Melvins, probably one of many busiest bands that has ever existed, is now streaming a brand new single “King Of Rome” from their upcoming report Thunderball. Thunderball is the band’s Melvins 1983 lineup – guitarist and vocalist King Buzzo (additionally taking over bass duties) in addition to unique Melvins drummer Mike Dillard – alongside Void Manes and Ni Maîtres.
“The ‘King of Rome’!! Sizzling Cross Buns! This track is a sizzling little punk rock quantity,” stated Melvins frontman Buzz Osborne. “I hope all of you get pleasure from it and inform your mates.”
On the report itself, Osborne added: “Mike Dillard is the unique drummer for the Melvins, we have been associates since highschool. We met in Montesano, a small city on the coast of Washington state. I hated all the pieces about that city. I hated the folks, hated the academics, hated the cops, hated the climate and I hated how remoted it was. I had no associates in any respect, which was high quality by me.
“My very own classmates proved themselves the enemy so discovering somebody I may relate to was nice. Mike was instantly impressed with the entire bizarre music I used to be into. As much as that time I hadn’t met anybody with an curiosity in any of my musical discoveries. It was an incredible time within the historical past of music and actually nobody round me was . We had been surrounded by mediocrity, stupidity, prejudice, and harmful rednecks. We realized to play music collectively. We grew up collectively. We have now remained associates all these years.
“Thunderball is the third Melvins 1983 report we have made collectively. I wished this one to be bombastic. I feel it’s. I have been eager to do one thing with Void Manes and Ni Maîtres for a very long time. Each of them are distinctive abilities and had been a pleasure to work with. Their out-of-the-box use of electronics pushed Thunderball past my expectations.”
Thunderball is out on April 18 and comes proper as Melvins hits the highway with Napalm Dying for his or her Savage Imperial Dying March Half II tour. Pre-orders right here, tickets for the shit ton of tour dates beneath are out there right here.
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3/1 Bakersfield, CA The Nile Theater
3/2 Fresno, CA Strummer’s
3/3 Sacramento, CA Goldfield Buying and selling Submit
3/4 Santa Cruz, CA The Catalyst Atrium
3/5 San Luis Obispo, CA SLO Brew Rock
3/7 Pioneertown, CA Pappy & Harriet’s
Melvins & Napalm Dying
4/4 San Diego, CA Music Field
4/5 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory
4/7 San Francisco, CA Nice American Music Corridor
4/8 San Jose, CA The Ritz
4/10 Los Angeles, CA The Belasco
4/12 Las Vegas, NV Swan Dive
4/13 Phoenix, AZ The Van Buren
4/14 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
4/15 El Paso, TX Lowbrow Palace
4/17 Dallas, TX The Echo Lounge & Music Corridor
4/18 Austin, TX Emo’s
4/19 Houston, TX White Oak Music Corridor – Downstairs
4/20 Baton Rouge, LA Chelsea’s Stay
4/21 New Orleans, LA Home of Blues New Orleans
4/23 Tampa, FL The Orpheum
4/24 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Tradition Room
4/25 Orlando, FL The Beacham
4/26 Savannah, GA District Stay
4/27 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade – Heaven Stage
4/28 Birmingham, AL Saturn
4/29 Athens, GA 40 Watt Membership
5/1 Charlotte, NC The Underground – Charlotte
5/2 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
5/3 Virginia Seashore, VA Elevation 27
5/4 Baltimore, MD Baltimore Soundstage
5/5 Philadelphia, PA Union Switch
5/6 Allentown, PA Archer Music Corridor
5/7 Brooklyn, NY Warsaw
5/8 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Membership
5/10 Pittsburgh, PA Mr .Small’s
5/11 Cleveland, OH Globe Iron
5/12 Detroit, MI Saint Andrew’s Corridor
5/13 Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection
5/15 Cincinnati, OH Bogart’s
5/16 Louisville, KY Mercury Ballroom
5/17 Nashville, TN Brooklyn Bowl Nashville
5/18 St. Louis, MO Pink Flag
5/19 Chicago, IL Metro
5/20 Milwaukee, WI The Rave II
5/22 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
5/23 Des Moines, IA Wooly’s
5/24 Kansas Metropolis, MO Madrid Theatre
5/25 Omaha, NE The Ready Room
5/27 Denver, CO Summit
5/29 Salt Lake Metropolis, UT Metro Music Corridor
5/31 Bozeman, MT The ELM
6/1 Spokane, WA Knitting Manufacturing unit
6/2 Seattle, WA The Showbox
6/3 Portland, OR Revolution Corridor
6/4 Eugene, OR McDonald Theatre
6/6 Reno, NV Virginia Avenue Brewhouse
6/7 Berkeley, CA Cornerstone Berkeley
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