Buzz Osborne announces first solo acoustic tour of Australia
Great news! Rock’n’roll royalty Buzz Osborne, King Buzzo is headed to Australia with a ten-date solo acoustic tour of Australia this August! With a career spanning 31 years, 30 albums, and over 2,000 live performances, this tour marks the first time that the monarch of metal has performed acoustically in such a unique and intimate setting.
Buzz is the front man & founding member of Melvins, whose dark and sludgy sound influenced the works of many acclaimed grunge and metal bands including Nirvana, Soundgarden, Green River and in many ways nurtured the Seattle music scene itself.
Last year the band released their nineteenth studio album Tres Cabrones, a psychedelic hard-rock gem that saw original drummer Mike Dillard re-join Buzz and Dale Crover for a collection of tracks that playfully referenced both the punk aesthetic of the band's roots and their current layered and exploratory sound… all done with a pierced tongue planted firmly in cheek.
Buzz also picked up the guitar to join Mike Patton, Dave Lombardo and Trevor Dunn in experimental metal supergroup Fantômas, a band that allowed each member the creative freedom to explore their many influences - both in and outside of music.
King Buzzo’s solo and acoustic debut This Machine Kills Artists (out Fri 30th May 30) has actually been a long time coming - Buzz wrote a vast majority of the Melvins’ songs originally on acoustic guitar before transferring to electric - "What I'm doing, it's not folk music, it's not heavy metal. It's 'molk,' how 'bout that?"
Across seventeen tracks, This Machine Kills Artists uses absolutely no electric guitars, amplifiers or direct boxes, offering a surprising new side to the grunge progenitor and a rawness that spotlights his skill as a songwriter. Rolling Stone premiered track Dark Brown Teeth, remarking that it “still has the doomy, ill-angled, Beefheartian edge his band is renowned for”.
After an extensive 38-show tour of the United States, King Buzzo will now bring This Machine Kills Artists to Australian audiences for the first time with a series of shows that are guaranteed to bring the house down.
Adelaide, Geelong, Melbourne, Newcastle, Sydney, Wollongong, Canberra, Brisbane and Perth are all set firmly within Buzz’s sights - make certain you’re there for this rare opportunity to see a metal powerhouse like you’ve never seen him before.
KING BUZZO August 2014
Frontier Members pre-sale from Frontier Touring - Mon 26th May (12noon AEST) to Tue 27th May (12noon AEST)
(or ends earlier if pre-sale allocation exhausted)
General public on sale from 10am local time, Thursday 29 May
Wed 13th Aug Adelaide, Enigma Bar - tickets from Moshtix
Thu 14th Aug - Geelong, Barwon Club - tickets from Oztix
Fri 15th Aug - Melbourne, Ding Dong Lounge - SOLD OUT
Sat 16th Aug - Melbourne, Ding Dong Lounge - tickets from Oztix **NEW SHOW**
Wed 20th Aug Newcastle, The Small Ballroom - tickets from Oztix
Thu 21st Aug - Sydney, the Newtown Social Club - tickets from the Newtown Social Club
Fri 22nd Aug - Wollongong, Anita’s Theatre - tickets from Yours and Owls
Sat 23rd Aug Canberra, Transit Bar - tickets from Oztix
Sun 24th Aug - Brisbane, Black Bear Lodge - tickets from Oztix
Tue 26th Aug - Perth, Astor Lounge - tickets from Showticketing
Buzz is the front man & founding member of Melvins, whose dark and sludgy sound influenced the works of many acclaimed grunge and metal bands including Nirvana, Soundgarden, Green River and in many ways nurtured the Seattle music scene itself.
Last year the band released their nineteenth studio album Tres Cabrones, a psychedelic hard-rock gem that saw original drummer Mike Dillard re-join Buzz and Dale Crover for a collection of tracks that playfully referenced both the punk aesthetic of the band's roots and their current layered and exploratory sound… all done with a pierced tongue planted firmly in cheek.
Buzz also picked up the guitar to join Mike Patton, Dave Lombardo and Trevor Dunn in experimental metal supergroup Fantômas, a band that allowed each member the creative freedom to explore their many influences - both in and outside of music.
King Buzzo’s solo and acoustic debut This Machine Kills Artists (out Fri 30th May 30) has actually been a long time coming - Buzz wrote a vast majority of the Melvins’ songs originally on acoustic guitar before transferring to electric - "What I'm doing, it's not folk music, it's not heavy metal. It's 'molk,' how 'bout that?"
Across seventeen tracks, This Machine Kills Artists uses absolutely no electric guitars, amplifiers or direct boxes, offering a surprising new side to the grunge progenitor and a rawness that spotlights his skill as a songwriter. Rolling Stone premiered track Dark Brown Teeth, remarking that it “still has the doomy, ill-angled, Beefheartian edge his band is renowned for”.
After an extensive 38-show tour of the United States, King Buzzo will now bring This Machine Kills Artists to Australian audiences for the first time with a series of shows that are guaranteed to bring the house down.
Adelaide, Geelong, Melbourne, Newcastle, Sydney, Wollongong, Canberra, Brisbane and Perth are all set firmly within Buzz’s sights - make certain you’re there for this rare opportunity to see a metal powerhouse like you’ve never seen him before.
KING BUZZO August 2014
Frontier Members pre-sale from Frontier Touring - Mon 26th May (12noon AEST) to Tue 27th May (12noon AEST)
(or ends earlier if pre-sale allocation exhausted)
General public on sale from 10am local time, Thursday 29 May
Wed 13th Aug Adelaide, Enigma Bar - tickets from Moshtix
Thu 14th Aug - Geelong, Barwon Club - tickets from Oztix
Fri 15th Aug - Melbourne, Ding Dong Lounge - SOLD OUT
Sat 16th Aug - Melbourne, Ding Dong Lounge - tickets from Oztix **NEW SHOW**
Wed 20th Aug Newcastle, The Small Ballroom - tickets from Oztix
Thu 21st Aug - Sydney, the Newtown Social Club - tickets from the Newtown Social Club
Fri 22nd Aug - Wollongong, Anita’s Theatre - tickets from Yours and Owls
Sat 23rd Aug Canberra, Transit Bar - tickets from Oztix
Sun 24th Aug - Brisbane, Black Bear Lodge - tickets from Oztix
Tue 26th Aug - Perth, Astor Lounge - tickets from Showticketing