Tag Archives: The Melvins
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ALBUM REVIEW: Big Business capitalizes on nimble riffing on ‘The Beast You Are’
In this dark epoch of late capitalism, “big business” refers to a grinding corporate oligarchy slowly devouring the economy—a cash-crazy leviathan driven onward by its ceaseless appetite. Among aficionados of heavy rock, Big Business is…
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REVIEW: Melvins get to third bass in Berkeley
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…
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In conversation: Rock and roll prospectors The Melvins talk about their latest treasure
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.…
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Review, Photos: The Melvins’ aural assault on GAMH
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…
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Album Review: Melvins walk the line
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…
