  There is no telling WHAT he is doing when he's got his back turned.

The things that have been said about the sound of a space shuttle launching are all true.  Where I was standing you could mash yourself onto the stage and get your whole body vibrated.  Absolutely unfuckingbelievable!  He used his slide for the songs off of H.A.T.  They of course sounded 100X better than on the album.

Oh god please say Kevin's going to stay with the Melvins.

I saw Dale in the record store before the show and managed to sqeak out a hello.  The thing you don't expect about Dale is that his hands look those of an 18 year old kid!  Have you seen?  No shit.  They look smoother than mine and I'm a female.  

Dale also puts stuffed animals in his bass drum!  They were moving around inside while he played.  You would totally have to see this.

Some other noteworthy things.  They covered "I Want To Hold Your Hand" again tonight.

And Buzz said some words about most of the Ramones being dead now, except for Ringo.  And how Ringo was going to be the last to die, so he could say "I buried Paul."

This was the happiest night of my whole entire (rememberable) life.  May I venture to say, even better than sex.  

And then... and then... they put a Britney Spears CD in seconds after they finished up.

Sorry if this is all rehash for all you people who are old hands at seeing them live.  These are just the things that made big impressions on me.

[klump]

thanks, now im even more jelaous of you americans!

yeah, kevin looks like this sick pervert when he plays!

he looks like he could have played in the rolling stones in the early days(!)

damn that would have lifted the stones!

[RockStarVixen]

And then... and then... they put a Britney Spears CD in seconds after they finished up.

haha - they did that exact same thing at Ground Zero the night before Athens, lol.  GREAT review...and I agree.  it had to be one of the best nights of my life.  It was the first time I had gotten to see The Melvins and I was blown away.  Trevor and his bandmates were really cool and ended up hanging out with us.  Super fun night and I hope the Melvins come back to GZ SOON.
\M/ \M/

[Beto Brasil]

This being my first Melvins show ever (but 2nd time seeing Buzz play -- there was Fantomas last winter) I was struck by a MOST unexpected thing

congratulations! you lucky!

[Sloan Simpson]

Did anybody happen to write down a setlist for the Athens show?  I made a recording that came out nice, and I plan to share it, but being a recent Melvins convert I don't know enough to track/title it properly.  Any help with that appreciated!


Thanks
Sloan

[Beto Brasil]

Did anybody happen to write down a setlist for the Athens show?  I made a recording that came out nice, and I plan to share it, but being a recent Melvins convert I don't know enough to track/title it properly.  Any help with that appreciated!


Thanks
Sloan

well i dont watched the show,but if you make a copy and  trade with me, maybe i can help you...or contact Brian ,maybe he have the setlist!

[FartLips]

participant, you should have seen him in the cows, god what a wierdo. but is very cool to mingle with.

[Simon]

I made a recording that came out nice

please contact me Sloan! thanks!

:D

[The Fool]

if i can get a copy i can help out with a setlist as soon as i hear it

i have a HUGE trade list of live Melvins shows if you will trade me for this show (as well as Trevor's Trio Convulsant if you happened to record that as well cos I LOVE that band too!!!! )

email me at: bungled@softhome.net

[Simon]

hello BRENT!

wow, i didn't know The Fool was Brent!

:D:D

[participant]

Oh god, if I could've seen Kevin in the Cows...  I wanna kick myself sooooooo hard for never seeing them.  Unfortunately I didn't even know about them until about a year ago when I started reading things about the Melvins.  The Cows even toured with the Melvins once, think what that would have been like!

I have been starting to acquire Cows albums though.  So far I have Whorn and Sorry in Pig Minor and they just swallow me alive.

[benton netty]

Did anybody happen to write down a setlist for the Athens show?  I made a recording that came out nice, and I plan to share it, but being a recent Melvins convert I don't know enough to track/title it properly.  Any help with that appreciated!

Thanks
Sloan

i could help with titling, for sure, as well. you could send me a one-track disc and i could suggest where to divide the tracks, also.

the larger question is, how do you plan on sharing this? sharingthegroove? easytree? soulseek?

can't wait to hear it.

[Beto Brasil]

I made a recording that came out nice

please contact me Sloan! thanks!

:D

hey dude, you , im here first, later you can get of me,and shut up!

[lemmeseethatrectum]

i think kevin looks like hes fucking the crowd while he plays,  kind of interesting, although once i saw him and half of the set he was dealing with his amp, that was a let down.

[participant]

hell, and Trevor looked like he was fucking his bass, with those faces he kept making.