What were the first few Melvins albums you went and bought?

[(((O)))]

I'll ever so innocently slip him copies of Colossus of Destiny and Prick.

Nah, Maggot and Bootlicker next for Mike!

[JUDY]

You're right. I'll play nice for a little while.
...That's why I said, "When he least expects it."

[norecess]

the first album i went and bought was gluey porch treatments. instead of convincing me at once, it took over my mind little by little. then after i saw the band live in action on 2003 on the geek tour with tomahawk, things really started to come together for me and not long after that i started ordering one album after another.

i also remember buying POTRE when it came out, must have been in 2004. the storekeeper didn't seem aware of this collaboration and seemed happily surprised. i knew from his radio show on dutch radio station kink fm he was heavily into darkwave and industrial. unfortunately both kink fm and that record store no longer exist.

[the crybaby]

houdini CD
ozma + gpt CD
stoner witch CD
...

[(PAUL)]

houdini CD
ozma + gpt CD
stoner witch CD
...

And then everything else on the planet that says Melvins on it.

[ZILLA]

The Crybaby was my first melvins album. Ipecac records was pretty new at this point and I had just seen Fantomas on their first tour and was blown away by Buzz's guitar work. I remember thinking that they were a weird band and at the time I was a pretty straight forward metal fan.

[Bengerman]

I got Houdini through Columbia House or BMG for a penny. At the time I didn't think it was my cup of tea but it grew on me and the next two albums I got were You Choice Live Series and Lysol on a school field trip. Listening to Lysol on the way home on the bus with headphones I felt like I had been dupped until about 10 minutes later when the awesomeness filled my ears. YCLS really is a great live album. I know the Melvins weren't happy with the people that did it but it's nice to hear those songs with more "umpf" behind them.
Then I got Oskar/GPT free from a guy in my art class.

[Captain CoryCory]

I think it was about 11 years since I bought Houdini now. Even though I like the album a lot would it be crazy to say I think some of the Melvins' best albums came before AND after The Atlantic Years?

[Bengerman]

Ozma/GPT (damn auto correct)

[Bengerman]

I don't think that's so crazy. HAT is my favorite album. I get a little tired of Houdini and stoner witch and stag sometimes. They are all great but they certainly don't define the Melvins.

I find that it's not so much about the albums as it is the period with the Melvins. I'm often in a ozma/gpt mood or a bullhead/eggnog mood or a senile animal/nude w boots/bride screamed murder mood etc...

I'm currently listening to the whole catalog on shuffle for the past week. That's been pretty fun. I think there are 418 songs not including live stuff.