EVERYBODY LOVES OUR TOWN

(Source: acidez-frecuente)

An outtake from one of my interviews with Buzz Osborne of the Melvins:

ME: When did you start cultivating the hair?

BUZZ: Oh, always, one way or another. You don’t understand, I don’t care about that kind of stuff. It just doesn’t make any difference to me. I want to look like a weirdo. I like it.

ME: Well, it has to make some difference, otherwise you wouldn’t style it that way.

BUZZ: I don’t style it—I let it do whatever it wants. I’m trying to look like a freak. Mission accomplished.

ME: And that started when?

BUZZ: Oh, a long time ago, I have no idea when. I used to have my hair cut when I knew that I’d be employed hourly. I never had a good job in my life; I always had shit jobs. Nobody would hire me for a good job. I’ve always joked that I have a genius level of intelligence in my brain, none of which I can use on a daily basis.

ME: In what capacity do you use your intelligence—for your music?

BUZZ: I just mean, can you make any money with it? No. Who cares? Go down to Safeway and see if they’ll pay you for it: “I’d like to use these press clippings about the Melvins to buy food.” “No.”