Melvins

If you’re reading this, you likely know all about the Melvins’ Masterpiece “Houdini”. It’s the first full Melvins album I ever heard. I have a distinct memory of seeing the “Honey Bucket” video on MTV’s 120 minutes and being completely blown away. It seemed odd to me that this record was on a major label; but hey… Nirvana had already happened, the weird kids weren’t viewed (by the jocks, rednecks, and preppy kids) as total freaks anymore, and Kurt Cobain’s name was listed as a “producer” on the record. It was an interesting time to be a high-school senior who was into “punk” as we seemed to loose a bit of our underdog spirit. I still can’t get enough of this record. –Charles Cardello/ Bifocal Media 

So back in 2016 er 17, Third Man Records was reissuing the holy trinity of the Melvin’s Atlantic releases and I got to do my linocut art take on all three releases. I was especially stoked to do Houdini. To me Kozik’s sleeve art nailed the peak moment of the 90’s. It was a great confluence of Melvins meets Kozik meets AmRep (we did the vinyl version of the Atlantic release). Frank had always been a good friend and ally in the trenches back then and I thought him the king of graphic/art cool, so years later paying homage to King Kozik was a real treat. I was pretty stoked with the results and promptly sent a copy to Frank. He responded with praise and his blessings which normally was like pulling teeth with him and meant the world to me. We collaborated successfully quite a bit over the decades, but this was in a new way. Unfortunately we lost Frank recently, quite the sucker punch I admit. Frank I’m still waiting on that last painting ya owe me ya salty prick ya! I’m just glad I got to pay tribute when you were here! -Thomas Hazelmyer

LIMITED TO 100. Screen Printed on high quality 14 X 15 Canvas bags.