Why did Joe Preston leave the Melvins?

[Doug Fisher]

Joe Preston was not in the Melvins for very long.  What was the reason for his departure from the Melvins?

I've heard reasons why the other bass players were kicked out, but I've never heard why Joe Preston was.  Does anyone know?

[cooter]

i think he was just filling in until lori black (lorax) came back.

[kl0pper]

I tihnk he was kicked out for being an asshole.

[Reverend Ebeneezer]

Buzz apparently booted him because he didn't feel Joe was that great a bass-player....

[klump]

buzz thought he had a bad work moral (and a sucky bass player) so he kicked him out. read the pissing in the wind fanzine....

[GrimReaper]

Why was he called "Stinky"?
He must of smelled like hell of course, but does anyone have the story behind it?

The Matt Luken's Legs Fanzine Joe Preston put out shows what a fan he was of the band. He sounds like he followed the Melvins around a lot in the Northwest. My guess is he started to annoy Buzz once he became a member.

[Beto Brasil]

Joe go to bedroom with Diarr

[Leroy]

Yeah, I remember in an interview with Buzz and he said that Joe Preston was pretty lazy, and when it came time to do the Joe Preston album (with the Kiss-like cover),  Joe called it a "homework assignment."  Buzz then said that Joe Preston expected it to be all fun and play and no hard work.  So the main reason, as far as I know, is because of laziness.

[donnie butler]

an excerpt from a bio found on the band Earth

check it out:

ttp://www.subpop.com/bands/earth/earthbio.html

"Joe's dream becomes reality. He is asked to join the Melvins. He can't leave earth fast enough. Dream becomes nightmare when his bitter, money-grubbing ways do not endear him to his employers. The Melvins can him. He takes revenge by bootlegging to his employers. The Melvins can him. He takes revenge by bootlegging  earth 7in's."

It sounds a lot more complicated than him being "lazy".....

[joe preston]

Buzz and Dale didnt want to share that big fat advance check
from Atlantic with me, so about a week before they went in to
start working on Houdini I get my walking papers. Fuckers!!

Oh ya, Loris isn't really playing on any of those Houdini songs,
it's  Buzz and Dale playig the thunder log on all the songs she was
credited with.

I was never so happy as when i heard that junkie whore
shitty musician Lori OD'd. It left Buzz begging me to come back
but I told him to fuck off straight up.

And for the record, Stinky comes from the fact that I like to play
and record in my bare feet. Now go buy a Thrones record, fucky.

[Lizzy]

Don't worry Joe, I think you're a good bass player.  By the way, is a new Thrones album coming out soon?

[joe preston]

I'm doing a few shows with Sunn))) and a couple one-offs with Men's Recovery Project then I get back to the studio for These Arms are Snakes and new Thrones Mach III - Releases coming around March 2004

[donnie butler]

hey joe,

i am glad that you responed to set the record straight.
despite what has been reported with the rumors and stories about your short stint with the melvins, etc., it doesn't matter to me.

what matters is that the music you create with the thrones is still really great and interesting.

keep on creating!

also, i wanted to know how (or where) i can buy the thrones shirt w/ the grizzly bear.
lemmy know.
thanks.

[Anonymous]

Bullshit! I want some proof this is Joe Preston.

[huber]

so is someone going to register as buzz or dale... i mean, who'd know!!  
hey..umm, joe.. i laugh my ass off everytime i see that punk fucker get knocked off the stage in the salad video. nice moves..