Stag (Melvins album)

Stag
Stag
Studio album by Melvins
Released	July 15, 1996
Recorded	1996
Studio	Sound City (Los Angeles); A&M (Hollywood); Entourage; Falconer (London);
Genre	Alternative metal; sludge metal;
Length	50:56
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Melvins, GGGarth, Joe Barresi
Melvins chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10^[5]
NME	2/10^[6]
Spin	6/10^[7]

Stag is the eighth studio album by American rock band Melvins, released in 1996 through Atlantic Records. This is the final album the band released under Atlantic before being dropped from the label. Promotional singles were released for the songs "The Bit"^[8] and "Bar-X the Rocking M"^[9] with the latter having a music video.

Track listing

All lyrics by Buzz Osborne unless noted.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"The Bit"		Dale Crover	4:45
2.	"Hide" (instrumental)		Osborne	0:50
3.	"Bar-X the Rocking M"		Crover, Mark Deutrom, Osborne	2:24
4.	"Yacobs Lab" (instrumental)		Deutrom	1:17
5.	"The Bloat"		Osborne	3:41
6.	"Tipping the Lion"		Osborne	3:48
7.	"Black Bock"		Osborne	2:43
8.	"Goggles"		Crover, Deutrom, Osborne	6:30
9.	"Soup" (instrumental)		Crover, Deutrom, Osborne	2:39
10.	"Buck Owens"		Osborne	3:11
11.	"Sterilized"		Crover, Deutrom, Osborne	3:30
12.	"Lacrimosa"	Deutrom	Crover, Deutrom, Osborne	4:40
13.	"Skin Horse"		Osborne	5:16
14.	"Captain Pungent"		Osborne	2:21
15.	"Berthas"		Osborne	1:25
16.	"Cottonmouth"	Crover	Crover	1:56

Personnel

King Buzzo – guitar & vocals; all instrumentation (2), backing vocals (7), moog (9), bass (11), drums (12), interlude guitar (13); engineer, producer & mixer (1–3 & 5–15)
Mark D – bass; additional guitar (1, 3, 6, 7), all instrumentation (4), slide guitar (5), backing vocals (7), moog & drum beat (9), guitar (11, 12), vocals (12), interlude guitar, baritone guitar & piano (all 13); engineer, producer & mixer (1 & 3–15)
Dale C – drums & percussion; additional guitar & sitar (1), bongos & backing vocals (7), moog (9), guitar (11), all instrumentation & vocals (16); engineer, producer & mixer (1, 3 & 5–16)

with

Dirty Walt – valve trombone (3)
Mac Mann – organ & grand piano (3)
Bill Bartell – guitar (11)
Mackie Osborne – drums (12); illustration & design

Additional personnel

GGGarth – engineer, producer & mixer (1, 3, 5–7, 9, 10, 13–15); backing vocals (7)
Joe Barresi – engineer, producer & mixer (1, 3, 5–7, 9, 10, 13–15)
Alex Newport – engineer, producer & mixer (8)^{[citation needed]}
Chris Kozlowski – engineer, producer & mixer (11)
Stephen Marcussen – mastering
Ron Boustead – mastering
David Lefkowitz – management & fan club

Charts

Album

Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1996	Heatseekers	33

References

^ "The 10 essential alt-metal albums - Metal Hammer". Teamrock.com. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
^ Hill, Stephen (February 19, 2019). "10 essential alt-metal albums". Metal Hammer. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
^ Mallon, Tom (May 2002). "Melvins - Hostile Ambient Takeover". CMJ (101). ISSN 1074-6978.
^ "Stag - Melvins". AllMusic.
^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 271. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
^ Cox, Tom (July 27, 1996). "Melvins - Stag". NME. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
^ Michel, Sia (September 1996). "The Melvins - Stag / Biohazard - Mata Leão". Spin. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
^ "Melvins - The Bit". Discogs.com. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
^ "Melvins - Bar-X-The Rocking M". Discogs.com. Retrieved February 24, 2022.

[1] "The 10 essential alt-metal albums - Metal Hammer". Teamrock.com. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2022.

[2] Hill, Stephen (February 19, 2019). "10 essential alt-metal albums". Metal Hammer. Retrieved November 10, 2020.

[3] Mallon, Tom (May 2002). "Melvins - Hostile Ambient Takeover". CMJ (101). ISSN 1074-6978.

[4] "Stag - Melvins". AllMusic.

[5] Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 271. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.

[6] Cox, Tom (July 27, 1996). "Melvins - Stag". NME. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved November 3, 2019.

[7] Michel, Sia (September 1996). "The Melvins - Stag / Biohazard - Mata Leão". Spin. Retrieved November 3, 2019.

[8] "Melvins - The Bit". Discogs.com. Retrieved February 24, 2022.

[9] "Melvins - Bar-X-The Rocking M". Discogs.com. Retrieved February 24, 2022.

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Buzz Osborne Dale Crover Steven Shane McDonald Lori "Lorax" Black Mark Deutrom Mike Dillard Trevor Dunn Matt Lukin Jeff Pinkus Joe Preston Kevin Rutmanis Jared Warren Coady Willis
Studio albums	Gluey Porch Treatments Ozma Bullhead Lysol Houdini Prick Stoner Witch Stag Honky The Maggot The Bootlicker The Crybaby Electroretard Hostile Ambient Takeover (A) Senile Animal Nude with Boots The Bride Screamed Murder Freak Puke (Melvins Lite) Everybody Loves Sausages Tres Cabrones (Melvins 1983) Hold It In Basses Loaded A Walk with Love & Death Pinkus Abortion Technician Working with God (Melvins 1983) Five Legged Dog Bad Mood Rising Tarantula Heart
Collaborations	Pigs of the Roman Empire (with Lustmord) Never Breathe What You Can't See (with Jello Biafra) Sieg Howdy! (with Jello Biafra) Three Men and a Baby (with Mike Kunka)
EPs	Six Songs Eggnog King Buzzo Dale Crover Joe Preston Tora Tora Tora The Bulls & the Bees
Live albums	Your Choice Live Series Vol. 12 Alive at the Fucker Club Colossus of Destiny Millennium Monsterwork 2000 (with Fantômas) Houdini Live 2005: A Live History of Gluttony and Lust Melvins vs. Minneapolis Sugar Daddy Live
Compilations	Singles 1–12 The Trilogy Vinyl Electroretard 26 Songs Melvinmania: Best of the Atlantic Years 1993–1996 Neither Here nor There Mangled Demos from 1983 The Making Love Demos Chicken Switch
Video releases	Salad of a Thousand Delights Live from London 2006 (with Fantômas)
Singles/songs	"Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More" "Love Canal/Someday" "With Yo' Heart, Not Yo' Hands" "Boris" "Venus in Furs" "Honey Bucket" "See How Pretty, See How Smart"
Related articles	Discography We Reach: The Music of the Melvins Big Business Mackie Osborne