Roger "Buzz" Osborne ( born Roger "Buzz" Osborne , March 25, 1964 , Montesano , Washington ) is an American guitarist , composer , vocalist , and producer who is best known as the frontman of the Melvins band, of which he is the founder (drummer Dale Krover also often regarded as the founder, however, he joined after the group was formed, albeit before they recorded the album). He also collaborated with various other musicians such as the Cows and Tool bands. Osborne is one of the founders of Fantômas and Venomous Concept , in which he acts as a guitarist. He was also a school friend of Kurt Cobain and spent some time playing bass in his first band, Fecal Matter .
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| Birth name | Roger Osbourne |
| Date of Birth | March 25, 1964 (55 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Montesano , Washington |
| A country |  USA |
| Professions | singer , composer , producer |
| Years of activity | early 1980s - present time |
| Instruments | guitar , bass , drums |
| Genres | slug metal , experimental rock , doom metal , noise rock , hardcore punk , avant-garde music |
| Aliases | King buzzo |
| Collectives | Melvins , Fantômas , Venomous Concept , Fecal Matter , Zu |
| Labels | Ipecac Recordings Tzadik records Warner bros Records Slash records |
Biography
At the age of about 12, Osborne began listening to the music of Ted Nugent and the band Aerosmith , and a little later became very interested in punk rock . In the early 1980s, Osborne founded the Melvins group with his friends Matt Lukin and Mike Dillard, who all studied together at the same school (Roger graduated from it in 1982). At the very beginning, Melvins performed covers for The Who and Jimi Hendrix , but after Osborne met bands such as Black Flag , Flipper , and Millions of Dead Cops , the band began playing faster and more aggressive music similar to hardcore punk. .
In 1984, Dillard left the group, and in his place came Dale Krover, whose parents' house, in Aberdeen, and the Melvins moved. At this time, the sound of the group became more and more heavy and slow, acquiring features of what would later be called grunge . Then the young Kurt Cobain, a close friend of Krover, becomes a big fan of the group. He dragged equipment for the band, attended all their concerts, and even auditioned for a bass player (however, unsuccessfully - he was so excited that he forgot all the songs). Subsequently, Cobain did not lose touch with the group and in 1993, already a rock star, produced and participated in the recording of several songs (guitar on Sky Pup and percussion on Spread Eagle Beagle) from the album Houdini.
In 1988, Osborne and Krover moved to San Francisco, where the band recorded their next album, Ozma, in May 1989. It was released later that year.
Osborne, along with the rest of the Melvins, knew the members of Nirvana well. Once, when Dave Grohl's first band Scream broke up, he went to Osbourne for advice. He in response introduced Grohl to Kurt Cobain and Krista Novoselich, who were looking for a drummer at that moment. As subsequently said Novoselic, “after two minutes they knew that he was a suitable drummer” [1] .
In 1994, Osborne starred in a video for the Beck song, “Beercan,” which used samples from the Melvins song, “Hogleg.” In 1997, he also appeared in The Offspring's promotional video, “All I Want,” in the guise of a masked pianist.
Buzz joined Tool on their tour of Ænema . Melvins herself also performed at the opening of their performances during the tour. In 1998, Osborne joined Faith No More vocalist Mike Patton's new band, Fantômas . It exists to this day.
In 2014, Buzz Osbourne announced his first solo acoustic tour in support of his EP “This Machine Kills Artists” and the album, which was released in June of the same year via Ipecac Recordings .
Musical equipment
Osborne primarily uses Gibson Les Paul guitars from the 1960s and 1970s, playing through Boss effects pedals and a variety of vintage amps and cabinets. Since 2009, he switched mainly to aluminum guitars from EGC , citing a preference for the size of the neck and their tonality. [2]
Notes
- ↑ Azerrad, Michael. Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana. - Doubleday, 1994 .-- ISBN ISBN 0-385-47199-8 .
- ↑ Ted Drozdowski The Melvins' King Buzzo Lays Down the Rules on Guitar Playing, “Hot Topic” Punk, and What You Ought to Know About Music Archived on July 4, 2010. Gibson.com