The Melvins: S/D

I was big into them in the mid to late 90s, but I'll cop to also being really into the Big Business era line-up.

That said I'm blissfully unaware of what the "swastika album" refers to, or at least I think I am because I don't know which one that means.

https://www.discogs.com/Melvins-The-Trilogy/release/1129351

Oh, thanks. Had no idea. I only had The Maggot on CD, so I wasn't aware of that vinyl version.

Not just a swastika, but a Klan cross-with-blood-drop too. That's a real racism deep cut.

I liked the Big Business quartet lineup a lot (interviewed all four members for a Wire cover story, saw them live twice, possibly three times) but don't really care for/about the bulk of their catalog. The impression I got of Buzzo was "smart guy who's being sarcastic 90+ percent of the time," plus he's closing in on 60, so it's no surprise that his quest for ways to bait interviewers and/or anyone listening to him drifted into right-wing bullshit a time or two. I mean, if you read the "Political and social views" section of his Wiki page, it's obvious that his real politics boil down to "fuck you, leave me alone, and stop caring so much about stuff, you big pussy":

Political and social views
In a 2011 interview with the music magazine L.A. Record, Osborne stated when asked about American politics that "I hate conservatives, but I really hate liberals. Here's the thing. I have my own opinions about everything, and it's basically classic liberalism." In 2008, he told the magazine Alarm that he opposes what he sees as both modern socialist and fascist thought, stating that he's "into true liberalism, which means you mind your own goddamn business; you take care of yourself." In a 2014 interview with Tonedeaf, Osborne expressed that American economist, Thomas Sowell, has been a major influence on his career. "I consider Sowell the greatest philosopher of all time." Osborne explained. "He is a PhD economist and he's written more than 30 books about everything you can imagine, from social commentary to how economics works."

In a 2008 interview with City Newspaper of Rochester, when asked about his collaboration with Jello Biafra on two albums, Osborne stated that "I don't relate at all to his politics. I believe in personal freedom, personal responsibility. And nobody tells you what to do more than the left wing. They're a bunch of fascists."

In terms of issues covering copyright and illegal file-sharing of songs, Osborne's remarked, "The internet downloading—people need to get over it". He's also added, "Is it stealing? Sure, yeah—but it doesn't matter. It's over. Things have changed. We have to move on." In an earlier interview, he argued, "For me musically, I wish I woulda had something like YouTube when I was a kid so I could go, 'Oh, what's this Captain Beefheart?'"

i hate it when people say that a racist is more authentically anti-social than they are .. what? some other racist that didn't make music that you like i guess. that their real politics is just being an asshole and the racism is like a symptom of that. such a trope in underground scenes. and just stupid, sorry.

like yep as it turns out racists tend to have the attitude of "fuck you, leave me alone, and stop caring so much about stuff, you big pussy"

Buzz sounds like every asshole who watches SOUTH PARK and lets it completely inform their worldview.

"Well, conservatives aren't cool, but those fucking liberals and their anti-bigotry shit, man..."

did frogbs get a new username?

What is it with internet leftist message board posters and their weird obsession with how other people watch South Park?

those darn internet leftists are at it again!!

the bootlicker was the last thing of Melvins I really engaged with, I did dig that

I know a couple of folks who have worked with Melvins, Inc. in the past couple of years and the recent developments come as no surprise nor as anything really recent. Fleecing collectors is capitalist job #1.

Weirdos being weird I suppose.

"A History of Bad Men" indeed. Whatever...that is a pretty wicked riff.

heard someone say this:

"oh, that’s what the melvins sound like!? for some reason i thought they were 90s ska or something…"

please somebody make a 90s ska cover of a melvins song, thanks

Ever Skince My Skaccident #skozma

Are they still doing the tour thing where the opening band fills in half the slots on stage in their line-up? They just need the right ska band....