The new album from Melvins frontman Buzz Osbourne, aka King Buzzo, finds the sludgemaster doing the unimaginable: strumming an acoustic guitar. But don’t expect John Denver fingerpicking at this live show — the tunes off of This Machine Kills Artists basically sound like Melvins demos.
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King Buzzo at The Wick
The new album from Melvins frontman Buzz Osbourne, aka King Buzzo, finds the sludgemaster doing the unimaginable: strumming an acoustic guitar. But don’t expect John Denver fingerpicking at this live show — the tunes off of This Machine Kills Artists basically sound like Melvins demos.
Watch the Melvins Cover the Butthole Surfers With Sir Gibby Haynes Himself
The Melvins played House of Vans in Greenpoint last night and we still haven’t recovered our hearing. Among the reasons: Dale Crover, looking half his age thanks to a Justin Bieber haircut, was joined on the double drums by newcomer Coady Willis (well, relative newcomer: he’s been drumming with the Melvins for some years, but we’re talking about a band that’s been pummeling audiences for three decades. Kurt Cobain drove them to shows back when Nirvana was something only Buddhists talked about.)
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