King Buzzo & Trevor Dunn with JD Pinkus at Underground Arts

Saturday, September 7, 2024

Doors: 7:30 PM | Show: 8:30 PM

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About King Buzzo 

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King Buzzo is the stage name used by Buzz Osborne (born Roger Osborne), best known as the lead guitarist with the Melvins, long-running proponents of the louder side of the alternative rock scene whose embrace of heavy guitars, big riffs, and slower tempos made them one of the key precursors of grunge. While Osborne's work with the Melvins (best heard on 1993's Houdini and 1996's Stag) was devoted to uncompromising hard rock, his albums released as King Buzzo -- 2014's This Machine Kills Artists and 2020's Gift of Sacrifice -- were detours into acoustic music, through the songwriting and attack was still steeped in a very similar sonic outlook.

Osborne was born in the small Pacific Northwest town of Montesano, Washington on March 25, 1964, and he grew up on a diet of '70s arena rock, in particular Black Sabbath, Kiss, Aerosmith, and the Who. While attending Montesano High School, Osborne formed a band with two of his fellow students, bassist Matt Lukin and drummer Mike Dillard. The band became known as the Melvins and specialized in hard rock covers until Osborne was introduced to hardcore punk, after which they turned their tempos up to high and took a more melodically challenging path. In time, the Melvins would slow back down, especially after drummer Dale Crover replaced Dillard, but they held on to their bent, minor-key melodies, creating a sound that fused punk with metal in an unprecedented way. Making their recording debut in 1986 with an EP for C/Z Records simply titled 6 Songs, the Melvins set out on a long and prolific run as one of America's most unstoppable alternative rock outfits, anticipating grunge and influencing their friends Nirvana.

Throughout the Melvins' history, Osborne would go back and forth between the name Buzz Osborne and the nickname King Buzzo, and he used the latter handle for several solo releases. In 1992, the three members of the Melvins each released solo EPs, modeled after the notorious Kiss solo albums of 1978; Osborne's EP, titled King Buzzo, featured four solo tracks, with Dave Grohl playing drums under the pseudonym Dale Nixon. In 2014, King Buzzo dropped his first solo album, which was also his first acoustic project, an unplugged but heavy full-length titled This Machine Kills Artists. 2020's Gift of Sacrifice was another acoustic project full of dark and menacing sounds, with Osborne joined by bassist Trevor Dunn.

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About Trevor Dunn

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1968: Born traversing a fine line between hippies and rednecks behind the redwood curtain. First musical affinities: The Beach Boys, Blondie, Cheap Trick, Kiss. First television: Ultraman, Speedracer, Bugs Bunny. First films: Over The Edge, The Mouse & His Child, Snoopy Come Home, Bedknobs & Broomsticks. First books: Zylpha Keatly Snyder's Witches of Worm & Harriet Weaver’s Beloved Was Bahamas

1977: Began studies on clarinet

1981: Began studies on electric bass right after older brother brought home a 7” of Detroit Rock City. Immediately got involved in two bands, one called Ful Choke and the other, Gemini.

1986: The same year that Lynch's Blue Velvet and Slayer's Reign In Blood were released, graduated from EHS. The school's motto: “Pigs live in litter, loggers live in pride". Started a band called Mr. Bungle. Then got a job at a Shakey's pizza run by Born Again Christians. The marquee read: Jesus Saves, We Deliver. Began classical technique studies on the contrabass.

1990: Graduated from Humboldt State University after studying the likes of Harry Partch, Iannis Xenakis, Alban Berg, Igor Stravinksy, Gustav Mahler, Bach, you know, all the cats. Also performed Koussevitsky's Concerto for Double Bass with the HSO after winning the department’s Concerto/Aria competition.

1992: First Mr. Bungle record released on Warner Bros. Moved to SF and two months later embarked on the first MB tour of the US. At the age of 24 was one of the oldest people in the van. For the next eight years played lots of weddings and restaurants between tours with MB. Learned a lot about music playing with Connah, Goldberg, Schott, Kavee, Amendola, Greenlief, et al.

2000: Relocated to Brooklyn, NYC. Currently Playing sporadically in several bands such as Endangered Blood, Dan Weiss’ Starebaby, SpermChurch (duo with Sannety) and various projects under the direction of John Zorn (Nova Quartet, Brian Marsella Trio, Asmodeus). Also sometimes with Wendy Eisenberg, The Melvins, Kris Davis & Oliver Steidle. Also writing music for film, trio-convulsant, a singer/songwriter home recording project, and a piece for loud, amplified solo bass.

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About JD Pinkus

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JD Pinkus is an American bassist best known for his work with American punk band Butthole Surfers from 1985 to 1994 and since the 2009 reunion. In 1990, he and Butthole Surfers' lead vocalist Gibby Haynes released Digital Dump, the only album from their psychedelic house music side project The Jackofficers.

JD Pinkus then co-founded the band Honky who went on to record five albums and are still currently active. Pinkus also performs with Pure Luck, who released a self-titled release in 2017 on Heavy Feather Records. He leaves his bass to play Banjo and Guitar in this project. On their 30th anniversary tour in 2013, Pinkus joined the Melvins in place of Jared Warren (on paternity leave) as well as performing with the opening Honky. He subsequently joined the Melvins full-time, touring with them in 2014 in support of the album Hold It In, which also featured Butthole Surfers founder Paul Leary, and again in 2015. He also plays on the song Captain Come Down which was first released in 2015 on Chaos as Usual, a split release with Le Butcherettes, and later included on the 2016 album Basses Loaded.

In 2018, JD Pinkus released a solo album, Keep on the Grass on cassette tape on Danny Barnes Minner Bucket Records and later Vinyl and Compact Disc through Heavy Feather Records. It was recorded entirely on banjo and features a rendition of the song Bride of Crankenstein from the Melvins album Hold It In. The Keep on the Grass album release show was with Sleep in San Pedro on September 15th, 2018.
On February 12, 2018, the Melvins announced that Pinkus would be joining them, alongside current bassist Steven McDonald (Redd Kross), on their next album and subsequent tour. Released on April 20, 2018, the aptly titled "Pinkus Abortion Technician" features both bass players and four songs written or co-written by Pinkus. In May of 2021, JD Pinkus and Daddy Longhead released another album titled ‘Twinkle” which was originally recorded but not distributed in 1998.

JD Pinkus second solo “Space Grass” banjo album was released on August 20th, 2021 titled “Fungus Shui.” The album was written, recorded, and mixed by Pinkus himself at Plastic Cannon Studio in Asheville, North Carolina. The album was mastered by Kramer. Fungus Shui LP's were released on Shimmy Disc and CD's available through Heavy Feather Records.
JD Pinkus teamed up with the artist Tall Tall Trees to release the collaborative psychedelic banjo album "Ponder Machine" on June 30th 2023 through Shimmy Disc Records.

JD Pinkus's newest release, five years in the making, "Grow A Pair" will arrive worldwide June 7th, 2024 via Shimmy Disc with guest artists forming The JD Pinkus Bludnerbuss.