Leeech was originally a Green River song. The version on Singles 1-12 is from a BBC session, released w/o permission/licensing, thus the ambiguous liner notes. Same with "Way of the World" and "Theme", both from the same BBC session (1991 i think).

@MarkDeutrom

5 ай бұрын

Thanks ! I completely forgot about the BBC session and also Green River having written Leech. Must be Lori on that stuff then, as I suspected. I wasn't at the BBC session but I remember seeing them in London at the beginning of the 91 tour. Thanks for watching.

Thank you for the backstory on Theresa screams! A personal favorite, one of the funniest things ever put to tape. "I'll piss you off." So many great lines in this. "Let's record it this time, shall we?" Gets me every time.

@MarkDeutrom

5 ай бұрын

One of the many great memories I have of that time. Thanks for watching !

Thank you for these…I always liked how clean your tone was compared to the other Melvins bassists

Thank you for doing these videos, Mark. I really love the back stories on music that moved me in the 90's. I would love some Clown Alley stories if you ever are looking for content ideas in the future. "The Lie" is on the "Top 5 Greatest Thrash Songs Ever" list for me.

@MarkDeutrom

5 ай бұрын

Thanks ! There are definitely a few strange Clown Alley stories.. I'll get to some of them eventually. Thanks for watching.

hi mark, really enjoying the channel. love from the uk.

@MarkDeutrom

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching here !

Leech is one of my favorite Melvins songs. It was originally written by another great band from Seattle, Green River. I've never heard the later single version referenced here as I tend to listen to more of their earlier stuff. I'll give it a listen. It seems like Melvins have recorded Leech so many times I lose count. Each time, they kill it.

@MarkDeutrom

2 ай бұрын

Definitely played that one a lot over the years with them. Always a crowd pleaser, and also a way of honoring the very early roots of the whole Seattle thing.

Very cool.

@MarkDeutrom

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for being here !

Maaaaan GGIIBBYY is one of my favorite Melvins songs! The liner notes simply read “A bad song we chopped off Houdini.” I never knew why they felt it wasn’t up to par with the rest of Houdini to make the cut, but hey bands understandably feel differently about their owns songs than their fans do so, who am I to question it? That’s the way of the world….

@MarkDeutrom

Ай бұрын

Some things will just have to remain a mystery, like the Chupacabra, Marfa Lights, etc...

Great breakdown! Nirvana played parts of Theme during the noise intro to I Hate Myself And Want To Die.

@ImaginalComponent

5 ай бұрын

the demo version from the With the Lights Out box set, recorded in Rio in 1993.

@MarkDeutrom

5 ай бұрын

Found out about that from another viewer also, so thanks for the confirmation and also watching.

@ScaryGarrySG1

5 ай бұрын

Never heard of this....gonna check it out

Hi Mark. I love the videos. I saw you open at the Sacramento Rush concert! I always wondered about the cowboy hat. You guys rocked the house that night. You are an awesome bass player and musician. You should write a book on the punk scene you talk about.

@MarkDeutrom

5 ай бұрын

Thank you ! It would be more like a short story but I'm going to think about it ...

As I understand it, the Fan Club was started by Dale Crover and Pete Graham (Seattle). The first newsletter was sent out in the spring of 1993. Issue 5 was called Pissing in the Wind and was issued 1996. Dale also had his own newsletter called 'Drumb', dated 1994. Fan Club bundles included a VHS with seven songs on it (which you can see on KZread), newsletters, stickers, flyers and other bits and pieces. A Melvins golf tee comes to mind. I have most of this stuff if you need any more info. I assume The Singles Club was an Amphetamine Reptile thing instigated by Tom Hazelmyer. Your videos are fantastic. Never stop.

@MarkDeutrom

5 ай бұрын

Thank you ! I can always rely on super fans for the correct info...so much stuff was getting cranked out that it was hard to keep track. I appreciate you being here.

@ScaryGarrySG1

5 ай бұрын

Wild...I don't think I ever knew about the fan club!

@wormskull2454

Ай бұрын

Yeah one of my oldest friends who introduced me to the Melvins has a Dale Crover 7” called “Drumb”. Was this in anyway apart of the newsletter of the same name/fan club? It had sleeve art by Kozik & was released on Man’s Ruin.

@redpuppy2765

Ай бұрын

​@@wormskull2454 There are two years between the newsletter and the release of the single so I don't see a connection there.

The first time I heard that version of Queen i thought Melvins had ruined my car stereo

@MarkDeutrom

5 ай бұрын

haha...you're probably not the only one !

@ScaryGarrySG1

5 ай бұрын

LOL I don't think many albums had their opening song mixed like that! First couple special A and R mixes had to have the guy saying "eh, fellas I'm just not hearing a hit single with this um, Pigtro bit here..." By the 3rd or 4th tape he must have come to terms with "Ok, these guys are just messing with me at this point."

ln high school when l wore my germs shirt with the blue circle and the "Gl" at the top, this bIack guy used to caII me "Gl Jane".

@MarkDeutrom

5 ай бұрын

Weird but seems about right for high school anywhere back in the day. Thanks for watching !

We won tickets to go see RATT at the Warfield when KUSF played "In the Rain" and had a contest to see who knew who it was. Our bass player called in and won. RATT were terrible.

@MarkDeutrom

4 ай бұрын

That is hilarious ! On a side note the drummer who played on my LP The Silent Treatment played in a band in the 90's that toured with Ratt opening up for them...maybe it was the same tour....and yes, Ratt are terrible.

wasn't until the 'in the rain' explanation that *i* didn't even notice it didn't sound like brit-pop. wicked were the theresa screams eventually used for 'air breather deep in the arms of morphius', i knew i forgot to ask something

@ImaginalComponent

5 ай бұрын

The screams were used on "In the Freaktose the Bugs Are Dying" from Honky!

@MarkDeutrom

5 ай бұрын

Definitely more surf to me upon my relistening after all this time.Yet another "in" joke that has nothing to do with the alleged intention ! Not sure about that the scream...I will be doing a Honky breakdown eventually, so I will report back. Thanks for watching.

@MarkDeutrom

5 ай бұрын

Haven't listened to Honky in so long I completely forgot ! You fans are a wealth of obscure knowledge and should collectively write a book.

"In The Rain" = two-bit Shitpop ! 😀

@MarkDeutrom

5 ай бұрын

It's definitely something, and that's about as good as I can describe it !