Buzz Osborne on How The Melvins Got Their Name | At Home and Social
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2024
- Buzz Osborne, also known as King Buzzo, sits down with Katie Daryl for this week's At Home And Social. The frontman of the legendary grunge and sludge metal band, Melvins, talks about how the band got their name, the time he had to fire Kurt Cobain, and plays a game of Rock & Tell.
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My Son started listening to alternative music, and one day he was listening to the Melvins. I was like “No way”. So we bought tickets and saw you guys at The Wonder Ballroom in Portland. It was an awesome thing to share with my teenage son.
The same exact thing happened to me! He walked up and asked me if I liked The Melvins. I’m like, “ummm yeah, Houdini’s actually on the record player behind you”
I urge anyone who watched this and is unaware of Greg Sage and The Wipers music, to definitely check them out. I'm still blown away every time I put their albums on.
I said something similar. I can hear a lot of nirvana and Melvins in their music as in nirvana and those guys were big fans of the wipers
If The Wipers had come out after Nirvana they'd be fucking massive
@@abalaster9085 In Kurt journals he said the grunge sound came from portland and the wipers are responsible for the style. I suggest listening to Straight Ahead from Greg Sage solo album its freaking amazing.
I agree 100% with that statement. Goddamn what a band. It's a sin how underrated and unknown they are. I'm blown away by how many great songs they have. Over the Edge and Is This Real? alone are absolute perfect albums and they have like 8 others to delve into. The Circle is great also. Greg's solo album Straight Ahead (which I think has the other Wipers as the band) is incredibly haunting and amazing. He's a top notch songwriter and guitarist. The Wipers rule. A truly awesome group and wow what a discography.
Ok....I'm in
The Ramones stopped after 22 years. Melvin's are 36 years going ,christ.
Some ppl dont know when they are irrelevant tbh i had no clue who melvins even were until i watched a nirvana doc years ago. Until then i thought he was mimicking the crazy dude from simpsons
@@EliteNirvana 😂 Sideshow Bob 😅 Mimicking Robert De Niro as cape fear killer
@@aarondoodles3380 lol yup exactly my thoughts too. He seems really arrogant as well as if hes the greatest band of all time. Some interviews are worst then others.
@@EliteNirvana I know, he's envious of Kurt's success, cause the Melvin's aren't popular...it's hurts that even when somebody's dead, they're still receiving more attention, making loads of money being constantly talked about on YT, fans and new fans are still listening to Nirvana and there's Buzz like a fly on a boogie turd, just buzzing around going places, accomplished feeding off many shits. No offense I like the Melvin's, if it wasn't for the Melvin's grunge wouldn't of existed and Soundgarden but I think Melvin's were around longer so therefore influenced the whole grunge scene...respect to Buzz Osborne..
well....they are all dead now for crying out loud.
No one could ever accuse Buzz of being nostalgic.
Ha! Never
17:03 I'm so glad he mentioned the Wipers... Very underrated band.
It was hard juggling between muting her and hearing what Buzz had to say. I love how he blew off all the Kurt stuff instead of making it a big deal for all the Kurt kultists to grovel over....so much respect for the Melvins and their attitude about Music.
Wipers are amazing and Greg sage was a genius a fucking genius
Hear hear!
God bless
13:01 Kurt Talk
Thanks
@@Jeremy-th5pt doing the lords work
So, now, think about Buzz Osbourne's words in relation to this time signature, the purpose of the time signature, the same reason why the shortest part of the interview is in the title.
The irony and cynicism of this phenomena, where mainstream culture has decided that the most interesting thing about Buzz Osbourne and The Melvins is that they knew Kurt Cobain and Nirvana, that's the part the media put in their titles even though it's the shortest part of the interview, that people want to jump to just that part out of all the things he talks about, and it's the shortest part of the interview because he hates talking about his friend who died in a terrible tragic way.
Not saying it's a bad thing, I don't think you're doing anything wrong, things are how they are, but it's a thought.
The first time I heard Nirvana it was the Bleach album on Sub Pop and I thought it was The Melvins but it never got progressive or deep like Melvins and the songs were all short
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@@mingo4631 Yeah, it's the phenomena and it's roots that interest me. They did that because they knew Cobain's name would draw clicks, since his death is more interesting to people than Osborne's life.
Is BUZZ doing an interview on the fucking bathroom? priceless ;)
He can't get away from his yappy dog.
Covid broke my 27 years in a row of seeing them in concert.
Must be driving them insane. They are by far the hardest working band in rock.
Buzz has the coolest hair ever
I prefer the hosts hair tbh
It look like hes wearing roadkill...jk:)
The world won't be the same without King Buzzo and his hair!
I love how curly this is
Whhhaaa!? This chick has a FANTASTIC disposition! Subbed
Believe it or not I saw the Melvins for the first time at Ozzfest 98 and have been hooked ever since. Saw them play a show at the Cat's Cradle in North Carolina the place was packed but by the time the show was over there where five people left in the audiences. They know how to clear a room.
Nirvana was my favorite band, but I listen to The Melvins way more these days. And what I call "old guy music" All The Witches. Oh and my god that band called SLIFT!!! Wow SLIFT IS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. You heard SLIFT?
Fuck yeah Wipers!! One of the most underrated rock bands of all time!
King Buzzo with the kick ass 5 desert island albums! Fully agree and love the choices here. Live at Leeds is incredible. The original vinyl issue came with all kinds of pictures, equipment receipts, lyrics, posters, etc. The band is on fire in that era perfectly caught on tape. Cream's Wheels of Fire is awesome of course, but I'm more a Disraeli Gears fan. All Cream records rock. Their first live album has a killer version of NSU. The Stones Sticky Fingers is a masterpiece. Mick Taylor shines on that one. I love that Buzz has that Wipers triple cd haha! I have it in my car and it's on constant rotation. Don't sleep on Greg Sage's solo album Straight Ahead either! Such an incredible desert style album. Very eerie and cool. Last but not least the Dylan album is superb also. Gates of Eden is an incredible song. The words just paint such great imagery. What else do you expect from Dylan? All solid picks Buzz. Bravo!
P.S.- I love watching interviews with Buzz, he's either really candid or a merry prankster with his Heathcliff the Cat laugh; both, his wealth of knowledge and unique perspective on music is always cool to listen to.
The Melvins at the Chatterbox in San Francisco in 1988...ya had to be there.
I took that Rock n Roll 101 class at ASU too! lol
Only love for this man!
when it's over!
"It's Allright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) is Lyrically, the best Dylan song of them all in my opinion; the picture he paints in that complex rhyme scheme leaves me speechless every time I listen to it.
His hair is awesome
only hours after i gave birth i heard my infant baby daughter listening to "the kicking machine" so we went and bought melvins tickets and saw them play in the Philippines
Where in the Philippines? Did they have much of a crowd at the show?
Anybody notice the unknown hinson shirt buzzo is sporting? Kewl!
I bet he loves Squidbillies
What about Matt Lukin, founding member?
Look up Matt on Instagram. No way these two dudes play together.
Yaaa...what about Matt! I love Matt❤
Lukin was good back in the day. Him and Buzz don't get along at all
Matt is a carpenter living in Holland.
Yeah Buzzo picked the WIPERS so cool
"It was the company he kept....
Ultimately it's a horrible story, the hole.. That hole thing" He sure did put a little emphasis on "hole" haha. I like how Buzz keeps it real about his feelings towards that yoko. There's other interviews where he really tears into that woman. Supposedly she still owes him money ha.
Great interview. Osborne always right, especially when he removes all romance and myths around Kurt Cobain´s figure.
@@SNAFU78 yeah
Sounds angry and jealous to me!
@@keriissovery9566 maybe, angry on kurt for wasting his life, ¿jealous? don't think so, i do believe him that he rather to alive, and not burning out on heroin addiction and dying like Kurt did. He knew him well, and was close to the band fron the very start to the very end, at their last show.
@@Charlito732 No, it sounds like he’s jealous that Kurt became popular and made money. I’m not saying he’s jealous of what came of his life. They were talking shit about Nirvana the minute they made it. Who speaks like that about a friend and no less he’s dead. He had his problems but he was a good friend to them and they talk shit like he shined their shoes. That’s just gross.
@@keriissovery9566 You have the emotional maturity of a toddler.
i wish melvins/nomeansno collab would have been the loudest. imagine kurt years later with the melvins
sad to hear buzz say he doesn’t really have any good memories with kurt because of the way it all ended:( i understand what he means and why but dam that kinda hurts. not being able to retain good memories of a friend because of the way they go can be some of the worst feelings :( love u buzz
Like a bad breakup
STICKY FINGERS had a big impact on me as well. A real magical thing. It's one of those things that exist just right as a piece. Kind of like Buzzo's picks, he has a good ear for strait up rockin. Been wanting to pick up a couple Melvins cd's lately, mine are literally wearing out! Bullhead and the Maggot. I went online and it's hard to find them, are they going to be reissued or something? Im kind of an old dork, I only want to own the physical medeum, covers, art etc. I wouldnt think these well known CD's would be out of print.
The Maggot was on Ipecac Records (Mike Patton's label), so you could go to their site & see what's up, or try dropping them a line to see if there's a copy laying around. Bullhead was on Boner Records. If you have Facebook, head over to Tom Flynn's page & drop him a line (he owns the label). Tell him I sent ya. He probably has some Bullhead over there. Dale signed my vinyl copy of Bullhead in 1999. His side band, Altamont, was doing a show w/ a few of my friends' bands, so I brought the record along. The show was the CD-release party for The Maggot, strangely enough.
You can always check on Discogs, too, to see if someone's selling copies of those CDs or records in conditions you'd be comfortable with. I just checked & there are copies of each for sale over there.
Bullhead & The Maggot have both been reissued several times, so there are several versions to choose from.
@@JasonPizzolato Thanks man, was able to order "the maggot" and " the crybaby" used online for a decent price. They came in yesterday, love em. "MINE IS NO DISGRACE" has become my favorite jam in the last 24. I will look into snatching up Bullhead, ( found a copy for $24 on ebay) when I can. My current copy still plays but skips like hell on track 1, and BORIS is too rad for compromise.
The Melvins need to be recording and touring 30 years from now.
they’d be the most badass 90 year olds of all time
Melvins are heavy metal gods!
Wing it from King Buzz Makes sense.
Aww, the interviewer is lovely and Buzz always great!
So do you guys have a application or hiring
i have experience and references and covid dont scare me. I'm Jason
:) are you a manager or ??
nice audio buzz. youve recorded more records than I have fingers and toes and thats how your interview setup sounds? I dont think it classifies as avant garde
She looks like vera farmiga! Beautiful
He was actually struck by lighting as a kid..
Seriously??? I was struck when a teenager and I I've lost a lot of hair!!! I'm jealous
@@jamesnoel3827 shoulda had sloppy pockets.
Buzz should do stand-up once.
Nice Videodrome tee. Long live the new flesh!
Kurt Cobain actually wrote all of the melvins songs 1984-1993.
Fake news!
😆
Ha! Funny.
Lmao
Is this woman the one from the blue bell milkshake remix video?
The Wipers. Buzz turned Kurt onto them...I'd imagine.
D-7, Dimension Seven was one of my favorite covers they did. They took that song to a whole different level!
@@synthesis12 Yeah, it was amazing, kurt always picked songs to cover and made them better and he covered return of the rat by the Wipers too another epic song...also the man who sold the world is better than Bowie's. All his covers are better than the originals.
@@aarondoodles3380Doodles. I Adore Cobain. But Relax. Bowie's Original ''Man Who Sold'' was & ForeVer is Better....... Cobain Would Agree With Me
@@dannyurena4600 No. He can't... everybody knows that Nirvanas version is a million times better 😝 even bowie agreed.. obviously kurt would agree with and like Bowie's version.
Opinions, we all have them and voice them.
Buzz introduced him to good bands like the wipers, black flag, flipper, etc. on a mixtape that he gave him. Because they didn’t have their albums in stores in aberdeen
You guys are both making me miss my curly hair
I like her shirt.
I can tell she went to ASU..shes nice though..she was nice to Buzz
Never heard of the Wipers. On it
Of course Buzzo would be in his bathroom...👀
I would sub to a MELVINZTV. YESSS
Ps. If you take a class on Rock n Roll history. You lost
Thought that was Jack osbo
Buzz is way too intelligent and humble to answer silly bullshit
Why in the bathroom Buzzo🤓
Exactly what I was thinking.
Nirvana covered two Wipers songs
You're going to be interviewing Buzz from The Melvins in 20 minutes.
Who?
The Melvins.
Never heard of them. Let me check out their Wiki page. Between that & generic questions I'm sure I can muster up a 20 minute interview.
Prop an old Walshed up Never made it Vj.
ok mr big shot. Go land an interview with a famous musician and upload it....We're waiting.
@@primus6021 Sorry, but a bad interview is a bad interview. She is cringey AF.
@@primus6021 Yawn. I guess people can't review an album then unless they've released one themselves?
She is to fake maybe nervous i think , you look buzz and he look so natural the girl looks like he is on tv or something
I WILL SEE TO IT THAT BUZZO HAS NO VALENTINES DATE WHAT SO EVER! ILL ALSO MAKE SURE HE GETS DIVORCED! TAKE THAT ARCH DUKE DEACON BUZZO
13:05 Kurt Cobain
1st in line 🤘
Side show Bob!!!
So The Melvins sold their souls to the dark lord Satan himself just like Dylan did
“ it’s part of the deal” “my end of the bargain “ 😂😂😂
Kurt Cobain wrote several great songs then did himself in. End of story. Life is like that sometimes.
Is Buzz in the bathroom?
Interview in a bathroom and why not? I believe Al yankovic recorded a song in a rest room one time. Great acoustics.
Not as talented and special as they think they are. He should know he's kinda known in many countries only because of Kurt
Lol old people
You know he can say he fired Kurt all he wants. Funny thing is they put out 30 albums. Nirvana only has like 6. Nirvana was the biggest band of the 90s and still loved today. Kurt is a Icon! Melvins and Buzz are well known but not on Nirvana Level! So suck it Buzz! ✌
Kurt copied The Melvins. I would take the bet that if Kurt was alive today, he would give a massive amount of credit to these guys. What does Kris have to say about this? Cause Nirvana was Kris and Kurt and not just Kurt. Scratch Acid -> Melvins -> Nirvana (Pop Music) progressive evolution.
Kurt turned into a degenerate junkie. It makes sense he was fired if he never showed up or just sat there nodding off the whole time during production.
@@primus6021 judgemental prick
What a loser. I’m a massive fan of nirvana but people like you fucking irritate me to no end. You need to stop sucking off Kurt and learn to appreciate other bands. Nirvana didn’t do anything new, they’d didn’t deserve to be the figureheads of grunge and they weren’t the best out of all the bands from their Scene. Besides if you love Kurt enough to keep getting insulted on his behalf, you’d know he absolutely loved buzz and the melvins and would probably tell you to fuck off if you talked shit about them.
@@swampshack1018 Yeah I'll never get the folks who can only listen to Nirvana and fanatically shit on anything else. I personally think he's the last great Rockstar but hell I'm 24 I've outgrown them at this stage of my life. It's funny cos most of those fans don't even listen to current alternative music and don't know any of the bands lol. Don't think Cobain would be about those people
He's in the toilet.
On*
Melvin's... meh.
This interviewer is so cringe. Seriously. Bunch of guitars in the background that she wouldn't even know what to do with. Asking generic questions that have been asked over a thousand times. Christ.
So very bitter.
Following the rules and masking up! These are the punk rockers? Sickening.
Yeah most people don't believe it but because his father is Ozzy Osbourne that's probably the only reason why he ever got a gig
LMAO.... Funny thing is, that's one of the first questions I usually get asked when I talk to someone who doesn't know Buzzo or Melvins...
(Need to fined tune your dataset)
He does look like Jack
They never fired Kurt. He wasn't in there band. Why is he being like Billy Coregain! Just another liar!
He was hired to produce a Melvins record,calm down
Someone has a comprehension problem.
He tried out for them at one point. Did not work out for Cobain. He did 2 songs with them on an album.
The newer Melvins music just isn't for me..the last 5 albums are just there..and these two new songs are unbearable..
For me A Senile Animal / Nude with Boots are the swan song. But what a run through the 90's. There's still one or two songs on every record. But then, what else are these guys supposed do? Bless 'em.
Buzz, quit tying your name to Kurt Cobain's... you are a legend of your own right, diminishing his legacy will not bring yours into the light...
Kurt's been brought up in every interview he's done since 1991. They were good friends. I appreciate he answers the questions, obviously its what people want to hear about. So many people would tell the interviewer that he's walking out if they bring up Kurt, but Buzz answers all questions.
Without Buzz there is no Kurt Cobain (as the world knew him)
The interviewer brought it up. They always do. Kurt Cobain diminished his own legacy very efficiently with a 12 gauge.
Nirvana started out as a Melvin's clone so no surprise media would latch onto the connection between them.
Buzz is only a legend to the underground seattle scene. I had no clue who this loser was until i became a huge nirvana fan n learned about kurts life. U ask 100.people.on street who buzz and melvins are i say 99 if not 100 would say who?? But your correct he seems to wanna bash kurt every chance he gets. Buzz is envious he never reached kurts fame kurt cobain will be remembered 500 years from now because his music was the voice of a generation. First of its kind . Buzz not so much
@@Joybuzzard 20 gauge actually.
Seems buzz has some resentments over cobain becoming so much more famous and such a better artist then buzz because buzz started first and kurt was a fan. Seems he likes bashing his time with him when ever he gets the chance in other interviews
You clearly didn't comprehend what he said.
@@angryeel2864 clearly u dont comprhend what im saying im not just talking about this interview he has dozens where he bashes kurt as if hes invious and jealous. I gues i understand when he started b4 kurt. Has played decades after kurt and still cant get the attention kurt got
@@angryeel2864 pay attention and comprehend. I said. " in other interviews" on my first messege I guess that part went over ur head. Usually when one tells others to comprehend things they atleast practice what they preach first 😆
@@EliteNirvana Yes I know man I've seen many interviews as well with the same attitude from Buzz. If you know The Melvins music, their out of step approach and Buzz in general from the way he acts and talks, it's pretty clear his way of dealing with his old friends death is in the form of resentment of him getting sucked into a self destructive whirlwind by bashing drugs and drug addicts which plagued Kurt. Having scorn for shitheads like Courtney Love, and the leeches of the music industry that preyed on him. He's probably sick of being asked about it too. It's a depressing true story with layers of myth and incorrect nostalgia. So to finalize here, I don't see it as a jealousy of fame and success at all. Please don't take this as an attack or argument. I hear this often and as a longtime Melvins and Nirvana fan, I find it incorrect. I mean shit, some dude has a UA-cam channel that analyzes Kurt and Nirvana with a whole episode saying Kurt's friends envied his success which included The Melvins. I mean dude, come on that's straight up silly. Dale was in the band early on. Krist and Kurt hung at their practices. It was a circle of friends that loved music. Different styles and ideas. Different audiences. Both great bands. Long winded response! Fuck it.
He’s probably the one guy on earth who tells it like it was. “Horrible”. He doesn’t romanticize his death or drugs or anything. He lost a friend. Just happen to be one of the biggest stars in the world at that time.
Lose the silly wig. You're pushing 60 ffs.
He should wear three masks 😷. He looks like he’s in bad shape!!
This lady is unbearable
90s v Jay vibe. 😐.
If she was an ugly man this comment wouldn't be made.
@@primus6021 sad truth