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The Melvins join the aussie Soundwave tour starting in Brisbane on Saturday the 26th of Feb. They also join Primus for a couple of solo shows in Sydney and Melbourne. This interview coincides with the aussie tour:

www.sludgefactory.com.au/soundwave-abuzz-melvins

“We’re an eclectic band, an acquired taste! We’re not normal by any means – nothing normal about it. Normal to us is strange to everyone else. I’ve always felt like a weirdo and I don’t have a problem with that! Having said that, I live a pretty conservative lifestyle. I’ve been married for seventeen years to the same woman. I’m very devoted. I don’t drink”

Also a recent audio interview of Dale conducted by a New Zealand blogger ahead of the Soundwave  can be found here.

Hattip to the boiled frog. He also supplied all the recent Club Spaceland setlists from the Melvins Jan residency on this post.

I’ll be at the Enmore show, anyone else headin there?

Duane Denison and Buzz Osborne will be participating in some “artsy musical collaboration shenanigans” at an installation curated by artist Dalek. It all happens 15th Jan at H-Space:

“Art installation by DALEK/James Marshall
Live music/ guitar only accompaniment featuring:
KING BUZZO (Melvins)
DUANE DENISON (Jesus Lizard)
STEVE TURNER (Mudhoney)
HAZE XXL (Halo Of Flies/H•O•F)
Tag team guitar staging, twistoid sounds ensue.

FREE!”

More info at the FB event

And the last one from Secret Serpent, the Faith No More Hollywood Palladium (1st Dec) poster. This one by Buzz Osborne:

Hat-tip: The Holy Filament

Shootin’ fish in a barrel!

Oh also Newbury Comics are selling signed pre orders of the new Melvins album, The Bride Screamed Murder

Due out Feb 17, Zu’s new album Carboniferus is a must have. It features Mike Patton on a couple of tracks along with Buzz Osborne, Giulio and Alessandro Rossi. More info can be found here and a good review of the album is at sittingnow.

Serj and Fantomas, The Tivoli, Brisbane @ Fasterlouder

“First up, as promised, Fantomas delivered the whole kit and caboodle, the full length, original version with no editing, director’s cut of their album The Director’s Cut. The boys come on stage donned in white cricketers get-up. I don’t know why. Front man, Mike Patton, complete with white glove mitts comes on stage and promptly leaps into a perfectly executed theme to The Godfather.

Patton moves with the music, acting as conductor to the band, changing the tempo, melody and even style of the song with just a twinkle of the eye or an expert swish of his arms. With drummer Dave Lombardo (of Slayer fame) missing from the band tonight, you can tell that Patton is more than ever keeping it together. And he does it well. He reveals his excitement when a pace change goes to plan, and skillfully hides a mishap by ad-libbing.

Besides this, Fantomas deliver an almost flawless set. The Serj Tankian fans are in awe, and everyone wants more. A crowd favourite is the haunting song, Rosemary’s Baby, adapted from the film’s theme song. Patton’s voice is truly amazing. In this song, he makes the simple words ‘la la la la’ sound deadly and then innocent and then creepy and then vacant. His screamo voice is also nothing to contend with. Using his whole body, he thrusts the words forward into his highly movable microphone, like he’s possessed and needs to get it out. It is a great sight to see such a musician in action.

The boys finish with the second song on the album, Der Golem, a tune from the 1920s German silent horror film. The crowd is astounded, and the die-hard fans are relieved that this song wasn’t glazed over. One guy, who obviously knows the album from back to front, says to his friend, “I was worried for a moment. I thought they’d forgotten this one, but no, they just pulled it out right at the end’. What a relief.”

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Nice interview over at gibson.com:

“We’re big ugly weirdos who make incredibly strange music. But we have passionate fans who are into everything we do and there are enough of them so I’m not concerned at all.”

Full Buzz interview here