Posted by Zenae Zukowski on March 28, 2018
Next month, Melvins are releasing their forthcoming album Pinkus Abortion Technician on April 20th via Ipecac Recordings. On this particular effort, it will feature two bassists, Steven McDonald and Butthole Surfers’ Jeff Pinkus. Today (28th), the group premiered a video for the song “Embrace the Rub.” The clip was directed by frontman/guitarist Buzz Osbourne’s wife, […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on February 12, 2018
If there’s one thing Melvins have done continually, it’s release albums. If there’s another thing they’ve done continually, it’s experimenting with their sound. For a while last decade, two-man band Big Business joined their lineup, giving the band two drummers. Now they appear to have taken a page out of that, and have announced a […]
Posted by Matt Albers on January 13, 2015
We’ve been telling you about the March 31 release of legendary trio Prong’s first full-length cover album, Songs From The Black Hole, since November. We knew some of the covers that we could expect on the upcoming album, but now the full track listing has been unveiled, as well as the album art. TRACK LISTING: 1. […]
Posted by Chris Colgan on October 14, 2014
This will likely go down as one of the best release weeks all year. Nothing is held back, and the level of greatness on display will boggle the minds of those not prepared. Get ready, and don’t say I didn’t warn you. Exodus, Blood In, Blood Out (Nuclear Blast) A lot of people say that […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on September 24, 2014
On October 14th Melvins will release their 24th (!) album, Hold It In. This time, King Buzzo and Dale Crover will be joined by Butthole Surfers’ Paul Leary and JD Pinkus. We’ve already gotten a chance to hear “Brass Cupcake,” and the band hare just released another song, the awesomely-titled “Sesame Street Meat,” via The Quietus. […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on September 8, 2014
As soon as we read that Mastodon would be teaming up with the Butthole Surfers’ Gibby Haynes for one of the Adult Swim singles, we knew it’d be a little offbeat at the very least. And “Atlanta,” which becomes available for free download today, delivers on that count. In fact, it’s very reminiscent of another […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on July 29, 2014
The Melvins are never one to rest on their laurels, or keep the same lineup for that matter. Now they’re returning with their first album as a quartet for the first time in four years. Hold it In will, as usual, feature King Buzzo and Dale Crover. However, they’ll be joined this time by two Butthole […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on March 26, 2014
From the outside, the experimental drug-fueled alt rock of Butthole Surfers and the anarchic performance metal of GWAR aren’t all that close together. However, both bands started in the ’80s with punk as a common thread of their music, and were among the many bands that played Trenton, NJ’s City Gardens in the ’80s and […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on December 5, 2013
As 2013 sputters to a close, it’s time for everyone to look back at the year in music and reflect on what they listened to the most. It’s a little unfair to compartmentalize an entire year of music into a top ten list, but that’s exactly what we’ll be doing starting later this week. We […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on August 9, 2013
The AV Club’s Undercover series will probably forever be known to metalheads as where we got to see GWAR cover Kansas‘ “Carry on Wayward Son.” It’s kind of hard to up the ante of cramming GWAR in full costume into a tiny studio to cover a classic rock song, but they might have just done […]
