Melvins

...Foo Fighters) and Pete Stahl soon formed the band Wool. Unsure of what to do, Grohl sought advice from his friend Buzz Osborne of The Melvins. Shortly thereafter, Osborne played musical matchmaker and hooked Dave up with a couple of friends...

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...of spiritual offerings aimed at a higher power. Composed of Saint Vitus/The Obsessed guitarist/vocalist Scott "Wino" Weinrich, Melvins drummer Dale Crover, Sleep/Om bassist Al Cisneros and Neurosis guitarist Scott Kelly, the quartet...

In this article: Dale Crover, Scott "Wino" Weinrich, Scott Kelly, Halloween, Om, Saint Vitus, Al Cisneros, Sleep, and Neurosis

...together the genre's godfather, Scott "Wino" Weinrich (St. Vitus, the Obsessed), on guitar and vocals; Sleep's Al Cisneros on bass; the Melvins' Dale Crover on drums; and Neurosis' Scott Kelly on guitar. The quartet's self-titled debut album...

In this article: St. Vitus, Dale Crover, Al Cisneros, Scott Kelly, Scott "Wino" Weinrich, and Neurosis

Mudhoney had mud thrown at 'em, Nick Cave didn't (after John Peel - bless him - suggested it might not go down well). Pavement, the Melvins and the Screaming Trees were all great. Mudhoney were too of course. The whole day was billed as...

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...like it was coughing up blood; in Krist Novoselic, a bassist who could hit the heretofore untapped sweet spot between McCartney and the Melvins. But unlike most rock bands who divided pop history between before and after (the Beatles, Sex...

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...help me make any more sense of the new album. In fact, it left me more confused. Don't get me wrong- any metal set that ends with a Melvins cover ('The Bit') is one I wouldn't want to miss. But live and on CD, Crack the Skye sounds like a...

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...the truest definition of the genre. Drawing inspiration from the drunken punk/metal fusion propagated by Soundgarden, Mudhoney, and the Melvins, Nirvana constructs song after song out of grinding riffs and lurching rhythms that move like...

In this article: Nirvana, Bleach, Kurt Cobain, Sub Pop, Nevermind, Jack Endino, Nirvana, Spank Thru, and About a Girl

...has been doing some interviews but as both interviewer and subject. In Seattle Weekly, bassist Krist Novoselic spoke to Dale Crover of Melvins who recorded the first demos for Bleach before Chad Channing recorded the drum tracks which...

In this article: Dale Crover, Krist Novoselic, Chad Channing, Punknews.org, Bleach, Seattle Weekly, Nirvana, and Chad

...ranks among the highest practitioners of low-end aural punishment. An early member of Earth, Preston also has throttled his bass for Melvins, Men's Recovery Project, Sunn O))), and other avant-metallers; he's honed his glowering, overcast...

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...strengths of his past projects (Sebadoh, Folk Implosion, etc.) with the melodic guitar work of Imaad Wasif and the nimble skins of Melvins drummer Dale Crover. By turns meatier and more stripped-down than his last solo album, "Emoh,"...

In this article: Lou Barlow, Emoh, Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, Dale Crover, Merge Records, E mail, Missingmen, and Imaad Wasif