A groundbreaking heavy rock band that has shaped the sound of punk and metal for over 35 years, the Melvins return to the Bay Area for several shows on their current tour with fellow mavericks Boris.

If you placed every Melvins release together end-to-end, they would stretch halfway to the moon. That’s an exaggeration, of course, but the Melvins' output is uncommonly large: give or take two dozen ...

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 ...

In May 2009, on the eve of their 25th-anniversary show in Seattle, the Melvins — Dale Crover and Buzz Osborne — went to watch the Mariners play the San Francisco Giants at Safeco Field. At the game, ...

If you like a live band’s thunderous refrains to slug you in the gut, Melvins punched your ticket Friday night. The punk-metal trio wasn’t headlining the three-band bill this weekend at McKees Rocks’ ...

The Melvins vocalist/guitarist Buzz Osborne estimates he’s written and recorded well over 500 songs during his nearly 40 year career with the legendary rock band. “The songwriting thing is not ...

Listen up! If you cannot see the music player below, download the free Flash Player. Like firecrackers, most bands blow up. Their fuses burn. They build to a critical point. If they’re lucky, the ...

The Washington-based, genre-defining band, Melvins, wants you to listen up. Whether that means paying close attention to the soul-shaking sounds of groups like Led Zeppelin or The Jimi Hendrix ...

Long-time fans of the Melvins won't be surprised to hear the formative rock band released two albums last year. "Being prolific is nothing new to us," said Buzz Osborne, founder, guitarist and ...

Over the course of closing on 30 years, Melvins guitarist Buzz Osborne and drummer Dale Crover have co-piloted their seminal underground outfit through a wildly varied exploration of heavy sounds.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The music industry's collapse is good news for the Melvins, the defiantly uncommercial "thud-rock" band that just cracked the U.S. pop album chart for the first time in its ...

While Melvins may not have gotten the commercial success that some of their peers have, some of the biggest grunge bands owe a nod of respect to the band for helping to pave the way. With the Buzz ...