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This comes from Peter of Denmark:
Talked to Buzz and Kevin before the show. He are some of the things Buzz said:
- Mike & the Melvins: Mike hasn´t done his vocals yet and Buzz will not do his before Mike is finished.
- Upcoming: A re-mix album
- Upcoming: A 200 pages art book will be out in the fall. Includes a CD.
- Melvinmania: European release. Melvins has not been contacted about this release and know nothing about the content. Just that it will only contain previously released songs.
- Upcoming: Melvins and Jello Biafra
- Upcoming: The Mangled Demos with Mike Dillard on drums
Oh yeah: and two new Fantomas albums.....

Aalso a rumor going around is that Kevin Sharp of Brutal Truth fame is working on a grindcore supergroup which will feature Shane Embury on bass, Mick Harris on drums and, possibly, Buzz Osborne on guitar. this is in the preliminary stages and buzz hasn't confirmed so we may hear nothing of this for a while.

Also alex took some pictures at the melvins art show in NY to see them go here.

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from ipecac.com
It kind of makes you want to stop doing this!
Due to circumstances beyond our control, the European Geek Tour is being changed at the last minute. The changes are as follows: The Paris show originally scheduled for Friday, June 27 is cancelled. The Hamburg show scheduled for Saturday June 28 is being moved to July 13.
The Roskilde festival show originally scheduled for Sunday June 29 is now Saturday June 28. The Helsinki show scheduled for July 1 is cancelled. We are hoping and assuming that the show on July 3 will happen as planned. The rest of the tour looks fine. When scheduling tours, bands rely on managers, booking agents, promoters/festival organizers, bus or van rental companies, travel agents and crewmembers to pull everything together and set things up. As with life, sometimes things don’t go as planned, but usually you can still pull it together. In this case a couple major parts of the tour organization fell apart, forcing the cancellation of some shows. Ipecac, Tomahawk and the Melvins are VERY upset about this and wish to apologize to everyone affected by these sudden changes. In light of what has happened, it is a tribute to the bands and crew that instead of panicking and canceling, they are determined to do as much of this tour as humanly possible. This despite the loss of a considerable amount of income. Once again, we are VERY sorry. Does this stuff only happen to us????

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There will be an art exhibition featuring over 20 artist/fans of the group at the Anton Kern Art Gallery of New York, NY. Each artist will contribute an original 12 x 12 album cover size artwork for the exhibition. A press release with contact, location, and event information follows.

M E L V I N S

Anton Kern Gallery, New York


Who? The Melvins.

What? Album covers designed by artist-fans of the band, commissioned by a curator-fan
of the band.

Where? At the gallery of Anton Kern, an art-dealer-fan of the band.

When ? May 15th through June 21st.

Opening: Thursday May 15th 6-8pm

Artists: Santiago Alandra, Matthew Brannon, Steve DiBenedetto, Jason Fox, Amy
Gartrell, Torben Giehler, Wayne Gonzales, Cameron Jamie, Jutta Koether, Tim
Lokiec, Justin Lowe, Cameron Martin, Adam McEwen, Dave Muller, Mackie Osborne,
Steven Parrino, Lisa Ruyter, Michelle Segre, David Silver, Fred Tomaselli, John
Tremblay, BanksViolette, Kelley Walker, Claude Wampler.

Curator: Bob Nickas

Please note that the Melvins will be playing at Irving Plaza on May 22 and

23, and the Fantomas-Melvins Big Band will play there on May 21.

The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 am-6 pm. For more information
contact Fernanda or Michael at 212 367-9663 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

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26 songs released today! Here we are in 2003 and it's become obvious that we need to clear up a few things about the Melvins. 1. Remember, when some son-of-a-bitch sells you something, expect the goddamn thing to work. 2. The Melvins are NOT a "trick on music". Got It? It hasn't been a year since the last bona fide Melvins album but nonetheless, slated for release is yet another album... However, this here new one is actually a RE-release of the classic Melvins record "10 songs". Of course the NEW one has a NEW super deluxe cover and has been expanded to 26 songs. That's 16 more than the original! The record even includes a secret recording of one of their hometown buddies out of his mind on Angel Dust. This added historical window should fully explain their origin and current message in a way never before captured on record. Even if this reissue is 16 years old you can rest assured this record is up to date! If you get this record you can know there is nothin' or nobody ahead of you. Nobody knows nothin' that you don't know. All the cards are on the table friends and that's a fact! Dang! It's been damn near 20 years since these Melvins started and they still have yet to find the common decency to die or break up. The core-band of King Buzzo and Dale remains intact and they've had the same bass player since 1998! Hailing from the Minneapolis Cows is pioneering slide bass pervert Kevin "Rutmanis". The Melvins proclaim this lineup the definitive whatever you want to call it of whatever it is they think they do. Nothing should be denied them forever more. Don't try to twist around or screw up this last one, it's a lot easier to just surrender and let the good times roll. After all, the Japanese and the Germans surrendered and look at them now. One things for sure don't listen to anyone about anything. The masses and the media don't know shit. Have no fear, the Melvins and Ipecac know what they are doing. Just sit back and let these guys do the driving. Too many know nothing know it all music critics, humorless tire iron wielding troglodytes and internet weed heads spoil the broth.

1. Easy As It Was       
2. Now A Limo       
3. Grinding Process       
4. #2 Pencil       
5. At A Crawl       
6. Disinvite       
7. Snake Appeal       
8. Show Off Your Red Hands       
9. Over From Underground       
10. Crayfish       
11. Easy As It Was       
12. Now A Limo       
13. Griding Process       
14. At A Crawl       
15. Disinvite       
16. Snake Appeal       
17. Set Me Straight       
18. Show Off Your Red Hands       
19. #2 Pencil       
20. Grinding Process       
21. Snake Appeal       
22. At A Crawl       
23. Operation Blessing       
24. Breakfast On The Fly       
25. Ever Since My Accident       
26. "Hugh"

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The Cameron Jamie film BB, which is an 18 minute film involving Backyard Wrestling, is being played at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis right now up until May 4th. The soundtrack to this film is Hung Bunny/Roman Bird Dog from the Melvins Lysol(self-titled) cd.

B B(2000) was filmed after a long investigation of the backyard wrestling phenomenon in southern California. For two years Jamie followed groups of kids in the San Fernando Valley, shooting videos, going to their wrestling shows, and integrating himself into this community. The film itself was shot with two Super-8 cameras and is superimposed with the timeless, demented, slow, and forceful music of the Melvins. The combination of the slow-motion, black-and-white images with this music creates a dreamlike state that reinforces a nightmare quality. The challenge of such a project was to avoid an exploitative relationship to its topic. Jamie is not interested in authoring "arty white-trash chic," or in depicting violence in a traditional documentary way. The dreamlike form of the film takes the documentary format to another level, to what he calls a "purgatory state of being," a middle ground that, in his view, is perfectly embodied in the notion of suburbs. Go here for more info on the event. 

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It looks like Melvins and Tomahawk will be touring together this spring in the U.S. in the first ever "Ipecac travelling road show" which will also include either Skeleton Key or Dälek. It's supposed to begin late april or early may in time for the next Tomahawk album "Mit Gas" to be released, the 26 songs rerelease from melvins will also be out by this time as well. Apparently there are going to be quite a few dates for the tour, not just the standard big cities of the u.s. stay tuned to ipecac.com for tour dates. 

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