What about the Melvins?

Being a Melvins fan means occupying one of the weirdest places in music fandom.  That is the fan who loves not having everyone like their favorite band’s biggest song and claim that they are a fan, and the fan who really wish their favorite band was more popular. The Melvins are one of the hardest-working bands in all of music. They’ve been around for thirty years and have released nineteen albums and over ten eps. They’ve also made it a conscious effort to change styles and evolve as musicians. They’ve achieved a great deal of success, but still continue to actively tour. Maybe I don’t wish that they were more successful, maybe I just wish there were more Melvins fans in New York, as I’ve barely met one who wasn’t a casual fan. Two casual fans who are friends of mine went to a Melvins concert and enjoyed it, but described the crowd as being full of scary, forty-year old guys. Maybe their New York fanbase are a little scary... Maybe their being a cultural institution of rock music makes them sort of untouchable to anything but praise, and most of that is washed out anyways. I think I'd just like to discuss Melvins once in a while as I do other bands, Oh well, listening's good enough.