Joe Preston | ||||
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Released | August 1992 | |||
Recorded | 1991 | |||
Genre | Sludge metal, drone metal, jazz, instrumental rock, noise rock | |||
Length | 27:36 | |||
Label | Boner | |||
Producer | Jeff Brangley | |||
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Joe Preston is an EP by then-Melvins bassist Joe Preston, released in 1992 through Boner Records. It is believed that he is the only performer on the record and that the other two performers are a hoax; "Salty Green" is a known pseudonym of Preston, also seen on the "Night Goat" single. Denial Fiend was a pseudonym for Martin Ain who was in the band Hellhammer. [2]
The cover art for the album is a parody of the cover art from Ace Frehley's 1978 solo album. The credit for Marina Sirtis as "Counselor" is a reference to the actress that played Counselor Deanna Troi on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation .
Joe Preston is credited for vocals albeit the whole album is instrumental, intermixed with several voice clips sourced from elsewhere.
Buzz Osborne has gone on record to say this is one of his least favorite Melvins releases, according to a CMJ New Music article in 2005:
"The whole idea [to do Kiss-esque solo albums] was a joke that went out of control. <...> Joe did his as a homework assignment. He wasn’t into it at all. We couldn’t believe that he wasn’t interested in this. That was the beginning of the end for him. It’s terrible. His heart wasn’
— Buzz Osborne, CMJ New Music Weekly [3]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Eagle Has Landed" | Joe Preston, Denial Fiend | 1:58 |
2. | "Bricklebrit" (contains samples from Apocalypse Now ) | Joe Preston, Denial Fiend | 2:36 |
3. | "Hands First Flower" (contains samples from Apocalypse Now ) | Joe Preston, Denial Fiend, Salty Green | 22:58 |
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