Ugh. The new Melvins record, I am sad to report, dear reader, is a bit of a trainwreck. It’s not that Pinkus Abortion Technician, out Friday on Ipecac, lacks ideas….
The Melvins
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Justin Vellucci
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Every 10 years, Mark Deutrom goes through some fresh hell. Take 1998, a couple of hells ago. Deutrom was recording his first solo record — the excellent The Silent Treatment,…
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Justin Vellucci
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I still remember the CD. My Mudhoney collection was fairly impressive in ’93, having dug deep into the band’s Sub Pop soil, but the disc I found at Vintage Vinyl,…
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Justin Vellucci
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No matter how much he loathes it, Texan and musical-firebrand Mark Deutrom forever might be inextricably linked with Melvins, the legendary Gods-of-Thunder quartet whose debut he released on Alchemy 30-odd…
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Justin Vellucci
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My first exposure to the bizarre genius of U-Men came when I first tracked down a vinyl copy of the scene-setting C/Z Records comp. Deep Six back in the early…
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Justin Vellucci
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It’s hard not to view Primitive Race’s sophomore outing, Soul Pretender, as the next chapter in Chuck Mosley’s epic comeback story. On the record, out Friday on Metropolis, Mosley is…
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Justin Vellucci
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Dale Crover is positively chameleonic — as if any of us would expect anything less — on The Fickle Finger of Fate, his ”debut” solo full-length LP, out today on…
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Justin Vellucci
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Buzz Osborne doesn’t give a s*** what you think about the new Melvins record.
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Justin Vellucci
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You’ve got to give it to Melvins: these guys keep you on your toes. The trio, now featuring Redd Kross’ Steve McDonald on bass, has a new double-album out today,…
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Justin Vellucci
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Regarding Chuck Mosley, the voice of Faith No More’s “We Care A Lot” and “Introduce Yourself.”
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Justin Vellucci
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Don’t get me wrong: I like Crystal Fairy’s self-titled debut, I really do. I just don’t love it as much as I think I should. The name on the spine…
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Justin Vellucci
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Ipecac Records devotees might be led, for good reason, to believe that the Kevin Rutmanis narrative had come to a close. Just don’t tell that to Rutmanis. Let’s catch up…
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Justin Vellucci
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The latest Ipecac Records serving by proto-punk/metal-heads/Gods of Thunder The Melvins — this one titled, counter-intuitively, Hold It In — sounds like another experiment from the California-by-way-of-Washington grunge founders, and…
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Justin Vellucci
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There are certainties in this universe and, to cop a phrase from that shaman Donald Rumsfeld, known knowns. Time will accumulate in seconds and minutes and hours. People will be…
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The Six-Tongued Hellgoat
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The Melvins throw out some unique covers, Aosoth pummel and Zolle don’t need no damn singer.
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Dave Steed
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Dave Steed takes the long journey through the odd career of the legendary Melvins.
Dave Steed
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It’s already May. Do you know where your Buckethead is?
Dave Steed
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Dave Steed takes a look at 10 more of his favorite 300 metal albums.
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