Buzz Osborne
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Buzz Osborne (b. 1964), also known as King Buzzo, (birth name Roger Osborne) is the guitarist/vocalist/songwriter and technically the only remaining founding member of The Melvins. Dale Crover (drummer) is often regarded as a founding member, but technically he is not, since joined right after the band was formed (although it was before they had even recorded an album). Buzz Osbourne is also a founding member/guitarist for both Fantômas and Venomous Concept.
Biography
In the early 1980s Osborne founded The Melvins with Matt Lukin and Mike Dillard who all went to Montesano high-school where he graduated in 1982. In the beginning The Melvins played The Who and Jimi Hendrix covers and began playing fast hardcore punk. When Dillard left the band in 1984, Dale Crover joined and the band's rehearsals moved to a back room of Crover's parents house in Aberdeen, Washington. It was soon that they also started to play slower and "heavier" songs than nearly anybody else did at the time.
In 1986 the band released their Six Songs EP on C/Z Records (later rereleased as 10 Songs and as 26 Songs in 2003 on Ipecac Recordings) that was recorded live to a two track at Ironwood, February 8, 1986. In December of 1986 they recorded their first full album Gluey Porch Treatments, at Studio D in Sausalito, California, that came out in 1987 on Alchemy Records (later rereleased as a bonus on the CD version of their second album Ozma on Boner Records and in 1999 on Ipecac Recordings with some garage demos).
During 1988 Osborne and Crover relocated to San Francisco, California where the band recorded their next album, Ozma, in May 1989, and it came out later that year. In 1990, Nirvana was without a drummer, and Crover helped out by playing on a brief west coast tour with Sonic Youth. Osborne gave Dave Grohl from Scream the phone number of Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic; Grohl later became Nirvana's full-time drummer.
After finishing the work on the Bullhead album, the band then toured Europe and their January 23, 1991 show in Alzey, Germany was released as Your Choice Live Series Vol.12, without the song It's Shoved that appeared on the It's Your Choice compilation. When they returned they recorded their next album, Eggnog, that was released the same year on Boner Records.
Osborne now lives in Hollywood with his wife Mackie.
Discography
| Album Cover | Date of Release | Title | Label | Credited for |
| 1998 | The Cows: Sorry In Pig Minor | Amphetamine Reptile Records | Producer | |
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1999 | Goatsnake: Goatsnake 1 | Southern Lord Records | Producer and mixing on Dog Catcher |
| December 12, 2000 | Tool: Salival | Volcano II | Second guitar on You Lied | |
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September 18, 2001 | Tweaker: The Attraction to All Things Uncertain | Waxpoitation | co-wrote/guitar on Swamp |
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2004 | Various Artists: Spin the Bottle: An All-Star Tribute to KISS | Koch Records | Vocals on God of Thunder |
with Fantômas
| Album Cover | Date of Release | Title | Label | Catalog Number |
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April 26, 1999 | Fantômas (aka 'Amenaza Al Mundo') | Ipecac Recordings | IPC-001 |
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July 9, 2001 | The Director's Cut | Ipecac Recordings | IPC-017 |
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April 1, 2002 | Millennium Monsterwork 2000 w/The Melvins | Ipecac Recordings | IPC-019 |
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January 27, 2004 | Delìrium Còrdia | Ipecac Recordings | IPC-045 |
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April 5, 2005 (Limited Edition) June 14, 2005 |
Suspended Animation | Ipecac Recordings | IPC-062 (Limited Edition) IPC-065 |
with The Melvins
with Venomous Concept
| Album Cover | Date of Release | Title | Label | Catalog Number |
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June 29, 2004 | Retroactive Abortion | Ipecac Recordings | IPC-051 |