All the Byross songs in one, hellishly convenient (and terrifying) place.

The Byross

After a 31-year career in music with the Melvins, which has born over 30 albums of studio and live material, dozens of limited and highly limited 12-inch, 10-inch, and 7-inch records, and north of 2000 live performances why is he going acoustic now?

Because it actually makes sense.

After all, Buzz has written the vast majority of the Melvins’ songs with a fair amount of them originally written on an acoustic guitar and then simply transferred to electric. "I recorded most of This Machine Kills Artists with my red white and blue Buck Owens American acoustic. It's a great guitar and is pretty much irreplaceable so it's staying home for tours. It's too bad really. Maybe I can paint the Chinese one I use live red white and blue! Ha!"

This Machine Kills Artists is an authentically acoustic album with no electric guitars, amplifiers or direct boxes used during the 17-track release’s recording.  Buzz’s live performance, previewed in a brief March tour, is equally raw, with the legendary singer/guitar player armed with only his guitar and his quirky-yet-captivating stories.

"I have no interest in sounding like a crappy version of James Taylor or a half assed version of Woody Guthrie,” explained Buzz.  “Which is what happens when almost every rock and roller straps on an acoustic guitar. No thanks... This Machine Kills Artists is a different kind of animal."  This Machine Kills Artists isn’t merely Melvins Lite (hey, there already is a Melvins Lite!), instead the album offers a surprising new side to the grunge progenitor, songs when offered naked further highlight what a powerful songwriter the Melvins’ front man is.

Along with the new album Buzz will be hitting the road on a giant tour that will take him all the way around the world! The tour itself will begin in the U.S. with a multi-month outing before winding it’s way throughout the globe. The songs on This Machine Kills Artists were written to be performed live and that's exactly what Buzz plans on doing.

It's all about digging it out of the dirt...

The more you work the luckier you get...


01 Dark Brown Teeth

Worship Music

Revolution Screams

The Emancipation of Your Mind

Weight of the World

Anything You Want

I Feel Like a Zombie Tonight

Convenient Lies

Music Box

Produced by Mark Xenophontos 

Lyrics by Mark Xenophontos 

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I swear I'm gonna marry you...
My supergirl...

I swear I'm gonna marry you
My supergirl breaking through
Flying high above the fear
Every doubt just disappears
We'll wage war on every fire
Rising up, we're climbing higher
With armor forged in love divine
Your hand forever holding mine

You lift me up when I'm breaking down
You're the only voice, the only sound

You're my greatest gift, the one I trust
When the night falls down, you raise me up
Every breath I take, you're the air I need
In the storm or sun, you're everything
You're everything to me

Everything, everything
You're everything to me

Got an old ring I'm making new
Setting diamonds bright for you
Blessed in His holy name
A sacred vow, an endless flame
Dancing in the kitchen light
Your eyes that night, they held me tight
You're the one I'll always choose
Together we've got nothing to lose

Every minute that we're apart
Feels like forever in my heart

You're my greatest gift, the one I trust
When the night falls down, you raise me up
Every breath I take, you're the air I need
In the storm or sun, you're everything
You're everything to me

Everything, everything
You're everything to me

May the Lord guide us onward
May He light our winding path
We'll run this race until the end
And never be apart

We won't bend, we won't break
This is the promise that we make!

You're my greatest gift, the one I trust
When I'm falling down, you raise me up
Every breath I take, you're the air I need
Through whatever weather, you're everything

You're everything (yeah!)
Yeah, you're everything (oh!)
My supergirl, you're everything
You're everything to me

I swear I'm gonna marry you (I swear...)
My supergirl, forever true (forever...)
Flying up into the air (yeah...)
We'll meet each other there

My Supergirl

Songs About Fucking

Kitty Empire

Official Remix for Deftones by Sol Invicto

Production: Richie Londres & AJ Cookson

YSTB

Deftones Official Remix #1

First single off upcoming album "Imperium". Out September 17th on Captured Tracks.

The Emancipation of Your Mind

Steve Kingman

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