30 Years of Melvins

Buzz Osborne & Co. almost matched that output these past two years

"...When forming the Melvins in Washington State at Montesano High School in 1983,..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Melvins Fete Eyehategod at Housecore Horror

Latest fest addition fills in for Eyehategod drummer

"...Dale Crover – sticksman with the fest’s newly added Melvins – will be filling his seat in a tribute..."

Sept. 25, 2013 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Ex-Melvins Confederate Mark Deutrom Achieves Artistic Equilibrium

Longtime local learns The Value of Decay

"...The Melvins fused to Austin at least as far back as..."

June 22, 2018 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Second Coming

Tia Carrera's Jason Morales takes out the Lysol and sprays down the Melvins

"...album that influenced the band's sessions. His choice? The Melvins' copyright-infringing, 1991 classic, Lysol, subsequently re-released as The Melvins...."

Dec. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Live Music Recommendations for the Week

Here are a few good reasons to go out on a school night

"...of psychedelic rocking at Levitation, check out grunge godfathers Melvins on Monday and continue with some indie and electro-folk..."

April 30, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

King Buzzo Unplugs

Melvins’ guitarist goes acoustic?

"...Blueridge acoustic guitar. We sparred with the ever immodest Melvins mainstay about his solo tour and new LP, This..."

July 25, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Housecore Horror Preview: Eyehategod

Mike Williams’ NOLA sludgemeisters load into Emo’s Sunday

"...the sudden death of drummer Joey LaCaze by guesting Melvins mainstay Dale Cover at their Emo’s performance. Back with..."

Oct. 22, 2014 Music Post by Michael Toland

Playback

Emo's stays indie. For now.

"...Vallely says touring starts April, right here in Texas. Melvins Go Pinkus..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Samurai Sword

Austin Powell debuts “Into the Void” with the Sword's Trivett Wingo

"...just absolutely detest: I went to go see the Melvins recently at Emo’s and I was just standing there..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Whither Rock?

ii.

"...MTV; unusual bands, like Rocket, Shonen Knife, and the Melvins, were being treated with respect...."

Oct. 17, 1997 Books Feature by Gina Arnold

Playback: Mother Falcon vs. Scottish Rite Theater

Mother Falcon's open letter to the Scottish Rite, Frontier Bar's transformation into Lost Well, and soul man Bobby Patterson

"...Pinkus continues pulling double duty, playing in both the Melvins and Honky as they tour nationwide. Considering his ongoing..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Farewell, Boris

Boris drummer Atsuo breaks the sound (and language) barrier.

"...Into the Void: Boris takes their name from a Melvins song. How did you first get into the band..."

March 23, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Playback: Austin Scared Stupid

Once again, everything hits at once

"...to America. Look also for heavy mainstays Gwar, the Melvins, Pig Destroyer, and up-and-comers including Pallbearer and Bloody Hammers...."

Oct. 25, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

Greezy Wheels shift their gears for a midnight ramble, Black Joe Lewis preps for the Chronicle's annual Hot Sauce Festival, American Analog Set's Andrew Kenny rewinds back to Austin, and the lineup for the 2008 Fun Fun Fun Fest is in

"..."We would have killed to open for the Melvins," nods guitarist/vocalist Jon Kelly of the Flood. "They were..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Melvins

"...MelvinsNude With Boots (Ipecac)..."

July 18, 2008 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Mabuta no Ura

The Japanese rainbow spectrum of Boris' amplifier worship

"...Taking its name from the Melvins' Bullhead, Boris formed at Tokyo's Musashino Art University in..."

June 27, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Checking In: Bridge Farmers Sustain Sonic Possession

ATX power triangulation bides its time

"...Psychic TV, Celtic Frost, T. Rex, Electric Wizard, and Melvins, just to name a few...."

June 15, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Exit Interview: So Long, Jeff Pinkus

BH Surfers/Honky/Melvins bassist off to Asheville, banjo on his knee

"...an enduring role in West Coast sludge lords the Melvins and a solo freak-banjo project. Honky in particular, which..."

May 1, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Mark Deutrom Questions Happiness

Ex-Melvins local previews new LP

"...“When I lived in L.A. in the Eighties, there..."

Oct. 17, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Unsane Banter

Chemistry, scars, and “Slayer! Fuckin’ Slayer!”

"...AC: Dave, you tour-managed the Melvins. A Melvins/Unsane tour, surely you’ve done that before...."

May 19, 2016 Music Post by Michael Toland

Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014 Friday Interviews

"...point. "Even Buzz [Osborne] and Dale [Crover] from the Melvins told me that when I worked with them [on..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Housecore Horror Preview: Phil Anselmo

Pantera screamer dishes on horror, Danzig, and Superjoint

"...Dale Crover jamming with Eyehategod was unbelievable. Without the Melvins, the entire New Orleans thing as far as slowcore..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Reelin' in the New Years

Where you gonna be when the clock strikes 12?

"...will cover Nirvana, Tia Carrera shakes walls as the Melvins, and Flesh Lights guitar wiz Max Vandever recreates Teenage..."

Dec. 31, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Housecore Horror Live Shot No.4 – Grand Finale

Goblins spook life into a long last day of extremes

"...propulsion to a drummer without a beard – subbing Melvins mainstay Dale Crover – and galloped through Southern rawk..."

Oct. 28, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Housecore Horror Live Shot No.3 – Day Two

Melvins, Gwar, Goatwhore, and Star & Dagger plunge in

"...case that it preceded a stunning set by the Melvins...."

Oct. 27, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

Housecore Horror Music Schedule

Full line-ups, plus one-day music passes available now

"...a bonus over at the Buzz Mill, with the Melvins-approved Honky headlining the coffee joint on Saturday...."

Aug. 12, 2013 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Touchable Sound: A Collection of 7-Inch Records From the USA

DIY label and music traced through 7-inch slabs of petroleum product

"...visual appeal of the 7-inch, from known quantities like Melvins to obscurities like Marshmallow Coast, which proves the ritual..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Saturday's Metal Mania

Saturday's metal SXSW picks.

"...of their own, following their metal muses (mainly the Melvins and Blue Cheer) through purple hazes laced with fleeting..."

March 17, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...the orneriest kind. Can S.F.'s Porn, led by the Melvins' Dale Crover, ever top opening 2001's Kubrickian Experiments in..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Hype!

"...diverse as Alice in Chains, Mudhoney, Nirvana, and the Melvins. But Pray never lets Hype!'s tone devolve into mere..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Movie Review by Russell Smith

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