Oh man, this thing I read about the Melvins really makes me sad.

Against Will · #1 10-26-2006, 10:50 AM

This was posted on another message board I frequent that deals with the local Providence, RI metal/hardcore/noise/punk/whatever scene. It was posted by one of the former guitarists of Arab on Radar, who is a pretty trustworthy, if sometimes blustery, source and isn't the kind of guy who would start crap like this just for attention.

(note: the venue is the Living Room, a hole-in-the-wall establishment that is as charming as it is sketchy. The owner was recently hit by a car and died...RIP)

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There is one person I will not hate if they do decide to not heed my call to BOYCOTT THE MELVINS SHOW on Oct. 13, 2006 at the Living Room. That is Jon He is a fan and should over-ride this and go.

Everyone else, should think hard about what I am about to write.

Back in the day, Arab on Radar was very excited to play a "big" show with the Melvins at the Living Room. A few of us worked wt that place for brief stints and really hyped the show up bigtime to Mr. Randy Hein (RIP). Randy as a result, took our word and gave the MELVINS everything they demanded in thier rider - including beer, a compelte catered dinner for all thier crew and themselves, it was literally a room full of stuff, Randy shelled out major cash for it...

Long story short, and hour before thier sound check (apx. 6 PM) thier manager calls from Boston trying to shake Randy down for an extra 1000.00 to play. They debated for a while and Randy could not pay them what they asked. Then they moved on to the reason - they didn't want a local band on the show, they did not want to pay the local band yadda yadda...
They basically did not want to play...

So, they screwed everyone, did not show up, and continued on thier tour.

We in AOR put up a sign letting fans know that they weren't playing. About 250 people looked at it, turned around and left. We played to about 50 people... bad show.

Thats do-able, OK.

BUT.

The next week my homie from Atlanta (thier next stop on tour) mailed me a clip from their local Phoenix type of newspaper, I think it is called the Atlanta Weekly or something like that...

It contained an interview with King Buzzo, that stated the reason they cancelled Providence was because the club owner "did not support local bands"... ! You can find all of this online if you care to do some googling or other forms of websearching.

SO that was BS, we e-mailed thie management and threatened to kick thier ***** if they came back... which (funny enough) kept them out of Providence for many years. no lie...

They apparently did come back later with HELMET and basically snag stupid showtunes and ******off the whole show.

in a nutshell, they absolutely suck, the music, the hairdos, talentless cronies and jaded old farts.

I call on all people, who care about local music to pass on this show...

Link (Might not be safe for work, (naughty words and the like) enter at your own discretion.)

msquared · #2 10-26-2006, 11:40 AM

Sounds like a communication breakdown to me.

Matt Till · #3 10-26-2006, 12:25 PM

That's ****ty.

No offense, but I've played that venue before... and when we played, we were ALMOST among the 3 bands that bailed on that show, we sat around and waited for an extra hour to play for no one. There was almost no crowd, and there were WIRES HANGING FROM THE CEILING. Sorry to hear about the owner, but I'd say that venue couldn't hold the Melvins.

**john turner** · #4 10-26-2006, 12:43 PM

i saw the melvins open for primus like 12 years ago, or therabouts. they -sucked- bigtime. you couldn't pay me to see them again - they really really really sucked, not just in the subjective "this song doesn't appeal to me" sense but in the quantifiable, objective "i just bought my guitar, d00d, and haven't figured out how to tune it yet" sense. they acted like self-absorbed butt-wad tools on stage too. i guess that's their appeal.

Matt Till · #5 10-26-2006, 12:53 PM

You either get the Melvins, or you don't.

I also hear they are hit or miss live.

**john turner** · #6 10-26-2006, 12:57 PM

yeah, i guess that's what this was a case of. i mean, i'm by no means a chops hog - i enjoy a lot of non-chops oriented music, but these guys sucked for the pure sake of sucking.

Marcus · #7 10-26-2006, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by john turner

but these guys sucked for the pure sake of sucking.

Classic. I'm going to have to use that one someday.

Freaky Fender · #8 10-26-2006, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Matt Till

That's ****ty.

No offense, but I've played that venue before... and when we played, we were ALMOST among the 3 bands that bailed on that show, we sat around and waited for an extra hour to play for no one. There was almost no crowd, and there were WIRES HANGING FROM THE CEILING. Sorry to hear about the owner, but I'd say that venue couldn't hold the Melvins.

Actually, that was the Growroom.

Nils · #9 10-26-2006, 02:43 PM

Hm... I like the Melvins. And Helmet's two first albums too. Why be
an ass when you play good music? I hate when bands let their fans
down. And non-fans. I just hate people letting people down, I
guess.