BERKELEY — The last time anybody remembers the pioneering kings of sludge The Melvins playing the East Bay was 1992. A lot has changed in the intervening 27 years. But as the veteran rockers proved before a sold-out crowd…

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre features Humphrey Bogart as an out of luck prospector south of the border. John Huston’s 1948 film depicts the negative effects success can have on a group of friends.…

SAN FRANCISCO — The sold-out crowd inside the Great American Music Hall hummed with excitement as the Melvins took the stage for their sixth show in a marathon 62-date American tour in support of their new…

For the last three decades the Melvins have charted their own wayward course through the heart of rock and roll, confounding critics and conventional wisdom at every turn. How many other bands can claim to…