King Buzzo Etymology?

[dontyoutellme]

obviously my king is
mELVInS.

i would thing you would know bhm. im surprised. your brainy catacombs.
if i asked buzz he'd lie to me surely.

creepy crover is so much easier.

[YearZero]

I believe the name ' King Buzzo' comes because he's king creating riffs. At least I thought so while reading the Melvins tabs -thread.

[jaymz]

If you're ever driving around upstate/western NY and you see a bumper sticker that says BUZZO, it's not what you think. There's a record/CD/instrument store in Geneseo NY called Buzzo's. The guy has been in business for like 30 yrs, and he's sort of a local legend. Really cool store, really weird, nice guy. I saw him once bust out his trumpet and jam with some bands at a bar. He was wearing just a bathrobe. It was great.

Sounds kinda like the dude.

I was once in a club wearing a melvins t shirt (not thats anything new about all i wear) when some really ugly girl in a bra and mini skirt with legs that looked like orange peel came up to me and and said "The melvins" and pointed at my top, before i could throw in the reply of 'shit really i thought it said kiss' she said "thats the band which the singer calls himself king buzzo isnt it? thats the reason i dont like them because he calls himself that............(this is where im thinking sooooooooooooooooo)........oh that and they killed kurt cobain so you shouldnt like them either" me staring at her like what the fuck are you on about you dumb ass asks "so what music should i like then?" her reply "take that. then you will be alternative"
Nice story that for reading as removed your iq but i thought you would like to know the intelligence of people in liverpool.

[linoleum blownapart]

since the butthole surfers had king coffee, the melvins needed a king too.

[GrimReaper]

[linoleum blownapart]

My kid has a shirt similar to that.  A crappy Mexican food chain has them.

[blacksanta]

First appearance of Buzzo = Venus in Furs 7"
First appearance of King Buzzo = Eggnog

[Buzzinthebox]

At one of buzzos acoustic show in Austin a couple years ago there was a girl band called Taco Cat from Seattle that played after him. Coincidence?! They were ok. I used to know the link where buzz explains his nickname but I forgot!

[Mount Ambulance]

I've heard it was because he was a dominating control freak (in a good way?) apparently the name was hoisted upon him by Tom Flynn (Fang/Boner) either when they (Melvins) were a Boner band or when Tom was bassing for 'em ... maybe those events/times overlap?

[Bengerman]

I thought I remember hearing that someone called him that as an insult because he was always trying to boss everyone around and he adopted it as his own. For some reason I was thinking Joe Preston had something to do with it.

[ilduclo]

king B  entomology

[Stonergrunge]

I read somewhere (maybe in the forum) that Jonathan Burnside was responsible for the nickname due to the way Buzz expressed his opinions.

[GrimReaper]

king B  entomology

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[Bengerman]

https://youtu.be/Tnp-J2l7_Qc
He explains in the first minute how he became THE KING.

[Dumpster D]

Cool.