Daiana Feuer on August 18th, 2018

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Melvins have done two drummers and two guitarists before, so they decided to experiment with two bass players on their latest album, “Pinkus Abortion Technician,” with the Butthole Surfers’ Jeff Pinkus holding down the low end alongside Steven McDonald of Redd Kross and OFF!. The crowd moshed aggressively during their sold-out show Thursday night at the Echoplex, sucked up in the throes of heaviness unleashed by the mighty four-piece of Buzz Osborne, Dale Crover, McDonald and Pinkus. Before them, Tokyo’s Boris slayed in slow motion, playing their signature down-tempo doom/drone metal to a packed room. Heads swayed back and forth in unison to their mellow-yet-evil sludge.

Setlist: Sesame Street Meat, At a Crawl, The Kicking Machine, Saviour Machine (David Bowie cover), What They Say (Redd Kross cover), Anaconda, Stop (James Gang cover), Moving to Florida (Butthole Surfers cover), Edgar the Elephant, Sway (The Rolling Stones cover), Let It All Be, Honey Bucket, The Bit, Don’t Forget to Breathe (preceded by “Graveyard” drum intro), Onions Make the Milk Taste Bad, Evil New War God, Eye Flys, Song played from tape, Outro (So Long, Farewell)

Photos by Josh Beavers