Worshipping at the Altar of Dale Crover

Saw MELVINS play at show in Manchester UK last night.
Totally transfixed by Dale Crover throughout the show... that man just doesn't stop!!

Melvins Euro Tour, Sept 2008

Get on it, Melvins are in Europe this September:

10 GBR Cardiff – The Point
11 FRA Paris – Elysee Montmartre
12 BEL Gent – Voorhuit
14 HOL Eindhoven – Effenaar
16 GER Berlin – Maria
18 GER Munich – Feierwerk
19 GER Schorndorf- Manufaktur
20 AUT Dornbirn – Transmitter Festival
21 AUT Vienna – Arena
23 CZE Prague – Palac Akropolis
24 ITA Milan – Musicdrome
25 ITA Ravenna – Bronson
26 SWZ Fribourg – Frison
27 SWZ Zurich – Rote Fabrik
30 GBR Sheffield – Plug

October

01 GBR Nottingham – Rescue Rooms
02 GBR Manchester - Academy 2
06 GBR Brighton – Concorde 2

Might try to get to the Cardiff date, that's on my birthday!

ATP - The Nightmare Before Christmas 2008

All Tomorrow’s Parties have just announced that the next curators for the NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS festival (taking place in December 2008) will be Mike Patton and Melvins.


The event will take place December 5th, 6th and 7th at Butlins Holiday Camp in Minehead. The line up so far looks like this:

Curated by Melvins:

Melvins
Isis
Neil Hamburger
Dälek
Big Business

Curated by Mike Patton:

Fantômas perform The Director's Cut
The Locust
Zu

From the festival website:

All tickets include a 3-day festival pass and 3 nights accommodation. Ticket includes performances starting from mid-afternoon, with around 40 acts set to play live across the weekend. There are four pubs and DJ sets through till late, plus three nights in a self-catering chalet or room only accommodation all with private bathroom suites and TV’s.

Melvins @ Manchester Academy, 13th December 2006

I am a bit delicate right now, so this will be a short post today. Melvins last night was great stuff, me and Patchie got absolutely hammered on Guinness and we managed to get right to the front at the gig and leaned on the stage with slack jaws watching 2 drummers keeping it together and performing some excellent tunes. King Buzzo kicked me at one point for grabbing at his feet like a drunken fool.

They had been playing with 3 other bands on the night - PORN (The Men Of), Flipper and Big Business. I remember seeing a bit of the Flipper set (we showed up to the venue really late, blind drunk) to see Krist Novoselic (ex-Nirvana) jumping up and down on stage with people from the audience up there on stage surrounding him.

Earlier on in the evening we sat listening to Darkthrone in the Grand Central pub in Manchester. They have got the country's best pub jukebox. Oh and we borrowed a bike and I got a mogger down Oxford Road. Scousers on tour.

God my head is sore today, and I can't hear either. I think that I dropped my phone in the back of the car on the ride home. I hope I did anyway otherwise its gone forever.


Melvins setlist for this gig:

1. The Talking Horse
2. The Bloated Pope
3. Civilised Worm
4. Oven
5. Set Me Straight
6. D.C.H.
7. Sky Pup
8. Blood Witch
9. Let It All Be
10. A History Of Drunks
11. Rat Faced Granny
12. The Hawk
13. You've Never Been Right
14. A History Of Bad Men
15. Revolve
16. Hooch
17. The Bit
18. Lovely Butterfly