The Melvins Celebrate the Arrival of Baseball Season With “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” Cover

Apr. 5, 2016

New Album Basses Loaded Arrives June 3; Co-headlining Tour With Napalm Death Underway


Left to right: Dale Crover, Buzz Osborne, Steve McDonald; Photo credit: Mackie Osborne

The Melvins, avid baseball fans that they are, share a cover of the venerable ballpark favorite, “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”: https://melvinsofficial.bandcamp.com/album/basses-loaded. The song is featured on the band’s forthcoming album, Basses Loaded (June 3, Ipecac Recordings).

The twelve-song album features six bass players: including Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic, Redd Kross’ Steve McDonald, Butthole Surfers’ J.D. Pinkus, Big Business’ Jared Warren, Mr. Bungle/Fantomas’ Trevor Dunn (aka Melvins Lite) and Melvins’ drummer Dale Crover swapping the drum kit for bass in the Melvins 1983 iteration.

Basses Loaded pre-orders are available now via the Ipecac webstore (http://bit.ly/IpecacStore), Bandcamp (https://melvinsofficial.bandcamp.com), Amazon (http://hyperurl.co/MelvinsAmazon) and iTunes (hyperurl.co/MelvinsITunes). Digital pre-orders include instant downloads of “Hideous Woman” and “War Pussy.”

Buzz Osborne, Crover and McDonald are currently on tour, enjoying a co-headlining run with friends Napalm Death:

April 5 - Tallahassee, FL @ Sidebar Theatre
April 7 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
April 8 - Orlando, FL @ The Plaza Live
April 9 - Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum
April 10 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
April 12 - Washington, DC @ 930 Club
April 13 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
April 14 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
April 15 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall
April 16 - Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
April 17 - Montreal, QC @ Club Soda
April 19 - Toronto, ON @ The Opera House
April 20 - Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
April 21 - Cleveland, OH @ Agora Ballroom
April 22 - Chicago, IL @ The Metro
April 23 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave II (Downstairs)
April 24 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
April 25 - Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
April 27 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
April 29 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
May 1 - Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
May 2 - Vancouver, BC @ Venue
May 3 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
May 5 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
May 6 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
May 7 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour
May 8 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour
May 9 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour (Dead Cross play instead of Melt Banana)

June 3-5 - Bristol, UK @ Temples Festival
June 8 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ Jazzhouse
June 11 - Malmo, Sweden @ Babel
June 17 - Clisson, France @ Hellfest

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