Melvins in Minneapolis 2006, Grumpy's & SooVAC Shows

[GrimReaper]

The Melvins played this weekend. Two or three shows in MN.

Didn't anyone with writing skills attend this show?

Kurdt Lover has already posted the art work to the show's collector's single.

Please remember those that could not attend. Any review would be welcome.

Thank you very much.

G. Reaper

[glen]

I second that!
(plus throw in some pics if you could as well  )

I REALLY want to hear about this show,  setlist, etc.

[brian]

i can't really remember the setlist perfectly but i think it went
Noise intro by dave stone*
pigs of the roman empire
bloated pope, pink bat, or safety third - can't remember
amazon
AMAZON
Let it all be
Hooch
Joan of Arc*
At The Stake
Shevil

The asterisks were my personal favorite moments.  It was about 50 minutes, drum intros of black stooges and teet were played, no songs off gpt, ozma, eggnog, bullhead, lysol, stag and hat were played, no cover songs.  only thing that was said was thanks, goodnight by buzz or something to that effect.  grumpy's is not the ideal place to see the melvins and I don't think they enjoy playing long sets due to that, there is like ten feet between the bar and the stage and people basically crowd around it and if you are more than four people back you basically can't see anything, and this led to the large amount of conversations going on during the set by attendees, like 2/3 of the audience was talking to their friends during the show.  Basically they paid 10 bucks each for melvins to be a live jukebox for them for 45 minutes.  I couldn't go to the show on friday night, but my understanding is that it was the same set both nights and I prefer not to see them two nights in a row when they play the same set, and I think buzz has mentioned in the past that they don't reccommend it either.  Went to the toy signing which was scheduled from 2-5 at 4, they sold out of stuff right away though apparently and were gone when we got there.  As I stated in another topic, I haven't listened to the 7" yet because my turntable is broke, gotta love arcane technology.  I don't take pictures at shows, too many inbeciles crowding you to make it worth the effort in my estimation.  I was lucky enough to be standing behind and slightly to the left of a dude with long blonde hair who allowed me to have his hair flung in my face as he headbanged reign in blood style.  Let me know what else you want to know.

[glen]

very cool. thanks brian.

hopefully someone has some pics.

[zach]

I was at the SOOVAC show. It was cool. Seemed like a short set to me, but whatever. I dont remember them playing Joan of Arc at the Friday show? How could I have missed that... but its been known to happen.

Anyways. I didnt think the sound was all that great at the show because A) The venue is not really built for this kind of loud music. B) The amps, drums were not miced (didnt need to be it was loud as hell as it was) so the balance of instruments at times seemed... well unbalanced.

Still a good show nonetheless.

[TosT]

ok... so i went to these shows.
yeah, i can't remember the setlist AT ALL. i'm glad brian did. i'm just not too good at that kind of thing. remembering, that is. it was even the same both nights and i can't recall. i don't even know the song names very well. what a terrible fan-boy i make. i also had some beers. the U.S. is interesting to me. $1 beers at the SOOVAC show, and then i was paying $4.50 a bottle at grumpy's (imported mind you).

and it was apparantly buzz's birthday on march 25th? part way through the set, dale and DSS sang happy birthday to him before blasting into another tune.

they had two versions of the single for sale, 2 different artwork covers i mean, and a clear and black vinyl version of them. i bought each of them. listened to them last night but my pre-amp on my record player was messed up, so i couldn't hear the songs too well. they sounded pretty good. actual "rock" songs for sure though. i'll fix it up tonight hopefully and report back if someone else hasn't already.

[photman]

http://photobucket.com/albums/b196/photman/melvins%20grumpys%2006/?action=view&current=scan0006.jpg

[norecess]

Thanks for the pictures.

Isn't Big Business part of the Melvins now or have I missed something?

[brian]

Won't be touring with them till later in the year, they've been writing songs together though.

[norecess]

Won't be touring with them till later in the year, they've been writing songs together though.

Ah I see. I knew they have been writing songs together. Thanks.

[greenguy]

Buzz looks heavy! Notice the breathe right strip on his shnozz. 

[glen]

thanks greenguy.

[brian]

buzz and dave were both wearing mumu's, dale was NOT wearing a speedo 

[klump]

buzz and dave were both wearing mumu's, dale was NOT wearing a speedo

[brian]

buzz and dave were both wearing mumu's, dale was NOT wearing a speedo 

was he going commando??

haha no just wearing regular shorts