the melvins are an american rock band. they are from the city of aberdeen, washington. the only members who have been in the band for a long time are buzz "king buzzo" osborne who plays guitar and dale crover who plays drums. coady willis who plays drums (in addition to dale) and jared warren who plays bass guitar are also currently in the band. a variety of terms have been used to describe their style of music, including 'sludge metal', 'grunge', and 'stoner rock'.