Two for the Road is a series in which two artists touring together chat about playing shows, life backstage, and more. The latest installment of the series features Melvins frontman Buzz Osborne chatting with Napalm Death singer Barney Greenway.
Melvins and Napalm Death are hitting the road together for an extensive co-headlining Spring 2025 US tour, kicking off this Friday (April 4th) in San Diego, and running through June 7th in Berkeley, California. The outing is dubbed “Savage Imperial Death March Part II,” as it reprises the veteran bands’ 2016 joint tour.
Ahead of the tour, Melvins frontman Buzz Osborne caught up with Napalm Death singer Barney Greenway for Consequence‘s Two for the Road series, and the two shared memories of their previous outing together, expectations for this new tour, the staying power of their respective bands, the financial hurdles music acts face today on the road, and a couple of real-life Spinal Tap moments that happened to each of them
With Napalm Death and Melvins each going strong for roughly 40 years, both Greenway and Osborne expressed gratitude in being able to continue to make music and tour for a living.
“Napalm is so cacophonous, it’s so noisy,” said Greenway. “Yet, it stood the test of nearly four decades now. People still support the band. It could be the other way. It could be like, ‘Enough of that, already!’ And there [would be] no basis for us to go out and do extensive tours. So, I’m thankful. I don’t take it for granted, that’s for sure.”
Osborne added, “I have never taken it for granted, I’ve always felt blessed, and I’ve always tried to serve it as best I could. Take it to the people, make records. That’s what I do. People are like, ‘Why do you make so many records?’ And it’s like, ‘This is what I do!'”
He continued, “I put as much effort into this, if not more, than anyone would for any kind of career, whether it’s doctors, lawyers. I’ve sacrificed a lot of my life because I’m so interested in making this work.”
Watch the full conversation between Buzz Osborne and Barney Greenway in the video above, and see the dates for Melvins and Napalm Death’s co-headlining tour below.
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Napalm Death and Melvins’ 2025 Tour Dates:
04/04 – San Diego, CA @ Music Box *
04/05 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory *
04/07 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall *
04/08 – San Jose, CA @ The Ritz *
04/10 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco *
04/12 – Las Vegas, NV @ Swan Dive *
04/13 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren *
04/14 – Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre *
04/15 – El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace *
04/17 – Dallas, TX @ The Echo Lounge & Music Hall *
04/18 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s *
04/19 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall – Downstairs *
04/20 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Chelsea’s Live *
04/21 – New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues New Orleans *
04/23 – Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum *
04/24 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room *
04/25 – Orlando, FL @ The Beacham *
04/26 – Savannah, GA @ District Live *
04/27 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade – Heaven Stage *
04/28 – Birmingham, AL @ Saturn *
04/29 – Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club *
05/01 – Charlotte, NC @ The Underground – Charlotte *
05/02 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle *
05/03 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Elevation 27 *
05/04 – Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Soundstage *
05/05 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer *
05/07 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw ^
05/08 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club ^
05/09 – Harrisburg, PA @ Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center ^
05/10 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Small’s ^
05/11 – Cleveland, OH @ TBA ^
05/12 – Detroit, MI @ Saint Andrew’s Hall ^
05/13 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection ^
05/15 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s ^
05/16 – Louisville, KY @ Mercury Ballroom ^
05/17 – Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl Nashville ^
05/18 – St. Louis, MO @ Red Flag ^
05/19 – Chicago, IL @ Metro ^
05/20 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave II ^
05/22 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue – Main room $
05/23 – Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s $
05/24 – Kansas City, MO @ Madrid Theatre $
05/25 – Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room $
05/27 – Denver, CO @ Summit $
05/29 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall $
05/31 – Bozeman, MT @ The ELM $
06/01 – Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory Spokane $
06/02 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox $
06/03 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall $
06/04 – Eugene, OR @ McDonald Theatre $
06/06 – Reno, NV @ Virginia Street Brewhouse $
06/07 – Berkeley, CA @ Cornerstone Berkeley $
* = w/ Weedeater and Shane Embury’s Dark Sky Burial
^ = w/ Titan to Tachyons and Shane Embury’s Dark Sky Burial
$ = w/ The Hard-Ons (with Jerry A) and Shane Embury’s Dark Sky Burial
