Chicken Switch | ||||
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Remix album by Melvins and Various Artists | ||||
Released | September 29, 2009 | |||
Genre | Sludge metal, experimental, noise, plunderphonics | |||
Label | Ipecac | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Drowned In Sound | (6/10) [2] |
Fangoria | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Pitchfork Media | (7.8/10) [4] |
Chicken Switch is a Melvins remix album by various noise and experimental artists, released on September 29, 2009. [5] Unlike usual remix albums where the remixer is given a single track to work with, for Chicken Switch each remixer was given a full album to work with and pull from to create their track (and in some cases, more than one full album was used as source material). The song names were also newly selected by their remixer.
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Melvins are an American rock band formed in 1983 in Montesano, Washington. Their early work was key to the development of both grunge and sludge metal. Initially, they performed as a trio but later also sometimes appeared as a quartet, with either two drummers or two bassists. Since 1984, vocalist and guitarist Buzz Osborne and drummer Dale Crover have been constant members. The band was named after a supervisor at a Thriftway in Montesano, where Osborne also worked as a clerk; "Melvin" was disliked by other employees, and the band's members felt it to be an appropriately ridiculous name.
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