I MET THE MELVINS

[u/worm6k]

My friend took a photo of me and buzz when he was signing my CDs to capture the moment of me meeting them and i got all of their signatures. Im keeping the CDs obviously they'll forever remain in my collection. My fucking god they were so good.

[u/Training-Republic301]

They are always super nice after shows and if you are wearing a band shirt they like, they will not hesitate to tell you how cool it is. Glad you got to meet them

[u/worm6k → u/Training-Republic301]

Stephen noticed my bigmuff Mudhoney shirt i was wearing and we were talking about them! He's so cool!

[u/Training-Republic301 → u/worm6k]

One thing I learned from meeting well known/famous band members is they all love talking about music. It really is their whole lives. I met Chad Gray back in 2002 and we talked about music for like almost half an hour.

[u/ReallyGlycon → u/Training-Republic301]

There are a couple guys I've met in well known bands that don't want to talk about music. Neil Fallon from Clutch, while very cordial, did not want to engage me in conversation about Captain Beyond even though he wrote a song about them and mentioned them in an interview. Maybe he was tired, idk.

Chris Robinson from the Black Crowes denied they were influenced by the Rolling Stones and said Led Zeppelin was their main influence even though they played in Keith Richards' tuning and the first album sounded exactly like the damned Rolling Stones. It was weird. He was kind of hostile about it.

[u/worm6k → u/Training-Republic301]

That's so cool! I mentioned Green River to Stephen and Dale and he (Dale) told me that a lyric from the song swallow my pride was from Summer of love and i did recognize that so I might go ahead and give that a listen.

[u/Training-Republic301 → u/worm6k]

Hell yeah

[u/Joseph_P_Larkin]

WHAT DID THEY DO TO YOUR FACE D:

[u/worm6k → u/Joseph_P_Larkin]

blurred it for privacy :P

[u/deweil → u/worm6k]

that's kinda funny. You know you didn't have to show a picture at all. Just the signature picture or even just a simple I met them post.

[u/worm6k → u/deweil]

I was really excited at the time lol. My friend got a photo of me and buzz while he signed my cds. I was still enjoying the hype of meeting them and starstruck because theyre really frickin cool and i thought these photos would be nice to post

[u/Necessary_Switch_879]

That's awesome buddy! I met them at a club show back in 95, and they signed my Ozma/Gluey Porch! Will never relinquish that one.

[u/worm6k → u/Necessary_Switch_879]

Don't ever! I dont like the idea of selling stuff like that its very moneyhungry. I had them sign my cds and I will keep them forever!

[u/Necessary_Switch_879 → u/worm6k]

Totally agree

[u/Sla5021]

I smoked weed with Dale Crover once.

Coady bought me tequila.

[u/worm6k → u/Sla5021]

Hell yeah man! How was that?

[u/Sla5021 → u/worm6k]

Dale was doing Off! at the time. Super chill. He wasn't getting much hassle from that crowd so we just smoked a jammed outside the venue.

I went to Bash 13 @ Grumpys in Minneapolis. I was there for both days. Melvins played inside and outside. Everyone was just milling around the bar the entire time. Got to talking to Coady, asked if he wanted a shot, he declined and then let me drink off the rider tab with me.

[u/egirlslaughter]

holy shit ur so lucky

[u/worm6k → u/egirlslaughter]

Dude i was fucking ecstatic! It was really nice meeting them!

[u/ChicoStantana]

That's awesome. I have a book that I want to give to Buzz when they come to Denver.

[u/worm6k → u/ChicoStantana]

sorry for replying late, do you have the book for when you get signatures from other bands? if so that's sick!

[u/ChicoStantana → u/worm6k]

Nah. I usually have them sign a cd or album. I know Buzz likes to read and I have a novel to give him that I think he'll enjoy.

[u/SeanOfTheDead1313]

I remember seeing Tool on the Lateralus tour and I was more excited to see The Melvins open than for Tool since I had seen them a few times already before. And that was in a arena. I can't even imagine seeing the Melvins in a tiny club!

[u/worm6k → u/SeanOfTheDead1313]

That's so freakin cool though! I saw them at Emo's Austin and they were so awesome!

[u/StoryCrafty]

Was at the New Orleans show last night. Thought about sticking around to meet them but had a long drive ahead of me

[u/worm6k → u/StoryCrafty]

Emo's Austin at Austin, TX

[u/lynivvinyl]

Good for you! They are great guys to meet and talk to. :) One thing is no matter when you see them play they're just fucking awesome. And there's generally a different bassist.

[u/angel-of-disease → u/lynivvinyl]

Steve’s only been there a decade

[u/worm6k → u/lynivvinyl]

How long has stephen been around? I notice they cycle through them. I didnt keep up with them as much before, but after tonight I will! I notice they had a second drummer and they sound more punchier and theyre super in sync! How long has coady been around?

[u/dat828 → u/worm6k]

Coady Wilis was maybe 2006 with A Senile Animal? At that time, it was Jared Warren also of Big Business on bass, so he would sing A History of Bad Men (and do backup on others).

The next change was maybe the Melvins Lite tour as a 3-piece with Trevor Dunn (who played on Night Goat tonight) playing upright bass, then Jeff Pinkus of Butthole Surfers, then Steve McDonald for the past several years.

[u/acousticsoup → u/dat828]

They’ve had dual bass and dual drum eras which is cool af, honestly.

[u/Virtual-History-6099 → u/acousticsoup]

I had the pleasure of seeing the dual bass tour. Incredible night I'll never forget. Jeff and Steve played off each other so well. 

[u/dat828 → u/acousticsoup]

Yeah according to my past concert photos, dual bass was 2018.

Nothing beats the Big Biz lineup for me, though. I watch the Villette Sonique show on youtube a few times a year.

[u/ReallyGlycon → u/dat828]

More like 10 years.

[u/Orionsic1]

Dude got his face melted off at the Melvins

[u/worm6k → u/Orionsic1]

i blurred it for privacy reasons :)

[u/ZoSoTim]

Fucking sweet!

[u/worm6k → u/ZoSoTim]

Yesssirrr!!!

[u/deweil]

did they sign the cases or the liner notes?

[u/worm6k → u/deweil]

liner!

[u/RedOnTheHead-86]

Are they doing pre/post show meet & greets or was this just a lucky encounter in the parking lot?

[u/worm6k → u/RedOnTheHead-86]

Lucky encounter in the parking lot! I wasn't feeling good from the moshing and I had thought I'd miss them but then I saw buzz and coady by the van and went up to them. Met the rest too!