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Here's the Cover art to the special 7" being sold at the 20th anniversary show in Olympia, WA tonight. It's an edition of 250, amrep is selling another 250 with different artwork for the grumpys shows next week. Wes of LSD Magazine did the artwork for this, Aesthetic Apparatus did the artwork for the other set which I haven't seen yet.

 

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from amphetaminereptile.com: MELVINS are celebrating their 20th anniversary, and we’ll be releasing a limited edition 7” to commemorate the event! That and it’s become a tradition that release a single when they come to Minneapolis to play their exclusive Grumpy’s shows (almost annually). Set for release in conjunction with their March 19 & 20 shows in Minneapolis. Keep glued here to find out how to get one. It’ll be sick as we’re only making 200 for the show. It’s 2 new REAL songs called “Message Saved” & “Thank You”. We’ll be having a super finite amount for sale on website. Sleeve and poster done by the Aesthetic Apparatus folks. The lads will also be doing a book signing for their new book while in town at OX-OP (gallery). Once you see the book you’ll realize it makes total sense to have the book signing in a gallery, as the book is an amazing graphic piece that includes gobs of Melvins stuff as well as top notch art from tons of amazing folks (Obey Giant, Dalek, Camille Rose Garcia, Tim Biskup, etc etc). The book signing takes place at 2pm. 

i'll be there as well as both shows, can't wait, here's to them playing the entire eggnog ep! 

 

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Tthe melvins book "neither here nor there" will be out on March 9th in the U.S. from ipecac.com: The long anticipated Melvins 20th anniversary book NEITHER HERE NOR THERE comes out. This beautiful coffee table book includes a CD Melvins compilation available nowhere else. This book should be widely available. Sometime around March 9th we will be selling limited edition, autographed hardcover versions of this same book. Available only online at our webstore or if you catch the Melvins on the road on this mini US tour listed in the calendar section.

It will be 228 pages and will come with a compilation cd, here is the tracklisting:
1. Bar X The Rocking M
2. Night Goat
3. Hog Leg
4. The Fool The Meddling Idiot
5. Revolve
6. Colossus Of Destiny(clip)
7. Manky
8. Oven
9. With Teeth
10. If You Get Bored(from mangled demos)
11. Let It All Be
12. Boris
13. Forgotten Principles
14. Prick
15. Mombius Hibachi
16. At A Crawl
17. Hooch
18. Eyeflys

 

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@POP Gallery presents

FUN HOUSE artshow-Curated by NIAGARA

Featuring THE STOOGES: IGGY POP, RON ASHETON, SCOTT ASHETON.

February 7th-March 2nd, 2004.

"Like a street-walkin' cheetah with a heart full of napalm" Iggy and The Stooges are back but now are exploding on Detroit's ART Scene.

Ground Zero is CPOP Gallery, Sat Feb 7th. Iggy, the Godfather of Punk and his partners in crime, the Asheton brothers, have a new weapon in their arsenal: paintbrushes. Curated by Detroit's own High Priestess of Punk, Niagara.

Observes Mary Harrison, "It would appear to be the natural progression; now bringing Ron Asheton into the art scene since they had played together for years in Dark Carnival, exposing her to the music scene"

The Stooges FUNHOUSE Art show is expected to attract an international audience in it's 30 day run in Detroit. The show should hold more than a few surprises, everything from crude re-worked T.V. Guides to large colourful canvases depicting life from the perspective of the seminal Punk Rockers. The show is coinciding with the Stooges Reunion and world tour that has taken the rock world by storm.

Ron Asheton, lead guitar from The Stooges and Destroy All Monsters, wryly notes, "Some of this stuff isn't so hot and some of it's brilliant, I just don't know which is which."

Niagara had noticed, "For some time they had been painting whenever they could. I thought the time was right for a show...of a different type; paintings by musicians."

Also included in the show are pieces by Lou Reed, Joey & Dee Dee Ramone, Thurston Moore & Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth), Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top), King Buzzo (The Melvins), Mark Mothersbaugh (DEVO), Kembra Pfahler (The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black), John Holmstrom (PUNK Magazine), rock photos by Bob Gruen and Leni Sinclair, various other artists and live performances.

"I wanted the show in D etroit, being the Stooges home town. They are beloved here." added Niagara.

"It will also give our band an opportunity to get some recording done for our new album." says Asheton.

SHOW OPENS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2004, 8pm-Midnite

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from ipecac.com: It is time to celebrate! The self proclaimed "greatest band in the history of music", the mighty MELVINS celebrate their 20th anniversary this March. Yes, beleive it or not it was 20 years ago on March 9th 1984 in Olympia Washington, the very first Melvins show. To celebrate we are releasing a very special coffee table book called "NEITHER HERE,NOR THERE" on March 2nd. This is an amazing retrospective highlighting artwork from their releases, ruminations from the band and their friends and a CD compilation featuring tracks from all their releases only available in this book.
As if this was not enough, the Melvins will be doing a mini celebration tour on the west coast of the US. Dates are posted in the calendar section now. At these shows you will be able to buy a special, limited edition, overpriced, hardcover, version of the book. Join the party!!!!!
How many other rock bands have survived 20 years and are still relevant?
Just to answer a couple popular questions.
1) the paperback version of the upcoming Melvins book (including CD retrospective) will indeed be available at cool record stores worlwide.
2) the hardcover limited version will be available only at Melvins shows and at our webstore.


03/04/2004 San Francisco,CA Great American Music Hall
03/06/2004 Portland, OR The Crystal Ballroom w/ Mudhoney
03/07/2004 Seattle, WA The Showbox w/ Mudhoney
03/09/2004 Olympia, WA The Capitol Theater 20th anniversary show w/ Mudhoney & Fitz of Depression
03/12/2004 Santa Cruz,CA The Catalyst
03/13/2004 West Hollywood, CA Troubadour
03/14/2004 Costa Mesa,CA Detroit Bar
03/15/2004 San Diego,CA Casbah 

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Tour dates on the west coast are popping up, a few of them are with mudhoney and one of them is the melvins 20th anniversary show apparently, check out the tour dates page for that info.

From southern.com: Holy Moly! The Melvins are turning 20 in 2004 and are still packing a bigger and harder punch than nearly every band half their age. We closed our 2003 `We Worship The Melvins' festival here at Southern by trooping along to see our heroes perform a live soundtrack to three cutting edge independent films directed by the US artist Cameron Jamie. Huge sonic waves crashed across the venues, enveloping the audience before receding and leaving everyone gagging for more. And whats more, when the final film finished the Melvins launched into their Atlantic-period classic "Night Goat" causing your Southern team to nearly explode with excitement.

Adding to our Melvins excitement is the news that to celebrate their 20 years as the Kings of Sludge, Ipecac are to release a 224 page BOOK on the Melvins, featuring brand new artwork from friends, family and fans... and... a newly compiled CD featuring a track from each of their 18 albums! More "Night Goat" for me then! This piece of art will be available in March - just in time to commemorate the date of their first ever show. 

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