Artist: Melvins
Genre(s):
Alternative
ROck: Alternative
Rock
Pop: Pop-Rock
Other
Rock: Punk-Rock
Rock: Hard-Rock
Discography:
Pigs Of The Roman Empire
Year: 2004
Tracks: 9
26 Songs
Year: 2003
Tracks: 26
Hostile Ambient Takeover
Year: 2002
Tracks: 8
The Colossus Of Destiny
Year: 2001
Tracks: 1
Electroretard
Year: 2001
Tracks: 7
The Maggot
Year: 1999
Tracks: 16
The Bootlicker
Year: 1999
Tracks: 9
Maggot
Year: 1999
Tracks: 16
Gluey Porch Treatments
Year: 1999
Tracks: 29
Singles 1-12 (CD 2)
Year: 1997
Tracks: 12
Singles 1-12 (CD 1)
Year: 1997
Tracks: 12
Honky
Year: 1997
Tracks: 10
Stag
Year: 1996
Tracks: 15
Stoner Witch
Year: 1994
Tracks: 11
Prick
Year: 1994
Tracks: 11
Houdini
Year: 1993
Tracks: 13
Ozma/Gluey Porch Treatments
Year: 1992
Tracks: 33
Lysol
Year: 1992
Tracks: 4
King Buzzo (To Dale and Joe)
Year: 1992
Tracks: 4
King Buzzo
Year: 1992
Tracks: 4
Joe Preston
Year: 1992
Tracks: 3
Dale Crover
Year: 1992
Tracks: 4
Eggnog
Year: 1991
Tracks: 4
Bullhead
Year: 1991
Tracks: 8
Ozma
Year: 1989
Tracks: 17
10 Songs
Year: 1986
Tracks: 10
The Melvins were the first base post-punk dance orchestra to make whoopie in the slow, sludgy sounds of Black Sabbath. Their music is oppressively sluggish and heavy, only when without any of the whacky mystic lyrics or the indulgent guitar solos -- it's simply one monumental, seepage mound of black gook. The Melvins' first base book was released in 1987; they've released several albums since and so, merely it wasn't until 1993 that they went to a major label, thanks to their protégé, Kurt Cobain. While the Melvins seat be dull and repetitive, their seat in rock music history is interesting, even if it is just a modest footer. The band formed in Aberdeen, WA, the same town that produced Nirvana's Cobain and Krist Novoselic. For Nirvana and many other Seattle-area bands, the Melvins' muck was inspirational; the younger bands took the Sabbath-styled thickness of the Melvins, spell adding an every bit significant bug out song dynasty social organization, which the group tended to deficiency. While all of their disciples became famous after Nirvana skint prominent in 1991 (including Mudhoney, world Health Organization featured other Melvin bassist Matt Lukin), the Melvins only expanded their furor slightly. They did earn a major-label contract with Atlantic, just later on cathartic three records for the label, they were dropped in recent 1996 and the group returned to indie status, landing place with Amphetamine Reptile for 1998's Alive at the F*cker Club. The late '90s/early 21st c saw a snow flurry of releases by the band: The Maggot, The Bootlicker, The Crybaby, Electroretard, The Colossus of Destiny, Hostile Ambient Takeover, Pigs of the Roman Empire, Erik Weisz Live 2005: A Live History of Gluttony and Lust and Senile Animal, all of which (except for the fourth one) were issued on Mike Patton's Ipecac label. In addition to their Melvin activities, singer/guitarist Buzz Osborne united Patton (and former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo and Mr. Bungle bassist Trevor Dunn) for the observational outfit Fantômas, resulting in a couple of releases (1999's self-titled debut and 2001's The Director's Cut), patch the Melvins' latest bassist, Kevin Rutmanis, united Patton in some other side contrive, Tomahawk.
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