Slick alternates between piercing solo licks and chugging rhythm riffs with whammy-bar dives and warbles adding punch along the way
groove-oriented riffs and densely layered instrumentation
Aside from the obvious example of exotica
James Hetfield's highly technical rhythm guitar style drives most of the album
Jim LaMarca (bass guitar)
Houdini 4/13/1992 Slick alternates between piercing soloMelvins: King Buzzo (vocals, guitar); Dale (vocals, drums); Lorax (bass). Additional personnel: Kurt Cobain (guitar, percussion); Bill Bartell (guitar, bass); Billy Anderson (bass); Al Smith, Mike Supple (percussion). Recorded at Brilliant Studios and Razor's Edge, San Francisco, California; Laundry Room, Seattle, Washington. To essay a concise, surefooted summation of the Melvins' catalog would be reductive at best, and laughable at worst. This is,