Melvins, Big Business Kick Off Tour Together
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For this next exercise, you'll need a friend and a sledgehammer. Got them? Okay, now give your friend the sledgehammer, and ask him/her to slam you in the head with it as hard as humanly possible. We'll wait while you collect the pieces of your skull off the floor... Now, wasn't that fun?

If your answer is "yes," then immediately click that "[MORE...]" link below and make your way to any stop of the upcoming Melvins and Big Business tour.

Big Business are pummeling in support of their newest album, this year's Here Come the Waterworks. Melvins, who have counted both members of Big Business among their ranks for a minute now, are shredding in anticipation of the release of their Making Love Demos as part of a previously reported package with a comic book due October 9.

Also previously reported is that the first stop of the tour, tomorrow, September 15 in L.A., is a Don't Look Back show featuring Melvins playing Houdini in its entirety and Mudhoney doing the same with Superfuzz Bigmuff and Early Singles.

Date nights:

09-15 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater (no Big Business set) *
09-16 Sacramento, CA - Harlow's Night Club
09-18 Seattle, WA - The Showbox
09-19 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
09-21 Ft. Collins, CO - Aggie Theater
09-22 Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre
09-23 Colorado Springs, CO - The Black Sheep
09-25 Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck
09-26 Sauget, IL - Pop's
09-27 Chicago, IL - Double Door
09-28 Detroit, MI - Small's
09-29 Cleveland, OH - Peabody's
10-01 Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore at TLA
10-02 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
10-04 New Haven, CT - Toad's Place
10-05 New York, NY - The Fillmore at Irving Plaza
10-06 Brooklyn, NY - The Luna Lounge
10-07 Washington, DC - The Black Cat
10-09 Spartanburg, SC - Ground Zero
10-10 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club
10-11 Birmingham, AL - Bottle Tree
10-12 Knoxville, TN - Blue Cats
10-13 Nashville, TN - Exit/In
10-15 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jack's
10-16 Houston, TX - Red Room at Meridian
10-17 Austin, TX - Emo's
10-18 Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre
10-22 Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse

* with Mudhoney