melvins going on tour

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good times. I dont know who’s opening for all the dates, but i got a mail saying the isis is opening for them in NYC… so i know where i’ll be

Date Location Venue
June 1, 2010 San Diego, California Casbah
June 2, 2010 Tempe, Arizona The Clubhouse
June 3, 2010 Albuquerque, New Mexico Launch Pad
June 5, 2010 Austin, Texas Emo’s
June 7, 2010 Houston, Texas Warehouse Live
June 8, 2010 Baton Rouge, Louisiana Spanish Moon
June 9, 2010 New Orleans, Louisiana One Eyed Jacks
June 10, 2010 Birmingham, Alabama Bottle Tree
June 12, 2010 Manchester, Tennessee Bonnaroo Festival
June 14, 2010 Athens, Georgia 40 Watt Club
June 16, 2010 Washington D.C. 9:30 Club
June 17, 2010 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania T.L.A.
June 18, 2010 New York, New York Webster Hall
June 19, 2010 Brooklyn, New York Music Hall Of Williamsburg
June 20, 2010 Boston, Massachusetts Paradise
June 21, 2010 Boston, Massachusetts Paradise
June 23, 2010 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
June 24, 2010 Detroit, Michigan Small’s
June 25, 2010 Chicago, Illinois Double Door
June 26, 2010 Madison, Wisconsin High Noon Saloon
June 27, 2010 Des Moines, Iowa House Of Bricks
June 29, 2010 Denver, Colorado Ogden Theatre
July 2, 2010 Calgary, Alberta Sled Island Festival
July 3, 2010 Calgary, Alberta Sled Island Festival
July 5, 2010 Vancouver, British Columbia Rickshaw Theatre
July 6, 2010 Seattle, Washington Showbox At The Market
July 7, 2010 Eugene, Oregon John Henrys
July 9, 2010 San Jose, California Blank Club

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(2) I wish this concert would hurry and be over so I can get a slice of pizza.

Classic!!

I find it hard to enjoy the ‘live’ experience most of the time because, halfway through the show I start thinking:

Man my feet and ankles are so sore from standing up for so long! I mean, really really sore!!

and:

Man, I’m hungry. I wonder if that kebab shop across the street is still open. I could kick myself for not eating earlier. Why do I always do this? Why do I always come to these things on an empty stomach? I wonder if I can nip across the street, have a kebab or a burger and be back in 20 minutes? Will I miss much. What if the pyrotechnics explode and Buzz’s hair catches fire and I wasn’t here to see it. I’ll be kicking myself for the next 20 years. My friends will never let me forget it either. I wonder if this happens to other people. I wonder if at that gig where that Pantera guy got shot if anybody had briefly nipped out for a kebab or a smoke or something and come back to find the place in complete mayhem? Wouldn’t that be awful. You had the chance to be able to say ‘Oh that Dimebag Darrell shooting all those years ago! Well guess what! I was there!’ But you blew the whole thing just because you were too lazy or disorganised to organise some food before leaving for the gig. I feel like such an idiot. I hope I don’t pass out from hunger and start flopping around on the floor like a fish or like an epileptic. I wonder if they have food at the bar. Probably not. They probably just sell crisps or those salty pork things. And then I’ll just get really thirsty and end up wanting another drink and have to splash out another six bucks for a crappy lemon soda and most of it will be ice anyway and I hate it when they do that. I end up standing there with a cup full of crushed ice looking like a complete tool. What a predicament. Next time I’m getting something to eat before the damn gig I don’t care how much I’m running late cos I don’t think I can stand doing this ever again.

Or something along those lines.

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good times. I dont know who’s opening for all the dates, but i got a mail saying the isis is opening for them in NYC… so i know where i’ll be

Date Location Venue
June 1, 2010 San Diego, California Casbah
June 2, 2010 Tempe, Arizona The Clubhouse
June 3, 2010 Albuquerque, New Mexico Launch Pad
June 5, 2010 Austin, Texas Emo’s
June 7, 2010 Houston, Texas Warehouse Live
June 8, 2010 Baton Rouge, Louisiana Spanish Moon
June 9, 2010 New Orleans, Louisiana One Eyed Jacks
June 10, 2010 Birmingham, Alabama Bottle Tree
June 12, 2010 Manchester, Tennessee Bonnaroo Festival
June 14, 2010 Athens, Georgia 40 Watt Club
June 16, 2010 Washington D.C. 9:30 Club
June 17, 2010 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania T.L.A.
June 18, 2010 New York, New York Webster Hall
June 19, 2010 Brooklyn, New York Music Hall Of Williamsburg
June 20, 2010 Boston, Massachusetts Paradise
June 21, 2010 Boston, Massachusetts Paradise
June 23, 2010 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
June 24, 2010 Detroit, Michigan Small’s
June 25, 2010 Chicago, Illinois Double Door
June 26, 2010 Madison, Wisconsin High Noon Saloon
June 27, 2010 Des Moines, Iowa House Of Bricks
June 29, 2010 Denver, Colorado Ogden Theatre
July 2, 2010 Calgary, Alberta Sled Island Festival
July 3, 2010 Calgary, Alberta Sled Island Festival
July 5, 2010 Vancouver, British Columbia Rickshaw Theatre
July 6, 2010 Seattle, Washington Showbox At The Market
July 7, 2010 Eugene, Oregon John Henrys
July 9, 2010 San Jose, California Blank Club

Nice…bring on the Euro dates.

Melvins rule!!!

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Man, I’m hungry. I wonder if that kebab shop across the street is still open. I could kick myself for not eating earlier. Why do I always do this? Why do I always come to these things on an empty stomach? I wonder if I can nip across the street, have a kebab or a burger and be back in 20 minutes? Will I miss much. What if the pyrotechnics explode and Buzz’s hair catches fire and I wasn’t here to see it. I’ll be kicking myself for the next 20 years. My friends will never let me forget it either. I wonder if this happens to other people. I wonder if at that gig where that Pantera guy got shot if anybody had briefly nipped out for a kebab or a smoke or something and come back to find the place in complete mayhem? Wouldn’t that be awful. You had the chance to be able to say ‘Oh that Dimebag Darrell shooting all those years ago! Well guess what! I was there!’ But you blew the whole thing just because you were too lazy or disorganised to organise some food before leaving for the gig. I feel like such an idiot. I hope I don’t pass out from hunger and start flopping around on the floor like a fish or like an epileptic. I wonder if they have food at the bar. Probably not. They probably just sell crisps or those salty pork things. And then I’ll just get really thirsty and end up wanting another drink and have to splash out another six bucks for a crappy lemon soda and most of it will be ice anyway and I hate it when they do that. I end up standing there with a cup full of crushed ice looking like a complete tool. What a predicament. Next time I’m getting something to eat before the damn gig I don’t care how much I’m running late cos I don’t think I can stand doing this ever again.

It’s funny, today I lost my chance to run for the student representative for the physics department at my uni when I said in my preamble that I was only in it for the free dinner they give at the second meeting and that I wouldn’t be much use to anybody after that.

Irrespective…

the Melvins were one of the loudest bands I ever saw. Imagine seeing them in a stadium. Yup.
Then I saw them in an intimate little club. Playing all of Houdini. And met Dale Crover, Trevor Dunn and Mike Patton afterwards.
Top. night.

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[replyIt’s funny, today I lost my chance to run for the student representative for the physics department at my uni when I said in my preamble that I was only in it for the free dinner they give at the second meeting and that I wouldn’t be much use to anybody after that.

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Nice. Honesty does play well when you are seeking votes. Ironic.

I did something similar a few years back. Was looking for funding from a central societies committee and I absent mindedly handed them some material advertising what we were planning to do with the money which, of course, consisted mainly of massive drinking sessions.

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Shit, how did that go down? [laugh][laugh][laugh]

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I believe i saw melvins open for tool in an arena… or maybe it was fantomas… i know i saw fantomas open for tool also, but maybe melvins.

Wasn’t ipecac putting out a box set of all the melvins stuff? or did that already come out? somebody mentioned it being a tour only thing.

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Carmangary’s post is funnier in this thread than it would have been in the thread with the dancing Christians.

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I believe i saw melvins open for tool in an arena…

Melvins supported Kiss on a few of their massive arena shows a while back.

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Yessss, my introduction to Melvins was them opening for tool in 2002, but I understood the true awesomeness at the geek show in 2004 w/ Fantomas, Melvins and Tomahawk, in a nice smallish venue, so loud and rad. I hope they come here, are they still playing with the Big Business drummer and bassist?

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Hey Godlike Pudding,
FUCK YOU!

I really wanted to go to that Geek Show, and I couldn’t get in because I was fucking 16 at the time! Shit. FUCKING. BREAK. Hope you had fun tho… [;)]

One time I went to some Christian meet and greet so I could score some free food. I had to sing and clap hands to songs I didn’t know and talk to weirdos about “small groups”. Then they finally brought the food out and it was peanut butter and jelly on generic white bread. I decided the Christians weren’t for me after that.

Carmangary FTW.

RE: Kiss and the Melvins… I believe Gene Simmons once played bass for them live when they covered ‘Going Blind’.

One of the few cases where the cover is as good as the original… [:)]

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Hey Dildo, that really is too bad… reminds me of this other guy though… The night of that show, my mate who I was going with was in a public toilet and saw a fellow wearing some Patton band shirt. he makes a comment about the show, and this guy looks at him like, “what show?”. He explains what show it is and this fellow allegedly went completely white, and bolted straight out of there. Hope he made it, but i feel for both of you.

It was at the arena, one of the better venues here in Bris, hot as shit and when the place gets pumping, the ceiling unleashes ancient congealed sweat, but I’ve seen some great shows there. Also, went to see Killing Joke there but had recently lost my ID, didn’t think it would be an issue, and was refused admittance. That sucked, but I went and saw a cheap play about zombies down the road instead, which was ok I guess.

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Mr Puddingsly,

that seriously is the shittest, unluckiest story about the Killing Joke show… that’s fucked. As if they’d need an ID to verify yer age, unless you didn’t look it… but come on, some leniency, ffs? I mean, it’s a gig, not the pub or whatever. [crazy]