Melvins (Official Thread)

[murrich]

Discuss.

[SanePsychotic]

Who are they and why should I give a damn?

[murrich]

Originally formed as a Hardcore Punk band, Melvins' music is influenced by Black Flag's My War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Flag_%28band%29)era Punk Rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_rock), slow rock acts like Swans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swans_%28band%29), and, most notably Black Sabbath (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sabbath)-style Metal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_music); however, their idiosyncratic approach, bizarre sense of humor, and experementation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_music) make neat categorization difficult. Osborne has also stated that his guitar playing is more influenced by Black Flag than Black Sabbath. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvins#cite_note-7)They often favor very slow tempos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempo), and their sludgy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sludge_metal) sound was a strong influence on grungge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grunge)music, especially Nirvana, Soundgarden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundgarden), and many other bands from Seatlle. Their protegés, however, tended to use more conventional musical structures with this sound. Melvins have also influenced many bands, including Tool, who are personal friends with the band; Crowbar, Mastodon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowbar_%28US_band%29) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_%28band%29) and Eyehategod, who participated in a Melvin's tribute album (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Reach:_The_Music_of_the_Melvins) , and Boris (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_%28band%29), who took their name from the title of a Melvins song.

[TheBaroness]

awesome band

very stoked I got a copy of the Senile Animal 4xLP

[SanePsychotic]

I've only heard of this band a few times. If I were to check them out, what would you consider their best song(s) and album?

[murrich]

My personal favourite is Bullhead, it's a great album.

[versus_god]

I really like the albums they recorded with Jello, but I haven't delved into their other material as much as I'd like to.

[shit stroll]

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[Anthony Lutz]

NOFX loves this band, and name drops them a lot. That's about all I know about this band.

[LamarVannoy]

I've only heard of this band a few times. If I were to check them out, what would you consider their best song(s) and album?
came in here to ask this. so far, i really like what i've heard. so whats the best album to start with for a noob?

[Hey Kevin]

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[abusedcat]

LOVE the Melvins.
Kings of sludge.

[Rodeo]

I've only heard of this band a few times. If I were to check them out, what would you consider their best song(s) and album?


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[Throsby]

Love them. Senile Animal or Stoner Witch my favourites