Coming in at number 16 on Rolling Stones Greatest Grunge Albums list is the Melvins 1993 major label debut, Houdini. Co-hosted this week, from the Synaptic Empire, host Randy Brown.

Houdini is the fifth studio album by the Melvins, released in 1993 on Atlantic Records. The album was the band’s major label debut after releasing their previous albums on the independent label Boner Records.

The album features a cover of the 1974 Kiss song “Goin’ Blind”. The songs “Hooch”, “Lizzy” and “Honey Bucket” were released as singles with accompanying music videos. “Night Goat” is a partial re-recording of a song the band had released as a single in 1992. Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain is given co-production credit alongside the Melvins on six tracks, for guitar on the song “Sky Pup”, and percussion on the song “Spread Eagle Beagle”.

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