| Sugar Daddy Live | ||
|---|---|---|
| Live album by Melvins | ||
| Released | May 31 2011 | |
| Genre | Sludge Metal, Heavy Rock, Alternative Rock, A Capella | |
| Length | 61:36 | |
| Label | Ipecac (CD) Amphetamine Reptile Records (Split Series) | |
| Producer | Toshi Kasai, Melvins | |
| Melvins chronology | ||
| Endless Residency (2011) |
Sugar Daddy Live (2011) |
The Bulls & The Bees (2012) |
Sugar Daddy Live is a live album by the Melvins, released on 31 May 2011.[1]
Background[]
Sugar Daddy Live[]
Sugar Daddy Live would be initially announced in February 2011.[2] The songs are taken from their 2008 tour, with the majority of the tracks coming from their two most recent studio albums at the time, (A) Senile Animal and Nude with Boots. Notably the show is cited at a fictitious venue known as The Busta-Guts Club in Downey, California, thus making the exact recording date in question a mystery. Two songs from the same show that were left off of the live album were released separately. "Suicide in Progress" was released in a split 7" with Totimoshi on Volcom Entertainment. "Billy Fish" was released as "Billy Fish Alive" as part of the Joyful Noise 2013 flexi series.
Sugar Daddy Live attained generally positive reviews.[3][4][5]
The Sugar Daddy Split Series[]
The Sugar Daddy Split Series would be formally announced on 14 December 2011. Initially planned as a 7" series in similar vein to Singles 1-12 and the Hostile Ambient Takeover singles series, the series would be made into 12" singles due to limitations on two songs. Selecting bands that the Melvins had personally enjoyed, the first bands announced would be Cows, U-Men, OFF!, Fucked Up, Mudhoney and Butthole Surfers.[6] The first two volumes of the 12" series would be released on 13 February 2012 and would take nearly three years to complete, with the final volume on 9 February 2015. Notably around the same time a singles series was being done surrounding several covers on the 2013 album Everybody Loves Sausages, along with singles related to the 2013 album Tres Cabrones and the 2014 album Hold It In.
Several of the volumes would be released in alternate colors and with foil covers. Several bands were rumored or originally proposed, such as Tweak Bird, The Gories and Primus but ultimately would change.
The Volumes would be released as follows:
- Vol. 1: U-Men and Vol. 2: Cows - 13 February 2012
- Vol. 3: Killdozer and Vol. 4: OFF! - 28 April 2012
- Vol. 5: Midwest Hardcore and Vol. 6: Butthole Surfers - 19 September 2012
- Vol. 7: Mudhoney and Vol. 8: Fucked Up - 26 January 2013
- Vol. 9: Napalm Death - 19 July 2013
- Vol. 10: Fantômas - 13 December 2013
- Vol. 11: Melvins 1983 and Vol. 12: King Buzzo - 20 May 2014
- Vol. 13: Karp - 9 February 2015
Tracklist[]
Sugar Daddy Live[]
- 1. Nude With Boots (3:59)
- 2. Dog Island (5:55)
- 3. Dies Iraea (3:19)
- 4. Civilized Worm (5:39)
- 5. The Kicking Machine (2:32)
- 6. Eye Flys (9:12)
- 7. Tipping The Lion (3:44)
- 8. Rat Faced Granny (2:48)
- 9. The Hawk (2:24)
- 10. You've Never Been Right (2:46)
- 11. A History of Bad Men (5:39)
- 12. The Star Spangled Banner (1:47) (John Stafford Smith)
- 13. Boris (11:44)
Sugar Daddy Split Series Vol. 1: U-Men[]
"Gila" was originally released on the U-Men's self-titled debut EP in 1984.
- A. Melvins - Nude With Boots
- B. U-Men - Gila
Sugar Daddy Split Series Vol. 2: Cows[]
"Chow" is from the Cows' second album, Daddy Has a Tail, released on AmRep in 1989.
- A. Melvins - Dog Island
- B. Cows - Chow
Sugar Daddy Split Series Vol. 3: OFF![]
Off! provided a cover of "No Reason to Complain", originally by The Alarm Clocks. This is the first track exclusive to the series.
- A. Melvins - Civilized Worm
- B. OFF! - No Reason To Complain (The Alarm Clocks)
Sugar Daddy Split Series Vol. 4: Killdozer[]
"Lupus" was released in 1989 on Killdozer's Twelve Point Buck album and as a single.
- A. Melvins - Dies Iraea
- B. Killdozer - Lupus
Sugar Daddy Split Series Vol. 5: Midwest Hardcore[]
A trio of classic hardcore bands from the midwest United States: Negative Approach with "Sick of Talk", Die Kreuzen with "In School" and Necros with "IQ32".
- A. Melvins - The Kicking Machine
- B1. Negative Approach - Sick of Talk
- B2. Due Kreuzen - In School
- B3. Necros - IQ32
Sugar Daddy Split Series Vol. 6: Butthole Surfers[]
All Butthole Surfers tracks are taken from a live performance dated January 31, 1987. "No Rule" is a Leather Nun cover.
- A. Melvins - Eye Flys
- B1. Butthole Surfers - Pittsburgh To Lebanon
- B2. Butthole Surfers - No Rule (Leather Nun)
- B3. Butthole Surfers - Gary Floyd
Sugar Daddy Split Series Vol. 7: Mudhoney[]
All Mudhoney tracks are taken from a single live performance, the exact date unknown.
- A. Melvins - Tipping The Lion
- B1. Mudhoney - If I Think
- B2. Mudhoney - I'm Now
- B3. Mudhoney - Judgement, Rage, Retribution and Thyme
- B4. Mudhoney - The Open Mind
- B5. Mudhoney - Tales of Terror
Sugar Daddy Split Series Vol. 8: Fucked Up[]
"21st Century Cling-Ons" by Fucked Up was released exclusively on this single.
- A. Melvins - Rat Faced Granny
- B. Fucked Up - 21st Century Cling-Ons
Sugar Daddy Split Series Vol. 9: Napalm Death[]
"To Go Off and Things" is originally by the Cardiacs. "Oxygen of Duplicity" is a previously unreleased original. Both Napalm Death songs would be released on the 2018 compilation Coded Smears and More Uncommon Slurs.
- A. Melvins - The Hawk
- B1. Napalm Death - To Go Off and Things (The Cardiacs)
- B2. Napalm Death - Oxygen of Duplicity
Sugar Daddy Split Series Vol. 10: Fantômas[]
The Fantômas tracks are taken from the original demo that Mike Patton made before the band was fully assembled. It was released in its entirety on a cassette included in the Wunderkammer box set.
- A. Melvins - You've Never Been Right
- B. Fantômas - SKETCHBOOK 1: Page 20, 16, 26, 9, 15, 2, 19, 25 and 7
Sugar Daddy Split Series Vol. 11: Melvins 1983[]
"Dogs and Cattle Prods" was previously released on the 2013 album Tres Cabrones.
- A. Melvins - The Star-Spangled Banner (John Stafford Smith)
- B. Melvins 1983 - Dogs and Cattle Prods
Sugar Daddy Split Series Vol. 12: King Buzzo[]
"The Vulgar Joke" was originally released on This Machine Kills Artists in 2014 and was the only song left out of the three volume 10" vinyl release of the album through AmRep.
- A. Melvins - A History of Bad Men
- B. King Buzzo - The Vulgar Joke
Sugar Daddy Split Series Vol. 13: Karp[]
"Rowdy" came from Karp's last single, released in 1998, and was later included on Action Chemistry. "Bacon Industry" comes from the band's final album, Self Titled LP, originally released in 1997.
- A. Melvins - Boris
- B1. Karp - Rowdy
- B2. Karp - Bacon Industry
Personnel[]
- Buzz Osborne - Guitar, Vocals
- Dale Crover - Drums, Vocals
- Jared Warren - Bass, Vocals
- Coady Willis - Bass, Vocals