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Melvins – Peal Bomb
Biography
Montesano, Washington, United States (1983 – present)
In the early days of their career their dark, heavy, oppressively slow sound made them innovators of genres like sludge, grunge, and doom metal. Melvins’ music is influenced by Flipper, Black Flag’s My War-era hardcore punk and Black Sabbath-style heavy metal, but their idiosyncratic approach, bizarre sense of humor, and experimentation make neat categorization difficult. Singer/guitarist Buzz Osborne (aka “King Buzzo”) and drummer Dale Crover are constant members while several bass guitarists have cycled through the group. Melvins usually performed as a trio until 2006 when two members of Big Business became permanent members of the band.
The band was named after a grocery clerk at the Thriftway in Montesano, Washington where Osborne was employed. Melvin was the most-hated fellow employee and the band felt it to be an appropriate name. Like SF noisenik predecessors Flipper, their love of slow tempos and sludgy sound were a strong influence on grunge music, especially Nirvana and many other bands from Seattle. Their protegés, however, tended to use more conventional musical structures with this sound.
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Electric Flower (J Phlip Remix)
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Dies Irae
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regardyo
awesome (hd) live available: http://liveweb.arte.tv/fr/video/The_Melvins_Villette_Sonique_trabendo/ check bw 58:10 and 1:11:00
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andover
please get this song out of my head!
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andover
they say im a skank, but i don't care.
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andover
femaleeee troubleeeeee
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Isaaaaaak
more drone, more lysol, yes.
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Treats4TheSOUL
Black Betty cover was for a Volkswagen commercial.
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vals81
Here pics and impressions of the second concert in Berlin: http://itsonlymusicbutlive.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/berlin-festsaal-kreuzberg-melvins-part-ii/
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mikeinbed
Covering Venom and then following that straight after with Queen's 'You're My Best Friend'. Genius.
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vals81
Here pics and impressions of the Berlin concert: http://itsonlymusicbutlive.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/berlin-festsaal-kreuzberg-melvins/
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DoomRooster
Buzz: My favourite classical composer is Mozart because he was a drunken pain in the ass. http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/features/304651-grunge_golf_wedded_bliss_30_years_the_melvins Fantastic interview.
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MuzykoLubna
Melvins RULE!!! :)
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Atomizer_
aww shit a TG cover on the new album.
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NeroAsTheLife
AWESOME SHOW in Amsterdam. As,actually,I was expecting by them ;)
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clintbeed6793
I love a lot of bands..don't get me wrong, but there is probably no band I love more than the Melvins. They are just on a different level. Favorite band of all time.
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Fureon
All the Sausages are at last officially online with commentary from Buzz: http://www.spin.com/articles/melvins-covers-album-stream-everybody-loves-sausages-buzzo/
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acclamationsun
Honey Bucket can turn on people - in the hallways, in the subways, in the streets
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johnnyaway
Station to Station. Thirlwell i love you :D
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sglangdon
Yeah, Station to Station and Female Trouble are really great...
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sunheadbowed
The Station to Station cover is brilliant.
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ikd-sj
=YOURE MY BEST FRIEND= NIIIIIICE (ﾟωﾟ)
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