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The Quietus has premiered 'Sesame Street Meat' from Hold It In which is due to be released in just under a few weeks! (October 14th to be exact)  Dale Crover said this of Sesame Street Meat... "This track is one of the first songs we recorded together. I love Jeff's slinky little bass line that comes in around the third measure! Then the whole band kicks in and just crushes you like a bug! One of my faves! I can't wait to play it live!"

 

It looks like both the vinyl and CD will be available on that date through Ipecac. The vinyl from Ipecac will be one 12", and since all the songs from the album won't fit so AmRep will be releasing a Bride of Crankenstein 10" with the final track House of Gasoline tacking up the entire b-side of that release. The 10" should be available in time for the U.S. tour that'll be getting underway in a few weeks.


Bride of Crankenstein art by HAZE XXL

Speaking of Amphetame Reptile Records and Tom Hazelmeyer... The Color of Noise a new documentary about the legendary label is in the midst of touring the United States. Tom is appearing at many of the dates selling his art and some rare AmRep releases. Check out The Color of Noise FB for all the details. Noisey also posted a good interview with the director recently.

Make sure to sign up for the We Empty Rooms mailing list so that you can be notified of opportunities to order the Melvins/Hard-Ons split 7" Some may be available on the tour, but quantities are unknown at this point.  The Melvins side of this split is a cover of Glen Matlock's song Ambition.


Poster art by Craig Horky

GOING COMMANDO WITH JIM MORRISON'S GOLDEN SET OF PIPES: Buzz's final tour diary installment for Noisey was posted... 
"Dave and I ate at a pretty nice place just down the street with a surly waitress who mumbled that we were early so some of the specials weren't available yet.
As she turned to stomp off she dropped her order book and when she bent over to pick it up I noticed her pants were split the entire length of her ass crack...
And she wasn't wearing underwear...
It was like staring into the sun." - Buzz Baltimore, MD

Brian Walsby's latest Melvins T-shirt is ace and he still has some sizes left. It's a tribute to Love's Forever Changes album art.

 

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Yesterday Rolling Stone premiered Brass Cupcake from the new Melvins collaboration album with Jeff Pinkus and Paul Leary of Butthole Surfers! Along with that, you can also download the first track on the album Bride of Crankenstein from Amazon & iTunes.

“Brass Cupcake is possibly my favorite track on Hold It In! We wrote this song with Pinkus and Paul in mind, once we knew this project was a go,” explained Dale Crover. “It’s our version of what we think pop music should sound like. Get ready to freak out!"

  1. Bride of Crankenstein 2:49
  2. You Can Make Me Wait 2:49
  3. Brass Cupcake 3:24
  4. Barcelonian Horseshoe Pit 4:22
  5. Onions Make the Milk Taste Bad 5:01
  6. Eyes on You 3:24
  7. Sesame Street Meat 3:28
  8. Nine Yards 2:29
  9. The Bunk Up 7:35
  10. I Get Along (Hollow Moon) 2:35
  11. Piss Pisstopherson 2:58
  12. House of Gasoline 12:11

Buzz is wrapping up down under and about to begin his European solo acoustic tour, be sure to check him out if he's in your area! This Machine Kills Artists is also now available on vinyl from Ipecac.


Poster art by Michael Hacker

Buzz recently did a series of videos for Ultimate Classic Rock: Spinal Tap Moment | Dark Brown Teeth | Rough Democracy | Queen | Pete Townshend |

Little Punk People did a video interview with Buzz.

Buzz played in the NYC Subway

The Sludgelord also posted an interview with Buzz.

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Valley King Records is releasing the first two full lengths by Dale Crover's side project Altamont as vinyl picture discs! They were both originally released on Man’s Ruin Records as cd-only releases. Both were remastered by Dale Crover and Toshi Kasai (aka Deaf Nephews). Each is limited to 500 copies (of which, 75 are part of a box set). Altamont was formed in San Francisco in 1994 as a side project of Dale Crover (the Melvins), Joey Osbourne (Acid King), and Dan Southwick. Pre-Order information is available at Secret Serpents. Shipping starts at the end of August. First 100 pre-orders come with stickers based on the cover art. More info below.

In other Dale news Amrep posted the A side of Dale's upcoming 7" United Fruit that's coming out soon. That 7" also features Lou Barlow and Kevin Rutmanis!

Dale's mini-tour drumming for OFF! is winding down. IndyWeek posted an interview with him and Keith Morris. While on tour Dale took the ice-bucket challenge in support of fighting ALS.


Altamont - Civil War Fantasy – Remastered by Deaf Nephews (Dale Crover and Toshi Kasai). This is an edition of only 500 with cover art by Alan Forbes.



Track listing:
1. Civil War Fantasy
2. Ezy Rider (Jimi Hendrix)
3. Bitch Slap
4. Whips
5. My One Sin
6. Makers Mark
7. Black Tooth Powder
8. Up River
9. Down Wind
10. Smoke

Altamont - Our Darling – Remastered by Deaf Nephews (Dale Crover and Toshi Kasai). This is an edition of only 500 with cover art by Alan Forbes.



Track listing:
1. Saint Of All Killers
2. Short Eyes
3. Our Darling
4. Pirate Love (Johnny Thunders)
5. Chicken Lover
6. Dead Car
7. Swami
8. Peace Creep
9. Stripey Hole
10. Young Man Blues (Mose Allison)
11. Hell’s Angel Lullaby

Valley King Records is also releasing an extremely limited box set. Sets are limited to only 75 copies. ORDER HERE Each set includes:

  • Civil War Fantasy LP picture disc
  • Our Darling LP picture disc
  • Custom ALTAMONT slip mat
  • Band signed silkscreen ALTAMONT art print
  • Vinyl sticker set based on the record artwork
  • All housed in a custom made pine box

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As Buzz's summer U.S. Tour is winding down and his Australia/Europe tours will be getting started in a few weeks I figured I'd round up all the latest in Melvins land. Rumors have been circulating since Jeff Pinkus toured with the band last year that there'd be a Melvins release with him handling bass duties. That's been confirmed and it will include Paul Leary as well, also of Butthole Surfers fame. The album is titled "Hold It In" and it will be released October 14th on Ipecac! It's a 12-song full length and was recorded in both Los Angeles and Austin earlier this year.

"Hold It In is a refreshing piece of fiction in a boring world of fact and bullsh*t," said Osborne. "Paul is one of the best guitar players I have ever heard and Pinkus has an outside the box type of approach to both guitar and bass that you just have to let it ride. I can't believe this actually happened. I'm thrilled."

"It's very rare you get a chance to work with three folks from the 'Break A Wish' foundation, all at the same time," said Pinkus. "I believe they'll remember their experience with me forever (or until they finally all lose their fight with S.I.D.S)."


Photo credit: Mackie Osborne; Left to right: Dale Crover, Buzz Osborne, Paul Leary, JD Pinkus

The Melvins kick off a round of U.S. tour dates on Oct. 15 in Sacramento at Assembly, which also includes a performance at this year's Voodoo Experience in New Orleans. Osborne, Crover and Pinkus will be the touring roster for this run of dates. Tickets are on sale this Friday, Aug. 1 at 10AM local time.

  • MELVINS - HOLD IT IN U.S. TOUR
  • October 15    Sacramento, CA    Assembly
  • October 17    Bellingham, WA    Wild Buffalo House of Music
  • October 18    Seattle, WA    The Showbox
  • October 19    Portland, OR    Roseland Theater
  • October 21    San Francisco, CA    Great American Music Hall
  • October 22    San Luis Obispo, CA    SLO Brewing
  • October 23    Los Angeles, CA    The Troubadour
  • October 24    San Diego, CA    The Casbah
  • October 25    Phoenix, AZ    The Crescent Ballroom
  • October 26    Albuquerque, NM    The Launchpad
  • October 28    Dallas, TX    Trees
  • October 29    Austin, TX    Mohawk
  • October 30    Houston, TX    Warehouse Live - Studio
  • October 31    New Orleans, LA    Voodoo Fest
  • November 1    Pensacola, FL    Vinyl Music Hall
  • November 2    Gainesville, FL    The Wooly
  • November 3    Jacksonville, FL    Jack Rabbit's
  • November 4    Orlando, FL    The Social
  • November 5    Ft. Lauderdale, FL    The Culture Room
  • November 6    Tampa, FL    Orpheum Theater
  • November 8    Atlanta, GA    The Loft at Center Stage
  • November 9    Birmingham, AL    Zydeco

Dale just announced that he'll be coming out with a 7" in late August entitled "United Fruit". It'll feature old friend Kevin Rutmanis and Lou Barlow! August is a packed month for Dale, not only did he appear in the new OFF! music video Red White and Black, he's also going to be filling in on drums for them on their August U.S. tour dates!

  • OFF! U.S. TOUR DATES W/ DALE ON DRUMS
  • 8/6 – Lowbrow Palace – El Paso, TX
  • 8/8 – Korova – San Antonio, TX
  • 8/9 – Mohawk – Austin, TX
  • 8/10 – Siberia – New Orleans, LA
  • 8/11 – Spanish Moon – Baton Rouge, LA
  • 8/13 – Backbooth – Orlando, FL
  • 8/14 – Churchill’s Pub – Miami, FL
  • 8/15 – Local 662 – St. Petersburg, FL
  • 8/16 – Jack Rabbits – Jacksonville, FL
  • 8/18 – Drunken Unicorn – Atlanta, GA
  • 8/19 – Kings Barcade – Raleigh, NC
  • 8/21 – Rock and Roll Hotel – Washington, DC
  • 8/22 – Europa – Brooklyn, NY
  • 8/23 – Altar Bar – Pittsburgh, PA
  • 8/24 – Grog Shop – Cleveland Heights, OH

While out on tour, Buzz has been doing a series of tour diaries for Noisey, the first four have been posted:
Trying Not to Die in a Fiery Crash
Cops and Hippies
Rednecks, Middle Management Zombies, and KISS
Playing Oddly Named Clubs and Spotting Dead Bodies

 
Here's the full performance from Buzz's appearance on KEXP in Seattle.

The Hard-Ons are releasing a series of split 7"s for their 30th anniversary and the Melvins will be on one of them. The Melvins one hasn't gone up for pre-order yet so you'll have to keep checking back in order to get in on that. Here's a video of Buzz talking about the Hard-Ons.

Decibel has a nice writeup on the Stoner Witch album in the August issue of their magazine.

Dale played a "secret show" with Dinosaur Jr. on somebody's back porch!

Buzz gave Tone Deaf over in Australia a list/explanation of the Top 5 people that influenced his career: "He didn’t really get famous until he was in his early 40s, and then he worked almost up until the day he died as well, I love that, I love people who do that sort of thing, I’m super excited about that kind of stuff. When he was about to die they asked him whether there was anything he wished he could do more and he said ‘make another movie’." - Buzz on director John Huston

Buzz did an AMA(Ask Me Anything) on Reddit last month - "I got told to "fuck off" by some of the Ozzfest "security" once while Ozzy was getting ready to hit the stage. I told him I was just looking for a place to piss and he told me "fuck off and use the bushes." I had to settle for pissing on the tires of Ozzies tour bus." - Buzz

Some internet controversy was stirred up based on Buzz's comments regarding Kiss in his interview with the Missoula Independent - "As far as I can tell, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss are fucked-up alcoholic junkie guys. So I don't think Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley should let those two fuck-ups ruin them. Why should they? Okay, they chose to be alcoholics and fuck-ups, now in doing that they have to face the consequences. Gene Simmons didn't do it, why should he face the consequences?" - Buzz


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This Machine Kills Artists, the solo-acoustic debut from King Buzzo is out today, June 3rd via Ipecac! Check out the full-album stream at Dangerous Minds. In addition to the U.S. tour which begins on June 10th in San Diego, Buzz has also just announced that he'll be touring Europe and Australia over August/September.

After a 31-year career in music with the Melvins, which has born over 30 albums of studio and live material, dozens of limited and highly limited 12-inch, 10-inch, and 7-inch records, and north of 2000 live performances why is he going acoustic now?

Because it actually makes sense.

After all, Buzz has written the vast majority of the Melvins’ songs with a fair amount of them originally written on an acoustic guitar and then simply transferred to electric. "I recorded most of This Machine Kills Artists with my red white and blue Buck Owens American acoustic. It's a great guitar and is pretty much irreplaceable so it's staying home for tours. It's too bad really. Maybe I can paint the Chinese one I use live red white and blue! Ha!"

This Machine Kills Artists is an authentically acoustic album with no electric guitars, amplifiers or direct boxes used during the 17-track release’s recording. Buzz’s live performance, previewed in a brief March tour, is equally raw, with the legendary singer/guitar player armed with only his guitar and his quirky-yet-captivating stories.

"I have no interest in sounding like a crappy version of James Taylor or a half assed version of Woody Guthrie,” explained Buzz. “Which is what happens when almost every rock and roller straps on an acoustic guitar. No thanks... This Machine Kills Artists is a different kind of animal." This Machine Kills Artists isn’t merely Melvins Lite (hey, there already is a Melvins Lite!), instead the album offers a surprising new side to the grunge progenitor, songs when offered naked further highlight what a powerful songwriter the Melvins’ front man is.

Along with the new album Buzz will be hitting the road on a giant tour that will take him all the way around the world! The tour itself will begin in the U.S. with a multi-month outing before winding it’s way throughout the globe. The songs on This Machine Kills Artists were written to be performed live and that's exactly what Buzz plans on doing.

It's all about digging it out of the dirt...

The more you work the luckier you get...

King Buzzo Solo Acoustic Australia Tour

August 13, 2014 - Adelaide, SA - Enigma Bar
August 14, 2014 - Geelong, VIC - Barwon Club
August 15, 2014 - Melbourne, VIC - Ding Dong Lounge
August 20, 2014 - Newcastle, NSW - The Small Ballroom
August 21, 2014 - Sydney, NSW - Newtown Social Club
August 22, 2014 - Wollongong, NSW - Anita's Theatre
August 23, 2014 - Canberra, ACT - Transit Bar
August 24, 2014 - Brisbane, QLD - Black Bear Lodge
August 26, 2014 - Perth, WA - Astor Lounge

King Buzzo Solo Acoustic European Tour

August 30, 2014 - Brighton, England - The Haunt
August 31, 2014 - Paris, France - Noveau Casino
September 1, 2014 - Köln (Cologne), Germany - Gebäude 9
September 3, 2014 - Dresden, Germany - Beatpol
September 4, 2014 - Vienna, Austria - Arena
September 5, 2014 - Judenburg, Austria - Rock Is Hell Fest
September 7, 2014 - Ravenna, Italy - Hana-bi
September 8, 2014 - Bologna, Italy - Locomotiv
September 9, 2014 - Milan, Italy - Carroponte
September 10, 2014 - Düdingen, Switzerland - Bad Bonn
September 11, 2014 - Zurich, Switzerland - Rote Fabrik (w/ Philm)
September 13, 2014 - Schorndorf, Germany - Manufaktur
September 14, 2014 - Munich, Germany - Kranhalle
September 15, 2014 - Frankfurt, Germany - Mousonturm
September 18, 2014 - Tilburg, The Netherlands - Incubate Fest
September 19, 2014 - Kortrijk, Belguim - De Kreun
September 20, 2014 - London, England - Oslo
September 21, 2014 - Bristol, England


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SCIONAV just put up for streaming and download "The Hesitation Twist", a new song from Buzz's upcoming solo acoustic album. The track will also be released as a 7" split with Tweak Bird!

 
AmRep has also announced that the latest Sugar Daddy split series 12"s will be up for sale at SHOXOP on 5/20 around 5:30 Central time.  Only a portion of them will go on sale at that time, the rest will be held back for the upcoming King Buzzo Summer Showdown with the U.S.A. Vol. 11 is Star Spangled Banner/Dogs and Cattle Prods(Melvins 1983), Vol. 12 is A History of Bad Men/The Vulgar Joke(King Buzzo).

 

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