THE MELVINS’ BUZZ OSBORNE WILL OUT YOU
By the time I got into Metal Church, founder Kurdt Vanderhoof had departed the band, but continued to write their songs. Which I guess means that after 1985′s The Dark, technically Metal Church was a Kurdt Vanderhoof cover band. Weird. Anyway, with help from HooM!-aprooved producers Mark Dodson and Terry Date, Metal Church did some awesome stuff. I even love their Volume 8: The Threat Is Real-style heavy rock album, Hanging In The Balance, barfy cover art and all.
But I guess MChurch isn’t hip enough for Melvins frontman Buzz Osborne, lord of coolness. In the liner notes from 2005′s Mangled Demos From 1983, Osborne reminisces about his time in the miserable-sounding Pacific Northwest, specifically about how he conquered the repressive Metal Church menace to achieve blockbuster success in The Melvins:
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