Freak Puke is the name of the next Melvins album and Amazon today published a bunch of 30 second samples for you to enjoy. Also, here’s the tracklisting: Mr. Rip Off Inner Ear Rupture Baby, Won’t You Wierd Me Our Worm Farm Waltz A Growing Disgust Leon vs. the Revolution Holy Barbarian Freak Puke Let Me Roll It Tommy Goes Beserk The samples published sound pretty good to me. Some… Read More »Freak Puke previews on Amazon
I woke up this morning to find that the first track from the forthcoming Melvins album Freak Puke streaming on the Spin website. It’s called Leon vs. The Revolution and sounds pretty good to me. This album features Trevor Dunn playing upright bass on all of that tracks rather than their typical 4-piece combo. In other Melvins & Spin news, King Buzzo got named in their top 100 guitarists list.… Read More »Leon vs. The Revolution from Freak Puke now streaming
Scion AV have released the new Melvins EP The Bull & The Bees overnight. Head over to their website to collect and listen to the goodies now! This EP features 5 tracks performed by the Melvins/Big Business 4 piece combo. There’s also a great video to go with the first track The War On Wisdom:
Spin have a nice interview with King Buzzo today, in which he talks about the forthcoming Melvins album Freak Puke. The album, which features Trevor Dunn on bass, is sounding more and more interesting: Is he (Trevor Dunn) playing stand up on the whole record? The whole record. There is no electric bass on that record whatsoever. As a matter of fact, there’s not even a bass amp on that… Read More »Buzz vomits up further info on Freak Puke
Got a shitload of money, yet not quite enough to afford an orange Lamborghini? Maybe you should make a bid on the Melvan! From Ebay: 1972 Dodge Sportsman Royal Van, better known as the "MELVAN" Featured in many books, Cobain Unseen, Come As You Are ETC. & Many NIRVANA documentary films. This is a very unique piece of MEVINS/NIRVANA history & truly one of a kind. The KISS Mural on… Read More »The Ultimate Melvins Collectable!
As promised the other day, the new Melvins track “The War On Wisdom” has premiered on Pitchfork. This track is from the coming EP The Bull & The Bees. Personally I think it’s quite excellent! Why do you guys reckon?
Sorry about the lack of news the last few days. Those of you active in the forum would know that I’ve been busy migrating the forums from an old bbPress 1 system to a more modern, and hopefully more flexible bbPress 2 system. There were a fair few headaches involved with this, the migration is now complete, and the new forums can be enjoyed here. There are still some further… Read More »Friday Fourtheye Updates
Snippets was already taken, so here’s a few sausages I’ll throw your way: Volto! are playing another gig, this time at The Mint on the 31st of March, which is also located in The City Of Angels. Tickets are just under $25 and will be a great chance to check out some of their new songs. Hopefully Gryphon Labs might support them as well. Gnjasmkr will be a giving away… Read More »Sunday Sausage Sizzlers!
I’ve noticed a few interesting happenings in regards to bands that have supported Tool over the years, and today I shall compile them into one handy post for you all to enjoy. Firstly, not only are the Melvins touring with Unsane, but it appears they are recording something. A new album I guess. Seems not all that long ago they released the last one, but I always welcome a new… Read More »Generic “bands that have supported Tool” update
The Melvins have just announced another US tour, this time will fellow rock stalwarts Unsane. The tour looks to be mainly SW USA, but with a smattering of shows in other areas as well: April 11 – San Jose, CA – The Blank Club April 12 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall April 13 – Los Angeles, CA – The Troubadour April 14 – San Diego, CA… Read More »The Melvins & Unsane tour the USA