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.
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 ...
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.
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!
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 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.
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 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 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.
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
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
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 👍
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...
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.
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.
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
Can we please get an Ozzy Osbourne and Buzz Osborne collaboration album. Maybe even name it "King Buzzo-zzy Osbourne" or something like that, as ridiculous as it sounds
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.
He's one of the most influential guitarists that most people haven't heard of. His style of drop d riffing has had an impact on a lot of musicians, including but not limited to Nirvana.
@@RickHeffe I think, in the earliest days, when the Melvins were helping Nirvana get into the Seattle scene, they were something like friends. And Cobain definitely returned that favour by helping the Melvins get their Atlantic contract. But Cobain as a "producer" on Houodini was a tragic shit-show by all accounts. If there was friendship then, Houdini certainly made it vanish. Not that they ever disliked one another, but I'm not sure they were chums. Just my impression.
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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
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. 🤦♂️
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
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.
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.
"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!
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 ...
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 ?
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
@@postpunk6947 yes!
@@zigzagrz cool shit :D
@@postpunk6947 Lol, thank you...
😂😂 this is great ❤️
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
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 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.
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's attitude is awesome. Learn how you can and work on techniques as you go. You gotta get hooked first.
Buzz is just a crazy dude. 😂 We love his entire career 💯
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.
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 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
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.
Being Underrated is the Melvins' aesthetic
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
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.
He speaks right into and right out of my heart. What I love this man, what I appreciate him!
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 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
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
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 is a national treasure. A rare, humble badazz!
What a fucking legend.
Buzz Osborne... clicked
cool seeing him mention let god be your gardener. always been one of my favorite tracks of theirs
I want learn to play guitar from the King Buzzo easy guitar lessons on VHS! 😂🤘🏻
Love that Buzz mentioned Dead Boys they have some underrated guitar riffs.
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
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 :)
1:53 “…the first thing people teach on guitar is open E tuning….” The good teacher is revealed
Say them in a bar called "Cicero's Basement Bar" in St. Louis back in 1995. That's when I became a loyal fan.
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.
Good to see you doing well.
I love Buzz. He's so demented..
Johnny Winter, Beaumont, TX legend right there.
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!
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?
I got to record in Johnny Winter's personal booth at Streeterville in the early 90s. He's my favorite blues guitarist.
Everyone is complaining about the webcam audio but honestly it adds to it.
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
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😜👍
Sideshow Bob rocks
I have the same camera quality😂
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
Screwing around with various places to put your fingers on the guitar
Awesome johnny winter song!!,..Great riff
Can we please get an Ozzy Osbourne and Buzz Osborne collaboration album. Maybe even name it "King Buzzo-zzy Osbourne" or something like that, as ridiculous as it sounds
The Osbournes
Johnny Winter! Mean tone on that 1970’s record.
HAIL TO THE KING
i love this guy, so underrated fr
KING BUZZO
please do this again but in person i love buzz
I fucking love this man through and through.
Excellent commentary on technique @ 3:21
Dude why havent they made guitars without knobs , I mean this is the first I've ever seen looks rad
King Buzzo is a rock and roll GOD love him!
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
That room looks like it’d be very cold in the winter
I cant believe how the melvins are still this good
Yeah.
You ROCK Buzz! 🤘😎
I've been around long as metal and punk rock. Buzzo is the last GODFATHER! KNOW HIM!
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!
I like how he mentions smoke on the water and then the video skips that part.
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one
This was recorded in 1998. I love phantomas.
Could watch him noodle around all day
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.
Legend.
His method is the best. Think outside the box and then get into the hard stuff later on. Outside is more fun though.
Love Billy Fish riff
Fuck this guy can riff AND could voice a character in a series or a game!
I wish the audio and video was better quality. I really enjoy watching king buzzo play riffs
Underrated guitar player
Feel like I’m watching a video from 2009
Not gonna lie.... I clicked on this cause of the hair 😅
But he plays guitat great too 🤘🔥
Lol...Me too!!😂
Hear their albums, Melvins have more than 30 years being active, good band
He's one of the most influential guitarists that most people haven't heard of. His style of drop d riffing has had an impact on a lot of musicians, including but not limited to Nirvana.
He looks like Bob Sideshow. That's a complement.
His hair looks like an explosion from a movie
Loudwire needs to get Cannibal Corpse's Alex Webster on for an episode of Gear Factor to play his favorite riffs!
You ,Buzz, are a sick man, not sure how to help, I kinda like it!
Love that he mentioned rock bottom
Melvins top 10 for sure .
I would love to have him as a guitar teacher
master of riffs
The riffiest riffage from the master of riffs.
Buzz is more than good....Damn.
P.S.- Buzz has such a sinister giggle.
The free day ready to cheev like a sordid ray!!!!
YAS!
You and Bubbles would hit it off great!😃
King Buzzo and The Melvins RULZ !!!!!!!
Buzz is a true original.
Melvins!!!🤘😆🤘
Legendary
Stellar human being! 🖤🖤🖤
funny that Nirvana's "Blew" reminds me of Melvins' "Set Me Straight"!!!
I see what you're doing.
@@talastra and that bein what??? what is it then???
@@RickHeffe Not everyone knows that "Set me Straight" is actually pre-Bleach.
@@talastra oh I C!!! however, all Nirvana and Melvins fans know how much they influenced each other cuz of 'em bein friends!!! over & out!!!
@@RickHeffe I think, in the earliest days, when the Melvins were helping Nirvana get into the Seattle scene, they were something like friends. And Cobain definitely returned that favour by helping the Melvins get their Atlantic contract. But Cobain as a "producer" on Houodini was a tragic shit-show by all accounts. If there was friendship then, Houdini certainly made it vanish. Not that they ever disliked one another, but I'm not sure they were chums. Just my impression.