November 5th, 2012
Thanks to everyone involved with the tour! Thanks for coming to the show, or shows if you did! We feel grateful to be able to still do this after almost 30 years, and we don’t take it for granted. Thanks to SPIN for letting us write the tour diary. It was fun to do. It was funny seeing people getting pissed off at us for shit talking certain rock stars. All of what we said is true! People don’t like the truth. They get defensive and weird when you say Billie Joe is a big baby for throwing a rock star tantrum, or that Rob Zombie is a total dick! It’s fucking true! I’m one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet! I say it’s true! Oh well, why believe us? We should just tell lies like Bob Dylan does. It’s more interesting than the truth anyway.
Melvins drummer Dale Crover closes out the band’s “51 States in 51 Days” tour diary at Spin.com
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October 26th, 2012

Congrats to Melvins Lite, who completed their 51 States in 51 Days tour last night in Hawaii! (Though the tour appears neither to be a Guinness World Record nor entirely unprecedented.)

(Dale Crover photo via Crover’s Facebook page; tour map via this Trevor Dunn appreciation blog)

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October 24th, 2012

Sorry Melvins, looks like George Thorogood did complete his 50 states in 50 days tour


According to an investigation by L.A. Weekly/West Coast Sound blogger Jason Roche, it appears that, contrary to the Melvins’ earlier claims, George Thorogood & the Destroyers did complete their 50 states in 50 days tour:

We next reached out to Mike Kappus, president of the San Francisco-based booking agency, who confirms that Thorogood indeed finished it as planned. “I’ve always been very proud of having organized that tour,” Kappus says in an email. “Every date certainly happened as planned.” He adds that Guinness’ criteria does not allow for country-specific records, which is why Thorogood’s tour was never listed in the book.

Oh, well. Melvins Lite are scheduled to complete their now slightly less impressive 51 States in 51 Days tour tomorrow (October 25) in Honolulu. Catch up with their tour diary at Spin.com.

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September 13th, 2012
On our drive after the show in Salt Lake, we got word that George Thorogood and Co. were all hacked off at us for saying they didn’t actually finish their 50 states in 50 days tour in the early ’80s. And they were looking for our manager and demanding an apology. Well, I don’t work real well with people demanding stuff, so we can look at this two ways: 1. We can say, ‘Whatever bitch’ and basically do nothing; or 2. We can say that we’re sorry. What surprises me is that these guys know who we are at all, let alone feel threatened by anything we could ever say in the press. Are they kidding?
Melvins frontman Buzz Osborne, from his latest “51 States in 51 Days” tour diary entry for Spin.com
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September 10th, 2012
Zoom The Melvins are documenting their 51 States in 51 Days* tour for Spin.com. Here’s their first entry: Riding the Stripper Bus in Alaska*Buzz Osborne explains: We are now calling this tour “51 States in 51 Days” because we think DC should be a state. Nonetheless, no one is listening to us about that, or much else really.

The Melvins are documenting their 51 States in 51 Days* tour for Spin.com. Here’s their first entry: Riding the Stripper Bus in Alaska

*Buzz Osborne explains: We are now calling this tour “51 States in 51 Days” because we think DC should be a state. Nonetheless, no one is listening to us about that, or much else really.

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September 6th, 2012
Zoom Last night in Anchorage, Alaska, the Melvins launched their Guinness world record attempt to play all 50 states and D.C. in 51 consecutive days. (Pictured: drummer Dale Crover with an Alaskan fan.) Tonight, they rock Seattle.

Last night in Anchorage, Alaska, the Melvins launched their Guinness world record attempt to play all 50 states and D.C. in 51 consecutive days. (Pictured: drummer Dale Crover with an Alaskan fan.) Tonight, they rock Seattle.

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July 10th, 2012
The world-famous Melvan returns (in poster form)!

The world-famous Melvan returns (in poster form)!

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June 8th, 2012
We’re driving. It’d be easy for Morrissey to get in his private jet and do it. If that was the case we would do four states a day.
Melvins frontman Buzz Osborne, talking to Paste about his band’s plans to set the world record for fastest U.S. tour
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June 5th, 2012
Zoom Melvins to attempt Guinness world record on U.S. tour

Melvins to attempt Guinness world record on U.S. tour

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