Biography
The Melvins have been a band for a long, long, long time... A very long, long, long time. They're somewhere in between a novelty act and yesterday's news. It's a strange place for a band with a Peter Pan complex to be in but there it is! What the hell right? We all want to just get on a space ship and watch the earth explode, don't we?
The band still includes founding member King Buzzo and almost founding member Dale Crover, alongside long-term friends and musicians Jarod Warren and Coady Willis. This is extraordinary considering how hard it is for bass players and others to stick around the Melvins camp for more than two minutes. Everyone always loses their minds with or without drugs, but mostly with. They can't explain why, but the list of former members is about 40 and counting. Well, 40 might be a bit of an exaggeration but not by much.
In 2006 the Melvins released A Senile Animal, some 22 years after they started the band released one of the best received records of their career, also marking the end of a revolving door of musicians with the very welcome annexation of Jarod and Coady. The refreshed quartet, now featuring double drummers, graced the cover of The Wire, received a 5/5 in Alternative Press, a 9/10 in Revolver and Pitchfork commented, "(A) Senile Animal stands as the band's most no-frills, accessible, and flat-out best album since Stoner Witch."
