PORN (The Men of) & Merzbow

If you aren't familiar with the Men of Porn yet, check out this earlier post.

This record is a "collaboration" between PORN and Japanese Lord of cacophony, Merzbow. There's not a whole lot I can honestly say about this album...if you're a fan of PORN, it's a new album release (hooray)! If you're a fan of Merzbow, you'll dig it without a doubt.

Sincere Moment:
Don't download this expecting to reap some fresh PORN material. My take on the record is that Merzbow borrowed the masters for "Wine, Women, and Song" and did his own thing with it...but it's still an interesting listen, don't let me dissuade you. Check it out:

Porn & Merzbow - ...And the Devil Makes Three
Part One
Part Two

Melvins - Nude With Boots

This is the brand new album from the Melvins (which you can probably find everywhere else on the internet right now). They're touring now with Big Business and the Men of Porn, try to catch them if they swing through your area!

Remaining Tour Dates:
August 9, 2008 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club w/ Big Business
August 10, 2008 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street w/ Big Business
August 12, 2008 New Haven, CT - Toad's Place w/ Big Business
August 13, 2008 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg w/ Big Business
August 14, 2008 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom w/ Big Business
August 15, 2008 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar w/ Big Business
August 16, 2008 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle w/ Big Business
August 17, 2008 Atlanta, GA - The Drunken Unicorn w/ Big Business
August 18, 2008 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club w/ Big Business
August 20, 2008 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks w/ Big Business
August 21, 2008 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live w/ Big Business
August 22, 2008 Austin, TX - Emo's w/ Big Business
August 23, 2008 Dallas, TX - House Of Blues w/ Big Business
August 25, 2008 Albuquerque, NM - Launch Pad w/ Big Business
August 26, 2008 Tucson, AZ - Plush w/ Big Business
August 27, 2008 Phoenix, AZ - The Brickhouse Theater w/ Big Business
August 28, 2008 San Diego, CA - Canes w/ Big Business
August 29, 2008 Pomona, CA - Glass House w/ Big Business
August 30, 2008 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour w/ Big Business
August 31, 2008 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour w/ Big Business

Nude With Boots

(and don't forget to pick up BB's new Tour EP if you go)

--fred

P.S. > Everything we upload here is done with some sort of intention, whether it's to help out friends, or just support (and expose) bands that we enjoy. We're here to make friends--not enemies. We hope that anyone who finds something on here that they enjoy and want to share with others will share similar intentions to our own and at the very least, send more curious listeners and music lovers our way.

Have you ever searched for a band and found nothing but gay porn?

I have explored the deadly crevasses of the internets to bring you this awesome side project "PORN (The Men Of)" founded by Dale Crover and Tim Moss. If you saw the Melvins live in early 2007, 2004 or anywhere in between there, chances are, you saw PORN...and were probably really fucking confused; some random dude moseys on stage wearing an Elvis get-up, giant black pompadour included, and jumps behind the drums, while another hairier (and angrier) looking gentleman stands in front of a stack with a wooden univox guitar dishing out feedback before ripping head first into their set. Dale plays along behind his kit, struggling to keep his giant black wig on and keep pace at the same time, while the crowd goes apeshit. Probably one of the best shows I've ever been to. But ANYWAY--like I was saying, I managed to get my mitts on three of their albums....


Think Old Grandad mixed with EyeHateGod:
Experiments in Feedback
Porn--American Style
Wine, Women and Song

Watch yer step

--fred