Melvins & Helms Alee

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Nizamark

sweet jesus and sweet klaus meine i need to hear that version of sails of charon

the bloat

So, this EP is pretty rad. My favorite collab so far. Can we just talk about the song Galloping Mind Fuk? Steven's bass is all over that shit and this time, I think it really compliments the song. Great energy and melody...

I think the female voice from Helms sounds fresh in the mix, a good juxtaposition against the layers of distortion, plus I prefer her voice to Teri's.

Better Feelings has brief moments that remind me of Specimen... and of course At the Stake, a tight cover of a great song, losing none of the essence of the original.

Crossing fingers for a factory edition to be released. I missed out on the LP

rimb

Quote from: the bloat on August 27, 2023, 10:21:12 PM
So, this EP is pretty rad. My favorite collab so far. Can we just talk about the song Galloping Mind Fuk? Steven's bass is all over that shit and this time, I think it really compliments the song. Great energy and melody...

I think the female voice from Helms sounds fresh in the mix, a good juxtaposition against the layers of distortion, plus I prefer her voice to Teri's.

Better Feelings has brief moments that remind me of Specimen... and of course At the Stake, a tight cover of a great song, losing none of the essence of the original.

Crossing fingers for a factory edition to be released. I missed out on the LP

Agree with all of this!

Great release

))))((((

This is a good EP!!! I've listened to Helms Alee before but not enough to be able to say how much influence they hold on this one. I thought the Scorpions cover was a bit incongruous with the rest but not terribly so. Better Feeling is a cool, laidback, classy Melvins tune and the update of At The Stake is fantastic! I like the fact they changed it a bit adding the female vocalist from Helms Alee as the main voice whilst Buzz jumps in on the choruses. That was neat and very powerful. Probably one of the better EP's they have put out.

JFKC

This is a great ep. I was listening to it and I thought to myself that sounds like Gary Chester. Low and behold, in little tiny writing.... " additional guitars: Gary Chester" he is all over this recording, I think that's awesome. Gary Chester makes me want to quit playing guitar and keep playing guitar all at the same time.

jules

Quote from: JFKC on September 02, 2023, 08:29:56 AM
This is a great ep. I was listening to it and I thought to myself that sounds like Gary Chester. Low and behold, in little tiny writing.... " additional guitars: Gary Chester" he is all over this recording, I think that's awesome. Gary Chester makes me want to quit playing guitar and keep playing guitar all at the same time.
"One Gary Chester....there's only one Gary Chester.....One Gary Cheeeeeeeeester, there's only one Gary Che-eeee-ster."

(to the tune of Guantanamera, in case you didn't know)

amazonAMAZON

Gary Chester of Ed Hall, WATA, and Moist Fist?

(BTW I had no idea Kozik had already done a version of the Electroretard cover for MF in 1993 https://www.discogs.com/master/1323173-Moist-Fist-Moist-Fist )

linoleum blownapart

Shit I got void manes and helms alee backwards. Yes guy Jules, that Gary, Buzz loves him some Gary.

The MF record was on Kozik's label before he started Man's Ruin, if that help connect the dots.
thrower of the bong water balloons

))))((((

So, wait a moment, just to confirm, Gary Chester is on the Helms Alee EP?

linoleum blownapart

thrower of the bong water balloons

JFKC

Quote from: ))))(((( on September 02, 2023, 02:08:20 PM
So, wait a moment, just to confirm, Gary Chester is on the Helms Alee EP?

All over it....

JFKC

Quote from: jules on September 02, 2023, 08:52:32 AM
Quote from: JFKC on September 02, 2023, 08:29:56 AM
This is a great ep. I was listening to it and I thought to myself that sounds like Gary Chester. Low and behold, in little tiny writing.... " additional guitars: Gary Chester" he is all over this recording, I think that's awesome. Gary Chester makes me want to quit playing guitar and keep playing guitar all at the same time.
"One Gary Chester....there's only one Gary Chester.....One Gary Cheeeeeeeeester, there's only one Gary Che-eeee-ster."

(to the tune of Guantanamera, in case you didn't know)

Now I know... 😂

))))((((

Quote from: JFKC on September 03, 2023, 11:27:18 AM
Quote from: ))))(((( on September 02, 2023, 02:08:20 PM
So, wait a moment, just to confirm, Gary Chester is on the Helms Alee EP?

All over it....
I remember seeing a photo (perhaps taken by Toshi) of him in the Melvins studio and a comment about him recording guitar. I presumed whatever it was would feature on an upcoming Melvins album and not this EP. I wonder if they did any further recording with him for other stuff too.

linoleum blownapart

I remember him saying he flew out and did this over a couple of days.  Hopefully he'll be back, or there is some left overs.

We had had a few margarita by then.
thrower of the bong water balloons

baruk

I'm guessing the tour vinyl edition of this didn't make it beyond the first night? Haven't seen any pics of it being sold at the Merch tables. I wonder how many were out aside for the tour