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Crystal Fairy: Embracing the Weird
Artists

Crystal Fairy: Embracing the Weird

The Melvins’ Buzz Osborne and Le Butcherettes’ Teri Gender Bender explain how incredible chemistry and alternate tunings inspired them to make an album together.

Rig Rundown: Melvins' Buzz Osborne [2015]
Gear

Rig Rundown: Melvins' Buzz Osborne [2015]

King Buzzo details his love for aluminum guitars and solid-state amps.

Melvins' Buzz Osborne: Tonal Triage
Reviews

Melvins' Buzz Osborne: Tonal Triage

For their 19th album, the genre-bending Melvins bring back an old drummer friend, move their other drummer to bass, and go back to their old-school hardcore-punk roots in the ensuing comic carnage.

Melvins' "Tres Cabrones" Album Review
Reviews

Melvins' "Tres Cabrones" Album Review

On Tres Cabrones—the 19th studio album from Melvins—the band returns to their old-school punk roots.

Gear

Rig Rundown - The Melvins' King Buzzo

PG's Jordan Wagner is On Location in Des Moines, IA, where he catches up the Melvins guitarist King Buzzo. In this segment, Buzzo walks through his current live setup which includes a double-cutaway Electrical Guitar Company guitar (based on Les Paul specs), Sunn head, Carver power amps, MXR effects pedals and a Hiwatt 4x12.