Artist Melvins
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Melvins
Like a fine wine, Melvins only get better with age: The sludge sweetens, the riffage gets blacker, and King Buzzo’s hair grows more frightening. And while many of the acts it’s influenced (like Nirvana, Tool, and Mastodon) remain more well-known than the band itself, the revitalized, four-man incarnation of Melvins has maintained a consistent output of low-down, scuzzy metal in the 21st century, following 2010’s The Bride Screamed Murder (which debuted in Billboard's Top 200 at the No. 200 slot, the band's first album to chart) with the new The Bulls And The Bees EP, as well an upcoming “Melvins-Lite” release, Freak Puke, which features Mr. Bungles’ Trevor Dunn as the sole drummer. On tour, dual drummers Coady Willis and Dale Crover will continue to add an ominous, earth-shaking impact, but the main attraction is still the distorted trudge anchored by Buzzo and bassist Jared Warren.
Updated 04/09/2012

Austin:
"Need marching band" and other prayers Craigslist can't answer
Chicago:
Win tickets to see Melvins perform at Double Door
Denver/Boulder:
Flipper’s Steve DePace
Washington D.C.:
Om's Al Cisneros blazes his way through sonic archaeology
Philadelphia:
What’s metal got to do with it? Not much, says Torche’s Steve Brooks
Chicago:
What’s metal got to do with it? Not much, says Torche’s Steve Brooks
Twin Cities:
What’s metal got to do with it? Not much, says Torche’s Steve Brooks
Denver/Boulder:
What’s metal got to do with it? Not much, says Torche’s Steve Brooks
Washington D.C.:
Appreciate your concern: Relocating the lost heroes of grunge
Short paths to the canon: 22 influential artists with tiny bodies (of work)
Twin Cities:
Big V's
Milwaukee:
Melvins at Turner Hall
Toronto:
Melvins strip down, go “lite” with new tour, album
Madison:
Melvins to lay sludge to Madison's summer on June 26
Denver/Boulder:
The Black Crowes are back... did they ever go away?
Twin Cities:
Unsane joins Amphetamine Reptile's 25th anniversary bash
Chicago:
Unsane to play '95 album on seven-date tour
Chicago:
Three Floyds celebrates 15 years this Saturday with the Melvins, Municipal Waste
New releases from Angel Witch, Unsane, and other top noisemakers
May 2010
Melvins: The Bride Screamed Murder
1993
Hey super-wealthy sludge metal fans, you can buy the Melvins’ van on eBay
Chicago:
Melvins at Double Door
Milwaukee:
Melvins at Turner Hall
Milwaukee:
Ted Leo And The Pharmacists at Turner Hall
