Melvins

Melvins announce LP & tour with 2 bassists (from Butthole Surfers & Redd Kross)

The Melvins really love to experiment with bassists. In 2016, they made an album called Basses Loaded with six different bassists across 12 tracks, including Steve McDonald of Redd Kross and Jeff Pinkus of Butthole Surfers. Last year, they made their first album with Steve McDonald handling all the bass, A Walk with Love and Death. Now, they’ve got both McDonald and Pinkus putting their talents together for a Melvins album with two bassists on every song. It’s called Pinkus Abortion Technician, named of course for Pinkus himself and the Butthole Surfers’ 1987 album Locust Abortion Technician. It drops on April 20 via Ipecac Recordings.

Of the decision to have two bassists, Dale Crover said, “With our upcoming release, we double your bass player with Steven McDonald AND Jeff Pinkus holding down the bottom. It’s an experiment in the low end of the aural spectrum where we asked ourselves, ‘would it work?’ ‘could it work??’ ‘should it work???’ The answers were yes, yes and YES!”

The album includes “Stop Moving To Florida,” a medley of the James Gang’s “Stop” and the Butthole Surfers’ “Moving To Florida,” plus covers of The Beatles’ “I Want To Hold Your Had” and the Butthole Surfers’ “Graveyard.” No music is out from the album yet but you can check out the artwork and tracklist below.

Dale Crover, Buzz Osborne, Steve McDonald and Jeff Pinkus will also be taking their double bass attack on the road from late April through mid-August. The tour includes a Brooklyn show on May 11 at Warsaw. Tickets for that show (and the rest of the tour) go on sale Friday (2/16) at 10 AM local time. All dates are listed below.

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Tracklist
1. Stop Moving To Florida
2. Embrace The Rub
3. Don’t Forget To Breathe
4. Flamboyant Duck
5. Break Bread
6. I Want To Hold Your Hand
7. Prenup Butter
8. Graveyard

Melvins — 2018 Tour Dates
April 26 San Diego, CA Casbah
April 29 Dallas, TX Tree’s
April 30 Austin, TX Mohawk
May 1 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall
May 3 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon
May 4 Birmingham, AL Zydeco
May 6 Charlottee, NC Visulite Theater
May 7 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
May 9 Baltimore, MD Ottobar
May 10 Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts
May 11 Brooklyn, NY Warsaw
May 12 Hamden, CT Space Ballroom
May 13 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
May 14 Montreal, QC Corona Theatre
May 18 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
May 19 Pittsburgh, PA Rex Theater
May 20 Louisville, KY Headliner’s Music Hall
May 22 Nashville, TN 3rd & Lindsley
May 23 Memphis, TN Hi-Tone
May 24 St. Louis, MO The Ready Room
May 25 Kansas City, MO Record Bar
May 31 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom
July 12 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory
July 13 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
July 14 Fresno, CA Strummer’s
July 16 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
July 17 Sacramento, CA Holy Diver
July 19 Seattle, WA Neumo’s
July 20 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
July 21 Vancouver, BC Venue Nightclub
July 24 Edmonton, AB Union Hall
July 25 Calgary, AB Marquee Room
July 27 Winnipeg, MB Pyramid Cabaret
July 28 Fargo, ND The Aquarium (Dempsey’s Upstairs)
July 29 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
July 30 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
July 31 Chicago, IL Park West
August 2 Grand Rapids, MI The Pyramid Scheme
August 3 Detroit, MI El Club
August 4 Columbus, OH A&R Music Bar
August 5 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue Theatre
August 6 Rock Island, IL Rock Island Brewing Company
August 7 Des Moines, IA Wooly’s
August 8 Omaha, NE The Waiting Room
August 10 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre
August 11 Ft. Collins, CO Aggie Theatre
August 13 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
August 14 Las Vegas, NV The Bunkhouse Saloon