Has anyone else here been lucky enough to catch the Melvins live lately? I saw them on thursday night, and god damn, that was one incredible show! It was just some of the utmost intense musical performance I've ever witnessed.

I was really looking forward to seeing Dale Crover, a bit of a hero of mine, but with Coady Willis also drumming at the same time, I was totally blown away. The two drummer thing worked incredibly well live, both drummers were incredibly tight. The drum kits were both massive as well, I'm pretty sure Dale's rack tom was just a floor tom stuck up on the rack. To be honest though, Coady Willis actually outshone Dale Crover on the drumming front - but I guess I'd put that down to Crover getting a bit old and portly these days.

Buzzo never fails to impress me, his presence on the stage was just massive, and with he and bassist Jared Warren both dressed in full length black robes, it felt like you were about to witness some satanic rock and roll sacrifice on stage!

Support bands were pretty cool as well. I think Dale played in every single one of them at some point or other. He came on dressed in a strange elvis costume with Men Of Porn. Next on were Flipper, featuring none other than a Mr. Krist Novoselic on bass. Flipper were joined by Dale, Buzzo and Coady from the Melvins at the end of their set for a big mega apocalyptic mega noise jam thing. Big Business were pretty damn amazing, I was really impressed with Jared Warren's bass sound, despite him only using Squier basses... respect!

Seriously, if you get the chance to see the Melvins... GO! That gig in glasgow was I think the first time they've played in Scotland since 1996 or something ridiculous, so I'm glad I caught them, as I doubt I'll get the chance again.

yes!i saw them in manchester on wednesday, best gig EVER.

fucking amazing

Hehe, sweet choice of avatar there Bookstore

Yeah, definitely ranks as one of the greatest gigs I've ever been to. Hell, if nothing else, it was certainly the loudest. I had my earplugs in, and it was still so loud my ears hurt! The sound was just like... soul crushingly massive.

haha the king
you wanna go to a sunn o))) gig, your ears hurt for weeks aha

yeah they were so good, its upsetting that its all over. i liked the way big business just turned into the melvins aswell!

did flipper get loads of people on stage in glasgow?

i missed men of porn, we didnt know they were playing so we were just sat downstairs having a pint, BAH rubbish!! werethey good?

Yep! So them in Glasgow on Thursday too.

i went primarily just to see Flipper but my god The Melvins were ace, had to leave early though to get a bus but the majority of what i saw was one of the best gigs ever.