Ipecac Recordings
Melvins
Biography
Remember, anything worth doing, is worth overdoing!
Well, it's 2009 and the seemingly tireless Melvins have yet ANOTHER record ready for release...
What is this, their 50th record?
Maybe?
Anyway, the "newest" Melvins release is called "CHICKEN SWITCH" and it's a "re-mix" record... of sorts...
Each of the artists on this thing were given an entire album to work with and pull things from, however none of them were given individual tracks from the albums! So the outcome HAD to be left of center from the "norm."
Some highlights from CHICKEN SWITCH:
As part of japanese noise/epic rock band Boredoms' 23 year mission, leader Eye Yamatsuka has done the impossible and made the drum circle cool for the first time, ever. Filthy hippies will have to find something else to do, which will predictably involve combining two lame sedentary "sports" into one.
Matmos famously lent their precision-sampling wizardry to Bjork. They took their name from the movie 'Barbarella' - featuring a nubile, scantily-clad Jane Fonda. Given their intense fondness for weird, sexy women, it's no wonder they were totally into working with the Melvins.
Lee Ranaldo has had a long solo career making quite pleasant warped midnight music. He's also in this band that you might have heard of called Sonic Youth.
Japanese NOISE GOD Merzbow is not the only guy to wrap 50 CDs of audio steel wool in a k
inky leather fetish boxset or release a cassette "packaged" in an automobile, but -- Wait. Yeah, he is.
Sunroof! is the more psychedelic, meditative alter-ego of Matthew Bower (Skullflower, Hototogisu, Total, etc.), who is responsible for upwards of 50% of tinnitus cases reported in England.
Kawabata Makoto, as leader/guitarist of the cultish Japanese band Acid Mothers Temple, has perfected the art of making rock music that sounds like freight trains. His remix lovingly recreates the Monon BL2 diesel locomotive (pulling an estimated 60 cars).
No one knows what Void Manes is. I think it has something to do with EVP -- it was on the CD after it was mastered, and we sure as hell weren't going to pay to do it over.
Sounds good to me!
For those who don't know:
The Melvins have been a band for over 25 years...
The Melvins have done a shit load of albums.... How many is a shit load? No one really knows.
The Melvins live in Los Angeles and it's understood in hip circles that the United States tilts left and anything covered in slime tends to slide straight out to California. If your sliding too fast when you slide into San Francisco you tend to glance off south and the real scum bags end up in Los Angeles where their skin dries into a Malibu Ken tan which most hipsters have to painstakingly remove with Easy Off oven cleaner.
We all love porn right? And with the intern
et we've all become totally bored with porn. Bored out of our minds with easy access day and night internet porn.
The Melvins have four members.
King Buzzo... Longest surviving and only original member left. When they get around to replacing him there will be no original members!
Dale Crover... Long standing drummer and part time guitar player. Dale likes his booze in a High Ball glass.
Jared Warren... Bass player, singer and part time drama geek. Jared also plays in the band Big Business.
Coady Willis... Drummer. Coady has a funny story about trying to play a gig in leather pants. Ask him, it's funny as shit! Coady also plays drums in Big Business.
So there you have it!
You can find other interesting bits and bobs about the Melvins on line and some of it is even true! Well, it's at least as true as what the band would tell you in person.
Releases
Upcoming Tour Dates
| Date | Location | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 1, 2010 | San Diego, California | Casbah | |
| June 2, 2010 | Tempe, Arizona | The Clubhouse | |
| June 3, 2010 | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Launch Pad | |
| June 5, 2010 | Austin, Texas | Emo’s | |
| June 7, 2010 | Houston, Texas | Warehouse Live | |
| June 8, 2010 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Spanish Moon | |
| June 9, 2010 | New Orleans, Louisiana | One Eyed Jacks | |
| June 10, 2010 | Birmingham, Alabama | Bottle Tree | |
| June 12, 2010 | Manchester, Tennessee | Bonnaroo Festival | |
| June 14, 2010 | Athens, Georgia | 40 Watt Club | |
| June 16, 2010 | Washington D.C. | 9:30 Club | |
| June 17, 2010 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | T.L.A. | |
| June 18, 2010 | New York, New York | Webster Hall | |
| June 19, 2010 | Brooklyn, New York | Music Hall Of Williamsburg | |
| June 20, 2010 | Boston, Massachusetts | Paradise | |
| June 21, 2010 | Boston, Massachusetts | Paradise | |
| June 23, 2010 | Cleveland, Ohio | Grog Shop | |
| June 24, 2010 | Detroit, Michigan | Small’s | |
| June 25, 2010 | Chicago, Illinois | Double Door | |
| June 26, 2010 | Madison, Wisconsin | High Noon Saloon | |
| June 27, 2010 | Des Moines, Iowa | House Of Bricks | |
| June 29, 2010 | Denver, Colorado | Ogden Theatre | |
| July 2, 2010 | Calgary, Alberta | Sled Island Festival | |
| July 3, 2010 | Calgary, Alberta | Sled Island Festival | |
| July 5, 2010 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Rickshaw Theatre | |
| July 6, 2010 | Seattle, Washington | Showbox At The Market | |
| July 7, 2010 | Eugene, Oregon | John Henrys | |
| July 9, 2010 | San Jose, California | Blank Club | |