Podcast appearances and mentions of Buzz Osborne

ABOUT ​BUZZ OSBORNE: Formed in 1983 in Montesano, Washington, the Melvins are one of modern music's most influential bands. Founded by Buzz Osborne (vocals/guitar) with drummer Dale Crover joining a year later, the Melvins pioneered a genre-defying fusion of punk rock and heavy music. Over their four-decade career, they've released more than 30 original albums, countless live records, and numerous singles and rarities. ABOUT THE PODCAST:  Candid discussions with and about those behind the scenes in the music business including industry veterans representing the segments of: Musician, Design & Live ABOUT THE HOSTS: All three Music Buzzz Podcast hosts (Dane Clark, Hugh Syme and Andy Wilson) have spent their careers working with the biggest names in entertainment and have been, and still are, a fly on the wall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Decoy Deloy is back with your weekly dose of Music News, brought to you by Hello Merch. In this special episode, Decoy and Jenny Nobody sit down with Buzz Osborne of the legendary rock band Melvins at The Van Buren to go under the hood of the new project Thunderball and explain why the Melvins merch table is a CASH ONLY situation. Plus: GWAR celebrate 40 years of intergalactic mayhem with a new EP and comic book, The Return of Gor Gor, a new EP on Pit Records and Z2 Comics. And bluesman Jon Spencer kicks out the jams with "Come On," a protest anthem and dedication to his musical heroes. Call us anytime at 1-877-WASTOIDS. More podcasts and videos at WASTOIDS.com | Follow us on Instagram and YouTube.

Growing up in the small town of Montesano, Washington, Kurt Cobain turned to his older pal Buzz Osborne for musical direction. So on this episode, we're talking with the Melvins leader about their friendship, from taking Cobain to see Black Flag in '84 to their shared guitar journey and how they both thought about gear. And in case you've heard otherwise, Kurt was never a Melvins roadie!Osborne's latest project is Thunderball from Melvins 1983, something of a side trajectory for the band, which harkens back to this time in Osborne's life. We dig into that and how it all relates and much more. Episode brought to you by: https://www.fishman.com/Follow Nick: https://www.instagram.com/nickmillevoiFollow Jason: https://www.instagram.com/jasonshadrickGet at us: 100guitarists@premierguitar.comCall/Text: 319-423-9734Podcast powered by Sweetwater. Get your podcast set up here! - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/75rE0dSubscribe to the podcast:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0aXdYIDOmS8KtZaZGNazVb?si=c63d98737a6146afApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/100-guitarists/id1746527331

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Buzz Osborne dives into 'Thunderball,' the new album from Melvins 1983 and spends time reflecting on how he discovered music growing up in a small town in Washington.

Interview aired the weekend of 6/14/24

This week on the podcast, Jason Rockman sat down with Buzz Osbourne - an American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter + founding member of the rock band Melvins! PLUS, we had the immense pleasure to talk to Greg Werckman - co-founder of Ipecac Recordings - to chat about the music business.

There is a lot happening at the Lydian Spin! Lydia and Tim are both touring and we're recording and editing the next batch of interviews, set to debut next week. Meanwhile, Lydia, a big Melvins fan, is thrilled about the recent release of their new album, Tarantula Heart. To share her excitement, this weeks episode features a new intro combined with a rebroadcast of an interview with Melvins guitarist Buzz Osborne. This interview, conducted during the peak of Covid restrictions, also serves as an interesting snapshot of where we all were just 200 episodes ago. Enjoy!

This week we're not only discussing Tarantula Heart, the latest album by the Melvins, but Buzz Osborne himself has graced us with an exclusive interview (which starts at 37:56). Tarantula Hearts marks the Melvins' return to dual drummers (this time with Ministry's Roy Mayorga) and it's a delight. Later in the episode, our history guy Tom talks to Buzz directly, covering everything from their disastrous tour with White Zombie to Buzz's love of golf. Dig it.Closing track: “She's Got Weird Arms”Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/everyalbumeverMerchhttps://pandermonkey.creator-spring.com/Mike's EP:Pander Monkey on Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple,Instagram:Mike @pandermonkeyAlex @everyalbumalexTom @tomosmansoundsHistory Tom's stuff:Whatever Comes Next Podcast on SpotifyMusic on Spotify, AppleSubstackWebsite

Buzz Osborne and Toshi Kasai have been musical collaborators for several decades of Melvins and related releases. They discuss their partnership, history, studio lessons and memories, recording "Tarantula Heart", future releases and more. Buzz and Toshi met at a Tool recording session Toshi and Buzz have similar humour and work ethic Melvins work on defined time schedules How “Tarantula Heart” was recorded Melvins have to re-learn the songs from Tarantula Heart Potential relation to “Plan D” recording approach Making the 20 minute track “Pain Equals Funny” How to approach playing “Tarantula Heart” tracks live Melvins activity during the pandemic Recording session with Melvins & Napalm Death Lots of Melvins unreleased material What has Buzz Learned from Toshi? Buzz would like to re-record the Atlantic albums What has Toshi learned from Buzz? How will Buzz approach the next album? Constraints during recording Trying to not overthink material Examples of sessions that were not successful Husker Du's “Data Control” was recorded multiple times before the Helms Alee version Upcoming HAZEXXL remix of “Pain Equals Funny” / Boris split Melvins recent vinyl reissues “(A) Senile Animal” vinyl screwup Any preparation for the end of Melvins? Upcoming projects, albums Interview wrap up Order "Tarantula Heart" at Ipecac or Blixt Merchandise Extended, Commercial-Free & High Resolution version of this podcast is available at: www.Patreon.com/VinylGuide Listen on Apple: https://apple.co/2Y6ORU0 Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/36qhlc8

Keith sits down with Buzz Osbourne to discuss growing up in Montesano Washington, early musical influences, the formation of Melvins, the early days of a band, making a living as a musician and the Melvins lasting influence on bands like Nirvana, Soundgarden and Boris. We also discuss Melvins' time on Atlantic Records, firing Kurt Cobain from producing "Houdini", Buzz's insights on Kurt, Chris Cornell and the Seattle alternative scene, the Melvins latest LP "Tarantula Heart" and the unique way the band recorded the record, what's next for the band and more. 

Joe Wong is a LA based musician, film and tv composer, producer, and podcaster. His newest record, Mere Survival, is a lush orchestral psychedelic pop odyssey laden with timeless song structure and stacked with the heaviest of heavy hitting guest musicians (Mary Timony, Nate Mendel, Money Mark, Jim Keltner and Matt Cameron, to name of few).  Joe (Wong) shares the motivation behind this realistic, yet despair rich record, and how this stage in his career naturally led to its completion. The Joe's discuss the absurdity of the all-star cast of contributors and why Joe Wong sees making a record as an innately social experience. The two exchange their gleaned wisdom they've absorbed from Buzz Osborne, Joe (Wong) tells us why he's getting his podcast The Trap Set up and running again and we hear his plans for upcoming performances of Mere Survival. As usual, we hear a few tunes and soak up the vibrations. Joe Wong Mere Survival Episode supported by Distrokid Episode supported by Izotope

Dale Crover of Melvins discusses the new Melvins LP "Tarantula Heart", his recent surgery, touring update, solo albums, rare records , recent recordings and old tapes. Lots for the Melvins fan in your head. Dale ain't coming to Australia The new LP “Tarantula Heart” Melvins or The Melvins? The story of “Tarantula Heart” Different recording/writing process for new album Playing the new songs live Dale and Roy Mayorga double drumming Dale's surgery and recovery What caused his injury? Dale wrote a new LP while recovering Did he see Melvins as a spectator? Dale won't go to Japan either Working and touring with Redd Kross “Wood and Diamonds” lathe cut from Joyful Noise Strange limited records from Joyful Noise, Thunder Pinky Why only 127 made? What's special about 127? Any Melvins project turn out to be too ambitious? The KISS solo LPs on Boner Records Dale's dog has something to say Steven McDonald's solo LP Dale started playing guitar before drums Did Dale write the songs on his 1992 solo LP? What are Dale's thoughts on studio creativity and what's cheating? Will there be additional musicians to play “Tarantula Heart” live? Melvins “Throbbing Gristle Funk Hits” EP with Void Mains Melvins EP with Helms Alee The story of “Cabbage n Mash” EP Working in Toshi Kasai's studio The story of Matt Cameron's “Gory Scortch Cretins” Did Dale ever drum with Taylor Hawkins? Any Melvins material they cannot release? Any missing tapes? Melvins outtake from the “Houdini” sessions – “Gggibbbyy” Dale's early projects in mid 80s – Mentors cover band, Simplex 1, Society Skate Youth Patrol, The Stiff Woodies A Stiff Woodies song ended up as “Sky Pup” on Houdini Dale needs to digitize his old tapes Interview wrap up Preorder Melvins "Tarantula Heart" on vinyl here. Watch "Working The Ditch" video here. Commercial-Free & High Resolution version of this podcast is available at: www.Patreon.com/VinylGuide Listen on Apple: https://apple.co/2Y6ORU0 Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/36qhlc8

For the 30th anniversary of the Melvins' 1993 classic, HOUDINI, we take a detailed look at how the record was made. Buzz Osborne, Mike Dillard and Matt Lukin had formed the Melvins in 1983 when they were teenagers living in Montesano, Washington. Drummer Dale Crover ended up replacing Dillard early on and has remained with the band to this day. When Osborne and Crover decided to move to San Francisco, Lori Black took over on bass, and they began a series of releases with indie label, Boner Records. By the time, they got to their fifth album, they decided to sign to a major label as the Northwest music scene had exploded in popularity and had attracted the attention of the major labels. After they signed with Atlantic Records, they enlisted their old friend, Kurt Cobain, to produce the album. In this episode, Buzz Osborne describes the difficult sessions that took place while making the record. Kurt Cobain was dealing with a heroin addiction at the time and would often not show up for sessions. Osborne talks about making the decision to fire Cobain right in the middle of the sessions. Ultimately, Cobain did have a hand in co-producing six tracks on the album and played guitar and drums on a couple songs. Osborne describes this period when the Melvins had already seen success on indie labels but decided to sign a contract with the major label powerhouse, Atlantic Records. Osborne describes his initial shock when Atlantic didn't interfere with their creative process at all and let them make the record they wanted to make. From Osborne's often nonsensical lyrical approach to the importance of dynamics in heavy music to a rotating cast of bass players to Dale Crover's mastery of tempo and feel to combining classic rock with punk rock attitude to the Melvins belonging on a legendary label, we'll hear the stories of how the record came together.

Buzz Osborne discusses the Melvins' Twins of Evil Tour with Japanese rockers Boris and also opens up about the legacy of the band he formed in 1983.

Melvins are playing a 40-year anniversary show at The Showbox in Seattle on Friday September 1. Buzz Osborne of Melvins talks about the highlights of the band's career, being an influence on Soundgarden, Mudhoney and Nirvana, and the songs that define the band. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're joined once again by Samuel “Sam The Man” Wetz to tackle one of Eddy's favorite bands: The Melvins! In addition to a detailed, track-by-track review of their 1994 album Stoner Witch, we discuss the various music styles of the band, why they never were as big as the more MTV-friendly Seattle grunge bands, what Gene Simmons thinks of the Melvins and what they think of his band KISS (there you go, kids, some more KISS talk). Sam also makes Eric and Eddy laugh repeatedly by doing funny voices. It's an episode so madcap and gonzo, even that snarky art rocker Buzz Osborne might approve…!!!

**A Reminder! The next live “Interceptor Beyond Show” as a part of BLACK RABBIT event is happening on July 15th at Arena Beisl.** The Melvins It's no overstatement to say the Melvins thoroughly reformulated the sound of heavy guitar music in America in both the punk underground and the hard-rock mainstream. This is no small feat, considering that the band—cofounded by guitarist Buzz Osborne and drummer Dale Crover in Montesano, WA, in 1983—have always been unconventional cult artists. Across their first five full-lengths, from 1987's Gluey Porch Treatments to 1993's Houdini, they developed a grinding synthesis of Black Sabbath-inspired metal and hardcore punk aggression that influenced not only Nirvana and grunge but also sludge, stoner rock, doom, and drone metal. The Melvins aren't just heavy, however: They're weird and irreverent, too. You can hear it in Osborne's gnarled bellows and absurdist lyrics. That sensibility also explains why their records—especially those released after hooking up with Mike Patton's Ipecac label in 1999—boast such wildly different personalities. Their 2004 collaboration with industrial pioneer Lustmord descends into dark ambient; by contrast, 2018's Pinkus Abortion Technician is a slab of '70s rock worship featuring Butthole Surfers legend Jeff Pinkus on bass. There's real freedom in the Melvins' unpredictability, and it's just as central to their legacy as all their brilliantly crawling riffs and thunderous grooves.  https://www.themelvins.net/ https://www.instagram.com/melvinsdotcom/ https://www.facebook.com/melvinsarmy https://open.spotify.com/artist/6aVjo0xHSiuW5hkasoYSR3 - Cover photo by https://www.instagram.com/belialcricetinae/ _ Don't forget to follow this podcast everywhere you get your podcasts. If you dig the show, please leave a rating on Spotify, cos it helps a lot. _ Send your opinions, comments and suggestions to podcast@interceptorbeyond.com _ Interceptor Beyond assists rock musicians on their journey through the music industry. In this podcast series, Interceptor Beyond interviews up-and-coming and established music artists who share their knowledge about the modern music industry.  _ Follow Interceptor Beyond online here: Website: https://www.interceptorbeyond.com  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/interceptorbeyond/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/interceptorbeyond 

This week I met up with Buzz Osborne aka King Buzzo from the band THE MELVINS  for a chat about the 1982 monster madness that is John Carpenters THE THING. We also chat about the music of the Melvins, touring & of course his history with horror & he even decides on which is the most 'horror' of the Melvins' songs.

New music from Alvvays, The Cool Greenhouse plus an interview with Melvins' guitarist Buzz Osborne

Interview aired the weekend of 7/29/22

David Eric Grohl was born in Warren, Ohio on January 14, 1969. Mom is teacher Virginia Jean Hanlon and dad was news writer James Harper Grohl. In addition to being an award-winning journalist, Dave's dad had also served as the special assistant to Republican Congressman and US Senator Robert Taft Jr.  When Dave was young, the Grohl family moved to Springfield, Virginia. When he was seven, his parents divorced, and he was raised primarily by his mom. At the age of 12, he began learning to play the guitar. He grew tired of lessons and instead taught himself, eventually playing in bands with friends. He said, "I was going in the direction of faster, louder, darker while my sister, Lisa, three years older, was getting seriously into new wave territory. We'd meet in the middle sometimes with Bowie and Siouxsie and the Banshees." At 13, Grohl and his sister spent the summer at their cousin Tracey's house in Illinois. Cousin Tracey introduced them to punk rock by taking the pair to shows by several different punk bands. His first concert was Naked Raygun at The Cubby Bear in Chicago in 1982. Grohl recalled, "From then on we were totally punk. We went home and bought Maximumrocknroll, (a punk subculture music zine that ran from 1982 to 2019) and tried to figure it all out." In Virginia, he attended Thomas Jefferson High School as a freshman and was shockingly elected class vice-president. He taught himself to play pieces of songs by punk bands like Circle Jerks and Bad Brains and, using his clout as vice president, would play them over the school intercom before his morning announcements. His mother decided he should transfer to Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria because he was smoking too much weed and it was affecting his grades. He stayed there for two years, one of those repeating his first year.  After his second year, he transferred yet again to Annandale High School. While in high school, he played in several local bands, including a short stint as guitarist in a band called Freak Baby. It was during this period that he thought it was a good idea to switch to learning drums. When Freak Baby kicked out its bass player and reshuffled its lineup, Davel took on the role of drummer and history was made. Show's over, folks! The band then changed their name to “Mission Impossible.” Dave has said he did not take drumming lessons and instead learned by listening to Rush and punk rock bands. Obviously, insanely talented and possible robot and Rush drummer Neil Peart was an early influence: "When I got 2112 when I was eight years old, it fucking changed the direction of my life. I heard the drums. It made me want to become a drummer." During his beginning years as a drummer, Grohl cited John Bonham as his greatest influence, and eventually had Bonham's three-rings symbol tattooed on his right shoulder. Mission Impossible changed their name once again to “Fast” before breaking up, after which Dave joined the hardcore punk band Dain Bramage in December 1985.  Dain Bramage ended in March 1987 when Dave up and quit without warning to join Scream, having produced the I Scream Not Coming Down LP. Many of Dave's early influences were at the 9:30 Club, a music venue in Washington, D.C. He said, "I went to the 9:30 Club hundreds of times. I was always so excited to get there, and I was always bummed when it closed. I spent my teenage years at the club and saw some shows that changed my life." As a teenager in D.C.,Dave briefly thought about joining shock-rocker punk/metal band, GWAR, who were looking for a drummer around this time. At age 17, Dave auditioned with local Washington, D.C. favorites Scream to fill the vacancy left by the departure of drummer Kent Stax. In order to be considered for the position, Dave lied about his age, saying he was 34. I'm kidding but he did say he was older. To Dave's surprise, the band asked him to join and so he pulled a Jay-Z (last week's Icon) and dropped out of high school in his junior year. He has been quoted as saying, "I was 17 and extremely anxious to see the world, so I did it." Over the next four years, Grohl toured extensively with Scream, recording a couple of live albums (their show of May 4, 1990 in Alzey, Germany being released by Tobby Holzinger as Your Choice Live Series Vol.10) and two studio albums, No More Censorship and Fumble, on which Grohl penned and sang vocals on the song "Gods Look Down". During a Toronto stop on their 1987 tour, Grohl played drums for Iggy Pop at a CD release party held at the El Mocambo, which became best known for the 1977 surprise show by The Rolling Stones, which became popular when then Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's wife, Margaret Trudeau, showed up and partied with the Stones.. In 1990, Scream unexpectedly disbanded mid-tour when bassist Skeeter Thompson left the band. Nirvana (1990–1994) We obviously can't talk about Foo Fighters without discussing Nirvana. They'll definitely have their own episode so we won't get too into them today. While playing in Scream, Grohl became a fan of the Melvins and eventually befriended them. During a 1990 tour stop on the West Coast, Melvins guitarist Buzz Osborne took his friends Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic, of future Icons Nirvana, to go see Scream. Grohl called Osborne for advice after Scream disbanded and Osborne informed him that Nirvana was looking for a drummer. He gave Dave the phone numbers of Cobain and Novoselic, who then invited Grohl out to Seattle to audition. Grohl soon joined the band. Novoselic later said, "We knew in two minutes that he was the right drummer." Dave told the U.K. based magazine Q: "I remember being in the same room with them and thinking, 'What? That's Nirvana? Are you kidding?' Because on their record cover they looked like psycho lumberjacks... I was like, 'What, that little dude and that big motherfucker? You're kidding me'." When Dave joined Nirvana, they had already recorded several demos for the follow-up to their debut album Bleach, produced and recorded by Butch Vig. Initially, the plan was to release the album on Sub Pop, but they received a ton of label interest based on their demos. Dave spent the initial months with Nirvana traveling to various labels as the band shopped for a deal, eventually signing with DGC Records. In the spring of 1991, the band entered the infamous Sound City Studios in Los Angeles to record Nevermind as seen in Dave's amazing documentary, Sound City, from 2013. The album Nevermind was released later that year and exceeded all expectations becoming a worldwide commercial success. At the same time, Dave was compiling and recording his own material, which he released on a cassette called Pocketwatch in 1992 on indie label Simple Machines. Rather than using his own name for the project, Dave released the songs under his pseudonym "Late!" In the later years of Nirvana, Dave's songwriting increased. In his first months in Olympia, Washington, Kurt Cobain overheard him working on a song called "Color Pictures of a Marigold", and they wound up working on it together. Dave would later record the song for the Pocketwatch cassette. Dave stated in a 2014 episode of the documentary series, Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways, that Kurt kissed him when he first heard a demo of "Alone + Easy Target" that Dave had recently recorded. According to Dave, "I'd told him I was recording and he said, 'Oh, I wanna hear it, bring it by.' He was sitting in the bath-tub with a walkman on, listening to the song, and when the tape ended, he took the headphones off and kissed me and said, 'Oh, finally, now I don't have to be the only songwriter in the band!' I said, 'No, no, no, I think we're doing just fine with your songs.'" Nirvana would jam Dave's song on soundchecks during their 1991 European tour. Dave reluctantly held back his songs in the beginning. In a 1997 interview he said, "I was in awe of [Kurt Cobain's songs], and [I was] intimidated. I thought it was best that I kept my songs to myself." During the sessions for In Utero, Nirvana's third and final studio album, the band decided to re-record "Color Pictures of a Marigold" and released it as a B-side on the "Heart-Shaped Box" single, with a slight title change; "Marigold". Dave also wrote the main guitar riff for "Scentless Apprentice", another song on In Utero. In a 1993 MTV interview, Kurt had said that, at first, he thought the riff was "kind of boneheaded", but was happy with how the song developed. Part of this development process can be heard  in a demo on the Nirvana box set ``With the Lights Out”, released in 2004. Cobain had said that he was excited at the possibility of having Chris Novoselic and Dave contribute more to the band's songwriting. Before embarking on their 1994 European tour, Nirvana scheduled session time at the popular Robert Lang Studios in Seattle to knock out some demos. The recording session was only 3 days long and Cobain wasn't there for most of it, so Chris and Dave worked on demos of their own songs. They completed several of Dave's songs, including future Foo Fighters songs "Exhausted", "Big Me", "February Stars", and "Butterflies". On the third day, Kurt finally arrived, and the band recorded a demo of a song later Titled "You Know You're Right". It was to be Nirvana's last studio recording.   After the death of Kurt Cobain in 1994, the band known as Nirvana broke up. Dave received numerous offers to work with various artists and there were rumors saying he might join Pearl Jam. Dave almost accepted a position as the drummer for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. He later said: "I was supposed to just join another band and be a drummer the rest of my life. I thought that I would rather do what no one expected me to do."  Instead he booked time at Robert Lang Studios in October 1994 and began recording 15 of his own songs. Dave played every instrument and sang every vocal part on the record with the exception of one guitar part on "X-Static", which was played by Greg Dulli of the Afghan Whigs,.  He completed an album's worth of material in only five days and handed out cassette copies of the sessions to his friends for feedback.   Dave hoped to keep his anonymity and release the recordings in a limited run under the title "Foo Fighters", taken from the World War II term "foo fighter", used to refer to unidentified flying objects. "Around the time that I recorded the first FF tape, I was reading a lot of books on UFO's. Not only is it a fascinating subject, but there's a treasure trove of band names in those UFO books!" he said. "So, since I had recorded the first record by myself, playing all the instruments, but I wanted people to think that it was a group, I figured that FOO FIGHTERS might lead people to believe that it was more than just one guy. Silly, huh?" Continuing, Dave contends that a better band name could have been created. "Had I actually considered this to be a career, I probably would have called it something else, because it's the stupidest fucking band name in the world."   The demo tape circulated the music industry, creating serious interest among record labels. This WAS the drummer from arguably the biggest rock band in the world, right?  Dave put together a  band to support the album. He talked to Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic about joining, but they both decided against it; Dave said it would have felt "really natural" for them to work together, but would have been "weird" for the others and place more pressure on himself.   Having heard about Sunny Day Real Estate breaking up, Dave snagged the group's bass player, Nate Mendel, and their drummer, William Goldsmith. Dave then asked George Ruthenberg to join the band as their second guitarist. George, better known as Pat Smear, played as a touring guitarist for Nirvana after the release of In Utero. Pat was one of the founding members of the iconic punk band, The Germs, and Dave was a huge fan.   Dave then licensed the album to Capitol Records, releasing it on his new record label, Roswell Records. Get it? Roswell. UFO's?   The very first Foo Fighters show happened on February 19th, 1995. They played above a boat house in Seattle in front of friends and family. They made their official live, public debut on February 23rd, 1995 at a gig at the Jambalaya Club in Arcata California. They just happened to be in the area mixing their album when a local promoter asked the cover band, The Unseen, if Foo Fighters could open for them. They agreed.   Dave and his band of Foo Fighters then embarked on their first US tour in April of 1995 in support of The Stooges and Porno For Pyros bass player Mike Watt's solo tour. This tour featured an additional new band called “Hovercraft”, an instrumental outfit featuring Pearl Jam singer, Eddie Vedder. Dave refused to play large venues or even do interviews to promote their debut album. The first single, “This Is A Call”, was released in June of 1995 and the album, “Foo Fighters”, was released in July containing the follow up singles “I'll Stick Around”, “For All the Cows”, and “Big Me”.   Foo Fighters toured for almost an entire year and then jumped right back into the studio. This time it was Bear Creek Studio in Woodinville, Washington with English producer Gil Norton who produced the Pixies, Jimmie Eat World, Counting Crows and so many more.   Dave, of course, wrote the songs but the band had a hand in arrangements. Nearly finished, he took the rough mixes to LA to finish his vocal and guitar parts. As he was listening to the mixes, something just didn't sound right. It wasn't what he envisioned. The drums weren't perfect, not that they were bad. Dave was a drummer. He knew drums. He had a career based on playing the drums and could arguably be considered one of the greatest rock drummers of all time. So, he set up some drums, mic'd them up and re-recorded the drums for the album. All of them.   Dave wanted Goldsmith to remain as their live drummer, but he was rightfully butthurt. Goldsmith quit. He quit what would become one of the biggest rock bands ever. Recently, drummer William Goldsmith has said “It was a pain in the ass. Like, that's the only band that I wish I could just, like, remove that from.” He continued by saying: “It doesn't matter what happened because the Foo Fighters are like Disney. Everyone wants to love Mickey Mouse. Everyone loves Mickey Mouse, so it's a difficult thing, but sometimes Mickey Mouse is a little rough around the edges. It's a no win scenario, so I'd rather remove it. I think the best thing to do is have a one on one conversation with Mickey.” He has gone to say that he has no ill will towards Dave.   Shortly after this, Pat Smear decided to leave, as well, claiming he was exhausted and burnt out. Goldsmith and Smear were replaced by the late, great Taylor Hawkins and former Scream guitarist Franz Stahl, respectively, although Stahl was fired before the recording of the group's third album, There Is Nothing Left to Lose in 1999.    Drummer Taylor Hawkins had played as Alanis Morissette's drummer from June of 1995 until March of 1997 in support of her “Jagged Little Pill” and “Can't Not” tours.   I thought it would be cool to hear Taylor explain how he wound up being Foo Fighters drummer and Dave Grohl's best friend. This is all from interviews Taylor Hawkins and Dave Grohkl did with NME, Entertainment Weekly and Kerrang.   “I'd met Dave at this [US radio station] K-Rock Christmas show because Foo Fighters were on their way up and Alanis Morrissette was through the f***ing stratosphere at that point,”. “Me and Dave just looked like long lost brothers in a weird way.    “We had a similar vibe and I don't know why. I remember my friend playing with the Foo Fighters before I met Dave and watching them goof around backstage. He said to me, ‘That guy could be like your brother.' “And sure enough, when we met, we just thought, ‘We're brothers from another mother!' It was instantaneous – so much so that Alanis Morrisette just said ‘What are you going to do when Dave asks you to be the drummer in the Foo Fighters?'” “I was driving with my girlfriend at the time, and we were listening to KROQ,” “I heard William had departed and they were looking for a new drummer.”   Tylor immediately called Dave. “I said, ‘I heard you guys are looking for a drummer,' and he said, ‘Well, do you know any?' I thought Alanis wanted to go in a more laid-back direction, and it seemed like the right time to jump. Alanis didn't need me! I basically said to Dave, ‘I'll play drums for you,' and we jammed a couple of times.  “I remember I was at home watching Showgirls with my girlfriend, and Dave called to ask if I wanted to join.” Initially, Dave never thought Taylor would leave Morissette and Taylor's allegiance was always with Alanis; that's why he asked Taylor if he knew of any good drummers. When Hawkins agreed to join, all Dave cared about was that he was getting a friend, not a great drummer.  Dave told Entertainment Weekly, “I sent Taylor a tape of one of the new songs. It was ‘Monkey Wrench.' I went over to his little house in Topanga Canyon, he sat down and played for three seconds, and the first time he hit a snare drum, I knew it.”  Dave knew Taylor was the guy. “I swear to God, I was like, ‘That's all I need to f***ing hear. I love you as a person. You've just given me hearing damage for the rest of my life in three seconds. You have to be in the band.” Later, Grohl said Hawkins came into his life like an F5 tornado. “When he joined the band, his drumming was the least important factor – I just thought I want to travel the world with this guy, I want to jump on stage and drink beers with this person. That was my biggest concern,”. Morissette didn't take Hawkins leaving personally. They remained friends over the years. Taylor has said he would have been delivering pizzas if it wasn't for her. She was the first person who gave him a break in the music world. “She gave me a lot of space to do what I wanted. It was probably the biggest album of the year (referencing her debut album “Jagged Little Pill”), and there was a lot of pressure on her. She was having to learn to be this leader on the job, which isn't easy. But it was really one of the most fun times of my life.” The band announced Tylor would be its new drummer on March 18, 1997. His first appearance with the Foo Fighters was in the music video for the 1997 single "Monkey Wrench", although the song was recorded before he joined the band.   Foo Fighter's second album, “The Colour and the Shape” was released on May 20th, 1997 through Capitol and Roswell Records with the legendary singles, “Monkey Wrench”, “Everlong” and “My Hero” blasting through the airwaves. The album charted at number ten on the Billboard 200 and was nominated for a Grammy in 1998 for best rock album. It has sold more than 2 million copies.   The band then traveled to Dave's home state of Virginia in 1998 to record their third album, “There Is Nothing Left To Lose”. Dave and Pat Smear's replacement, Franz Stahl, just couldn't see eye to eye as songwriters. Dave said "in those few weeks it just seemed like the three of us were moving in one direction and Franz wasn't." Franz was Dave's childhood friend and the decision to fire him from the band was a hard one.    Then, shortly after Franz's termination, bassist Nate Mendel called Dave and said he was quitting to rejoin Sunny Day Real Estate, but the next day changed his mind and decided not to leave.    Dave, Taylor and Nate spent the next several months recording their third album at Dave's home studio. “There Is Nothing Left To Lose” spawned mega hits like “Learn To Fly”, “Stacked Actors”, “Generator” and “Break Out”.    “Learn To Fly” was the band's first single to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100.   Right before the album was released, the president of Capitol Records (Foo Fighters record label), Gary Gersh was forced out and with the help of a “key man clause” in their contract, they were allowed to leave Capitol upon Gersh's release. They left Capitol to sign with RCA who then bought the rights to their previous albums from Capitol.   Upon completing the recording of their third album, the band started auditioning guitarists. Foo Fighters selected No Use For A Name and, what I didn't know, Me First and The Gimmie Gimmies guitarist, Chris Shiflett. He was only supposed to come into the fold as the band's touring guitarist, but was hired on full time before they recorded “One By One”, their fourth studio album.   Right around 2001, Dave and Taylor, being diehard fans of the band Queen, established a relationship with the future Icons and Outlaws episode subjects. Dave and Taylor had the distinct pleasure of inducting them into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that same year and joined them to perform the 1976 classic, Tie Your Mother Down, with Taylor playing drums alongside Roger Taylor. Queen's legendary guitarist Brian May even added a guitar track to Foo Fighters' second cover of Pink Floyd's "Have a Cigar", which was on the soundtrack to Mission: Impossible 2. In 2002, guitarist Brian May contributed guitar work to Tired of You and an outtake called Knucklehead. The bands have performed together on several occasions since, including VH1 Rock Honors and Foo Fighters' headlining gig at Hyde Park in London, England.   At the end of 2001, the boys got together to record their fourth studio record, “One By One. They spent four months in a LA studio and something was off. The spark just wasn't there and the band were having issues, internally. So, Dave stepped away for a while and worked with Queens of the Stone Age, helping them complete their 2002 record, “Songs for the Deaf”. Touring commenced for Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age, but the internal struggles were still there and just as they were about to call it quits, they hit the stage at Coachella. Dave and Taylor wanted to complete the album and the next day, they rocked the festival and agreed to do so.   Almost every part of the album was scrapped and re-recorded at Dave's studio in Virginia, in only ten days. Seven songs from the original recording of One By One eventually leaked, but the full album has never been released. That record has often been referred to as “Million Dollar Demos”.   The band finally released its fourth album, One by One, in 2002. This record had hit singles like “All My Life”, “Have It All”, “Low” and “Times Like These”. This was Chris Shiflett's first recorded appearance as part of the band and where Taylor played all of the drums. “One By One” topped the charts globally and sold a million units in the U.S., bringing home a Grammy for Best Rock Album in 2004.   Supporting One By One by touring for a year and half, Dave wasn't in a hurry to record another Foo Fighters album. He was more interested in doing an acoustic, solo record but it turned into a full band ordeal. They built a new studio in Northridge, Los Angeles, called Studio 606 West and began recording their 5th album, In Your Honor, a two disc set with full blown rock songs on one and the other with acoustic tracks. It was released in 2005 and had the hits, “DOA”, “Resolve” and one of my all time favorites, “Best of You”. The album also had guest performances by Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones, Queen of the Stone Age's Josh Homme and Norah Jones. It also featured their new keyboardist, Rami Jaffee of the Wallflowers, who wouldn't become a full-time member until 2017.    “In Your Honor” was nominated for five Grammy Awards, hit the number one spot in five countries and number two in the U.S., selling more than a million copies.   Foo Fighters released their first live CD, “Skin and Bones” in November of 2006, with 15 songs recorded at a 3 night performance at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles. The album featured a violinist, Pat Smear joining in and a three song encore with Dave playing “Best of You”, “Everlong”, and “Friend of a Friend”. The record debuted at number 21 on the Billboard 200, sold 49,000 copies in its first week and over 357,000 total.    Foo Fighters released its sixth album, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, in 2007 and recruited producer Gil Norton, who worked on the band's “The Colour and the Shape”. This was primarily because Dave felt the songs were different from the band's previous input and "had the potential to be something great". So, he considered that instead of doing something like the last three albums, the band had to go out of "our own comfort zone" and "needed someone to push us out of there".   Preparing to record this album was extensive: first Dave started off developing demos with Taylor, but for the first time he tried to input vocals and lyrics early in the writing phase. After finalizing the song's composition with guitarist Chris and bassist Nate, Dave spent two weeks with Gil Norton discussing "arrangements, harmony and melody" and condensing the song ideas. They then spent four weeks rehearsing, and playing "a song a day, from noon to midnight". Taylor stated that "we basically played each of these songs 100 different times, trying every little thing every different way" and that it was the first time since The Colour and the Shape ``that Dave had to deal with someone in the room questioning all his ideas". Dave claimed the choices were for the "most powerful, dramatic songs" and that there was an effort to "make everything sound as natural as possible – just like on the albums we grew up listening to".    On this album's sound, Taylor Hawkins said: "We haven't been ready to write a record like this until now. I know that Dave wouldn't have been comfortable putting violins on a song before. But for whatever reasons, it just felt like the right time to explore those things now. The last record, obviously, was half heavy stuff, half acoustic songs. So it really was like two sides of the coin. It sounds obvious, but this time around we weren't afraid of incorporating everything into one song if it felt right." The first single, “The Pretender”, topped Billboard's modern rock chart for 19 weeks. Other singles from this album were “Long Road to Ruin”, “Let It Die” and “Cheer Up Boys”. It was nominated for five Grammys, winning Best Rock Album and Best Hard Rock Performance and won the Brit Award, (Britain's version of the American Recording Academy) for Best International Album.   Foo Fighters hit the road again in 2007 on a world tour and at the European MTV Music Awards, Pat Smear was confirmed as a returned member of the band.   June 7th, 2008 saw Foo Fighters headline the world renowned Wembley Stadium in London, England. Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin joined them on stage and after rocking out the songs “Rock and Roll” and “Ramble On”, Dave excitedly shouted “Welcome to the greatest fucking day of my whole entire life!”   The attendance at this amazing sold out concert was 85,000.  In August 2010, the band began recording their seventh studio album with the return of producer Butch Vig. The album was recorded in Dave's garage using only analog equipment. The album won five Grammys and was nominated for six.    Planning the seventh album, Dave realized he was bored of the band's typical recording process. Even though the group own 606 Studios, he is still a punk rocker at heart, and found himself yearning for a grittier, wholly analogue approach to recording. One night in his hotel room in Melbourne, while on tour with Them Crooked Vultures (his side project with Josh Homme and John Paul Jones), he hatched a plan to return to recording basics for what was to become Wasting Light. Dave told Sound on Sound.com, "I thought, rather than just record the album in the most expensive studio with the most state‑of‑the‑art equipment, what if Butch and I were to get back together after 20 years and dust off the tape machines and put them in my garage? We've recorded an album somewhere where no‑one has ever recorded before. We've not gone to the studio where Zeppelin made In Through The Out Door, we've gone into my garage. The only person that's recorded in my garage before is me for shitty demos that I've done for the last two records.”   The first single from Wasting Light, "Rope", was released to radio in February 2011. On April 16, 2011, Foo Fighters released an album of covers, Medium Rare, as a limited-edition vinyl for Record Store Day. Wasting Light debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, becoming the band's first album to do so. Other singles for the album were "Walk", "Arlandria", "These Days", and "Bridge Burning". Alongside Wasting Light's release, the band released a rockumentary, directed by Academy Award-winner James Moll. The film, titled Back and Forth, chronicles the band's career. Current and past members, and producer Butch Vig, tell the story of the band through interviews. After debuting on March 15, 2011, at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, it was released on DVD three months later.   The first batch of ‘Wasting Light' CDs include pieces of the album's analog tape master Look inside your CD copy of the band's Wasting Light album. If you were one of the first fans to pick one up, chances are it includes a piece of the original analog tape the album was recorded on. After announcing a break after touring in support of Wasting Light, Dave said in 2013 that they were starting to write new material for their 8th studio album, “Sonic Highways”, bringing back Butch Vig. They announced their return to the stage by posting a video of Erik Estrada, one of the main actors from the 70's motorcycle cop show, CHIPS, riding a motorcycle and delivering each member of the band an invitation to play in Mexico.    They announced that their eighth album would be released in November of 2014 and they would commemorate it and their 20th anniversary with an HBO TV series called “Sonic Highways”, directed by Dave, himself.    Eight songs were written and recorded in eight studios in eight different American cities with video capturing the history and feel of each town. Each track features contributions from one or more musicians with ties to that city's musical history.   The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, with sales of 190,000 copies in the United States. It has sold over 617,500 copies in the US and had amazing songs like “Something From Nothing”, “The Feast and the Famine”, and “Congregation” featuring country artist, Zac Brown Foo Fighters were the last musical performance on Late Show with David Letterman on May 20th, 2015, as he retired from his 33 year career as a late night show host.   On June 12th, 2015, Dave had the misfortune of falling off the stage in Gothenburg, Sweden and breaking his leg during the second song. The band kept playing while Dave was fixed up by the medical staff and then RETURNED TO THE STAGE to finish the last two hours of their set while sitting in a chair and a medic taking care of his leg. He was flown to London, England after the show and received six metal pins to stabilize the fracture in his leg.   There was speculation that Foo Fighters would drop out of their 20th anniversary, fourth of July bash, after canceling their remaining European dates following Dave's accident. Instead, The band performed for 48,000 people with Dave in a custom-built moving throne which he claimed to have designed himself while on painkillers. They renamed the following tour the “Broken Leg Tour”.   November 25th, 2015 Foo Fighters released a surprise EP named “Saint Cecilia”, available for digital download, and Dave announced an indefinite hiatus. This EP peaked at number 3 on Billboard's mainstream rock songs chart.   Krist Novoselic, who played with Grohl in Nirvana, described Saint Cecilia as Foo Fighters' "statement on how they are the biggest rock band in the world". Novoselic also said that "Saint Cecilia is more straight-ahead rock that is done really well", and went on to say that "I went to the Foo's last gig at the Moda Center in Portland and they rocked a packed house. I love the drummer Matt Sorum (Guns and Roses). However, he is so wrong in his statement about danger and the Foo's somehow lacking it. First off all, I know about danger in rock. I was the bassist in Flipper — and survived! Look at a band like Queen, who totally rocked. They were way more dandy than danger. Queen knows how to rock a stadium. So do the Foo Fighters and you'll hear big rock on Saint Cecilia". Rumors about Foo Fighters breaking up were everywhere so, the band released a mockumentary video in March 2016 portraying Grohl leaving the band to pursue an electronic music career and Nick Lachey (formerly of 98 Degrees) becoming the group's new singer, ending with: "For the millionth time, we're not breaking up. And nobody's going fucking solo!"   Dave announced that the band would spend most of 2017 recording their ninth studio album, “Concrete and Gold”. On June 1, 2017, their new single "Run" was released. Run topped the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart the following month. On June 20, 2017, the band announced that their new album, Concrete and Gold, would be released in September. On August 23, 2017, The Sky Is a Neighborhood was released as the second single and topped the Mainstream Rock chart. The Line was released in promotion of the album and later as the third single in 2018. Concrete and Gold was officially released on September 15, 2017, produced by Greg Kurstin. Concrete and Gold also features Justin Timberlake on vocals for Make It Right, Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Menon backing vocals for the song Concrete and Gold, and Paul McCartney on the drums for Sunday Rain.   Concrete and Gold has sold over 262,000 units.   In October 2019, the band announced that they were recording their tenth studio album based on Dave's demos. In November 2019, the band began releasing a series of EPs under the umbrella name of the Foo Files, largely consisting of previously released B sides and live performances. By February 2020, Dave  announced that the new album was complete but by May, it was delayed indefinitely because of a little unforeseen event called the COVID-19 pandemic, saying, "We've kind of shelved it for now to figure out exactly when it's going to happen." Starting in November 2020, promotion for the album ramped up. Its title, Medicine at Midnight, and release date, February 5, 2021, were announced. The band released three singles ahead of the album: "Shame Shame", "No Son of Mine", and "Waiting on a War".  On February 10, 2021, Foo Fighters were announced as one of the 2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees in their first year of eligibility as their debut album had been released 25 years prior. On May 12, 2021, Foo Fighters were announced as one of 6 performer inductees. For Record Store Day on July 17, 2021, the Foo Fighters released an album of disco covers, Hail Satin, under the name Dee Gees. The album contains four Bee Gees covers, a cover of Andy Gibb's "Shadow Dancing", plus five live versions of Medicine at Midnight tracks.] On February 25, 2022, the band released a comedy horror film, Studio 666, directed by BJ McDonnell. It stars the band members as themselves, alongside Will Forte, Whitney Cummings, Jeff Garlin, and Jenna Ortega. In the movie, the band attempts to record an album in a haunted mansion; Dave is possessed by a demonic spirit and the other members are killed off one by one.  It was filmed in the same mansion in which the band had recorded their most recent album, Medicine at Midnight. Studio 666 is currently available on Amazon Prime Video.    Dave has recently released an EP of songs from the film, Dream Widow, on March 25, 2022. On March 25, 2022, Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins died in his room at the Casa Medina hotel in Bogotá, Colombia. No cause of death was given. Taylor had suffered chest pain, and had ten substances in his system at the time of his death, including opioids, benzodiazepines, tricyclic antidepressants, and THC. Foo Fighters were scheduled to perform that night at the Estéreo Picnic Festival as part of their ongoing South American tour; the festival stage was turned into a candlelight vigil for Taylor. A few days later, the band canceled all remaining tour dates. According to Sony Music Japan, FOO FIGHTERS sold over 32,000,000 albums worldwide, including 9,065,000 in the United States and 5,260,000 in the United Kingdom. The best-selling album by FOO FIGHTERS is GREATEST HITS, which sold over 2,775,000 copies .

Born and raised in rural Pennsylvania, Melissa Meszaros has set the precedent for breaking tropes and forging the way for the modern nomadic. As tenured entertainment industry publicist, Melissa is also the founder of Grrrl Front PDX Music Festival and the comic book publicity firm, Don't Hide PR. She is a self-proclaimed grunge aficionado, graduate of Antioch University Los Angeles' MFA in Creative Writing, and proudly shares a birthday with Melvins leader, Buzz Osborne.   Brought to you by: Integrated Brain Centers Enjoying this podcast? Please consider supporting it for just $5 a month with a Patreon membership: https://patreon.com/amyzellmer

Two years of pandemic couldn't keep Melvins down. In 2021 alone, the group released a pair of LPS: Working with God and Five Legged Dog, their 24th and 25th, respectively. The latter found the band revisiting their back catalog with acoustic reimaginings of 36 tracks. Last month, the group released the four-song EP, Lord of the Flies, a preview for yet another full length due out later this year. Frontman Buzz Osborne and drummer/bassist Dale Crover have remained the driving force for the band's nearly 40-year history. Through the decades and a rotating cast of musicians, Melvins have remained a defiantly pioneering – and weird – force.

For nearly four decades, the Melvins have been the maverick rock band who have done things their way and influenced many grunge and metal bands. In this episode, their animated frontman Buzz Osborne expresses his love for golf, photography, and comic books.This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts.

For nearly four decades, the Melvins have been the maverick rock band who have done things their way and influenced many grunge and metal bands. In this episode, their animated frontman Buzz Osborne expresses his love for golf, photography, and comic books. This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For nearly four decades, the Melvins have been the maverick rock band who have done things their way and influenced many grunge and metal bands. In this episode, their animated frontman Buzz Osborne expresses his love for golf, photography, and comic books.This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts.

For nearly four decades, the Melvins have been the maverick rock band who have done things their way and influenced many grunge and metal bands. In this episode, their animated frontman Buzz Osborne expresses his love for golf, photography, and comic books. This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roger 'Buzz' Osborne (born March 25, 1964), also known as King Buzzo, is an American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. He is a founding member of the Melvins, as well as Fantômas and Venomous Concept. As founder of the Melvins, Buzz Osborne was one of the most influential figures in alternative rock during the 1980s and '90s and continued to produce a fascinating body of work well into the new millennium, though his impact often came second-hand. Osborne's massive, often sludgy guitar tone and bulldozer melodic structures were a major influence on the rise of the grunge scene in the Pacific Northwest as well as later varieties of off-center heavy rock, and as a mentor to his friend Kurt Cobain, Osborne helped guide Nirvana's early sound, and his importance was often cited by Cobain after Nevermind made him a major star. In this episode Buzz's A.V. Club January 7 2014 mixtape, of 'bands that were good, but blew it'. Lineup: ISIS, The Rolling Stones, Metallica, Black Flag, The Who, Hüsker Dü, The Replacements, Jimi Hendrix, Cows, The Birthday Party

Episode 246 is up and live now with the great Buzz Osborne back on for his part 2 appearance on the show! It's Melvins week here and I hope you check out all 3 of the episodes dropping today with Buzz, Steven and Dale! Don't forget to rate and subscribe! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Melvins On The Pod? YES! Spend more than an hour chatting with the one and only Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover - about everything from Indian food, Alice Cooper, bucket lists, the Indian "scene", DIY, Melvins TV, playing at weddings, new music, their ambitions, drive and oh yes, their new acoustic behemoth, "Five Legged Dog". More Melvins right here: Melvins.comBTW, Horns Up became the first Indian podcast / media / whathaveyou to interview / chat / whathaveyou with the Melvins. Oh, it's true.Catch up with Peter and Animesh at www.hornsuppod.comSubscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or add the RSS feed to your preferred podcast player.Follow the podcast on Twitter @hornsuppod, Peter @trendcrusher and Animesh @asmoani. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On today's episode, I talk to musician Buzz Osborne. Originally from Morton, WA, Buzz founded the rock band Melvins in the early '80s, and in 1986, C/Z Records released their first EP Six Songs. Since then, they've released over 40 more albums, EPs and compilations on record labels like Alternative Tentacles, Sub Pop and Ipecac Recordings, and while never achieving mainstream success - if that's even something they sought - the band is both sustainable and hugely influential, influencing everyone from Nirvana and Soundgarden to Helmet, Tool, Mastodon and many others. Their latest album, Five Legged Dog, a 36-song acoustic reimagining of their discography, is out now! This is the website for Beginnings, subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow me on Twitter.

Does anyone remember the year 1991? We do and clearly from the title of this episode we talk about it. What do we ramble on about that has to do with 1991? Well, all the great (and not-so-great) records that came out. Records that changed the world! The world and elsewhere! Listen to the thrilling reading of the list by Scott! Look on in awe as we mention Neil Diamond AND Barry Manilow in the same hour! There's also talk about haircuts and mustaches, organs and keyboards appearing where they shouldn't, Diamond Dave retiring from his ego, Buzz Osborne once again being a dick to the mighty Matt Lukin, and the lack of seatbelts when listening to some of these records. Check out this one and see if we mention anything of relevance to your life of 1991! Or not! I have more exclamation points!!!

We have a highly influential guest on the show in Buzz Osborne of The Melvins (@melvinsdotcom). The band was a huge influence on Nirvana and Kurt Cobain, plus countless other musicians from the metal to grunge worlds. Osborne joins Anne Erickson (@AnneErickson) for an in-depth chat about the band's new acoustic set, "Five Legged Dog," plus Kurt Cobain, the future of music and more.  Join private Patreon-> https://www.patreon.com/AnneAutumn Link up with Anne on social media at https://ItsMeAnne.com, and follow Audio Ink Radio the publication at https://AudioInkRadio.com.

Buzz Osborne has cultivated and nourished the kingdom over which he and his musical partner of almost 40 years, drummer Dale Crover currently reign with particular care taken to keep the masses of MELVINS fans sated. He and his wife Mackie are the architects of not only the traditional MELVINS releases but also the  hand screen-printed, letter press and limited edition releases that are manna from heaven for their flock. We talk about their new release Five Legged Dog which features about 30 of their "hits" reimagined as all-acoustic numbers. We also talk about growing up, school, their uncanny sense of vocal harmonies, rotating bassists and his unending dark sense of humor and whimsy that has dictated and rewarded his career.

If you had told me when I started this podcast that I would be sitting down with Buzz Osborne to talk about guitar pedals I would have said you were crazy. But fast forward to today, and that is exactly what is happening! We talked about Sunn Beta Leads, his signature gear with Hilbish Designs & Electrical Guitar Company, how he prefers to set up for performance, his take on recording/listening mediums, his experience with labels and a whole lot more! Check out The Melvins at their website You can check out his pedals HERE. TEXT ME (503) 751-8577 Support the show and get extra episodes over at Patreon.com/tonemob. You can also help out with your gear buying habits by purchasing stuff from Tonemob.com/reverb Tonemob.com/sweetwater or grabbing your guitar/bass strings from Tonemob.com/stringjoy Release your music via DistroKid and save 7% by going to Tonemob.com/distrokid Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Buzz Osborne is a founding member, singer and guitarist for The Melvins.  Buzz and The Melvins have consistently released a record and toured annually for over 30 years. In addition to The Melvins,  he has toured and recorded with Fantomas and released several solo records. In this episode Buzz tells us why Jon Spencer is one of his favorite guitarist and shares his philosophy on simplicity and how it applies not just to his guitar playing, but golf, tennis and photography.  We also hear a couple tunes from the new Melvins acoustic record Five Legged Dog ,  (October 15th Ipecac Records) how it was made and why Pete Townsend was an inspiration for the release.Music By The Melvins and Joe Plummer https://www.ipecac.com/https://www.ipecac.com/artists/melvinshttps://jonspencerbluesexplosion.com/https://www.ipecac.com/artists/fantomasUse Code Fret10 for a free month of Music Production Suite Pro and a 10% discount on all other software. Visit Izotope.com

Buzz Osborne (Melvins) explores his long history of fandom, from The Who through to The Stooges, Sex Pistols through to introducing his band and Nirvana's Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic to underground music (and Kurt's first live show, Black Flag), that time Tool backed his band on Ozzfest (and why all of nu-metal sounds like Helmet), his catalyst for making music, why Judas Priest made the best heavy metal record ever, misremembered rock myths, why the only grunge band he still listens to is Soundgarden, the movies he and Mike Patton obsess over and much more.

We've finally made it to episode 100 and to celebrate, we're discussing every album by the Melvins from 1987-1997. This is our first multi-part episode, which is a trend we plan on continuing from now on. Made up of core members Buzz Osborne (aka King Buzzo) on guitar/vocals and Dale Crover on drums, the Melvins are most known for pioneering sludge metal. However, they remain musically unpredictable and innovative to this day. They're a one of a kind band you simply must hear. Mike's brother Robert joins us once again on this episode to offer his insane opinions and helpful insight on this wonderful band. Follow him on Instagram @hoodpass.wicIf you dig the new merch, follow Leah @tiny.toadClosing track: “At the Stake” from Stoner Witch (1994)Check out our episode playlists on Spotify!https://open.spotify.com/user/motherpuncherincJoin our Patreon to jump the line when requesting an artist, as well as get bonus episodes, early access to shows, and more!https://www.patreon.com/everyalbumeverMerch available now!https://pandermonkey.creator-spring.com/Instagram:Follow Mike @pandermonkey for show clips and original musicFollow Alex @motherpuncherMike's Picks:Bullhead (1991) — Best AlbumLysol (aka Melvins) (1992) — Personal FavoritePrick (1994) — Worst Album, Least FavoriteAlex's Picks:Stoner Witch (1994) — Best AlbumBullhead (1991) — Personal FavoritePrick (1994) — Worst Album, Least FavoriteRobert's Picks:Stag (1996) — Best AlbumBullhead (1991) — Personal FavoriteLysol (aka Melvins) (1992) — Worst Album, Least FavoriteAlbums we discussed this episode…Gluey Porch Treatments (1987)Ozma (1989)Bullhead (1991)Lysol (aka Melvins) (1992)Houdini (1993)Prick (1994)Stoner Witch (1994)Stag (1996)Honky (1997)

It was a laff and rock riot with the legendary... legendary Neil Hamburger guest hosting and special in-studio guests Buzz Osborne (Melvins), Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle) and Todd Barry ("The Wrestler"), plus a special surprise Zoom appearance by Trey Spruance (Mr. Bungle). Get a free trial of Harry's razors at harrys.com/office. Watch the pilot episode of "The Compound," AFTER HOURS, get the AD FREE mega podcast and much more at www.patreon.com/officehourslive.

Welcome back to The High Way with Kyle Shutt! This week I talk with one of the people most responsible for making me want to pick up a guitar and turn my back on the world, Buzz Osborne from Melvins! What a treat for me. We talked about the multitude of ways you can record an album, life in Los Angeles, and of course, being a lifer for rock n' roll! Be sure not to miss an episode by subscribing to our channel! Help us keep the show moving along by visiting our Patreon page at the link below. For a few dollars a month you can get early access to next week's episode, exclusive content only available on the Patreon page, and even get a shoutout on a future episode. https://www.patreon.com/thehighway We couldn't do it without your support and we thank every one of you for listening. Listen to this episode anywhere podcasts are streaming. https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-high-way-with-kyle-shutt/ Support this podcast

Interview No.49 with KING BUZZO of The Melvins!!!!

Buzz Osborne is the iconic wild-haired founder, frontman, and guitarist for the legendary band, Melvins. Melvins are an American rock band formed in 1983, in Montesano, Washington. Their early work was key to the development of both grunge and sludge metal. The band released their 32nd (unofficial number by Buzz's account) studio album, "Working With God", in February of 2021 through Ipecac Recordings. Video Version:  YouTube FOR MORE ON MELVINS IG: https://www.instagram.com/melvinsdotcom TWITTER: https://twitter.com/melvinsdotcom FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/melvinsarmy WEBSITE: http://www.melvins.com   FOLLOW LURK: IG: https://www.instagram.com/lurkcity/ TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/lurkcity/ WEBSITE: http://www.iamlurk.com/   FOLLOW LAMBGOAT: IG: http://www.instagram.com/lambgoat/ TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/lambgoat/ FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/lambgoatmusic/ WEBSITE: https://www.lambgoat.com SPOTIFY PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5UsofwyNNvQZBmPKDjaaoi?si=NAFMHWy8R_mSofeEb3Mzqg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Melvins founder Buzz Osborne discusses growing up in Aberdeen, Washington, influencing Nirvana and the entire Seattle grunge movement, and how there's no such thing as the good ol' days.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today I sit down with the legend Mr Buzz Osborne for a deep dive into all things Melvins. The Melvins have a brand new record out this week called  Working With God and I must say this record is smoking. It was an honor to talk to Buzz and I think you guys are really going to love this episode. We talk Recording, Guitars, San Francisco, Art and all things Rock n Roll. Dig in and keep the Candles Lit. DDR

The Melvins were formed in Montesano, Washington in 1983 by Buzz Osborne, Matt Lukin, and Mike Dillard. Lukin and Dillard left the band and drummer Dale Crover stepped in shortly thereafter. Osborne and Crover have been the Melvins’ mainstays throughout their 29-year metamorphosis. To date, the band has released 27 original albums, numerous live full-lengths and far too many to count singles and rarities. They’ve partnered with Jello Biafra, Lustmord and Fantomas for individual releases and toured the world many times over (side note: the band was in both Christchurch and Tokyo for their 2011 earthquakes). With the release of (A) Senile Animal in 2006, the Melvins became a four-piece, essentially annexing Jared Warren and Coady Willis of Big Business. The Melvins, already known for their shattering mix of punk-meets-metal (and often referred to by an assortment of tags including sludge and grunge), we’re now louder and more bombastic than ever leading to a resurgence in the band’s popularity and a run of three original full-lengths. Never ones for complacency, Buzz and Dale have since created Melvins Lite, a line-up partnering the pair with Mr. Bungle’s Trevor Dunn and most recently teamed with Butthole Surfers’ JD Pinkus and Paul Leary for the 2014 release, Hold It In.

Episode 101- Dale Crover! Crover is best known as the drummer for Melvins, and has also been the drummer for Men of Porn, Shrinebuilder, Crystal Fairy, and, for a brief time, Nirvana. He is the guitarist and vocalist for Altamont as well as the Dale Crover Band. He has also toured with Fantômas (filling in for Dave Lombardo), Off!, and Redd Kross. He has a new solo record out now and the Melvins have a new record coming out on Feb 26 titled “Working with God.” Dale has a great sense of humor and I laughed a lot in this episode. I hope you guys enjoy it too! 00:00 - Intro00:52 - Growing Up in Aberdeen 04:41 - Early Influences & Bands06:15 - Krist Novoselic & The Melvins07:15 - The Melvins & Original Songs09:45 - Kurt Cobain & Dark Sense of Humor 10:36 - Kurt Cobain Possibly Joining The Melvins11:15 - Dale Playing with Fecal Matter & Nirvana12:40 - Seattle Scene & Moving to San Francisco 15:30 - Joining Atlantic Records & Houdini Record17:00 - Melvins Catalog & Making Records18:00 - Kiss & Gene Simmons20:34 - Bands Selling Out 22:15 - Ozzfest & Pay to Play 25:07 - Performing With Mike Patton & Dave Lombardo 27:22 - Two Bass Players with The Melvins 29:12 - NEW Melvins Album- "Working With God"30:25 - Picking a Set List for The Melvins 33:10 - Dale Solo Album- Rat-A-Tat-Tat!36:45 - Movie/TV Licensing For Songs37:35 - James Bond & Clockwork Orange 39:15 - Pulled Over in Texas & Drugs44:50 - Breast Cancer Charity 45:35 - Wrap Up The Melvins Website:http://www.themelvins.netMelvins LIVESTREAM Feb 14:https://melvins.veeps.com/stream/scheduleBreast Cancer Charity:https://www.bcrf.orgChuck Shute Website:http://chuckshute.comSupport the show (https://venmo.com/Chuck-Shute)

For all of December, Kyle Meredith is looking back on his favorite moments in 2020. This week, we revisit talking with Stephen Malkmus as he geeks out about Led Zeppelin, Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien balancing the darkness of the world with an optimistic light that he carries, Interpol’s Paul Banks finding his own new light within the band Muzz, King Krule discovering The Beatles, Sparks being masters at cussing, and Buzz Osborne who gets playful about the importance of music. Follow on Facebook | Podchaser | Twitter --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Something must have been in the Missouri River that helped produced so many Kansas City post-hardcore heavy-hitters. We've already talked about Shiner and Giants Chair on this podcast, and this time we're checking out the 1994 sophomore album In A Perfect World by Season To Risk, who shared members with Shiner and Molly McGuire, also of K.C. Leaning more into the more chaotic noise rock of early Soundgarden, Killdozer, or The Jesus Lizard, with a manic rhythm section, and Lemmy-meets-Buzz Osborne, the fact that this was released on a major label at the height of Seattle radio and MTV dominance is a testament to the talent of the band and the free flow of major label money in the decade. There is a radio single on the sledgehammer of an album, but any attempt to reign in the mayhem would have resulted in a watered-down and inferior release.   Songs In This Episode: Intro - Jack Frost 21:25 - Nausea 26:29 - Future Tense 34:50 - Timebomb Outro - Remembered   Support the podcast, join the DMO UNION at Patreon. Listen to the episode archive at DigMeOutPodcast.com.

Something must have been in the Missouri River that helped produced so many Kansas City post-hardcore heavy-hitters. We've already talked about Shiner and Giants Chair on this podcast, and this time we're checking out the 1994 sophomore album In A Perfect World by Season To Risk, who shared members with Shiner and Molly McGuire, also of K.C. Leaning more into the more chaotic noise rock of early Soundgarden, Killdozer, or The Jesus Lizard, with a manic rhythm section, and Lemmy-meets-Buzz Osborne, the fact that this was released on a major label at the height of Seattle radio and MTV dominance is a testament to the talent of the band and the free flow of major label money in the decade. There is a radio single on the sledgehammer of an album, but any attempt to reign in the mayhem would have resulted in a watered-down and inferior release.   Songs In This Episode: Intro - Jack Frost 21:25 - Nausea 26:29 - Future Tense 34:50 - Timebomb Outro - Remembered   Support the podcast, join the DMO UNION at Patreon. Listen to the episode archive at DigMeOutPodcast.com.

Join the Boo Crew for a conversation with Buzz Osborne of the legendary Melvins, Fantômas and more - along with Trevor Dunn, bass player, composer and songwriter from Mr. Bungle, Fantômas, Trevor Dunn’s Trio Convulsant, Tomahawk, the list goes on! We are talking horror movies, music, golf and the influence horror has had on both Mr. Bungle and The Melvins. We also get into the amazing new album they have done together called King Buzzo with Trevor Dunn...GIFT OF SACRIFICE! Episode 155 is now playing! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Buzz Osborne gives Kyle Meredith a call about Gift of Sacrifice, his new King Buzzo album with oft-collaborator Trevor Dunn. The Melvins frontman talks about working with an acoustic bass, a modular synth, and his ever-growing alternate tunings. Osborne also discusses the ever-looming influence of Miles Davis on his writing, how The Melvins continue to be underestimated, dealing with bad criticism. Towards the end, he dives deep into his philosophies of science, evolution, and religion. Follow on Facebook | Podchaser | Twitter --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Buzz Osborne co-founded The Melvins over 30 years ago. They have toured the world many times over and have released 30+ records. Since their first tour, his work ethic and dedication to rock and roll sustainability has kept them on the road and putting out great, thoughtful records almost annually.  In this episode Buzz tells us about the first Melvins tour with southern California hardcore band RKL. They encounter filthy accommodations, acid trips, arrests and skinheads. Right when the tour comes to an abrupt end, Buzz witnesses the unimaginable in a Brooklyn phone booth that changes his perspective on tour and life in general. Music by Buzz Osborne and Joe Plummer.

Ghost Cult’s Keefy caught up with Buzz Osborne of Melvins fame to discuss his new solo album Gift of Sacrifice (Ipecac Recordings) due out on August 14th, 2020. Continue reading → The post PODCAST: Episode 116: King Buzzo (Melvins) on New Solo Album and The Tao of Guitar appeared first on Ghost Cult Magazine.

In this episode, David Harris, Holly Hazelwood and Eric Mellor are joined by special guest, Buzz Osborne of the Melvins, to discuss golf, dogs and guitars.Support the show

From the blog http://www.blissanddrumming.com, Clementine reads this piece. *** I love a band. Being one of a small group forging a way through the landscape, experiencing days and nights together. The intangible connection outsiders intuit. The mystery of the moment after everything has been loaded and the van door shuts and what happens as we drive away. I love the animal protection that forms in a band, and the secret language that develops. This secret language – music – connects us in a profound way. The group sometimes comes closest together when attacked by the outside world, as a family does. We can struggle internally until something happens to the whole, and then we bind together, forgetting all pettiness. Buzz Osborne from the Melvins, when asked how to keep a band together for so long, said: Find a common enemy.

Buzz Osborne of (The) Melvins, Fantomas and King Buzzo sits down with Robert to discuss the new King Buzzo album Gift of Sacrifice and other odds and ends. Make sure to pick up Gift of Sacrifice through Ipecac Records on August 14th and keep an eye out for all things Melvins.   intro by: Dead and Gone outro by: Zak Pashak and Chrome Chomsky

Buzz Osborne joins us this week. I loved speaking with him. He’s straight forward, no BS. You never have to guess what he’s thinking. That is liberating but it can be a little intimidating, as an interviewer. He’s got a new King Buzzo album out, featuring Trevor Dunn. But before we get to that, Buzz gives me a Melvins history lesson. He’s always been an artist who forges his own path, regardless of trends or popular opinions, to create the music he wants to make. We touch on how he met Dale Crover through an Iron Maiden/Loverboy cover band, how amazing technology can be, and the wonderful things he’s gotten through music, the most important of which has been his wife of 27 years. Pick up Gift of Sacrifice by King Buzzo featuring Trevor Dunn wherever you normally get your music. Follow Melvins on social media to find out about future tour plans. And check out @realkingbuzzo on IG for some great photography. Follow us @PerformanceAnx. Subscribe, rate, & review. And let’s get started with King Buzzo

Host Jason Schreurs talks to Buzz Osborne of legendary sludge metal bands Melvins. Buzz opens up about the nightmare of all trips where he and his bandmates experienced two major earthquakes and a terrifying flight home that caused him severe flight anxiety. Buzz also discusses a technique he uses for his anxiety called psychological acupressure. http://themelvins.net http://melvinsofficial.bandcamp.com Featured song: Melvins - "Bitten into Sympathy" from Gluey Porch Treatments (Ipecac Records, 1999 reissue) About this podcast: Scream Therapy explores the link between punk rock and mental health. My guests are members of the underground music scene who are living with mental health challenges, like myself. Intro/background music: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Artwork: Luke Ramsey - http://lukeramseystudio.com Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonschreurs@telus.net

Buzz Osborne, a.k.a. King Buzzo, has left his mark on the music industry as one of the founding members of the Melvins and Fantomas. Now he is ready to release his second solo record, The Gift of Sacrifice, with help from Trevor Dunn on bass. Buzz talks about playing crappy guitars, writing new music, and never stopping. Also, Mike Patton should hear Buzz's idea about a new all-encompassing band!   The Gift of Sacrifice from King Buzzo is available everywhere on May 15, 2020   Full episode with transcript and links at www.deathwishcoffee.com/kingbuzzo

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Corey Gorechrist talks with Buzz Osborne of The Melvins, Fantomas, and King Buzzo. They discuss quarantining, dogs, The Thing (1982), westerns, and more! King Buzzo (with Trevor Dunn)'s new album, Gift Of Sacrifice, out on May 15th. Pre-order the CD, Black Vinyl and limited-edition Hot Pink vinyl at: http://smarturl.it/kingbuzzo

Conan Neutron's Protonic Reversal

Buzz Osborne, aka King Buzzo, joins us from self isolation in Los Angeles to discuss his new LP 'Gift of Sacrifice' w Trevor Dunn, as well as the impact of world events on the life and business of a modern musician. If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.

For nearly 40 years, The Melvins have been an astounding live band and peerless in their prolific ability to create a consistently adventurous body of work--a musical universe unto itself. Buzz Osborne discusses: his childhood in WA; feeling comfortable around firearms; being too smart to enjoy school; writing his memoir; the discipline required to maintain a career as a professional musician; dogs; his songwriting process, and more! Because we're in lockdown due to the Corona virus outbreak. We're recording by phone and bringing you new episodes of The Trap Set every day for the foreseeable future.

If you trace back the history of Nirvana and Soundgarden, you'll inevitably run into the Melvins. Bridging heavy metal and punk rock in the midst of the ‘90s grunge scene, the Melvins have crafted a sound that has remained influential and prolific for more than three decades. In this episode, we speak with vocalist and guitarist Buzz Osborne and bass player Steven McDonald about their history in the music industry, their thoughts on the reign of streaming services, upcoming projects, and much more. Ernie Ball strings: https://ernieb.al/regularslinky Ernie Ball VPJR Tuner Pedal: https://ernieb.al/VPJRTuner Intro Music: Lightning from a Gun by Eat The Wolf ernieb.al/2kCHJxf Outro Music: The Vacant Shapes

King Buzzo details his love for aluminum guitars and solid-state amps.

The dynamic & thunderous Joe Tomino of Dub Trio talks tracking/mixing/mastering their new album “The Shape of Dub to Come” and collaborating with Buzz Osborne, Troy Sanders, & Meshell Ndegeocello, touring Europe vs the states, the minimal lessons taught by his father who was also a drummer and the records that he discovered in his collection, playing varying styles growing up and the challenges of reading charts, the origins of Dub Trio in NYC, early impressions/apartments in NY, the group decision to incorporate heavier styles of music as well as how defines the ‘Dub” aspect of the trio, the live set up for pulling off some of the trippy(er) sections, backing up Mike Patton & Peeping Tom, Matisyahu, working w/ Lady Gaga, 50 Cent, The Fugees, the importance of being hired for your creativity/to be yourself, moving back to Joe's hometown from NYC, balancing touring & family life, Tommy Lee, Gene Krupa & more!! dubtrio.com/ www.joetomino.com/

With drummer Dale Crover, guitarist Buzz Osborne founded (the) Melvins somewhere back in the 1940s and has maintained the band as a raging dominant force in contemporary musical culture for longer than some of his most swooning critics have been alive. Osborne confesses a string of counterintuitive passions (golf, for instance) on his visit to Skeeveland.

Allan MacDonell is the author of the upcoming novel 'Now That I Am Gone'. His other works include; 'Punk Elegies: True Tales of Death Trip Kids, Wrongful Sex and Trial by Angel Dust', 'Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine' and was a defining voice of the groundbreaking punk periodical "Slash" magazine. While writing for Slash, he also co-invented slam-dancing. Roger "Buzz" Osborne, also known as King Buzzo, is an American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. He is a founding member of the Melvins, as well as Fantômas and Venomous Concept.

Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover from the Melvins chat to Christina Rowatt about their upcoming movie, David Bowie, messy art, secret Mike Patton plans and more.

"I've always figured it wasn't going to work. You know, it's not gonna work. So you just live your life like you are going to be out of business in 6 months. That's the best way to do it. I don't know how else to do it." On this episode of Behind The Scene: Guest: Buzz Osborne and Steve McDonald (The Melvins, Redd Kross) Official Site: themelvins.com The song for this episode is “Euthanasia” off of their latest album “A Walk with Love and Death” Listen above and as always, subscribe direct on iTunes and RSS. This episode was graciously sponsored by Breckenridge Brewery!

Pleasure Seekers good afternoon and welcome to big episode number 43! Buzz Osborne from The Melvins joins me to talk about his amazingly influential career and touring the world with multiple bands. We met up at the Hawthorne Theater in Portland Oregon and interviewed between 2 vans outside. It was a blast and I hope you enjoy!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Legendary Melvins frontman Buzz Osborne is our guest this week. We discuss the last time he had a regular job, his philosophy on how to be truly successful in life, his take on getting a college education in America, how important it is to find the right person to share your life with, plenty about his various musical projects and much more. Meanwhile, Brandon and Petar find a truly great politician to oppose Kid Rock's Senate run, discuss why the recently-announced grunge musical hurts our feelings, and ask a timeless question: are there any good Juggalo stories out there that don't involve someone brandishing an axe, like this week's debacle? Songs: Melvins - “Christ Hammer” Crystal Fairy - “Chiseler” Dale Crover - “Little Brother”

Episode 261 - The hits just keep on coming! We have the legend, Buzz Osbourne on the show today. Buzz is the vocalist/guitarist of The Melvins who have played a large influence on all things related to independent and are still making some of their most vital music in their career while never sticking to one formula. Buzz and I go deep on his love for golf, politics and mainstream thought. He’s a character and in this conversation it really shines through. br>Step your wardrobe up by getting AMAZING clothes, underwear and more with Mack Weldon. Real talk, the best in the game. Get 20% off by using the code WORDS at checkout.br>Use our Amazon Affiliate Code to support the show! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

This week Buzz Osborne aka King Buzzo, most notably from The Melvins, talks about his early days, the records that inspired him, the collectible Melvins vinyl, how to make it in the music business and his new project Crystal Fairy, featuring Teri Gender Bender from Le Butcherettes on vocals and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez from The Mars Volta and At The Drive In, alongside himself and Dale Crover. It's an interview as only Buzz will give, full of sardonicism and entertaining as can be. Plus we share a track from Crystal Fairy, which can be picked up at Ipecac.com. Do it up! If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related. Web  |  Facebook  |  Instagram  |  YouTube

This week, our special guest is legendary Melvins frontman Buzz Osborne. Buzz talks about his new project, Crystal Fairy, which features drummer Dale Crover, Le Butcherettes vocalist and guitarist Teri Gender Bender, and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of At The Drive-In. Also, Rob shares some NAMM stories. Noa's roommate Cristina shares a story of stitches. We discuss this afternoon's Phil Labonte story and whether or not it's okay to punch a nazi. Please help support the show and pick up a brand new t-shirt. Click below for all the choices: Listen to the Metal Injection Livecast on Stitcher, Google Play or on iTunes (please leave a rating/review as well). Also, make sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Join us live on our new day, next Tuesday, starting at 7pm Eastern (4PM Pacific Time) and going until 9PM eastern time for an all new edition of the Livecast.  Leave a voicemail You can leave a voicemail two ways: call 718-303-2353 -or- Skype "metalinjectionlivecast" and leave a voicemail there. -or-

In this episode we are joined by all 4 members of Scattered Hamlet. The band talks to us about their new album Swamp Rebel Machine, the process of getting it released, how they handle the business aspects, several of the songs on the album, how The Lesson came about, Adam Newell’s unique solo on Green Bastard as an ode to Iron Sheik and Stone Cold, Johnny T Crash recording his part of Green Bastard in one take, their love for The Ascension, Adam Joad challenges CM Punk to a MMA fight, Jake argues with Newell about whether not Brock Lesnar is badass, Jake argues with Joad about saying “We” when referring to your favorite sports team, Newell talks about the feeling of being a lifelong Cubs fan whose dream finally came true, we talk the Misfits reunion, Dave Lombardo, Adam Joad’s trip to see Phish, Jake hanging out with Rammstein, Buzz Osborne, Goldberg, and a ton more. We kick the episode off with a song from Gravehuffer out of Missouri, and talk about recent show from Scattered Hamlet and Machine in the Mountain, and the stellar new album from Glenn Hughes. Thanks for listening, and please share!

Buzz Osborne is front man for legendary rock outfit, The Melvins. For the past 30 years, King Buzzo and company have consistently put out numerous records and toured incessantly all over the world. While Melvins have largely gone unrecognized by mainstream media and audiences for most of their career, it has never once bothered the underground icon. He prefers to play for his true, faithful audiences and make the music he wants to make while not catering to trends or desires of industry types. One of the most influential bands on the planet, it is hard to name any rival or peer group of The Melvins. Keith Rich is the drummer for breakout Des Moines sludge-metal collective, Druids. From a young age, Keith started jamming in bands all around central Iowa. He has played in many groups over the years and toured around the world with psychedelic rockers, Radio Moscow as well as San Diego pop punkers, My American Heart. While his past resume' is impressive, its these days in Druids that he is more dedicated than ever to create and explore his true potential behind the drum kit. If Druids remains focused turning out quality records and grinding as they have been, it is no doubt more success will come to fruition.

We rewind cuts from our best interviews of 2015, including conversations with Marty Friedman, Alex Skolnick, Buzz Osborne of the Melvins and members of Queensryche, Armored Saint, Between the Buried and Me, Veil of Maya, The Agonist, Act of Defiance and Rivers of Nihil.

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While other musicians from northwest Washington have achieved far more fame, few, if any, can match the stamina and consistency of Buzz Osborne. His band, The Melvins, has recorded and toured for more than 30 years. In this interview, Osborne both embraces and eschews the constructs of metal, discusses his relationship with grunge and delivers his keys for a lasting career.

On this week's episode, SLUG writer Dylan Chadwick chats with Buzz Osborne about the Melvin's world record attempt; SLUG senior staff writer Mariah Mellus visits with SB Dance to discuss Cultural Confidential; and SLUG's movie critic Jimmy Martin drops by to talk fall movies with JP. Plus, brand new music from the electronica-rockers The Suicycles. What are some of your favorite food trucks in town? Jeffrey Steadman from Yelp will be in to talk about food trucks for an upcoming episode and we’d like to hear what your favorite traveling hangouts are. Call our automated voicemail line at 858-233-9324 and tell us your thoughts. You may get played on the show! … read more The post Episode #61 – The Melvins, Cultural Confidential, The Suicycles, Fall Movies With Jimmy Martin first appeared on SLUG Magazine.