Happy Birthday Dale Crover!

Cheers to Dale Crover on his 56th birthday. Here he is bashing away with The Melvins in Toronto a few years back. 

Toasting 40 years of The Melvins... with an electro tribute to Throbbing Gristle!

The Melvins new album "'Throbbing Jazz Gristle Funk Hits" featuring Void Manes is being issued by Amphetamine Reptile.

Here's the scoop from AmRep HQ...

What’s the obvious and predictable move for an insanely influential band like the Melvin’s to do on their 40th anniversary? An homage LP to another insanely influential band Throbbing Gristle of course!

THROBBING JAZZ GRISTLE FUNK HITS!

A hybrid of covers and inspired jams, joined by their good friend Void Manes and produced by Toshi Kasai, this project will likely for the first time challenge longtime Melvins fans, because the band isn’t known for doing that…ever. 

Expect Industrial accidents, broken machines, modular synths, circuit-bent toys inspired by the dawning of the industrial music genre kicked off in no small part by Throbbing Gristle. The first all-electronic Melvins LP!?!

The Vinyl Art edition, sporting locked groove infinite loops on both sides, also comes with a bonus Flexi disc with 2 tracks! Complimentary CD version included, and the head kicker… Off-axis drilled spare spindle hole – an act inspired by industrial forefathers (we advise against even thinking of using it!) Hand stamped art on the center label... just about every down and dirty trick from the industrial miscreants of yesteryears handbook.

Check out the video for "Discipline 23" by Jesse Nieminen.

The Melvins' King Buzzo talks about keeping things weird

Get swank Melvins t-shirts and recordings from their official site: http://www.themelvins.net. 

LINKS 

Guitar.com Buzz Osborne On Four Decades  of The Melvins

Happy Birthday King Buzzo!

Raising a glass to the amazing King Buzzo on his birthday with "I'm Glad I Could Help Out," "Six Pack" and "Science In Modern America"

Brainiac documentary Transmissions After Zero on the way

Eric Mahoney's documentary on Dayton, Ohio's influential Brainiac will premiere at SXSW 2019 in Austin. 

Here's the scoop...
In the mid 90's the Dayton, OH music scene became a hot spot generating world wide buzz from the influential indie rock being produced there (The Breeders, Guided by Voices). Arguably the most innovative of them all was the band Brainiac, led by musical genius and insanely charismatic front man Tim Taylor. The band was opening for Beck and being courted by major labels when Tim was tragically killed in a bizarre auto accident leaving his family and bandmates to pick up the pieces. Eric Mahoney's film explores the band's music, legacy, massive influence on pop culture and how people survive and cope with the loss of loved ones. Check out the trailer below.

For more info, go to https://brainiacfilm.com/

The Melvins @ Danforth Music Hall, Monday

Here's The Melvins' salute to the Surfers at The Mohawk in Austin on June 10th. 

Happy Birthday Dale Crover!

The Melvins' Dale Crover, Aberdeen High School 1985