MELVINS
on the ROAD Glass House
2 x 4 Spring Tour
1 April 2000
Speed! had some cool MELVINS posters commemorating the April 1st, Glasshouse, Pomona Record Relase Show!
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Whew! Here goes...
The Glass House is a great place. Parking is easy and it's easy to get to.
Heard the Melvins doing their sound check as we parked. "Hooch" sounded
great out here! After hearing that there were only a handful of people at
the El Rey show, I was surprised to see the mob taking shop in Pomona! There
were a couple hundred I'd say. All kinds of folks. Dread lockers, leather
wearing punkers, skaters, stoners, speed freaks, straight/gay, young/old.
Might've been some rednecks there, too. While we were waiting for the doors
to open (supposed to start @ 7, but didn't until 9) I saw Dan Raymond
setting up the merchandise table. Pretty soon there's TOOL Adam buying his
eight track and t-shirts. I wasn't sure it was him, till I saw his face. You
can't mistake that scarecrow frame, though. He had a black button up shirt
on with pictures of huge bugs on it. I was wondering if Mackie designed?
Looked like he had his pinch of tobacky in his bottom lip, also. Then Mackie
came in. Two girls someone said are Mackie's sisters (Dan?) set up the
refreshment stand. Water, sodas, gum and candy! Mmmmmmm-mmm. Mackie came out
to the line and looked like she was counting the number of people. Then she
went in to give her report to Buzz. After a while, she and Adam came out and
walked down the street and back. A couple minutes later, here comes Mackie
again with a group of people. Then out steps Dale with a handful of women!
Calm down, might've been his friends. I was about to talk to him when they
started letting us in. So I only got to exchange "Hi"'s with Dale this time.
So it's about 8 when they let us in and we still had an hour to wait. I got
up against the stage between Dale and Buzz, who is set up on stage left
instead of his usual stage right. It was (stage R-L) Dave, Kevin, Dale,
Buzz. At least they were playing some good buffer music. Flipper, etc.
Everyone was talking about how the night before at the El Rey show, Buzz had
pissed Leif off and he had quit and wasn't supposed to show up. These guys
that have a MELVINS cover band in LA show up at every LA area show and are
good buds w/Dale. They had been there since noon and thought they had hung
w/the band and talked Buzz into letting one of them sing "SLTS" with them.
Another April Fools joke, cuz here comes Leif walking in. While the MELVINS
didn't have to, the crowd had to wear wrist bands. So did Leif!
Finally, 9 rolls round and here comes Buzz in a Forest Camouflage.
calf-length muumuu w/oversized collar. The crowd loved him and went wild.
"Buzz! Buzz!!" Girls screaming "I love you Buzz! I want you Buzz!!" It was a
trip. Then out come Kevin and Dave in Winter Camouflage muumuus w/oversized
collars. Dale stepped out in his Speedos. I hear he has a new pair. Blue.
Buzz thanks us all for coming and says how great it is to be here. Says they
have some surprises for us and some not so surprises. He said, "TOOL will be
playing tonight". April Fools!! Then they kick in to "Tequila!" Crowd loves
it and sings the "Tequila!" part. Then they proceed to play some not so loud
and thrashy tunes. Dave plays a re-issue mid-60s red fender jaguar. He faked quite a few parts. But his influence was great. He has a hell of an effects "machine". Not just effects rack, but a machine on a stand. A midi device I
suppose. Buzz sang a shit kickin' version of "Okie From Musgokie" Kevin was
burning up his frets on that one. Buzz gives the "I couldn't believe it when
Rob Halford came out.." speech and I toss a JUDAS PRIEST button up to him.
He picked it up and said, "Hey a JUDAS PRIEST button! How ironic!" Played
(in no particular order) "We All Love Judy". "Let I All Be" "Mary Lady Bobby
Kins" "Shevil" and "Skin
Horse" were beautiful. People were singing along to the part in "SH" where
Buzz has the helium voice on the studio version. Dave used his Strat for the
sweet parts. "Up the Dumper" "Goose Freight Train"
They did a groovy-spacey free-form instrumental thing. Dave was letting
loose on the effects. Buzz was using his feedback. Kevin was too. Then Buzz
starts rapping w/us and says, "What's that smell? What is it? Wheew it's
bad!" Here comes Leif, but he didn't say anything to us. There was a toilet
bowl brush on his mic and he took it off in disgust. Crowd is cheering and
booing at the same time. I took a funky white and black bandana to the show
and was gonna wear it a-la-Leif as a joke. I tossed it up to him instead and
he picked it up, twirled it around wiped his crotch with it and tossed it
down. He spent the rest of the song trying to kick the monitor so he could hear himself. Buzz
says, "Our new guitarist Dave is gonna start this song." And Dave starts
"Smells Like Teen Spirit". Leif does a descent job of singing it and only
appears to forget a few lines. The solo part of the song was a mess of
feedback, drums and harmonics that only the MELVINS can muster. Leif said,
"Teen Spirit Melvanized!" Song ends and we go wild. Cheering and booing him
off stage.
They do some more calming songs. I was hoping to hear "Mine Is No Disgrace"
but didn't. Buzz says, "We'll be right back for more." Techs come out and re-check sound and
tune another bass and guitar. We all thought, "here comes Godspeed," but we were
spared(?)/denied.
As you may have heard, the second set is brutal. It's kick-ass Melvins all
the way. They turned the sound UP! Same oufits (Mackie!). I know what's been
discussed here and I'm not criticizing/condoning anything or trying to start
a debate, but Buzz "looked" buzzed! He may have been high on the crowd or
herbal tea, but he was definitely looking HAPPY when he strode out for the
second set!! It was killer. Dale was doing some scary vocals, too. Can't
remember them all and in no particular order they did a "Night
Goat/Sacrifice/With Yo Heart Not Yo Hands" combo melody thing that was
great. "amazon" "AMAZON" "Lovely Butterfly" "It's
Shoved" "Manky" "Zodiac" "Adolescent Wet Dream"
"Blockbuster" was fuckin' bad! The crowd loved the "Do ya?!!/Motherfucker!!"
sing along chorus and Dave gave it that perfect over the top tweak to burrow
into my brain. Dale had an electronic drum thing that didn't seem to be
working. He kept trying to get it to work, but it wouldn't. He got to smash
his gong, and I dug his cowbell on "Let It All Be"! I missed "Boris".
And that was about it. Dale broke one stick that I saw. I took a mess of
pics that I'll put up soon. LOTS of moshing! A few guys made it on stage. I
thought the security guy was a little rough with them. I bought a couple 8
tracks (scary! the dude looks like me. I don't have that shirt, though.), a
Dead Stick Figure Monster Baby. She's wearing a Melvins t-shirt and you can
email the dude at Beefbrand3@aol.com 12546 Hartland St/Hollywood, CA. The
dolls are all new for this tour. I got 28/100. My 8 track tape is 44/100. I
tried to listen to it, but the player I had is worn out. Last time I played
ALICE COOPER's "Billion Dollar Babies" in it.
Set List:
Set 1
Tequila
Okie From Musgokie
Up the Dumper
Skin Horse
Tipping the Lion
Berthas
Blockbuster
Promise Me
Mary Lady Bobby Kins
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Set 2
Dave Stone Jam
We Reach
Revolve
Night Goat
The Bit intro
Manky
It's Shoved
Adolescent Wet Dream
With Yo Heart Not Yo Hands
Lovely Butterfly
(I can't remember)/Zodiac
Let It All Be
Let God Be Your Gardener/With Teeth
amazon/AMAZON
Shevil
Whew! I must pray at the alter of Dan Raymond. The man whom I suspect to be the
catalyst behind the MELVINS.
I was reminded to mention Kevins "gimp" props of super-thick-soled right shoe and mis-matched socks. He wore them for the second half of the show. I also need to mention that there was a guy moshing in just his underwear. A Dale tribute?
--gene
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