Did you like the melvins the first time?

[bUcKsAtAn]

The first time you heard the Melvins, what did you think?  Did you like it, was it a total pile of crap?  Both?  
another question(out of boredom), How did you first hear of the Melvins?

~yours in boredom
LAter

[meryl`sdrummer]

The first time you heard the Melvins, what did you think?  Did you like it, was it a total pile of crap?  Both?  
another question(out of boredom), How did you first hear of the Melvins?

~yours in boredom
LAter

Man, the first time I heard the melvins I was confused!Just asked myself in what hole i

[Hog log]

Yes, I did like the Melvins the first time. The first song I heard was "Hooch" on Houdini. I was actually "stoned" by this awesome 70's heavy metal sound. I couldn't understand one single word of this song but "real life" was in it. Rough, straight, brutal. This song was built with the matter and spirit of pure subversive r'n'r.

It was a great moment. Melvins had just exploded the grunge vault . End of a worship, beginning of a new era  

[speaker fuzz]

I was standing in silence! It was unbelivable loud and it makes my ears burn and I was one step to crying`cause I make music myself and I realized that noone, not me or any other would ever be that cool again!

man....that was deep, deep indeed  

first time i heard the melvins i liked it but didnt make an impression on me, i heard them through nirvana, after a year of listening to the same 4 melvins songs i decided to get more and when i heard night goat, well i became an obsessed fan, as appose to the casual fan, and now i listen to their hard rocking riffs everyday

[zium]

the first song i heard was god of thunder, i downloaded it off kazaa. i thought it was ok but nothing special. when i heard some of the ozma tracks and night goat i was sold

yesterday i was listening to a '91 bootleg (boston) and my sister came in the room and she went all aggressive because of melvins. they have so much impact

[Reverend Ebeneezer]

I remember buying Electroretard on a whim because I was trying to understand 'grunge' music at the time and enjoying the KLF-like Revolve on there as well as the striahgt ahead rock of YOA. Mind you, then it went onto the shelf and I didn't really listen to the Melvins for a few months until I bought Crybaby which REALLY turned me off the band...however, a little while later I picked up Houdini on a whim and then Stoner Witch and was hooked. It took some perseverence but I was on a train in Scotland and listened to Stoner Witch twice through...

In a roundabout way, I was indifferent to the Melvins at first, more than anything...

[TosT]

I was impressed when i first heard them. I don't remember what song/album it was. I'd heard of them, but a buddy of mine first played some for me. Went out and bought Stoner Witch, first listen i was distracted by other things and didn't get excited, second listen was with headphones and i was floored. My buddy said that only about half their stuff was good. Went and bought everything. Favourite band ever. That was just 4 years ago

[Aggroculture]

I had heard so much about them. Then I saw the video for 'Queen' on TV, and was instantly hooked. I ran and got 'Stoner Witch' and have never looked back. I liked it straight away, even though at the time, some of the slower stuff and songs like 'Magic Pig Detective' or 'Roadbull' did seem a bit odd to me. But I was enthralled, rather than appalled.

[popeye]

Oh Yeah!  Loved the sound.  I got swept away by Nirvana (living in seattle and all) I'd only seen themelvins on Posters for shows and the radio stations i listened to didn't play Melvins so I picked up a couple used tapes from Cellophane square (the old store when Scott mcCaughey used to work there) i picked up Bullhead and Your BlessedCow- and when i listened for the first time realized this was For me.  
So i went to see the Melvins the next time they were in town (jan-93 @ Rkcndy) An Evening with the melvins,  Wow.  Lorax Blew Me Away, it was like she was in a trance, I was right in front of the stage on her side,  the band was Deep into Sludge at that point.  
I knew my Life had Changed after that Show.

[lord of heaviness]

First time I heard the Melvins was "Don't Piece Me" from Gluey Porch Treatments and since that day I've never been the same. I was amazed and I was an instant Melvins fanatic.

[Hog log]

The first time I heard the Melvins I thought : "IT" is sludge metal !  

[bUcKsAtAn]

all of these posts are making me smile and making me remember why i got into the melvins.    

[Anonymous]

I heard of the Melvins because I was into Nirvana when 12 or 13. I kinda forgot about them (w/o ever hearing them) until I heard that they were going to be on ipecac recs (back when they only had a couple bands). So transformed from Cobain fanboy into Patton fanboy, there the Melvins emerged again. I figured they had to be a sure thing. The first album I bought was The Bootlicker. I liked it but I knew something was amiss. I went out the very next day and bought both "Stoner Witch" and "Honky". I listened to Witch like twice in a row and LOVED it. Then I busted out the bong and they headphones and sat down to Honky. I think I cried (or wet myself).

[Reverend Ebeneezer]

I I listened to Witch like twice in a row and LOVED it. Then I busted out the bong and they headphones and sat down to Honky. I think I cried (or wet myself).

You are one cool-ass motherfucker! I've just blitzed a blunt and a J with a few mates and am settling down with Stag...sweeeeeeeet.

[cheeseburger]

bullhead was the first for me. i loved it! hooked since...