The Melvins
“Latest tour marks Melvins’ 25th year jammin’ together”
By: Andy O’Connor
Published by The Daily Texan, Student Newspaper of the University of Texas at Austin.
When you’ve been around as long as The Melvins of Aberdeen, Wash., how do you celebrate? By not only playing your breakout album Houdini live in its entirety, but also bringing back your old drummer, Mike Dillard, for jamming songs from your formative years.
In the band’s tour dubbed “Silver Anniversary,” The Melvins will bring the concert series to Emo’s on May 20. The Melvins’ Sideshow Bob-coiffed guitarist and singer Buzz Osbourne spoke with The Daily Texan about bringing Dillard back, tips on longevity and the Creed reunion, er, I mean “rebirth.”
Daily Texan: What was the inspiration for playing Houdini in its entirety?
Buzz Osbourne: Well, the All Tomorrow’s Parties (a concert agency based out of the U..K, specializing in indie music) people wanted us to play it for their “Don’t Look Back” series, and we agreed to it. I don’t know what record I would have picked for us to do if it would have been up to me… Click here for the full article
