Great American Music Hall, San Fran

[FartLips]

works for me! good stuff, thor!

[GrimReaper]

Yeah, Like Fart says great footage of the shoiw Thor.

What a fucken night!

I started drinking with Bad around 3 pm at the Sea-Tac Airport. Caught BART at SFO and hit the city.

The guy singing We willl rock you played at another show I was at but can't remember.

Altamont tore it up. Dan was out front and Cody filled in on dums. Joey Osbourne got up and sang Pirate Love. Dale played in every group except the We Will Rock you guy.

Got right down front and I got my ass kicked by this 20 year old Japanese dude that had the worst body odor. Fuck i'm getting old. I wanted to punch him in the face.

I think I saw Cheeseburger but he didn't look like Frank Zappa enough so I didn't say anything.

Men of Porn came out and I was standing looking at the base player in underwear. Fuck.

So much music like the ticket said an evening with the Melvins and friends. So much fun last night.

Didn't meet anyone from the BBS and that kind of suprised me. I saw Ritchie standing to the left of stage thumbing his bag.

I did not record the show but will pay handsomely to anyone that can get me a copy.

Buzz looks like he lost some lbs. I cannot believe how tight this musical unit sounded. I thought to myself how lucky I am not to live in Brazil.

I crashed with Bad at an SFO friend's house. He wakes me up What the fuck are you doing? I guess I thoiught I was in bed with the old lady.

Landed in Seattle and I am the only mother fucker on the plane except ythe cleaners. What a night!

See you in Seattle on new Years!!!

Let us hook the fuck up at Pikes Pl;ace!

[glen]

damn grim,  you live LARGE!

[Naked Rob]

That fuckin Melvins show was thee best one I've seen. I was on the side stage throughtout the night and was taking pictures. I haven't seen them yet but I will this weekend. I need to put them up somewhere. probably on myspace proflie. Anyway, BEST MELVINS SHOW EVER!!! Cheers!

[cheeseburger]

indeed, this was one of the best times i've seen the melvins.(this was probably the 13th or 14th time i've seen em, it's hard to keep track anymore) the best was the three set STAG tour but hey this one ROCKED!
there is no way i could give a proper review because i was to busy being blowen away.
altamont killed
men of porn was fucking awesome (anyone catch the sex bomb groove for a minute?)
big buisness fully impressed me this bieng my first time seeing them.
melvens forget about it, you already know.
and i would bet my left nut that hot sauce was indeed jared.
saw a lot of friends and had an all around great time.

[Smellis]

"Got right down front and I got my ass kicked by this 20 year old Japanese dude that had the worst body odor. Fuck i'm getting old. I wanted to punch him in the face." (REAPER)

Grim, I must say for the record, you ARE the man. I could only fantasize about flying across country to catch the MELVINS. SOME DAY!! Face punching would be in order, but Dale and Jared won't put up with any shenanegens.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhtFjoqyCUo

That was a sweet review, are you going to Portland AND Seattle? See you there freak. 

[tastelikedirt]

    Everybody and their brother got to the show early fully expecting the Melvins to be playing as the doors open at 8. No such luck. Once again the Melvins were one step ahead of all.
    Some dude came out to annoy and introduce Altamont some time after 9. He was called Hot Sauce. I think maybe he was dressed as a purple farie, without wings mixed with a 70`s hippy streets of San Francisco cop type vibe. He was playing a ukelele. He got the crowd to stomp and clap while he sang We Will Rock You.



After the audience patience was wearing pretty thin he introduced Altamont.



This was a more full Altamont line up with Toshi, Dan, Coady on drums and even an appearance from  Cap`n Joey. With Dale on guitar and vocals. They played 4 or 5 songs,it was a pretty brief, but solid set. They had a real full sound. They`re better every time I see `em. The house lights came up and time to wait for the next band. Once again the Melvins were one step ahead. I was expecting this band to morph into Porn or whoever was up next.
   There was a brief wait, then Hot Sauce came out again, talked a bit and sang I Love Rock and Roll. Then introduced Porn. Strange thing happened. Santa Claus, Elvis, and a guy in a sport coat w/ no pants took the stage. Elvis suggestively ate a bannana to the delight of the crowd, before he took his place behind the drum set.






Porn was up next, and they punished. Santas guitar had to be the loudest thing of the night. It`s that time of the year you know.It felt like the were floating between songs and improved rock beat downs then back to the familiar rockin songs we all know and love. They even managed to squeeze Sex Bomb in there for a while. They rocked out in a most excellent way. So Awesome.
    Porn finished up and the house lights came up again. After a brief stage preperation the lights went down and Big Bussiness took the stage.






Big Business played a few songs and they pummeled. Dale joined them with his guitar.



   They played a song with Dale and continued on as he left the stage. Shortly thereafter he was behind his drum set. The band continued to rock. Dale joined in on drums, and after a few minutes. The people down front were about to blow a fuckin` gasket cuz they could see none other than King Buzzo off to the side of the stage, gettin ready to rock. The anticipation was thick I tell you. Buzz took the stage and the whole place erupted, as the Melvins blasted off on the start of a long and heavy journey.















    After a whole lotta rockin` Buzz left the stage while the rest of the Melvins continued to rock on. Gradually they rocked less, and Jared sang Goodnight Sweetheart, the drummers stood on the drums and stuff and that was it. House lights came on for the last time. (and guys in monkey masks jumped around)
    Got back to the car in the garage across the street and found out we had been at the show for 4 hours and 20 minutes. The Great American Music Hall has got to be the littlest big place in the world. Old turn of the century theatre with GREAT sound. The non stop beating you constanly take at this show is like no other. The dual drumming is insane and over the top for so long. This line up of Melvins and friends is one of the most impressive rock show presentations I have ever seen.
    I`m gonna guess the Melvins set list was something like this.
The Talking Horse
Bloated Pope
Civilized Worm
Oven
Set Me Straight/OCH
Sky Pup
Let It All Be
Blood Witch
A History Of Drunk
Rat Faced
The Hawk
You`ve Never Been Right
A History of Bad Men
The Mechanical Bride
Revolve
Hooch
The Bit
Lovely Butterflies

[CH]

Did you see anyone wearing Snivlem shirts?

[Smellis]

WOW that is one of the best reviews on the board EVER!!  Thanks!   

[M i C H e L L e]

OMG the pictures are incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[bUTTHOLEmAN]

OMG the pictures are incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

That's sweet you're being nice.
Those pictures are very blurry.
Try a faster lens.

[Idlehanz]

I kinda like em like that.  Thumbs up on the black n white too.

[Beto Brasil]

Buzz looks like he lost some lbs. I cannot believe how tight this musical unit sounded. I thought to myself how lucky I am not to live in Brazil.

[Buick GN]

As always..great shots, Jim.

Thanks for sharing.

[Idlehanz]

Buzz looks like he lost some lbs. I cannot believe how tight this musical unit sounded. I thought to myself how lucky I am not to live in Brazil.

Yea, that was kinda brutal.