Tres cabrones

Rock · 2013 · 12 tracks · 44m

Tres cabrones

A reunion of the original 1983 lineup delivering a mix of heavy sludge, garage punk, and absurdist traditional covers. Gritty, playful, and unmistakably weird.

It's the original Melvins lineup playing heavy sludge and weird nursery rhymes in a garage.

A heavy, grinding joyride that balances crushing sludge with a bizarre, prankster-like sense of humor.

Tres cabrones · vs · Melvins

Humor Satire+1.4σ

The writing leans notably further into humor satire than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 44m

01

Dr. Mule

4:19

02

City Dump

3:30

03

American Cow

3:42

04

Tie My Pecker to a Tree

1:03

05

Dogs and Cattle Prods

8:58

06

Psycho-Delic Haze

4:11

07

99 Bottles of Beer

1:18

08

I Told You I Was Crazy

6:54

09

Stump Farmer

2:22

10

You're in the Army Now

1:10

11

Walter's Lips

3:12

12

Stick em' Up Bitch

4:14

Moments Worth Waiting For

The massive, lumbering groove of Dogs and Cattle Prods that stretches into an almost hypnotic nine-minute sludge epic.

The jarring transition from heavy original riffs to the bizarrely earnest rendition of 99 Bottles of Beer.

Dale Crover moving to bass while Mike Dillard takes the drums, creating a primitive and punishing rhythmic foundation.

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