The Melvins at The Waiting Room in Omaha, Nebraska on April 25, 2016
The Melvins are an American band that formed in 1983, named after a supervisor at a Thriftway in Montesano, Washington, where Osborne also worked as a clerk. “Melvin” was despised by other employees, and the band’s members felt it to be an appropriately ridiculous name. They played Cream and Jimi Hendrix covers, and also began playing fast hardcore punk in the beginning. Eventually they started to play songs slower and “heavier” than nearly anyone else at the time. The Melvins’ music is influenced by Black Flag’s mix of punk and metal on their My War and Slip It In albums, and other slow punk acts like Flipper and the Wipers, but also by hard rock and metal bands such as Kiss and Alice Cooper; however, their idiosyncratic approach, bizarre sense of humor, and experimentation make neat categorization difficult. Buzzo has also stated that his guitar playing is more influenced by Black Flag than Black Sabbath, with whom they are often compared.
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Photos courtesy of Winsel Photography in Omaha, Nebraska ©2016
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