---
title: "Melvins"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/melvins"
genre: "Sludge Metal"
country: "United States"
formed: 1983
---

# Melvins

**Melvins** is a sludge metal band, from United States, active 1983 to present.

Melvins are an American rock band formed in 1983 in Montesano, Washington. Known for combining heavy, slow riffs with experimental and eclectic songwriting, the band has been credited as pioneers of sludge metal, and a key influence in the development of alternative metal and grunge. Since 1984, vocalist/guitarist Buzz Osbourne and drummer Dale Crover have been the band's only constant members. Primarily a trio, they have also performed as a quartet, with either two drummers or two bassists, and have been credited for their prolific output, having released over 25 studio albums.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvins

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Melvins |
| Genre | Sludge Metal |
| Parent genre | Doom Metal |
| Origin | Montesano, United States |
| Formed | 1983 |
| Releases in catalog | 65 |

## Genres

[Sludge Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/sludge-metal) · [Stoner Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/stoner-metal) · [Drone Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/drone-metal) · [Stoner Rock](https://themetalnet.com/genre/stoner-rock)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Dale Crover](https://themetalnet.com/musician/dale-crover) |  |  | Current |
| [Buzz Osborne](https://themetalnet.com/musician/buzz-osborne) |  |  | Current |
| [Jared Warren](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jared-warren-0bc59e8e) |  | 2006 to present | Current |
| [Adam Jones](https://themetalnet.com/musician/adam-jones) |  |  | Current |
| [Coady Willis](https://themetalnet.com/musician/coady-willis) |  | 2006 to present | Current |
| [JD Pinkus](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jd-pinkus) | Electric bass guitar | 2013 to present | Current |
| [Paul Leary](https://themetalnet.com/musician/paul-leary) |  |  | Current |
| [Billy Anderson](https://themetalnet.com/musician/billy-anderson) | Bass guitar | 1993 to 1993 | Former |
| [Joe Preston](https://themetalnet.com/musician/joe-preston) | Electric bass guitar | 1991 to 1992 | Former |
| [Kevin Rutmanis](https://themetalnet.com/musician/kevin-rutmanis) |  | 1998 to 2005 | Former |
| [Lori Black](https://themetalnet.com/musician/lori-black) | Bass | 1987 to 1991 | Former |
| [Mark Deutrom](https://themetalnet.com/musician/mark-deutrom) | Electric bass guitar | 1993 to 1998 | Former |
| [Matt Lukin](https://themetalnet.com/musician/matt-lukin) | Bass guitar |  | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1986 | [Melvins](https://themetalnet.com/album/8a68e5b6-7e98-333c-bc52-ed6a5c5ca01f) | EP |
| 1987 | [Gluey Porch Treatments](https://themetalnet.com/album/9347f9d3-d374-3f1b-8d4f-a4236a5b9653) | Album |
| 1989 | [Ozma](https://themetalnet.com/album/e0f8bdd4-42d0-3b36-a470-5f3fee2946a3) | Album |
| 1991 | [Bullhead](https://themetalnet.com/album/24f055af-fbbf-31a6-a940-bfdb9a82ca4d) | Album |
| 1991 | [Eggnog](https://themetalnet.com/album/2279cfd2-436c-3196-af0b-54a9cba3b133) | EP |
| 1991 | [Tanx](https://themetalnet.com/album/ace13f9a-e69e-4494-b746-bc4c94aa9483) | EP |
| 1992 | [Dale Crover](https://themetalnet.com/album/0cb79683-0e8c-38d3-87cb-de83f46ed37f) | EP |
| 1992 | [Joe Preston](https://themetalnet.com/album/12cc7f42-c701-39bf-9a48-1c9c934b69a8) | EP |
| 1992 | [King Buzzo](https://themetalnet.com/album/9068676a-fbcd-355a-b318-29518cf07b51) | EP |
| 1992 | [Lysol](https://themetalnet.com/album/6d5f5d34-2635-3275-afea-4af02c77cb47) | Album |
| 1993 | [Houdini](https://themetalnet.com/album/76ce6e14-2938-3653-8fd9-e1f31a33deb2) | Album |
| 1994 | [Prick](https://themetalnet.com/album/c5ffaf3b-4ba3-3b96-b0a4-dc9887e8b655) | Album |
| 1994 | [Revolve](https://themetalnet.com/album/1336efb6-43c7-3ff9-a0b4-cfcd79aaa5ca) | EP |
| 1994 | [Stoner Witch](https://themetalnet.com/album/04066384-affd-32ce-9b6f-ac4a97c07671) | Album |
| 1995 | [Subraum #5](https://themetalnet.com/album/1c0e9873-e9f0-455a-95b2-c9b567359651) | EP |
| 1996 | [Stag](https://themetalnet.com/album/ea99e39a-0bf8-3323-897f-19d024e28495) | Album |
| 1996 | [The Bit](https://themetalnet.com/album/32d48010-1070-4c08-a85c-00e8302d38c1) | EP |
| 1997 | [Honky](https://themetalnet.com/album/50901f5b-2290-374b-8dc8-ed8453e1f390) | Album |
| 1999 | [The Bootlicker](https://themetalnet.com/album/7841f8ef-5162-353b-b7fa-5909cdf97d1e) | Album |
| 1999 | [The Maggot](https://themetalnet.com/album/ed6aedda-38a0-3cbd-8200-8dfe74c5f740) | Album |
| 2000 | [The Crybaby](https://themetalnet.com/album/09a74812-5840-3975-acb8-16266a661780) | Album |
| 2001 | [Electroretard](https://themetalnet.com/album/df070d66-5c65-38f4-a06b-19ba8995c578) | Album |
| 2002 | [Hostile Ambient Takeover](https://themetalnet.com/album/21f64457-fe61-34f8-8ea3-0f8dc5838009) | Album |
| 2004 | [Never Breathe What You Can’t See](https://themetalnet.com/album/941d4564-dab3-3eb8-86a9-88ebdc04c687) | Album |
| 2004 | [Pigs of the Roman Empire](https://themetalnet.com/album/560a9c41-0b9e-35c1-ad41-a5f337f5adc4) | Album |
| 2005 | [Sieg Howdy!](https://themetalnet.com/album/91ff156e-3bc7-3bca-a26d-c3dcbcfabf10) | Album |
| 2006 | [(A) Senile Animal](https://themetalnet.com/album/3e9f5335-149c-302f-8eec-70e86edfebd3) | Album |
| 2007 | [Smash the State E.P.](https://themetalnet.com/album/b6757b1d-1450-470c-96f9-3c19ec661336) | EP |
| 2008 | [Nude With Boots](https://themetalnet.com/album/35156deb-dde0-34ac-8448-49c48d8d667e) | Album |
| 2010 | [Melvins / Isis](https://themetalnet.com/album/03a0f9e5-6715-4b5e-8310-4c9d050c56ce) | EP |
| 2010 | [Sludge Glamorous](https://themetalnet.com/album/ff9dad4e-7644-488a-a72e-d05e086e09a7) | EP |
| 2010 | [The Bride Screamed Murder](https://themetalnet.com/album/f6e369d0-e2d1-4749-9a1e-0a1566d9894b) | Album |
| 2012 | [1983](https://themetalnet.com/album/ef9dcd29-779b-4420-a4d5-a3562a4e3810) | EP |
| 2012 | [Freak Puke](https://themetalnet.com/album/d473a0eb-ff5e-4e81-90a9-07b197dfd220) | Album |
| 2012 | [New Years Eve Ball Room Blitz](https://themetalnet.com/album/4eac25ac-2875-4680-9da2-39bbe933ef2b) | EP |
| 2012 | [The Bulls & The Bees](https://themetalnet.com/album/4eef09d3-5ab7-4975-be8d-8abaf0b0f93b) | EP |
| 2013 | [Everybody Loves Sausages](https://themetalnet.com/album/9dd959f3-fd16-4ce9-aa85-4060424f7982) | Album |
| 2013 | [Tres cabrones](https://themetalnet.com/album/931b99a4-5b17-4782-8955-872b725c8954) | Album |
| 2014 | [Hold It In](https://themetalnet.com/album/ee72905c-70c6-4aab-a182-96a16a3b5b2f) | Album |
| 2015 | [Beer Hippy](https://themetalnet.com/album/41112a70-ee4a-4207-a9af-e53d000461a0) | EP |
| 2015 | [Chaos As Usual](https://themetalnet.com/album/e5e80941-108f-4b8a-a79b-01e464a2dbc7) | EP |
| 2015 | [The Colossus of Destiny](https://themetalnet.com/album/db2c624e-a45b-48bd-b5dc-c84de9003274) | EP |
| 2016 | [Basses Loaded](https://themetalnet.com/album/47666b5a-7cec-4db8-b8c5-f459a358bda8) | Album |
| 2016 | [High Desert Overdose](https://themetalnet.com/album/b506321a-a337-4be6-a8bd-8f9da0098862) | EP |
| 2016 | [Three Men and a Baby](https://themetalnet.com/album/d430c7d1-bec9-407b-8f07-b645e17c4a00) | Album |
| 2016 | [War Pussy](https://themetalnet.com/album/a1d98e92-c787-44d6-ad4a-b1e25261000e) | EP |
| 2017 | [A Walk with Love & Death](https://themetalnet.com/album/83560fc4-8450-4f16-9392-ab9d3e4195b2) | Album |
| 2017 | [Steven McDonald](https://themetalnet.com/album/f5d0d3c6-b40d-4ca7-90ed-feccf2c2b5ae) | EP |
| 2018 | [Pinkus Abortion Technician](https://themetalnet.com/album/c526ba00-fcbd-4b3a-9312-2dd3b8cd32b6) | Album |
| 2018 | [Sabbath](https://themetalnet.com/album/7fd2a75e-9679-4f9c-a199-aa3740bcf211) | EP |
| 2019 | [Bangers](https://themetalnet.com/album/5af2630d-4d40-4555-9f03-e4277ccfb9e8) | EP |
| 2019 | [Escape From LA](https://themetalnet.com/album/6df464e0-d953-4d4f-b522-b5967bf8c04f) | EP |
| 2020 | [Mullet](https://themetalnet.com/album/70cba72e-eed5-4738-8b8b-8691bb62099f) | EP |
| 2020 | [White Lazy Boy](https://themetalnet.com/album/d5a960e0-9be8-49b6-b5d1-634ef44f3523) | EP |
| 2021 | [Five Legged Dog](https://themetalnet.com/album/970b4bfe-0abe-4e52-a748-e36b070ad8e8) | Album |
| 2021 | [Slithering Slaughter](https://themetalnet.com/album/5290aabd-d0a5-465e-8ac9-755c604cd41a) | EP |
| 2021 | [Working With God](https://themetalnet.com/album/9bcd8729-929b-4625-8a3c-81f6246fdc1f) | Album |
| 2022 | [Bad Mood Rising](https://themetalnet.com/album/d4e31eed-b5f3-4c31-89d5-9eb04696519c) | Album |
| 2022 | [Broken Pipe EP](https://themetalnet.com/album/6ea5c20c-a0de-4868-b005-848e9c68fda2) | EP |
| 2022 | [Lord of the Flies](https://themetalnet.com/album/71b6a77d-d1ed-49d0-8bab-318e8ae484dd) | EP |
| 2023 | [Controlling Data for a Better Feeling Future](https://themetalnet.com/album/0ef9e3ff-e880-4b34-a74b-054a641eaecc) | Album |
| 2023 | [The Devil You Knew, the Devil You Know](https://themetalnet.com/album/22168808-8131-4727-9a7a-513b19e22298) | Album |
| 2023 | [Throbbing Jazz Gristle Funk Hits](https://themetalnet.com/album/734533e3-c23e-44ef-b8ac-8e9715dabe9e) | Album |
| 2024 | [Tarantula Heart](https://themetalnet.com/album/0da7f608-1403-465f-b573-34eb2bf40ba9) | Album |
| 2025 | [Thunderball](https://themetalnet.com/album/90a9c7eb-12d3-48d5-9026-b640a89dcd82) | Album |

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## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Melvins/1702
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/melvinsarmy
- x: https://twitter.com/melvinsdotcom
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6aVjo0xHSiuW5hkasoYSR3
- bandcamp: https://melvinsofficial.bandcamp.com/
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/3382
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/737433
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melvinsdotcom/
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaoEPkhVvqVQVv-BoaQl5bQ

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/melvins](https://themetalnet.com/band/melvins). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt