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STOP YOUR WHINING! USA FALL TOUR w/ REDD KROSS!
 
Tickets are on-sale this Friday, May 16 at 10 a.m. local time, with an exclusive artist pre-sale beginning Wednesday, May 14 at 10 a.m. local time (code: VENUS). Tickets are available via Ipecac.com/tours.
 
 
September 9 Flagstaff, AZ Yucca North
September 10 Santa Fe, NM Meow Wolf
September 12 Boulder, CO Fox Theatre
September 13 Fort Collins, CO Aggie Theatre
September 15 Sioux Falls, SD Bigs Bar
September 16 Moorhead, MN Harold’s On Main
September 18 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
September 19 Davenport, IA The Raccoon Motel
September 20 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue
September 22 Columbus, OH A&R Music Bar
September 23 Huntington, WV The Loud
September 24 Morgantown, WV 123 Pleasant Street
September 25 Toledo, OH Frankie’s
September 26 Buffalo, NY Electric City
September 27 Brooklyn, NY CBGB Festival
September 29 Providence, RI Fete Music Hall
September 30 Hamden, CT Space Ballroom
October 1 Asbury Park, NJ The Stone Pony
October 2 Bethlehem, PA Musikfest Café at the ArtsQuest
October 3 Lancaster, PA Tellus 360
October 4 Washington, DC Black Cat
October 6 Raleigh, NC Lincoln Theatre
October 7 Asheville, NC The Orange Peel
October 8 Knoxville, TN Bijou Theatre
October 10 Pensacola, FL Vinyl Music Hall
October 11 Jackson, MS Duling Hall
October 12 Memphis, TN Minglewood Hall
October 13 Little Rock, AR Revolution! Music Room
October 14 Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom
October 15 Oklahoma City, OK Beer City Music Hall
October 17 San Antonio, TX Paper Tiger
October 19 Roswell, NM The Liberty
October 21 Tucson, AZ Club Congress

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OUT NOW on Ipecac Recordings - THUNDERBALL by Melvins 1983, featuring Void Manes and Ni Maîtres - Produced by Toshi Kasai - GO GET IT!

 

"Mike Dillard is the original drummer for the Melvins, we’ve been friends since high school. We met in Montesano, a small town on the coast of Washington state. I hated everything about that town. I hated the people, hated the teachers, hated the cops, hated the weather and I hated how isolated it was. I had no friends at all, which was fine by me.

My own classmates proved themselves the enemy so finding someone I could relate to was great. Mike was immediately impressed with all of the weird music I was into. Up to that point I hadn’t met anyone with an interest in any of my musical discoveries. It was an amazing time in the history of music and literally no one around me was interested. We were surrounded by mediocrity, stupidity, prejudice, and dangerous rednecks. We learned to play music together. We grew up together. We have remained friends all these years.

Thunderball is the third Melvins 1983 record we’ve made together. I wanted this one to be bombastic. I think it is.

I’ve been wanting to do something with Void Manes and Ni Maîtres for a long time. Both of them are exceptional talents and were a joy to work with. Their out-of-the-box use of electronics pushed Thunderball beyond my expectations.”

Osborne worked with longtime friend Dillard and collaborators Ni Maîtres and Void Manes, whose distinct voices and contributions pushed Thunderball into new realms. Each brought their unique perspective:
• Ni Maîtres (noise/upright bass): “Are you a sponge or a stone? Do you like to experience all facets of life, or do you shut yourself off from new experiences?”
• Void Manes (noise/creepy machine vocals): “I was quite gratified to spill a heap of abstract electronic debris into the desert for this record. Fragments diffused in the dust, reanimating into a disturbance underneath.”
• Mike Dillard (drums): “I really love this record. I think it’s amazing—a lovely blend of beautiful noise and gut-busting grooves. Working with the Melvins is always a special treat.”

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Melvins have announced their "Stop Your Whining" UK/EU Summer 2025 tour with Redd Kross! The tour lineup will be Buzz, Dale, Steven and Coady Willis for double drumming action! Tickets go on sale February 28th, check ipecac.com/tours for ticket links.

July
17 - Bristol, UK - The Exchange
18 - Brighton, UK - Chalk
20 - Liege, BE - Reflector
21 - Frankfurt, DE - Batschkapp
23 - Athens, GR - Technopolis
25 - Michelau, DE - Rock Im Wald
26 - Cottbus, DE - Blue Moon Festival
28 - Munich, DE - Technikum
30 - Rome, IT - Eur Social Park
31 - Milan, IT - Circolo Magnolia
August
5 - Lokeren, BE - Lokerse Fessten
6 - Cologne, DE - Live Music Hall
7 - Berlin, DE - Huxleys Neue Welt
8 - Hamburg, DE - GroBe Freiheit 36
9 - Utrecht, NL - Ronda TivoliVredenburg
11 - Norwich, UK - Waterfront
12 - London, UK - Electric Ballroom
13 - Manchester, UK - Club Academy
14 - Bristol, UK - Arctangent Festival
15 - Birmingham, UK - XOYO
16 - Sheffield, UK - Leadmill
18 - Dublin, IE - Button Factory

 

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Via FB: THUNDERBALL is coming. Are you ready? Buzz Osborne & Mike Dillard return as MELVINS 1983, unleashing THUNDERBALL—their first full-length in four years on April 18!

“Thunderball is the third Melvins 1983 record we’ve made together, and I wanted it to be bombastic. I also wanted to do something with electronic artists Void Manes and Ni Maîtres for a long time. Both of them are exceptional talents. Their out-of-the-box use of electronics pushed Thunderball beyond my expectations.” - Buzz Osborne

Album pre-orders are available now (https://themelvins.lnk.to/Thunderball), with Thunderball available on trio of vinyl variants including an indie exclusive "Smoke Is A Color" variant and an Ipecac webstore-only "Special Mustard Gas." The collection is also available on CD and all digital formats. Recorded by Toshi Kasai at Sound of Sirens.

A preview of the five-song, 34-minute album is out now, with today's release of "Victory of the Pyramids". Driven by Dillard's unrelenting cadence, the song opens with an almost deceptively poppy feel before spiraling into the crushing, sludgy depths that have long defined the MELVINS' sound. As Dillard said, it's "a lovely blend of beautiful noise and gut-busting grooves." The album was recorded by Toshi Kasai at Sound of Sirens Studios. Watch the visualizer by Jesse Nieminen at: youtu.be/rTCQ9RCXH0E

 

Who is Void Manes? Prior to working with us on the new THUNDERBALL album, abstract electronicist Void Manes first crossed our path on 2009’s CHICKEN SWITCH. Since then, he has played many live shows with us over several tours, and collaborated with us on the 2023 LP THROBBING JAZZ GRISTLE FUNK HITS. He has done a number of interesting things with people like Kevin Rutmanis, Mike Patton, Spotlights and others, and promises new releases this year. Follow him and check it out. http://voidmanes.bandcamp.com

What is Ni Maîtres?
Are you a sponge or a stone ? Do you like to experience all facets of life? Or do you shut yourself off from new experiences? Before contributing to the Melvins 1983 album THUNDERBALL, Ni Maîtres opened for the King Buzzo & Trevor Dunn European tour in 2024, and just released an album available on his Bandcamp. http://nimaitres.bandcamp.com

Thunderball Covert Art by Mackie Osborne

Thunderball Tracklist:

  1. King of Rome
  2. Vomit of Clarity
  3. Short Hair With A Wig
  4. Victory of the Pyramids
  5. Venus Blood

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Via FB: "Savage Imperial Death March! Previously just a co-headlining tour a few years back with Napalm Death. Well we've gone and done it now with a full length collaborative LP of new material out on AmRep Records just in time for the spring tour together!! Recorded by Toshi Kasai at Sound of Sirens."

Online Vinyl edition on sale SUNDAY 2/16, NOON CENTRAL at SHOXOP.com
Cheapy CD's are in the works. Don’t be a dumbass and miss this!

HAZE XXL sez:The title put me in a World War 1 frame of mind. The last gasp for more than a few empires and monarchies, and for anyone familiar, a fucking horror-show of humanity crushing, meat grinding tactics overseen by utterly uncaring upper class elites refusing to change disastrous and arcane warfare methods despite the millions slaughtered to no ends. At least the whole world learned from the hideous mistake and it would never be repeated!

Side A

  • Tossing Coins Into the Fountain of Fuck
  • Some Kind of Antichrist
  • Nine Days of Rain

Side B

  • Rip the God
  • Stealing Horses
  • Death Hour


Via AmRep: This isn't just some split release with the bands each getting a side. Savage Imperial Death March is a full collab with both Melvins & Napalm Death playing together on all 6 tracks.
This is the ALL'S Quiet on th RED Front Edition with red ink for the on our usual tan cardstock sleeve. Cover art is by HAZE XXL & silkscreened by Boxy Mouse. 3 colors on the front, four on the back.
Vinyl is clear red with orange & black splatters throughout. Catalog # is AMREP 158 

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Via FB: What are YOU doing for SPRING BREAK? We're doing CALIFORNIA! Artist pre-sale (code: SPRINGBREAK!) starting on Wednesday at 10 a.m. pacific, general sale this Friday at 10 a.m. pacific. CNTS and Desslok open on all dates!

March 1, 2025 - Bakersfield, CA - The Nile Theater
March 2, 2025 - Fresno, CA - Strummer's
March 3, 2025 - Sacramento, CA - Goldfield Trading Post
March 4, 2025 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst
March 5, 2025 - San Luis Obispo, CA - Slow Brew Rock
March 7, 2025 - Pioneertown, CA - Pappy And Harriet's

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