Stag (Melvins album)

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Stag is the eighth studio album by Melvins, which was released in 1996 through Atlantic Records.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Bit"	Words: Osborne - Music: Crover	4:45
2.	"Hide"	Music: Osborne	0:50
3.	"Bar-X-the Rocking M"	Words: Osborne - Music: Crover, Deutrom, Osborne	2:24
4.	"Yacobs Lab"	Music: Deutrom	1:17
5.	"The Bloat"	Words/Music: Osborne	3:41
6.	"Tipping the Lion"	Words/Music: Osborne	3:48
7.	"Black Bock"	Words/Music: Osborne	2:43
8.	"Goggles"	Words: Osborne - Music: Crover, Deutrom, Osborne	6:30
9.	"Soup"	Music: Crover, Deutrom, Osborne	2:39
10.	"Buck Owens"	Words/Music: Osborne	3:11
11.	"Sterilized"	Words: Osborne - Music: Crover, Deutrom, Osborne	3:30
12.	"Lacrimosa"	Words: Deutrom - Music: Crover, Deutrom, Osborne	4:40
13.	"Skin Horse"	Words/Music: Osborne	5:16
14.	"Captain Pungent"	Words/Music: Osborne	2:21
15.	"Berthas"	Words/Music: Osborne	1:25
16.	"Cottonmouth"	Words/Music: Crover	1:56

Personnel

King Buzzo - guitar & vocals; all instrumentation (2), backing vocals (7), moog (9), bass (11), drums (12), interlude guitar (13); engineer, producer & mixer (1-3 & 5-15)
Mark D - bass; additional guitar (1, 3, 6, 7), all instrumentation (4), slide guitar (5), backing vocals (7), moog & drum beat (9), guitar (11, 12), vocals (12), interlude guitar, baritone guitar & piano (all 13); engineer, producer & mixer (1 & 3-15)
Dale C - drums & percussion; additional guitar & sitar (1), bongos & backing vocals (7), moog (9), guitar (11), all instrumentation & vocals (16); engineer, producer & mixer (1, 3 & 5-16)

with

Dirty Walt - valve trombone (3)
Mac Mann - organ & grand piano (3)
Bill Bartell - guitar (11)
Mackie Osborne - drums (12); illustration & design

Additional personnel

GGGarth - engineer, producer & mixer (1, 3, 5-7, 9, 10, 13-15); backing vocals (7)
Joe Barresi - engineer, producer & mixer (1, 3, 5-7, 9, 10, 13-15)
Alex Newport - engineer, producer & mixer (8)
Chris Kozlowski - engineer, producer & mixer (11)
Stephen Marcussen - mastering
Ron Boustead - mastering
David Lefkowitz - management & fan club

Charts

Album

Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1996	Heatseekers	33

References

^ https://web.archive.org/web/20161220165808/http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-12-14/the-10-essential-alt-metal-albums
^ Mallon, Tom (May 2002). "Melvins - Hostile Ambient Takeover". CMJ (101). ISSN 1074-6978.
^ "Stag - Melvins". Allmusic.

[1] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20161220165808/http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-12-14/the-10-essential-alt-metal-albums

[2] Mallon, Tom (May 2002). "Melvins - Hostile Ambient Takeover". CMJ (101). ISSN 1074-6978.

[3] "Stag - Melvins". Allmusic.

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v t e Melvins
Buzz Osborne Dale Crover Steven Shane McDonald Lori "Lorax" Black Mark Deutrom Mike Dillard Trevor Dunn Matt Lukin Jeff Pinkus Joe Preston Kevin Rutmanis Jared Warren Coady Willis
Studio albums	Gluey Porch Treatments Ozma Bullhead Lysol Houdini Prick Stoner Witch Stag Honky The Maggot The Bootlicker The Crybaby Electroretard Hostile Ambient Takeover (A) Senile Animal Nude with Boots The Bride Screamed Murder Freak Puke (Melvins Lite) Everybody Loves Sausages Tres Cabrones (Melvins 1983) Hold It In Basses Loaded A Walk with Love & Death Pinkus Abortion Technician Working with God (Melvins 1983) Five Legged Dog Bad Mood Rising Tarantula Heart
Collaborations	Pigs of the Roman Empire (with Lustmord) Never Breathe What You Can't See (with Jello Biafra) Sieg Howdy! (with Jello Biafra) Three Men and a Baby (with Mike Kunka)
EPs	Six Songs Eggnog King Buzzo Dale Crover Joe Preston Tora Tora Tora The Bulls & the Bees
Live albums	Your Choice Live Series Vol. 12 Alive at the Fucker Club Colossus of Destiny Millennium Monsterwork 2000 (with Fantômas) Houdini Live 2005: A Live History of Gluttony and Lust Melvins vs. Minneapolis Sugar Daddy Live
Compilations	Singles 1–12 The Trilogy Vinyl Electroretard 26 Songs Melvinmania: Best of the Atlantic Years 1993–1996 Neither Here nor There Mangled Demos from 1983 The Making Love Demos Chicken Switch
Video releases	Salad of a Thousand Delights Live from London 2006 (with Fantômas)
Singles/songs	"Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More" "Love Canal/Someday" "With Yo' Heart, Not Yo' Hands" "Boris" "Venus in Furs" "Honey Bucket" "See How Pretty, See How Smart"
Related articles	Discography We Reach: The Music of the Melvins Big Business Mackie Osborne