Melvins at Duo Music Exchange, November 19th 2019
Quoting an artists’s influence in another artist’s work is nothing new, but naming yourself after that influence is the ultimate sign of admiration and respect. Radiohead, for example, did it, when they took their name from an obscure b-side off of a single out of one of Talking Heads’ lesser known albums. This episode, that marked the beginning of the history of that band, ended up being prophetic. In retrospective it was definitely a “passing of the torch” moment. The same could be said about the Japanese band Boris. Their name is taken from the opening 8-minute song of Bullhead , the third, and quite possibly best album of the quintessential sludge metal band, Melvins . I mentioned sludge metal, but the Melvins are much more than that. Not only is their discography eclectic, contrasting complex experimental efforts, like say Colossus of Destiny , with more “accessible” and straight rocking material, like in Hostile Ambient Takeover , the album that followed the aforementioned C...