Funniest thing heard at a Melvins concert?

[Buick GN]

..newbies applauding/cheering for an encore.

[TGH]

..newbies applauding/cheering for an encore.

I've seen them on bootlegs doing an encore before. I beleive at some Kentucky show they came back out and did Youth of America.

I remeber I took all my friends to see the Melvins back in '04. It was rather entertaining to hear them whine about POTRE, seeing as how they usually enjoy pop music. Luckily, my friends are now "tolerating" them and actually enjoy a song or two.

[blacksanta]

Not only did they used to do encores, their shows were frigging long.

[klump]

Not only did they used to do encores, their shows were frigging long.

well, that depends on the setting.
Ive seen both.

[norecess]

I believe it was the 4 X 4 tour when Buzz said " coughing up blood, i think i've had enough!"

That's a Leech line!

I've seen them on bootlegs doing an encore before. I beleive at some Kentucky show they came back out and did Youth of America.

Sure they didn't just remain silence for a few minutes, changed the sign on an amp in teh back from 'Melvins' to 'Thank You'?

Not only did they used to do encores, their shows were frigging long.

well, that depends on the setting.
Ive seen both.

Yeah, I have a '89 bootleg with Lorax that blows my mind every time I watch it, even though it's only about 30 minutes long. Not even maybe. It's beyond time.

[didlisquat]

Check your lyrics norecess, that isn't in the song leech. Maybe Buzz has used that line before ,but it ain't in leech. And the way he did it at the show was one of those gotta be there type things.It was more like "coooooooooooooughing up bloooooooooooooooooooooood, i think i've had enough" after a long heavy feedback session. Still my favorite single line by Buzz at a show and i've seen over twenty in the past thirteen years.

[Hog log]

i'm deaf

[norecess]

Check your lyrics norecess, that isn't in the song leech.

http://www.themelvins.net/forum/index.php?topic=3654.0

[KURDTLUVUR!]

Check your lyrics norecess, that isn't in the song leech.

http://www.themelvins.net/forum/index.php?topic=3654.0

Za Zing!

time to eat crow.

[glen]

I was at a show a few years back and as the Melvins were playing there was a girl standing near me blabbing about how drunk she was and how cute her shoes were or some shit. A guy leans over to her and says, "Excuse me, would you mind being quiet? This is like a religious experience for some people."

It made me laugh. I love the Melvins but I have never quite thought of them as a religious experience. Blasphemous, I know. Just thought I would share.

yep.  last time in detroit some young fella was being dragged out by his pals and one dude standing by me says (as if to mock the unconscious fella)    " this was a religious experience "   must be more common than I thought.

[TGH]

I've seen them on bootlegs doing an encore before. I beleive at some Kentucky show they came back out and did Youth of America.

Sure they didn't just remain silence for a few minutes, changed the sign on an amp in teh back from 'Melvins' to 'Thank You'?

Yeah, they do their "last song" then stand there for like five minutes, then bust into Youth of America. I guess because they didn't leave the stage, it doesn't really count as an encore. But I dunno.

[Pelican]

2 things I saw, not really heard.

1. Was when they played at North Six in Brooklyn a couple years ago. Near the end of show some dude got up on stage and attempted to do a backflip into the crowd. Attempted being the key word. He landed right on his head. I felt bad for the guy, but at the same time it was hilarious. He was carried out on the shoulders of two friends. I think he got hurt kinda bad.

2. The "Melvins" on one side "Thank You" on the other sign. Watching the Melvins stand in place silent for what seemed like 10 minutes without any expression was awesome. It drove the crowd nuts, and when Kevin flipped the sign the place went totally insane. That was probably the coolest thing I've ever seen at any live performance of any kind.



And not Melvins related, but funny. At a Sonic Youth concert after the opening act was gone and a few minutes before Sonic Youth took the stage some dude jumped on the stage and screamed into the mic, "My name is Kiiiiiiiiiiiiiid Rock!!!!!" Yeah, it sounds pretty stupid, but it was hilarious and he made the whole place laugh.

[idiotboy]

Mark D :

'My name is sheryl crowe and every day is a winding road'

[deatheats]

Dale said, "Some folks backstage said they didn't recognize me cause I'd gotten fat.  Well, Elvis got fat too..."

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here's an old thread with some good quotes, can't believe I actually found it.


http://www.themelvins.net/forum/index.php?topic=1522.0