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So it appears as though Sieg Howdy will be released on the 27th of September, I'm still not sure what the tracklist is going to be. It's being presold for 9.79 on cduniverse but 14.99 on amazon. Also the melvins and jello will be playing on Oct. 25th in Washington D.C. at the Black Cat, not sure if this indicates a full blown tour in the U.S. The news trickles in quite slowly in melvins world, especially when you are too lazy to prod people for information. Here's the album art: 

Other than that, let's see....
The word is that the rehearsals with Big Business have been going well.

And then interestingly enough the record label Hour Earth which is ran by a guy that frequents this site's bbs has put out a couple cd's by other people that frequent the bbs.

Also, my thoughts are with those affected by the Hurricane down south, I have family down there myself.

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Alternative Tentacles has released the vinyls of the Mangled Demos and Pigs of the Roman Empire:
Pigs of the Roman Empire - virus336 (2005) 2xLP - $14.00 Pigs of the Roman Empire is The Melvin's upteenth and newest release, a joint venture with LUSTMORD (a.k.a. Hollywood sound designer Brian Williams). The Melvins bring over two decades worth of seethingly toxic guitar sludge. Be forewarned: this is a 180-degree turn from our Jello Biafra w/ The Melvins record: ambient soundscapes, sonic bludgeoning, and unforced cruelty reign over this empire!

Shockingly, even The Melvins and Lustmord themselves were blown away by the overabundant orginality this dynamic pairing created. If they were in awe, imagine how your funky little mind will be blown beyond repair! This is a double LP Gatefold Pressing of "Pigs of the Roman Empire" with picture sleeves and includes a bonus track not found on the CD! This is a limited edition one time pressing! Not available in stores until August 23, 2005.

Mangled Demos from 1983 - virus337 (2005) 2xLP - $14.00 As the title suggests, this is an unreleased collection of Melvins demos from 1983- the only document of the orginal lineup with Buzz Osborne, Mike Dillard, and Matt Lukin. Three years before their official debut, the three who were in high school scraped up a few hundred dollars and cut a demo at an Olympia, WA studio. While this doesn't have the musical chops of the Melvins we know today, it embodies their youthful frustration of being prisioner in a small town and the potential fuled by that boiling rancor, which eventually bloomed into one of the most insanely creative, uncompromising bands today. The hilarious liner notes by Buzz detainling not the recoridng process, which he claims he's forgotten, but the fucked up lives they led in their hopeless town and the characters who populated it. This 2x10" is a limited edition one time pressing! Get it now!

Then there's the anomalous Nike Melvins Shoes

Also Trevor Dunn will be wielding the bass with Buzz and Dale on Oct. 4th in London when they perform the complete Houdini album for All Tomorrow's Parties "Don't Look Back" thing.

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Apparently this is more than gossip now at this point, found originally on the southern lord bbs by Peter:
"...you can congratulate Big Business on their big news, as the local noisy metal duo have been absorbed into the Melvins lineup for a West Coast tour at the end of this summer. That means not only will our own Jared Warren and Coady Willis be opening for the great brain-frying icons, they'll also be playing as part of the band's lineup. Willis tells me the Melvins are in the process of crafting a monster drum kit so he and Dale Crover can create those big-bottomed beats in tandem."

Taken from The Stranger here in Seattle from live gossip column.
Big Business has an album out on Hydrahead records right now. If you're not familiar with them, Jared is from Karp/The Whip and Coady is from Dead Low Tide/Murder City Devils. They also opened for the Melvins on their 20th anniversary show in Seattle.

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Yes, I know Kevin is no longer in the band, please do not feel the need to e-mail me about it anymore. Also if you are looking for information about such things then I must inform you that I am not the source to move towards. These sorts of things happen, bands are a lot like relationships, I'm sure many of you know this quite well. The notion of a third party expounding on the details of why your parents marriage didn't work out is inappropriate for anyone to post on the internet, and in my opinion so is this. It's best to just hope all parties involved are in good health and continue to make great music, as they undoubtedly have in the past.

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According to alternative tentaclesthey will be releasing both the mangled demos and pigs of the roman empire on vinyl this August. Also in late September they will be releasing the second installment from the Jello Biafra and the Melvins collaboration reportedly titled 'Sieg Howdy', a 6 track ep this will include remixes by Al Jourgensen of Ministry, Dalek, Dale, and a cover of Alice Cooper's Halo of Flies.

A good review of the Mangled Demos complete with full mp3's has been posted by Buddyhead, you'll have to scroll down to June 2nd.

Also Daniel sent me a heads up that the Melvins are playing All Tomorrow's Parties "Don't Look Back" where they will be playing the Houdini album in its entirety. This is taking place on the 4th of October this year at the Koko in London, England. Tickets are £17.00 and are available here.

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from girlieaction.com: The year was 1983 — the here and now was bleak, but the future itself was strangely hopeful and promising thanks to some fervent pot smokin’ and a 12 pack of Old English. Three high school classmates in Gray’s Harbor, WA would soon bond over the thrill of getting smashed and making music. Along with the spirit of youth and the growth of punk rock by their side, it was destined they would someday belt out some kick ass tunes, and call themselves the Melvins.

 

 

Recorded during the birth of 80’s hardcore, the Melvins’ Mangled Demos from 1983 will sit nicely next to your old Bad Brains and Corrosion of Conformity albums. There’s some of that classic rockin’ sludge we’ve grown to know and love (including a pre-Dale Crover version of "Set Me Straight"), but it’s the fast, raw and hopeful ferocity of a time when hardcore was brewing, that really makes this release such a gem. While the Melvins were never considered a punk band, and much less a hardcore band, they still managed to squish their way into such fan bases over the past twenty years. So, the argument of roots, influences, attitude and credibility were really never a question. It is only now for the first time, however, that we hear just when and how all those delightful ideas first kicked into high gear. The only archive in existence featuring the original Melvins line up, Mangled Demos from 1983 is made of the finest ingredients: youth, beer, weed and small town angst. It rocks and kicks our asses, recollecting an era of anger and optimism. And while it remains a diamond in the rough, would we really expect anything less from some dudes stuck in "a nasty dull rainy dark hell hole filled with dumb redneck simpletons" some twenty years ago? Ugly times breed beautiful music, and Mangled Demos from 1983 is genuine proof.

 

 

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