rollingstone article on melvins

[baruk]

Melvins Go to the Movies

Band to provide live accompaniment to three films

The Melvins will take the stage of UCLA's Royce Hall Saturday night to accompany three films by Cameron Jamie. The collaboration began in 2000, when San Fernando native Jamie inserted the band's eighteen-minute 1992 song "Lysol" into BB, his profile of backyard wrestlers.
"He edited the movie to exactly that length," says Melvins guitarist Buzz Osborne, "and we thought it was great, really funny."

That sparked the Melvins to write a pair of original tracks to accompany the Jamie films Kranky Klaus and Spook House (both 2003). On Saturday, the band will perform the two pieces and "Lysol" as one continuous, seventy-five-minute piece of music while the films play.

The logistics in piecing together such an ambitious work proved both daunting and rewarding for the Melvins. "It's kind of overwhelming," Osbourne says. "But what interested me the most was the thing that's always interested me about live music: the fact that anything goes. When people go to the movies they're in one of the most controlled environments they'll ever be in -- well, this is taking that out of it. It's a roll of the dice."

But Osborne isn't exactly seeking a new career here. "These aren't normal Hollywood movies, obviously," he says. "I didn't want to do some Danny Elfman crapola. He must write that shit in his sleep. He might as well be working at a fucking bank."



COLIN DEVENISH
(Posted Dec 01, 2004)

[Brooklyns Finest PoonTang]

Did they do Lysol in Vienna? That's fucking cool. Just wish I was in LA for this...

[zubata]

ya man
they did lysol
(mmmm and how can i know it? because ... I WAS THERE!   )

[nerker]

i'm going tomorrow.
I can't beleive I'm gonna see LYSOL.

[anaconda]

is Dave Stone on bass again like the Vienna show?? or someone else??

[EGO the Living Planet]

"He might as well be working at a fucking bank"

Buzz rules

[popeye]

Rool fer sure.  Not only is he the King of the D chord, the master of ceremonies at night after night of incredible unruly Shit, he also has an incredibly Quick "Wit"  and a killer sense of humour.  he's a Complete Cynic and an Eternal optomist.  And i just love it when he "takes the piss out of somebody"  Rich and famous.
 Let's give D.E. some little bit of credit.  it makes me think also of Mark mothersbaugh (Devo) who also has worked for 25 years producing music for children's Television (Subversive i hope!)  and some movie work.
  Buzzo will be Flooded with offers for movie work.  One of these daze the Entire World will Wake up and Realize what a "Modern" Genius this man is.  no shit Sherlock!

[brian]

while i admit elfman has lost his charm over the years, he has also done some interesting scores in his time, particularly the stuff he did with tim burton.  And he was in Oingo Boingo, you may not like them but i think they have some merit.  of course i guess this comes back to the line most hollywood people say, "yeah, but what have they done lately"

[Dr. Gonzo]

Weird Science!

[DubEMC]

The Darkman score was really spooky and atmospheric. Matched the film perfectly!

" My name is not " buddy ". It's Durant, Robert G. Durant! "

[spread regal beagle]

man, rolling stone ain't been rock since...well, never.