Melvins announce Twins of Evil Tour coheadlining the U.S. with BORIS
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Today the Melvins announced the “Twins of Evil Tour,” a seven-week trek that sees them co-headlining with Japanese trio Boris, both performing classic albums in their entirety: Bullhead (Melvins) and Heavy Rocks (Boris).
“40 years as the Melvins!!! What better way to celebrate that unlikely milestone than by setting off on the ‘Twins of Evil Tour’ with our friends, Boris," says King Buzzo. "This will be a stone groove!”
Boris’ Takeshi adds: “Could anyone have predicted such an astonishing event, that Boris and the Melvins would tour the entire USA together? Since the mid-1980s, the Melvins have had an enormous influence on artists of all genres not only limited to heavy music, and have brought forth a surge of faithful followers over the years. Needless to say, Boris is just one of these many bands influenced by the mighty Melvins, and we took our name from a song title off of the 1991 album, Bullhead.”
Tickets are on-sale this Friday, June 9, at 10 am local time.
AmRep artists mr.phylzzz open on all dates.
August 24 Los Angeles, CA Belasco Theater
August 25 Pomona, CA The Glass House
August 26 Fresno, CA Strummer’s
August 27 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
August 28 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
August 29 Petaluma, CA Mystic Theatre
August 31 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
September 1 Seattle, WA The Showbox
September 2 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory Spokane
September 3 Bozeman, MT The ELM
September 5 Fargo, ND The Hall at Fargo Brewing Company
September 6 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
September 7 Milwaukee, WI The Rave II
September 8 Chicago, IL Metro
September 9 St. Louis, MO Red Flag
September 11 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue
September 12 Grand Rapids, MI The Pyramid Scheme
September 13 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall
September 14 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom
September 15 Pittsburgh, PA Roxian
September 16 Maspeth, NY Desertfest NYC
September 18 Albany, NY Empire Live
September 19 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
September 20 Bethlehem, PA MusicFest Café
September 21 Philadelphia, PA Brooklyn Bowl
September 22 Washington, DC The Howard Theatre
September 23 Virginia Beach, VA Elevation 27
September 24 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
September 26 Nashville, TN Brooklyn Bowl
September 27 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
September 28 Savannah, GA District Live
September 29 Birmingham, AL Saturn
September 30 New Orleans, LA Tipitina’s
October 2 Houston, TX Warehouse Live – Studio
October 3 Austin, TX Mohawk
October 4 Dallas, TX Granada Theater
October 5 Oklahoma City, OK Beer City Music Hall
October 6 Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom
October 7 Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck
October 9 Denver, CO Summit
October 11 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater
October 13 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
October 14 San Diego, CA House of Blues
AmRep announces MELVINS: The Devil You Knew, The Devil You Know
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Amphetamine Reptile Records has announced a new/old Melvins release! The Devil You Knew, The Devil You Know is the bands first 7" plus a re-recording of it to commemorate their 40th anniversary! The CD is available now via Shoxop with the vinyl soon to follow.
More details from HAZE XXL:
- Easy As It Was
- Now A Limo
- Grinding Process
- At A Crawl
- Disinvite
- Snake Appeal
Here's a new one for you. It's also an old one. More on that in a minute. The Melvins have their 40th anniversary this year & we’ve got quite a few projects in the pipeline to celebrate & the first one is ready to go.
So here's the deal. 1 Album with 2 versions of the same songs. One half of it is the tracks from the sessions recorded in 1986 for the Melvins first 7" EP record. The other half is those same songs re-recorded in 2023, this time with Steven McDonald on bass. SHOXOP.COM
Front Cover art by HAZE XXL
Back Cover art by HAZE XXLIpecac reissuing TRES CABRONES, HOUDINI LIVE 2005, THE BULLS & THE BEES + ELECTRORETARD
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Ipecac has three more additions to their recent series of (the) Melvins vinyl reissues! They are already in stock in their Blixt US and Bandcamp stores, so those will be shipping in mid-April. Everywhere else should have them for the May 19th release date.
Pre-order them all here! Each reissue comes with a special 12-page booklet designed by Mackie Osborne. And all are just in time for the band's 40th Anniversary!
THE BULLS & THE BEES + ELECTRORETARD
2LP Canary Yellow Vinyl + Limited 2LP Orange w/ Yellow Splatter Vinyl
The first time on vinyl for the complete collection of these two albums together in one package.
TRES CABRONES
Sky Blue Vinyl + Limited Edition Baby Blue w/ Sky Blue Splatter Vinyl
Vinyl reissue of the band's 2013 release featuring their 1983 lineup. First time ever available on vinyl.
HOUDINI LIVE 2005
2LP Hot Pink Vinyl + Limited Edition Baby Pink w/ Hot Pink Splatter Vinyl
The live album from 2006 of Melvins performing their legendary album, Houdini. First time ever on vinyl!
Melvins announce 40th Anniversary European Tour
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40 Years! The band has announced they'll be heading to Europe after the Geek Show tour in the U.S. to continue celebrating their 40th anniversary, the tour kicks off May 30th in the UK! Tickets are on sale February 10th, some of the ticket links are aggregated at ipecac.com/tours
Ipecac Geek Show 2023 Tour Dates announced
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Ipecac recently announced the return of the Geek Show with some U.S. dates scheduled for this spring! It’s the return of the Ipecac Geek Show! We’ve got Mr. Bungle! We’ve got (the) Melvins! We’ve got Spotlights! Hitting select US towns this May, tickets on sale this Friday Jan 27th at 10am local time.
Check out ipecac.com/tours for ticket info.
UPDATE: A few more dates have been added to this tour since it was originally announced!
Geek Show 2023 Tour
May 10, 2023 - Pomona, CA - Fox Theater w/ Spotlights, Mr Bungle
May 11, 2023 - Los Angeles, CA - Palladium w/ Spotlights, Mr Bungle
May 13, 2023 - Las Vegas, NV - Sick New World Festival
May 14, 2023 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues w/ Spotlights, Mr Bungle
May 16, 2023 - Denver, CO - Mission Ballroom w/ Spotlights, Mr Bungle
May 17, 2023 - Salt Lake City, UT - Union Event Center w/ Spotlights, Mr Bungle
May 19, 2023 - Seattle, WA - Showbox w/ Spotlights, Mr Bungle
May 20 2023 - Seattle, WA - Showbox w/ Spotlights, Mr Bungle
May 21, 2023 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom w/ Spotlights, Mr Bungle
May 23, 2023 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater w/ Spotlights, Mr Bungle
May 24, 2023 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater w/ Spotlights, Mr Bungle
Melvins - Bad Mood Rising out now on Amphetamine Reptile Records
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The new MELVINS album Bad Mood Rising is officially released and can already be found at top tier local record stores! It'll be available at the merch table on the Five Legged Tour which they are already about a week into. AmRep will also have an exclusive mail order splatter edition, those are slated to go on sale Tuesday(9/13) over at SHOXOP.COM. From the band: 'After slogging through the insanely clogged up pressing plant delays... IT'S HERE!!! Our full LP of all new material "BAD MOOD RISING"! We'll have exclusive orange vinyl copies on the current tour starting in Las Vegas(Sept. 12)'. Local record stores will be selling the standard black vinyl version, the tour and mailorder color vinyl variants are limited to a 500 ct. pressing each. Local record stores can hit up Think Indie Distribution to stock the LP and CD! A digital/streaming release is expected at a future date TBD. An extra bonus if you missed it in the previous news post is that Dylan Carlson of Earth fame contributed additional guitar on the album opener.
Bad Mood Rising cover art by Mackie Osborne
The band announced that Void Manes will be joining them for select dates in the East, check out the Tour Dates and start making your plans to get to the shows early for his set!
Bifocal Media has a new Melvins/Flipper shirt based on the HAZE XXL artwork for the Hot Fish collaboration EP from 2019.
Melvins friend/producer/engineer Toshi Kasai has a new album Based On True Stories on the way via Joyful Noise Recordings!
Black Donut Records is putting out a Melvins tribute LP entitled A Future of Bad Men, you can pre-order the vinyl over at their Bandcamp.
You can now stream the Melvins documentary The Colossus of Destiny: A Melvins Tale on Tubi
