some idiot trying to boycott the melvins

[Vcavallo]

che- che- che- check it out, check it out:

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BOYCOTT the MELVINS on Oct. 13. by schneidlomat on Oct 1,2006 6:40pm

: post by schneidlomat at Oct 1,2006 6:40pm

There is one person I will not hate if they do decide to not heed my call to
BOYCOTT THE MELVINS SHOW on Oct. 13, 2006 at the Living Room in Providence
RI. That is Jonathan W. He is a fan and should over-ride this and go.

Everyone else, should think hard about what I am about to write.

Back in the day, Arab on Radar was very excited to play a "big" show with
the Melvins at the Living Room. A few of us worked wt that place for brief
stints and really hyped the show up bigtime to Mr. Randy Hein (RIP). Randy
as a result, took our word and gave the MELVINS everything they demanded in
thier rider - including beer, a compelte catered dinner for all thier crew
and themselves, it was literally a room full of stuff, Randy shelled out
major cash for it...

Long story short, and hour before thier sound check (apx. 6 PM) thier
manager calls from Boston trying to shake Randy down for an extra 1000.00 to
play. They debated for a while and Randy could not pay them what they asked.
Then they moved on to the reason - they didn't want a local band on the
show, they did not want to pay the local band yadda yadda...
They basically did not want to play...

So, they screwed everyone, did not show up, and continued on thier tour.

We in AOR put up a sign letting fans know that they weren't playing. About
250 people looked at it, turned around and left. We played to about 50
people... bad show.

Thats do-able, OK.

BUT.

The next week my homie from Atlanta (thier next stop on tour) mailed me a
clip from their local Phoenix type of newspaper, I think it is called the
Atlanta Weekly or something like that...

It contained an interview with King Buzzo, that stated the reason they
cancelled Providence was because the club owner "did not support local
bands"... ! You can find all of this online if you care to do some googling
or other forms of websearching.

SO that was BS, we e-mailed thie management and threatened to kick thier
asses if they came back... which (funny enough) kept them out of Providence
for many years. no lie...

They apparently did come back later with HELMET and basically snag stupid
showtunes and fuckedoff the whole show.

in a nutshell, they absolutely suck, the music, the hairdos, talentless
cronies and jaded old farts.

I call on all people, who care about local music to pass on this show...

I find it personally repugnant that anyone in Providence would BOOK this
shit knowing the score, but someone did, and ya know... someone always does.
It is like being an intern for Antonin Scalia, theres always some poor
schmuck that will sell out all principles and do it... sad, truely sad.

But please do not go.

I can offer a free 7'' (made in mexico) to anyone who seriously can convince
me that they were going and decided not to due to this call to boycott.

This is the first and probably only boycott I would ever contemplate, but we
need to make it not profitable to screw over bands and awesome club owners
like Randy was.

I loved that guy and miss him much.

Melvins Schmelvins (you can download every good album of thiers for free
easily, they suck live, they have sucked for years, give it up)

thanks.

schneidlomat

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read the comments on the guy's blog. i posted one.  the name's "Me, Motherfucker."

[TGH]

Well, looks like the Melvins need to call it quits then. If one fuck in RHODE ISLAND gets them banned from a couple of bars, who knows where else it will lead to!

[Dog Tired]

I wonder if that's the Made in Mexico / Microwaves 7" cause i have that!!!

I bought it from john roman of microwaves in a crowded basement, with a bass stapped on me, still covered in sweat from the gig before ( AVATAR! ), and about to play with Shit Mayor. DubEMC played with Shit Mayor that night too.  He loosened my tie before we played  and all hell broke loose.

And I had that 7" tucked behind my back between my belt and shirt.  I borrow a dollar from Weird Paul's friend who I never met to buy it too!

thinking more about it.. DubEMC bought a 7" that night too. 

I guess we get to be on the melvins side since we have that 7".

[FartLips]

when was this little tussle?  the melvins havent used local bands for many years now.

[(PAUL)]

I remember a few years ago they cancelled a show in Milwaukee because the local bands were being screwed over. You may have heard this story before, but basically this is the deal: there's this place called the Rave that charges local bands to play there, I believe around $400. Local bands don't always play with touring acts, but there was going to be one the night of the Melvins show. Well, they got wind of this and cancelled the show, I think maybe a week before the show. Luckily I was able to go to the show in Chicago the next day. From my understanding the Melvins are never going to play the Rave again, or at least as long as they keep charging local bands to play, which is fine by me as that is total bullshit for local bands around here.

[FartLips]

maybe randy was a douchebag like most club owners i know.

[TGH]

maybe randy was a douchebag like most club owners i know.

Your new avatar is some good stuff.

[Dog Tired]

arab on radar is pretty big though....

i doubt everything this guy says and i stopped caring about this...

[klump]

haha!

manager?
the melvins havent had one in years...

and is the main band supposed to pay for the opening band?

strange stuff...

Im sure all you guys take this seriously, and stops liking the Melvins

"Boohoo , I didnt get to play with my favourite band so now they are assholes!"

[Duke of Prunes]

I saw Lightning Bolt at the Living Room a few years ago. After the show, I went back to my car, which was parked on some side street about a 1/4 mile away, and the car parked directly in front of me had had its window smashed in and the stereo stolen. I haven't really felt like going back there since.
I might skip this one because I like my car the way it is. But the boycott thing is bullshit. There was probably just some weird miscommunication between the Melvins/the management (if there was any)/the club owner/AOR. Anyways, I'm seeing them on Wednesday with my little bro. Maybe twice in one week is enough.
Speaking of which, the Boston show was pretty kickass. I'll write a review now.

[anaconda]

Arab on Radar are meaningless.

[mopafeena]

Fucken hilarious.

[norecess]

If the Melvins dind't show up like the guy writes, that is a fucking lame thing to do. I'm sure that rider was composed to fuck around with people, and a phone call from their 'manager' for an extra 1000 is highly questionable. Buzz talk a lot of dubious shit in interviews, so he shouldn't have taken that one particular quote so serious. The fact he's involving his own personal opinion on their music, makes him less plausible to me.

[steveybabes]

WHAT A LOAD OF BALL-SHIT!!!!!

That man should grow up. There's obviously more to it than he's letting on.

When I saw the Melvin's play The Electric Ballroom (24th Feb 2005) they had local support bands, and Buzz verbally showed his appreciation for them supporting during the Melvin's set.

[klump]

The fact he's involving his own personal opinion on their music, makes him less plausible to me.

yeah , childish even.