It's been 40 years since Buzz Osbourne formed Melvins in high school, but their impact can be found across the rock, punk and metal spectrum. Cited as an influence by everyone from Dave Grohl and Kurt ...

A groundbreaking heavy rock band that has shaped the sound of punk and metal for over 40 years, the Melvins bring their current tour with UK grindcore greats Napalm Death to San Francisco and San Jose ...

"It was like a completely new thing," Melvins singer Buzz Osborne tells Full Metal Jackie on her weekly radio show about the band's Tarantula Heart album, adding "It's very odd." Indeed, Osborne did ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Grunge rock’s most indefatigable missionaries, Melvins, will return this spring with Tarantula Heart, their umpteenth release since the turn of the millennium (or is that umphundredth?). As with every ...

Helmed by Buzz Osborne, the Melvins have helped codify the heavy music lexicon since 1983. Formed in Montesano, Washington, their massive guitar riffs and off-kilter lyricism not only influenced the ...

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Flashback: I was dubbed a “daft cunt” by Napalm Death bassist Shane Embury at Spanky’s café in the early '90s. Earache Records had signed several grindcore bands and sent them on tour. This particular ...

It’s not even 10 a.m. in San Francisco when Melvins’ singer and guitarist Buzz Osborne gets on the phone with New Times. He’s already in peak curmudgeon form, throwing countless F-bombs at the public ...

Melvins and Boris co-headlined the Twins of Evil tour last year and now they’re releasing a split album with that same title. The CD release is out now, and the vinyl release comes out this Sunday ...