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MELVINS LITE On Tour And Residency Shows Confirmed

Melvins Lite have announced a European tour this April. Please note, these dates are exclusively as the trio of Buzz, Dale and Trevor Dunn. After these dates,the Melvins line-up complete with Big Business duo and will play the European 'Residency' dates. At these shows the quartet will be performing songs from 'Bullhead', 'Houdini', 'Lysol', 'Stoner Witch' and 'Egg Nogg'.Check out all dates here.

Don't forget that the Melvins return with a 13-track covers album titled 'Everybody Loves Sausages' which is set for an Apr. 29 release in UK/EU via Ipecac Recordings.

"This record will give people a peak into the kind of things that influence us musically," explains Buzz Osborne. "We REALLY like all of these songs along with the bands who actually wrote this stuff because first and foremost we are HUGE music fans."

In a decidedly Melvins approach to a covers album, the band not only selected a unique assortment of songs to cover, ranging from Roxy Music's "'n Every Dream Home A Heartache' to Queen's 'Best Friend', they also enlisted several friends to take part including Mudhoney's Mark Arm joining them for The Scientists' 'Set It On Fire' and Neurosis' Scott Kelly pitching in on a cover of Venom's 'Warhead'.

While the release is billed as a proper Melvins' album (featuring the line-up of Osborne, Dale Crover, Jared Warren and Coady Willis), there are a handful of songs recorded as the Melvins Lite incarnation of the band (Osborne, Crover and Trevor Dunn): 'Female Trouble' (Divine a.k.a. John Waters), 'Timothy Leary Lives' (Pop-O-Pies) and 'Romance By Tales of Terror' (Tales of Terror).

 

The complete track listing with original artist and guest player notation:

 

1. Warhead (Venom; Guest: Scott Kelly of Neurosis)

2. Best Friend (Queen; Guest: Caleb Benjamin of Tweak Bird)

3. Black Betty (Ram Jam)

4. Set It On Fire (The Scientists; Guest: Mark Arm)

5. Station To Station (David Bowie; Guest: JG Thirlwell)

6. Attitude (The Kinks: Guest: Clem Burke of Blondie)

7. Female Trouble (Divine a.k.a. John Waters)

8. Carpe Diem (The Fugs)

9. Timothy Leary Lives (Pop-O-Pies)

10. In Every Dream Home A Heartache (Roxy Music; Guests: Jello Biafra and Kevin Rutmanis)

11. Romance (Tales of Terror)

12. Art School (The Jam; Guest: Tom Hazelmeyer)

13. Heathen Earth (Throbbing Gristle)

 

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