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The Melvins have been announced as part of the lineup for the New York All Tomorrow Parties Festival this year, curated by The Flaming Lips. Also announced are personal favorites of mine The Jesus Lizard: Today we’re pleased to announce the second group of announcements for our second ATP New York festival which runs from 11th-13th September 2009 and is co-curated by The Flaming Lips. The first event received widespread… Read More »The Melvins join ATP New York
According to a recent Myspace post, The Melvins are playing a couple of shows with Grunge forefathers Green River in Seattle: More Silver Anniversary fun!! The Melvins will play two special shows with old pals Green River. The dates are May 22nd and 23rd at the Showbox At The Market in Seattle, WA. Check out the Green River Myspace here, http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=364525415 Sounds like a good gig to me!
Some more details of the two Los Angeles Puscifer shows have appeared on Toolband/Army: 1st Night, April 4th: The opener is “INTO THE PRESENCE”, featuring Tim Alexander (Primus, Puscifer, A Perfect Circle, Fata Morgana, Laundry) 2nd Night, April 5th: The opener is “SWEETHEAD”, Featuring Troy Van Leeuwen (Queens of The Stone Age, A Perfect Circle) Also reported on the site was the sad news that John Ziegler from Volto! lost… Read More »Puscifer LA Show Details emerge
On Saturday my brother and I went along to the Adelaide leg of the Soundwave Festival. After hearing a few complaints about excessive lines in Sydney I was a little apprehensive, though in the end there was no need to be. Apart from the one time I went to get beer, there were virtually no lines at all. We arrived at the venue at about 1:30pm, and basically walked straight… Read More »Soundwave 2009
According to a recent blog post on Myspace: That’s right! The Melvins celebrate their Silver Anniversary this year! Lots of fun and surprises are coming! To kick off the festivities, the boys are doing some select shows performing the Houdini record in it’s entirety. One Mr. Trevor Dunn will be handling the bass duties while the Big Business boys are touring their new album “Mind The Drift”. Also along for… Read More »Melvins 25th Birthday Celebrations!
Something that I’m sure will appeal to most Tool fans – a recent press release from Mike Patton‘s publicist has revealed that Faith No More will be reforming for a series of European gigs this year: MIKE PATTON SCORES FIRST FEATURE FILM, CRANK 2: HIGH VOLTAGE LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24-Mike Patton (Fantômas, Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Peeping Tom and the forthcoming Mondo Cane amongst others) has just completed his… Read More »Faith No More reunion
inVINCEcible2k3 pointed me to a recent Twit from Tim Alexander, which says: Hey all. If you’d like to check out my band INTO THE PRESENCE, opening for Puscifer April 4th, go to myspace.com/intothepresence My bet would be one some dates in LA, or possible something on the US East Coast.
The Melvins have a new live release coming out this year. Called Pick Your Battles, it features a collaboration with comic artist Brian Walsby and features live track from two shows – one in 1989 and the other in 2008. These are limited to 3000 so don’t waste time if you’d like to secure a copy: Once again, Mr. Brian Walsby has compiled a collection of edgy, biting comic art… Read More »The Melvins: Pick Your Battles