Honky

by Melvins

Honky cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 5 May 1997
  • Label: Amphetamine Reptile
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:10:51
  • Community rating: 3.41/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Joe Barresi, Mac Mann

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Relieved of their major-label obligations following their exit from Atlantic, the legendary Pacific Northwest trio delivered one of their most abrasive and wildly unconventional records. 'Honky' leans heavily into unsettling ambient electronics, sparse drones, and sprawling avant-garde soundscapes, deliberately defying the heavy, riff-oriented expectations of their fanbase.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, avant-garde, atmospheric, scary, instrumental, experimental, distorted, sludge, dark-humor

Tracklist

  1. They All Must Be Slaughtered (8:17)
  2. Mombius Hibachi (1:59)
  3. Lovely Butterfly (2:10)
  4. Pitfalls In Serving Warrants (3:36)
  5. Air Breather Deep In The Arms Of Morphius (12:12)
  6. Laughing With Lucifer At Satan's Sideshow (2:17)
  7. How --++-- (3:27)
  8. Harry Lauders Walking Stick Tree (3:18)
  9. Grin (4:12)
  10. In The Freaktose The Bugs Are Dying (29:23)

Credits

  • David Scott Stone - cymbal [bowed cymbal], electronics [oscillators]
  • Dale Crover - performer [melvins]
  • King Buzzo - performer [melvins]
  • Mark Deutrom - performer [melvins]
  • Mac Mann - piano, bells, synthesizer
  • Kat Bjelland - vocals [additional vocals]

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