The Melvins: No Regrets
Steve LaBate, Paste, 11 June 2012
On the cusp of their 30th anniversary, the Godfathers of Grunge are too busy for nostalgia trips.
Inside Atlanta's The Loft — a barely lit, industrial concrete rectangle of a rock club — the Melvins strut onstage to dramatic fanfare. A wash of horn blasts gives way to the Blazing Saddles theme. Then, as if unleashed by an army of Norse thunder gods, torrents of guttural guitar squall fill the sweltering room, careening forward on the crests of rumbling soundwaves as they explode violently from the drums.
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