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With a career spanning thirty years, 21 albums, countless EPs and rare vinyl one-offs The Melvins are one of rock’s most prolific and underrated bands today. Their sound is an amalgam of punk attitude and their signature tar-paced riffs, not too mention almost everything else including the kitchen sink.

Since their inception in 1983 out of the same town that later birthed grunge godfathers Nirvana, they have inspired many bands from Tool, Mastodon and the aforementioned Nirvana, as well as the spawning of the Sludge Metal scene out of Louisiana in the late 80s and early 90s. Consisting of guitarist/vocalist Buzz Osborne, drummers Dale Crover and Coady Willis, and bassist Jared Warren the Melvins handle music with their own unique method of madness.

However with so many releases, it can be a bit hard to know where to start; some of their albums have a more experimental edge...