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===Early years (1983β1987)=== The Melvins were formed in early 1983 by [[Buzz Osborne]] (guitar, vocals), [[Matt Lukin]] (bass), and [[Mike Dillard]] (drums) who all went to Montesano Jr./Sr. High School in Montesano, Washington.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eventseeker.com/artist/4800-the-melvins|title=The Melvins - Artist Profile|website=eventseeker.com|language=en|access-date=December 13, 2019}}</ref> The band was named after a supervisor at a [[Associated Wholesale Grocers|Thriftway]] in Montesano, where Osborne also worked as a [[clerk]]; "Melvin" was disliked by other employees, and the band's members felt it to be an appropriately ridiculous name.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yH7u3V-Uk0| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211107/1yH7u3V-Uk0| archive-date=2021-11-07 | url-status=live|title=Melvins Buzz Osborne - Wikipedia Fact Or Fiction | date=August 20, 2014|publisher=youtube.com |access-date=June 14, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In the beginning, they played [[Jimi Hendrix]] and [[Who (band)|Who]] covers,<ref>Azerrad, Michael. ''Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana''. Doubleday, 1994. page 25 {{ISBN|0-385-47199-8}}</ref> and also began playing fast [[hardcore punk]].<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.punknews.org/review/4087 |title=Melvins β Mangled Demos From 1983 |date=June 17, 2005 |publisher=Punknews.org |access-date=July 17, 2011}}</ref> Dillard left the band in 1984 and was replaced by local drummer [[Dale Crover]]. The band's rehearsals moved to a back room of Crover's parents' house in [[Aberdeen, Washington]]. Soon afterward, they started to play songs slower and "heavier" than nearly anyone else at the time. In 1985, [[C/Z Records]] was created to document the [[Washington (state)|Washington]] music scene. The label released ''[[Deep Six (album)|Deep Six]]'', featuring four songs by the Melvins. In 1986, the band released their debut, the ''[[Melvins! (album)|Six Songs]]'' EP, on [[C/Z Records]] (later releases expanded and retitled this as ''8 Songs'', ''10 Songs'', and eventually ''26 Songs'' in 2003 on [[Ipecac Recordings]]). The album was recorded live to a two track at the now closed Ironwood Studio in [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]] on February 8, 1986.<ref>album back cover, [[C/Z Records]] CZ002</ref> In October 1986, they recorded their first full-length album, ''[[Gluey Porch Treatments]]'', at Studio D in [[Sausalito, California]]. The album was released in 1987 on [[Alchemy Records (US)|Alchemy Records]]. ''Gluey Porch Treatments'' was later coupled with their second album ''Ozma'' for the [[Boner Records]] CD release. It was expanded again for the 1999 re-release on Ipecac with some garage demos.
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