For nearly 40 years, The Melvins have been an astounding live band and peerless in their prolific ability to create a consistently adventurous body of work--a musical universe unto itself. Buzz Osborne discusses: his childhood in WA; feeling comfortable around firearms; being too smart to enjoy school; writing his memoir; the discipline required to maintain a career as a professional musician; dogs; his songwriting process, and more!
Because we're in lockdown due to the Corona virus outbreak. We're recording by phone and bringing you new episodes of The Trap Set every day for the foreseeable future.
261: Dave Mattacks (Fairport Convention, Nick Drake, Brian Eno, XTC, Paul McCartney, etc.)
260: Billy Conway (Morphine, Jeffrey Foucault, etc.)
259: Kid Congo (The Pink Monkey Birds, The Gun Club, The Cramps, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
258: Brian Chippendale (Lightning Bolt, Black Pus)
257: John Congleton (the pAper ChAse, Music Producer)
256: Meg Remy (U.S. Girls)
255: Britt Walford (Slint, The Breeders, Languid and Flaccid)
254: Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn (Sylvan Esso)
253: Rick Smith (Torche)
252: Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service)
251: Andrya Ambro (Gold Dime, Talk Normal)
250: Billy Martin (illy B; Medeski, Martin & Wood; John Zorn; Bob Moses, etc.)
249: Matt Sharp (The Rentals, Weezer)
248: Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top, The Moving Sidewalks)
247: Mike Bordin (Faith No More, Ozzy Osborne)
246: Chad Clark (Beauty Pill, Smart Went Crazy)
245: Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rocket Juice & the Moon, Atoms for Peace)
244: Cedric Bixler-Zavala (The Mars Volta, At The Drive-In, De Facto, etc.)
243: Joan Wasser (Joan As Policewoman)
242: Sean Tillmann (Har Mar Superstar, Heart Bones)
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