The Melvins Could Have Ruled the World
 

So we all suspect King Buzzo and Dale would rather live in their apartments collecting royalty checks and smoking dope, than be mega famous rock stars. They could have turned the "commerical" rock world upon its head, but left that to Nirvana, while they strived to remain in obscurity, always subverting their success by submarining their albums with crazing ambient experimental compositions which left fans wondering "what the #$&@*?" Okay, so after 20 years of recording and too many cds to name, we can now pull those awesome tracks the Melvins tantalized us with, but refused to deliver in mass. Example?..."Revolve" for STONER WITCH. It's a crazy album, but this tune rocks harder than anything Metallica or Nirvana ever did. In fact, Hetfield and Cobain could only dream of singing and playing guitar as well as Buzzo could...when he wanted to. It's time for the Melvins to prove they produced the greatest metal, albiet spread throughout many albums, ever recorded in the history of rock. Eventhough they've shunned the spotlight, lets put together a compilation that will get recognition for what they were...the greatest band of the 90's.

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What Melvins album should I start with? I'm interested to hear.

Actually, Merkaba which one do you think i'd like best? 'cause i KNOW he'll look at this thread.

Go,for.Houdini.it's.pretty.good.and.it's.the.only. album.I.have

dude,seriously,no one is liking the periods much.

Finei'lltypelikethisifitmakesyoufeelbetter.

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I agree with the first post, the Melvins rarely put together a complete album, so in saying that it's extremely hard to recommend an album to a first time listener, the first time I heard them I'd downloaded many of their well loved individual tracks.

If I had to, Houdini, (A) Senile Animal and Ozma would be my picks. The latter 2 are better albums but Houdini is whats considered classic Melvins.

I'll up a few tracks of the various sounds they've gone through.

Late 80's
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Echohead/Don't Piece Me: Send big files the easy way with sendspace. Files too large for email attachments? No problem!

Early 90's
Zodiac: Send big files the easy way with sendspace. Files too large for email attachments? No problem!
Ballad Of Dwight Frye: Send big files the easy way with sendspace. Files too large for email attachments? No problem!
Night Goat (probably the most popular Melvins song along with...): Send big files the easy way with sendspace. Files too large for email attachments? No problem!
Honey Bucket (...this one): Send big files the easy way with sendspace. Files too large for email attachments? No problem!

Mid 90's
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Late 90's

2000's

Houdini, (A) Senile Animal and Ozma, all good. I'd also include Bullhead..very solid album, except for the drum solo at the end. Check out track #4 "It Shoved". Classic Buzzo snarling/growling vocal, killer riff and clocking in at a whopping 2:30 minutes.

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Why do you keep posting links to that?

Take a guess...

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which melvins album has the kiss cover of "going blind" or something?
i think i'd like to start off with that, a little more straightforward then the other stuff i tried checking out.

You're trying to advertise the site?

Houdini

I really like the instruments, like the music? But I wish the vocals were more screamy on most of the songs though. My favorite was probably Honey Bucket or The Ballad of Dwight Frye.

Awesome dude, HB is one of my favourites too.

Hey the official video for The Talking Horse, off the latest album, is up on Youtube now. Weird sums it up nicely.

YouTube - The Melvins - "The Talking Horse"

If ruling the world means being rich and famous for writing three-minute pop tunes, anybody with a minuscule imagination and three months' worth of guitar practice can "rule the world".

take that back.

Sorry, left out a couple of important words.

If ruling the world means being rich and famous for writing soulless, compromised, three-minute pop tunes, anybody with a minuscule imagination and three months' worth of guitar practice can "rule the world".

I hate the fact that made me laugh.

Still take it back.

No. :D

You're just being difficult now.

do you really think the Melvins are soulless? If Hitler had a soul, the members of the Melvins have souls.

Lol whats wrong with your other 2 or 3 accounts, Stone Magnet?

Weren't the Melvins a punk band?

Not at all. They're great.

why its the truth
its also what the beatles did for th first half of their career

Now I think your just being sarcastic

Lol, I'm not. I really do like the Melvins.

Yep. Thank God for LSD.

They're performing in my town in 10 days if you can believe it. Anyone wanna upload something for me so I can see if they're worth going to? An album I mean...

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Fank you...;) I'll download Ozma from albumbase too...

Check out A Senile Animal because they'll play a lot of stuff off it.

Plus, just go because they have two drummers and it's an absolutely mind-blowing experience.

Lol, yeah that's what I read on their last.fm page. I saw the video Merkaba posted and I quite like it. Methinks Imma gonna go...not like I have anything better to do...:-/ ;)

[QUOTE=almauro;347471]So we all suspect King Buzzo and Dale would rather live in their apartments collecting royalty checks and smoking dope, than be mega famous rock stars. They could have turned the "commerical" rock world upon its head, but left that to Nirvana, while they strived to remain in obscurity, always subverting their success by submarining their albums with crazing ambient experimental compositions which left fans wondering "what the #$&@*?" Okay, so after 20 years of recording and too many cds to name, we can now pull those awesome tracks the Melvins tantalized us with, but refused to deliver in mass. Example?..."Revolve" for STONER WITCH. It's a crazy album, but this tune rocks harder than anything Metallica or Nirvana ever did. In fact, Hetfield and Cobain could only dream of singing and playing guitar as well as Buzzo could...when he wanted to. It's time for the Melvins to prove they produced the greatest metal, albiet spread throughout many albums, ever recorded in the history of rock. Eventhough they've shunned the spotlight, lets put together a compilation that will get recognition for what they were...the greatest band of the 90's.
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Maybe it was spread out across so many albums because they were UNABLE to be consistent on a single album, and weren't nearly as creatively good as you say. Maybe those other bands did better because they could create decent material in a shorter period of time and could make consistent albums.

Or maybe they just made the albums they wanted to make instead of the albums mtv wanted them to make.

Could be. Either way, the result is the inconsistency alluded to in the opening thread, and few traces of evidence that they were capable of something that would've got them recognition on the level of "best metal band of the 90s".

Dude there not metal.

Uh, have you heard their music? Enough of their stuff would be pretty hard NOT to call metal.

Yeah dude I have Houdini, Bullhead, The Maggot, 26 songs, Bootlicker and hundreds more....I think there on the border line of metal and grunge...I know that alot of people give the credit of starting the whole grunge thing.....I think there on that border but I consider them more grunge than metal.

Too bad grunge isn't really a genre.

Or interesting