Buzz is one of my heroes. An unpretentious eccentric that somehow keeps churning out awesome material for decades, and who sadly has never gotten the due respect, including from those in Rock 'n' Roll's 'underground' scenes.
One of my favorite memories is smoking weed with my friends and the Melvin's by the railroad tracks in Austin before their gig at the Electra club in 94 I be-leave.
I love the fact that within 2 minutes he went from the topic of the video to explaining some experimental tunings and various general topics. Buzz show us how to live
Buzz actually does show how to live .... I listenend to jordan peterson and he talked lots about how hard work makes it a easy life ---- And Dale and Buzz always was happy and down to earth, not taking themselves too serious, and are absolute living legends and real ACTUAL rock royalties .... there is a hell of a lot of respect for them inte business ...
King Buzzo never fails to surprise and delight me. The Melvins are one of the greatest bands and they're still grinding. Buzz is absolutely correct about playing guitar; you gotta get hooked first. He's also dead on about Jimi; nothing he did would ever be taught the way he played, but that's what happens when you break all the rules and start outside the box. Wisdom from Buzz!
i waited at the rock house while you weaved in & out of the shadows within the cult of the napalm-death shirt society.... and i was pulled away by some vampires.... and then i waited again just a month later at that place in tulsa... i can't recall the name.... it breaks my heart that i am the reason why you carry a baseball bat.... but i did get to hang out with you twice before.... and you are the BEST my good-sir... and i still love ya.
Buzz and the Melvins one of my favorite musicians and band. the first time I heard gluey porch treatments I was a hooked. They tour all the time. I’ve seen them more then any other band.
back in the early 80s i knew the guitar player for a punk band called The Boys from Nowhere. he had a 1961 tele that had the pickups wired directly to the input jack. no knobs.
I've seen them three times and I'd easily put them as one of the best live bands I've ever seen. So fucking heavy. My ears were ringing for days after but it was so worth it. I felt like the building was gonna collapse every time they played The Bit. *So* fucking heavy
Buzzo's a real guitar player. He knows how to sound good. Corgan is like that, from the Smashing Pumpkins, with that tone grip like a real guy. It comes from actually listening to oneself, as opposed to just typing it out like so many do.
I love Buzz! He’s one of a kind. Albeit his music isn’t for everyone, but for me, definitely a major influence on my playing early on. Not to mention he opened a whole underworld of music for me, that I probably would’ve never heard if not for him going out of his way to plug his favorite artists and bands.
I believe it was 96 on foo fighters first tour and Melvins opened for them. This was in Memphis Tn. Was a great performance.just turned 14 and saw that show and Veruca Salt a few months earlier. That was a great summer 👍
Buzz should start his own twitch stream he'd make a killing just doing this and being himself ! Was really hoping to hear him do the honey bucket riff.
he explains it all on everyone’s level, he is a badass on guitar, he’s doing it bc it’s fun, the spirit & he obviously has a built in ability picking it uo later than most, he doesn’t put himself above the audience. All the albums speak for themselves. Pick one put it on & sit back
Legend. I think the riff in The Smiling Cobra is the greatest riff he's written so far. There are a ton of awesome riffs in the Melvins' music though: The Bloated Pope. Hooch. Anaconda. Evil New War God. Night Goat...
I can relate to the guitar teacher thing. Many years ago, the first teacher I had said 'you will never be able to play guitar properly because you can't hold your riff hand correctly. Your thumb is in the wrong spot on the neck." I quit lessons and learned on my own with Guitar magazines afterwards.
If you ever liked Nirvana and/or Kurt Cobain, please understand that chances are actually really, really good that it never would have happened if it weren't for Buzz Osbourne. Impossible to say, but he was there for Kurt at a time when he was beginning to not only fall in love with punk rock but also take the whole music thing seriously. And Buzz was as much a teacher as he was a mentor and friend during that time.
Buzz is a criminally underrated guitar player, and 90% of Gluey Porch Treatments & Ozma is the same technical equivalent to early thrash. Buzz, Cantrell, Tad Doyle, Steve Turner, Mike McCready & Kim Thayil were the handful of fucking heavily underrated guitar masters that came out of Seattle & grunge. Even McCready only gets love for his tone & Yellow Ledbetter but there's WAAAY more to his style than just that
I had a girlfriend who lived in a musty old cabin at donner lake near Tahoe. That place got like twenty feet of snow in the winter and didn't see the sun for five months at a time. The carpet in that place looked just like his curtains.
Buzz is a low key riff lord. He doesn’t get enough love for his riffage.
Honey Buckett is pure evil
@@shawnboogz7546 hung bunny
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@@C0nnie I was referring to the 1993 album Whodini
Honey Buckett is on that album
To anyone who doesn't know the Melvins... they're your favourite band's favourite band.
OK fine I missed out on MF DOOM I'll check Melvins while they're still kickin if you say so...
@@zooziz7776 You have a lot of records to go through. Hehe
YUP
nailed it
Yeah sums it up about right
Of course Buzz Osborne films this on a potato in a cabin. Underrated guitarist for sure also funny and a humble guy. 🤘😂
Taters are the future
Hey let's complain about free stuff!
@@hisvorpalsword no doubt .
Simp
I'm a simp because I made a joke? Even though I showed the guy love and talked about how good of a guy he is. Yeah, really makes sense. 🤦♂️
I can relate to "i dont read music, i dont write music, never took lesson".
@@MrHarrystank what a great novel
Epic.
@@MrHarrystank oh by all means please do stop yourself.
@@buddyholly9960 x2
@@buddyholly9960 Adderall is a hell of a drug.
Buzz is one of my heroes. An unpretentious eccentric that somehow keeps churning out awesome material for decades, and who sadly has never gotten the due respect, including from those in Rock 'n' Roll's 'underground' scenes.
Seeing Buzz always reminds me of the pic with him, Adam Jones and Mike Patton on splash mountain
pl.pinterest.com/pin/382383824609697383/ You mean this photo? :D
@@postpunk69SexAndViolence yes!
@@zigzagrz cool shit :D
@@postpunk69SexAndViolence Lol, thank you...
😂😂 this is great ❤️
"It's hard to build a box around yourself, and then climb out of it. It's better to start outside the box." Now that's wiisdom!
One of my favorite memories is smoking weed with my friends and the Melvin's by the railroad tracks in Austin before their gig at the Electra club in 94 I be-leave.
That sounds so fun. I envy your experience! Lol
And your parents called criminals, who ever selling weed to you!
Did you see any trains ?
I love the fact that within 2 minutes he went from the topic of the video to explaining some experimental tunings and various general topics. Buzz show us how to live
Buzz actually does show how to live .... I listenend to jordan peterson and he talked lots about how hard work makes it a easy life ---- And Dale and Buzz always was happy and down to earth, not taking themselves too serious, and are absolute living legends and real ACTUAL rock royalties .... there is a hell of a lot of respect for them inte business ...
King Buzzo never fails to surprise and delight me. The Melvins are one of the greatest bands and they're still grinding. Buzz is absolutely correct about playing guitar; you gotta get hooked first. He's also dead on about Jimi; nothing he did would ever be taught the way he played, but that's what happens when you break all the rules and start outside the box. Wisdom from Buzz!
why buzz is filming this on unabomber's cabin
Ahead of the curve
he is the unabomber?
Cause unabomber was right
Why not?
Lmaoo
Underrated Riffs writer
I read “underwater” and by the audio of this video it didn't even impress me.
Absolutely!!!!!!! This guys tone and riffs are incredible!!!!! Love em all but the fast ones especially......the riff from The Hawk??????🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Sorry ALL THE RIFFS FROM THE HAWK!!!!! And ALL the rest 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
i waited at the rock house while you weaved in & out of the shadows within the cult of the napalm-death shirt society.... and i was pulled away by some vampires.... and then i waited again just a month later at that place in tulsa... i can't recall the name.... it breaks my heart that i am the reason why you carry a baseball bat.... but i did get to hang out with you twice before.... and you are the BEST my good-sir... and i still love ya.
Buzz and the Melvins one of my favorite musicians and band. the first time I heard gluey porch treatments I was a hooked. They tour all the time. I’ve seen them more then any other band.
Same. I remember hearing the Bass opening on Eye Flies and the hair on the back of my neck stood up. So sparse but brutal and crushing.
back in the early 80s i knew the guitar player for a punk band called The Boys from Nowhere. he had a 1961 tele that had the pickups wired directly to the input jack. no knobs.
A buddy of mine just did that with a franken bass he is building from Music Man parts and Wal electronics. It sound beastly....
Buzz is just a crazy dude. 😂 We love his entire career 💯
Never in my life have I witnessed such crushing heaviness like when I saw The Melvins 20 years ago at The Metro in Chicago
I've seen them three times and I'd easily put them as one of the best live bands I've ever seen. So fucking heavy. My ears were ringing for days after but it was so worth it. I felt like the building was gonna collapse every time they played The Bit. *So* fucking heavy
Buzzo's a real guitar player. He knows how to sound good. Corgan is like that, from the Smashing Pumpkins, with that tone grip like a real guy. It comes from actually listening to oneself, as opposed to just typing it out like so many do.
I love Buzz! He’s one of a kind. Albeit his music isn’t for everyone, but for me, definitely a major influence on my playing early on. Not to mention he opened a whole underworld of music for me, that I probably would’ve never heard if not for him going out of his way to plug his favorite artists and bands.
Buzz Osborne... clicked
Being Underrated is the Melvins' aesthetic
What a fucking legend.
He speaks right into and right out of my heart. What I love this man, what I appreciate him!
Buzz's attitude is awesome. Learn how you can and work on techniques as you go. You gotta get hooked first.
I believe it was 96 on foo fighters first tour and Melvins opened for them. This was in Memphis Tn. Was a great performance.just turned 14 and saw that show and Veruca Salt a few months earlier. That was a great summer 👍
Buzz should start his own twitch stream he'd make a killing just doing this and being himself !
Was really hoping to hear him do the honey bucket riff.
That is a great idea
I don't think he cares for popularity or making a killing.
I think Hooch is my favorite Melvins' riff. It has such a unique character to it.
Also, completely hilarious drunk word salad lyrics.
I played that song at my fifth grade talent show on guitar
Love that Buzz mentioned Dead Boys they have some underrated guitar riffs.
Buzz is a national treasure. A rare, humble badazz!
1:53 “…the first thing people teach on guitar is open E tuning….” The good teacher is revealed
Excellent commentary on technique @ 3:21
cool seeing him mention let god be your gardener. always been one of my favorite tracks of theirs
BUZZZZZZ!!! Met you a few years back at a ball game! Nicest guy ever! LOVE your music! Keep it up and it was a pleasure meeting you!
I want learn to play guitar from the King Buzzo easy guitar lessons on VHS! 😂🤘🏻
Good to see you doing well.
A History of Bad Men and Joan of Arc are sich killer riffs that aren’t discussed enough with the Melvins
Two of my favorites, plus Grinding Process
and "Civilized Worm", which is basically "A History of Bad Men";s little sibling.
I started on guitar, gave up, went to drums but always worked on guitar. I love playing weird tunings too, dadgad is one I've been using lately
I love Buzz. He's so demented..
I got to record in Johnny Winter's personal booth at Streeterville in the early 90s. He's my favorite blues guitarist.
Awesome johnny winter song!!,..Great riff
he explains it all on everyone’s level, he is a badass on guitar, he’s doing it bc it’s fun, the spirit & he obviously has a built in ability picking it uo later than most, he doesn’t put himself above the audience.
All the albums speak for themselves. Pick one put it on & sit back
Legend. I think the riff in The Smiling Cobra is the greatest riff he's written so far. There are a ton of awesome riffs in the Melvins' music though: The Bloated Pope. Hooch. Anaconda. Evil New War God. Night Goat...
I suggest Stump Farmer from the Tres Cabrones album, sweet riffs my guy
The smiling cobra is super good. Under rated for sure.
Honey bucket i love it.
Roman Bird Dog imo is one of the most wicked riffs he wrote
I have the same camera quality😂
I can relate to the guitar teacher thing. Many years ago, the first teacher I had said 'you will never be able to play guitar properly because you can't hold your riff hand correctly. Your thumb is in the wrong spot on the neck." I quit lessons and learned on my own with Guitar magazines afterwards.
i love this guy, so underrated fr
Sideshow Bob rocks
Say them in a bar called "Cicero's Basement Bar" in St. Louis back in 1995. That's when I became a loyal fan.
Johnny Winter, Beaumont, TX legend right there.
KING BUZZO
please do this again but in person i love buzz
HAIL TO THE KING
I fucking love this man through and through.
The way he’s describing the riff that made home pick up the guitar, is the same way hearing the melvins for the first time hit me
Everyone is complaining about the webcam audio but honestly it adds to it.
If you ever liked Nirvana and/or Kurt Cobain, please understand that chances are actually really, really good that it never would have happened if it weren't for Buzz Osbourne. Impossible to say, but he was there for Kurt at a time when he was beginning to not only fall in love with punk rock but also take the whole music thing seriously. And Buzz was as much a teacher as he was a mentor and friend during that time.
See the album Bleach, yes :)
You ROCK Buzz! 🤘😎
I cant believe how the melvins are still this good
Yeah.
That's what do for friends that wanna learn guitar. I tune it to drop D after a few minutes and everyone always smiles and really get into it😜👍
That room looks like it’d be very cold in the winter
Screwing around with various places to put your fingers on the guitar
King Buzzo is a rock and roll GOD love him!
Love Billy Fish riff
Legend.
Could watch him noodle around all day
Incredible tone from Buzz always
I went to Mud Fest '93 to see Mudhoney. I didn't have a clue about The Melvins back then. what I remember: They were loud and heavy!
Buzz is a criminally underrated guitar player, and 90% of Gluey Porch Treatments & Ozma is the same technical equivalent to early thrash. Buzz, Cantrell, Tad Doyle, Steve Turner, Mike McCready & Kim Thayil were the handful of fucking heavily underrated guitar masters that came out of Seattle & grunge. Even McCready only gets love for his tone & Yellow Ledbetter but there's WAAAY more to his style than just that
Jerry Cantrell is one of the most well known guitarists ever. How is he underrated?
Stellar human being! 🖤🖤🖤
Dude why havent they made guitars without knobs , I mean this is the first I've ever seen looks rad
master of riffs
Johnny Winter! Mean tone on that 1970’s record.
your such an amazing guitar player man huge influence on me
Feel like I’m watching a video from 2009
The free day ready to cheev like a sordid ray!!!!
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one
Melvins!!!🤘😆🤘
You and Bubbles would hit it off great!😃
Legendary
Underrated guitar player
I had a girlfriend who lived in a musty old cabin at donner lake near Tahoe. That place got like twenty feet of snow in the winter and didn't see the sun for five months at a time. The carpet in that place looked just like his curtains.
I like how he mentions smoke on the water and then the video skips that part.
This was recorded in 1998. I love phantomas.
I wish the audio and video was better quality. I really enjoy watching king buzzo play riffs
You ,Buzz, are a sick man, not sure how to help, I kinda like it!
I love this guy! Shamefully I've never really delved into To The Melvins. Where's the best place to start?
Houdini probably
@@tylers8729 definitely
Gluey porch
Nice
You win for being "1st" and not blabbing about it!
Melvins top 10 for sure .
Godfather of Sludge and Grunge
His method is the best. Think outside the box and then get into the hard stuff later on. Outside is more fun though.
Legend
I would love to have him as a guitar teacher
Good to know the scientist from back to the future is a great guitar player
Doc
"Heavy?!..there's that word again! Is something wrong with the Earths gravitational pull in the future?!"
That's why he had that gigantic amplifier in his house
Buzz invented grunge
What's the tuning mentioned at the end? ??DGBe
Buzz is more than good....Damn.
YAS!
Fuck this guy can riff AND could voice a character in a series or a game!
I've been around long as metal and punk rock. Buzzo is the last GODFATHER! KNOW HIM!
King Buzzo and The Melvins RULZ !!!!!!!
Dude you Are Fucking Insane Melvins Rules 🎸🎸🎸🔥🔥🔥‼️‼️‼️🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻