Subject:

The Melvins

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    The Melvins' Old Van Is for Sale, But Here Are Five Tour Vehicles We'd Much Prefer

    ​Remember when you were 12 years old and you'd draw the logos of your favorite bands all over your school books? Well, one time, Kurt Cobain did that to The Melvins' van, leaving behind a little portrait of Kiss (plus logo) which remains to this day on the side of that piece-of-shit '72 Dodge Spor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2011

    The Rapture's Luke Jenner on Living in San Francisco, Being the "Black Sheep" of Sub Pop, and Learning to Be Positive

    Touring on In the Grace of Your Love, the first album by his rhythmically aggressive, now gospel-influenced NYC-based band the Rapture in five years, singer/guitarist Luke Jenner took a moment to look at what he has accomplished to date. Turns out he's still a little sad he's never been able to get ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    On the Hunt for the Best Jukebox in the Haight

    The juke at Aub Zam Zam​The heyday of authentic jukeboxes is long over. With many bars installing those nasty touchscreen digital Internet boxes, the old school record-flipping kind of jukebox is a dying breed. And this is in the town that originated the concept of jukeboxes back in 1889. So what ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    S.F. Experimental Outfit Barn Owl Spreads Its Wings, Plays the Independent Tonight

    Barn Owl​Thanks to both the national media and the local one, most of us know about the more-than-worthy garage-rock, shoegaze, indie-pop, and electronic sounds emanating from the S.F. scene. But far less appreciated are the aquifers of creativity stirring beneath us in the Bay Area's experimental ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    Why Is The Melvins' King Buzzo So Bummed About the World Series?

    Most of us would be stoked to be watching the World Series in person -- right?Right. Which is why this photograph of the Melvins' Roger "Buzz" Osborne (aka King Buzzo) is so perplexing: One bummed Buzzo​

  • Music

    October 6, 2010

    Red Fang: Show Preview

    Most of us would be stoked to be watching the World Series in person -- right?Right. Which is why this photograph of the Melvins' Roger "Buzz" Osborne (aka King Buzzo) is so perplexing: One bummed Buzzo​

  • Music

    February 24, 2010

    High on Fire polishes its metal weaponry

    Most of us would be stoked to be watching the World Series in person -- right?Right. Which is why this photograph of the Melvins' Roger "Buzz" Osborne (aka King Buzzo) is so perplexing: One bummed Buzzo​

  • Calendar

    October 7, 2009

    What What-ers?

    Most of us would be stoked to be watching the World Series in person -- right?Right. Which is why this photograph of the Melvins' Roger "Buzz" Osborne (aka King Buzzo) is so perplexing: One bummed Buzzo​

  • Music

    August 12, 2009

    Down/Melvins

    Most of us would be stoked to be watching the World Series in person -- right?Right. Which is why this photograph of the Melvins' Roger "Buzz" Osborne (aka King Buzzo) is so perplexing: One bummed Buzzo​

  • Music

    April 22, 2009

    Hostile Crawlcore

    Most of us would be stoked to be watching the World Series in person -- right?Right. Which is why this photograph of the Melvins' Roger "Buzz" Osborne (aka King Buzzo) is so perplexing: One bummed Buzzo​

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2009

    Last Night: The Murder City Devils at Great American Music Hall

    The Murder City DevilsSunday, Feb. 15, 2009Great American Music HallBetter than: The Murder City Devils shows around the turn of the '00s -- where certain members were so smashed the sets didn't finish as much as they fantastically imploded. There's one thing you're pretty much guaranteed to hear ev ... More >>

  • Music

    February 11, 2009

    The Murder City Devils’ respite from resting in peace

    The Murder City DevilsSunday, Feb. 15, 2009Great American Music HallBetter than: The Murder City Devils shows around the turn of the '00s -- where certain members were so smashed the sets didn't finish as much as they fantastically imploded. There's one thing you're pretty much guaranteed to hear ev ... More >>

  • Music

    January 7, 2009

    Animated punks: Jay Howell's new online variety show

    The Murder City DevilsSunday, Feb. 15, 2009Great American Music HallBetter than: The Murder City Devils shows around the turn of the '00s -- where certain members were so smashed the sets didn't finish as much as they fantastically imploded. There's one thing you're pretty much guaranteed to hear ev ... More >>

  • Music

    July 30, 2008

    We Try Harder to Abide

    The Murder City DevilsSunday, Feb. 15, 2009Great American Music HallBetter than: The Murder City Devils shows around the turn of the '00s -- where certain members were so smashed the sets didn't finish as much as they fantastically imploded. There's one thing you're pretty much guaranteed to hear ev ... More >>

  • Music

    July 9, 2008

    The Melvins continue to moon the music industry

    The Murder City DevilsSunday, Feb. 15, 2009Great American Music HallBetter than: The Murder City Devils shows around the turn of the '00s -- where certain members were so smashed the sets didn't finish as much as they fantastically imploded. There's one thing you're pretty much guaranteed to hear ev ... More >>

  • Music

    June 18, 2008

    After years of drone and addiction, Earth hears the light

    The Murder City DevilsSunday, Feb. 15, 2009Great American Music HallBetter than: The Murder City Devils shows around the turn of the '00s -- where certain members were so smashed the sets didn't finish as much as they fantastically imploded. There's one thing you're pretty much guaranteed to hear ev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2008

    MP3 of the Day: Ascend

    The Murder City DevilsSunday, Feb. 15, 2009Great American Music HallBetter than: The Murder City Devils shows around the turn of the '00s -- where certain members were so smashed the sets didn't finish as much as they fantastically imploded. There's one thing you're pretty much guaranteed to hear ev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2008

    The Lowbrow Art Sale: Coop, Klutch & Paul Chatem

    The Murder City DevilsSunday, Feb. 15, 2009Great American Music HallBetter than: The Murder City Devils shows around the turn of the '00s -- where certain members were so smashed the sets didn't finish as much as they fantastically imploded. There's one thing you're pretty much guaranteed to hear ev ... More >>

  • Music

    December 26, 2007

    The Melvins melt your noggin this New Year's Eve

    The Murder City DevilsSunday, Feb. 15, 2009Great American Music HallBetter than: The Murder City Devils shows around the turn of the '00s -- where certain members were so smashed the sets didn't finish as much as they fantastically imploded. There's one thing you're pretty much guaranteed to hear ev ... More >>

  • Music

    July 18, 2007

    Sonic Youth and the Melvins

    Album revivalists score with the indie geeks for the Don't Look Back tour series

  • Music

    December 6, 2006

    Porn's seductive metal terrorism

    Album revivalists score with the indie geeks for the Don't Look Back tour series

  • Music

    November 22, 2006

    Downtuned Apocalypse

    The Melvins prove getting Senile ain't so bad

  • Music

    October 18, 2006

    Winning the Drone Wars

    Boris rises above the din

  • Music

    August 16, 2006

    Parlez-Vous Faux Français?

    Boris rises above the din

  • Music

    July 19, 2006

    Corrupted

    El Mundo Frio (HG Fact)

  • Music

    June 7, 2006

    It's a big fucking deal all over again

    El Mundo Frio (HG Fact)

  • Music

    October 26, 2005

    Jello Biafra With the Melvins

    Sieg Howdy!

  • Music

    October 27, 2004

    Hear This

    Mark Mallman packs two days worth of energy into an hour's worth of rock; Alternative Tentacles turns 25 in style

  • Music

    May 5, 2004

    William Hung

    Inspiration

  • Calendar

    January 21, 2004

    Sounding Out the New Year

    S.F.'s musicians resolve to be as eclectic as S.F. musicians ought

  • Music

    January 1, 2003

    Hear This

    Ipecac Records' fourth annual New Year's Eve Binge and Purge Fest celebrates the label's almost perverse diversity

  • Music

    December 24, 2002

    Love Plus One

    Or five ways to make existing groups that much more super

  • Music

    July 17, 2002

    True is stranger than fiction

    The loser now will be later to win

  • Music

    June 12, 2002

    Concentrick

    Lucid Dreaming (Emperor Jones)

  • Music

    May 22, 2002

    House Of Tudor

    Documenting DeviantRhythms, Dead Low Tide's Devil-ish charm, and the elusive Jesse Sykes

  • Dining

    April 25, 2001

    Darling Clementine

    Everyday people every night on Clement Street

  • Music

    July 19, 2000

    House Of Tudor

    Hammertoes; Jucifer; Duncan Wilder Johnson; Jump Up! Records Showcase; Einstürzende Neubauten; Who Wants to Shag to Be a Millionaire

  • Music

    May 24, 2000

    Various Artists

    Gimme Indie Rock
    (K-Tel International)

  • Music

    January 19, 2000

    Smells Like Leif Garrett

    The Melvins are (still) willing to provoke and confuse

  • Music

    February 24, 1999

    Riff Raff

    The Melvins are (still) willing to provoke and confuse

  • Music

    December 17, 1997

    Reviews

    The Melvins are (still) willing to provoke and confuse

  • Music

    August 20, 1997

    Grope for Merit

    How the Melvins have perverted the indie process with Honky

  • Music

    May 7, 1997

    Recordings

    How the Melvins have perverted the indie process with Honky

  • Music

    April 2, 1997

    Recordings

    How the Melvins have perverted the indie process with Honky

  • Music

    December 25, 1996

    Recordings

    How the Melvins have perverted the indie process with Honky

  • Music

    August 28, 1996

    Suspicious Minds

    How the Melvins have perverted the indie process with Honky

  • Music

    August 7, 1996

    Recordings

    How the Melvins have perverted the indie process with Honky

  • Music

    January 31, 1996

    Recordings

    How the Melvins have perverted the indie process with Honky

  • Music

    December 13, 1995

    The Stick-Up Artist

    Man's Ruin: The Posters and Art of Frank Kozik

  • Music

    February 22, 1995

    Samples

    Man's Ruin: The Posters and Art of Frank Kozik

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