Editing Melvins (section)

{{Short description|American rock band}}
{{about|the band|the band's album|Melvins! (album){{!}}''Melvins!'' (album)|other uses|Melvin (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name              = Melvins
| image             = HF2023Melvins 5.jpg
| caption           = Melvins live at [[Hellfest]] in June 2023. Left to right: Dale Crover, Buzz Osborne and Steven Shane McDonald.
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| landscape         = Yes
| background        = group_or_band
| alias             = The Melvins
| origin            = [[Montesano, Washington]], U.S.
| genre             = {{flatlist|
* [[Sludge metal]]
* [[experimental rock]]
* [[alternative metal]]
* [[grunge]]
* {{nowrap|[[hardcore punk]] (early)}}
}}<!-- See Melvins#Musical style and influence -->
| discography       = [[Melvins discography]]
| years_active      = 1983–present
| spinoffs          = [[Fecal Matter (band)|Fecal Matter]]
| label             = {{flatlist|
* [[C/Z Records|C/Z]]
* Alchemy
* [[Boner Records|Boner]]
* [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
* [[Amphetamine Reptile Records|Amphetamine Reptile]]
* [[Man's Ruin Records|Man's Ruin]]
* [[Ipecac Recordings|Ipecac]]
* [[Your Choice Records|Your Choice]]
* [[Alternative Tentacles]]
* [[Slap-a-Ham Records|Slap-a-Ham]]
}}
| website           = {{URL|themelvins.net}}
| current_members   = * [[Buzz Osborne]]
* [[Dale Crover]]
* [[Steven Shane McDonald]]
* [[Coady Willis]]
| past_members      = * [[Mike Dillard]]
* [[Matt Lukin]]
* [[Lori Black]]
* [[Joe Preston (bassist)|Joe Preston]]
* [[Mark Deutrom]]
* [[Kevin Rutmanis]]
* [[Jared Warren]]
* [[Trevor Dunn]]
* [[Jeff Pinkus]]
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| child           = yes
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| data2           = [[File:Melvins Band Logo.png|200px]]
}}
}}

'''Melvins''' (sometimes '''the Melvins''') are an American [[Rock music|rock]] band formed in 1983<ref name="gibson">{{cite web |url=http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/the-melvins-king-buzzo-lays-do |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626094453/http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/the-melvins-king-buzzo-lays-do/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 26, 2008 |title=The Melvins' King Buzzo Lays Down the Rules on Guitar Playing, "Hot Topic" Punk, and What You Ought to Know About Music |publisher=Gibson.com |access-date=July 17, 2011 }}</ref> in [[Montesano, Washington]]. Their early work was key to the development of both [[grunge]] and [[sludge metal]].<ref>{{cite magazine|date=August 2009|title=Sludge Special|magazine=[[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]]|issue=187|page=44|issn=1350-6978}}</ref> Primarily a trio, they have also performed as a quartet, with either two drummers or two bassists. Since 1984, vocalist and guitarist [[Buzz Osborne]] and drummer [[Dale Crover]] have been constant members.