Genres: Alternative Pop/Rock, Heavy Metal, Grunge, Alternative Metal Active: 80's, 90's, 2000's Formed: 1985 in Aberdeen, WA
Black Sabbath, Black Flag, Budgie, The Velvet Underground, Gene Simmons, The Sex Pistols, The Ramones, Motörhead, The Misfits, MC5, Kiss, Judas Priest, The Germs, Flipper, Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick, The Stooges Alice in Chains, Green River, Reverend Horton Heat, Mudhoney, Nirvana, L7, Danzig, Tad, Soundgarden, White Zombie, Trouble, Kyuss, Clutch, Nailbomb, Spider Virus, Orange Goblin, Queens of the Stone Age, Cathedral, Sonic Youth Nirvana, Green River, Boris, Harvey Milk, Fudge Tunnel, Abdullah, Mystick Krewe of Clearlight, Queens of the Stone Age, Orange Goblin, Spider Virus, Alice in Chains, Acid King, Clutch, Kyuss, Eyehategod, Alta May, White Mice, Monster Magnet, The Swayback |  |
The Melvins were the first post-punk band to revel in the slow, sludgy sounds of Black Sabbath. Their music is oppressively slow and heavy, only without any of the silly mystical lyrics or the indulgent guitar solos -- it's just one massive, oozing pile of dark slime. The Melvins' first record was released in 1987; they've released several albums since then, but it wasn't until 1993 that they went to a major label, thanks to their protégé, Kurt Cobain. While the Melvins can be dull and repetitious, their place in rock history is interesting, even if it is just a minor footnote. The band formed in Aberdeen, WA, the same town that produced Nirvana's Cobain and Krist Novoselic.
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Release: July 8, 2008
Label: Ipecac
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Release: October 10, 2006
Label: Ipecac
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