Osborne would later introduce Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic to Dave Grohl. It was expanded again for the 1999 re-release on Ipecac with some garage demos.Ĭrover played drums with Nirvana (billed as "Ted Ed Fred") when they recorded a ten-song demo on January 23, 1988, in Seattle, which later formed part of their debut LP Bleach, and played a live show in Tacoma later that day. Gluey Porch Treatments was later coupled with their second album Ozma for the Boner Records CD release. The album was released in 1987 on Alchemy Records. In October 1986, they recorded their first full-length album, Gluey Porch Treatments, at Studio D in Sausalito, California. The album was recorded live to a two track at the now closed Ironwood Studio in Seattle on February 8, 1986. In 1986, the band released their debut, the Six Songs EP, on C/Z Records (later releases expanded and retitled this as 8 Songs, 10 Songs, and eventually 26 Songs in 2003 on Ipecac Recordings). The label released Deep Six, featuring four songs by the Melvins. In 1985, C/Z Records was created to document the Washington music scene. Soon afterward, they started to play songs slower and "heavier" than nearly anyone else at the time. The band's rehearsals moved to a back room of Crover's parents' house in Aberdeen, Washington. Dillard left the band in 1984 and was replaced by local drummer Dale Crover. In the beginning, they played Jimi Hendrix and Who covers, and also began playing fast hardcore punk. The band was named after a supervisor at a Thriftway in Montesano, where Osborne also worked as a clerk "Melvin" was disliked by other employees, and the band's members felt it to be an appropriately ridiculous name. Melvins were formed in early 1983 by Buzz Osborne (guitar, vocals), Matt Lukin (bass), and Mike Dillard (drums) who all went to Montesano Jr./Sr. History The band's logo Early years (1983–1987) Since 1984, vocalist and guitarist Buzz Osborne and drummer Dale Crover have been constant members. Primarily a trio, they have also performed as a quartet, with either two drummers or two bassists. Their early work was key to the development of both grunge and sludge metal.
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