Did you like the melvins the first time?

[bUcKsAtAn]

I was 14 when i first heard em', and that was when I bought Stoner Witch.  awesome first cd for a band for me.
Aside from the few who have posted already...

How old were you when you first heard the melvins? I feel sorry for the warped young minds who are listening to them before they realize that it is not  JOKE, it's actual music.  fucking people.  I have some friends that come over and rummage through my cds, and hey always put in the melvins and laugh and say 'is he drunk or something?'.
 ingrates  

[Reverend Ebeneezer]

Would've been about 15 I think...As I recall I DLed some of Electro off Napster before buying it actually...

[bUcKsAtAn]

Would've been about 15 I think...As I recall I DLed some of Electro off Napster before buying it actually...

Be careful when you say the "N" word here.  you might be arrested by Lars Ulrich or LL Cool J for plageurism(sp).

[cheeseburger]

16? or around there. i was still really into metal but slowly getting into more interesting stuff like sonic youth, pixies. then i heard the melvins. they were the perfect band for me and still are too this day. they embrace all the things that i liked about metal and much more. they are the only "metal" sounding band i really listen to now. i don't need anything else. just give me some good heavy melvins.

[speaker fuzz]

i was 14 when i first heard the melvins, im now 17 ive only been a proper fan for like a year

[lord of heaviness]

13.

[bUcKsAtAn]

Lord,  your signature makes me want to pick up my guitar at this late hour.
hmm...

[Mario Lemieux]

i did EXACTLY the stereotype.  i mean it was by the book...15 years old, just bought all five nirvana albums and read up on them.  bought Houdini and put it on quiet so my parents couldn't hear the heaviness.  immediately got scared and thought "what the fuck is this? this doesn't sound like Nirvana"  skipped through until i heard Honey Bucket and felt a little relief.  kept skipping until i heard the other catchy ones (7,8 and 11 or whatever)  and determined i had just enough to work with to feel i hadn't wasted $15.
by the book baby.
it sounds like someone that would've ended up NOT liking them rather than buying everything they put out.

[Mesteren]

My first Melvins experience was Eggnog. I was at a record store, picked up the 10" and asked the guy behing the counter to play it loud. He put it on, and right away this slow, heavy music started comming out of the speakers. We listened to it for a couple of minutes in total awe when he realized he had put it on at wrong speed. It was supposed to run on 33 rpm! Of course I bought it right away.
Eggnog: The only true path to Melvins consciousness.

[Mario Lemieux]

thta's hilarrious.  i did the same thing with the "With Yo Heart Not Your Hands"  45.  i put it on at the wrong speed and thought it was just REALLY slow and scary.  sadly, it took me several times of listening to realize my problem.

[Kurva]

i saw Hooch video in some document about nirvana on mtv and i was pretty ripped
i herd about them before, but never actually herd them

and when i saw hooch, i thought: "WOOOOW MAN! They're HHHEAAAVY!"
it was exactly what ive expected, what ive thought theyll sound

heavy, with intelligent riffs

i knew i would love them, and I DID.... I DO
from that moment im a total melvinsfanatic

who isnt?

[Beto Brasil]

first time I heard the Melvins I liked, i hear Oven and Boris,very great i think!

[popeye]

I'm gonna have to dig it out and put it on right now, Bullhead that is.

[Hog log]

My first Melvins experience was Eggnog. I was at a record store, picked up the 10" and asked the guy behing the counter to play it loud. He put it on, and right away this slow, heavy music started comming out of the speakers. We listened to it for a couple of minutes in total awe when he realized he had put it on at wrong speed. It was supposed to run on 33 rpm! Of course I bought it right away.
Eggnog: The only true path to Melvins consciousness.

Eggnog ... yeah. This record is often forgotten ! However, Hog leg is a nice song...  

[Green Honey]

I heard of them before I actually heard them, back when Prick first came out. I remember being very eager to hear it because they seemed like what I was looking for in a band. Interesting. First time I heard them was late 1993/early '94 when I was a 12 year old Aerosmith fan, I saw "Hooch" on Beavis & Butt-Head and was blissfully mesmerised.
I didn't get round to buying any of their stuff for a few years though for lack of money, but during this time I got to see and videotape the Queen video on late night British TV, which I watched regularly until I got round to buying my first Melvins record: Stoner Witch when I was 16. That was soon followed by Honky, Lysol, and the rest.
As is sadly the case, they don't play very often here in the UK, apart from last year when I got to see them not once but twice in the space of 4 months! Plus I got to meet Kevin briefly before the live soundtrack show in Liverpool.