''Colossus of Destiny'' is a

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by the

Melvins Melvins (sometimes The Melvins) are an American rock band formed in 1983 in Montesano, Washington. Their early work was key to the development of both grunge and sludge metal. Initially, they performed as a trio but later also sometimes appeare ...

, released in 2001 through

Ipecac Recordings Ipecac Recordings is an independent record label based in California. It was founded on April 1, 1999 by Greg Werckman (ex-label manager of Alternative Tentacles, ex-lead singer of DUH, ex-employee of Mercury Records) and Mike Patton (Faith No M ...

. It was recorded live Friday, December 13, 1998, at Club Mangler,

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. It is nearly an hour of synthesizer and sample experimentation ending in a performance of the song ''"Eye Flys"''. It was reported that members of the audience were lying on the ground, covering their ears during this performance. The album was originally intended to be the third part of the band's 1999 album trilogy (''

The Maggot ''The Maggot'' is the tenth studio album by American rock band Melvins, released in 1999 through Ipecac Recordings. It is the first part of a trilogy followed by ''The Bootlicker'' and ''The Crybaby''. The Trilogy was later released on vinyl by ...

'', ''

The Bootlicker ''The Bootlicker'' is the eleventh studio album by the Melvins, released in 1999 through Ipecac Recordings. The album is the second part of a trilogy preceded by ''The Maggot'' and followed by ''The Crybaby''. The trilogy was later released on v ...

'' and ''

The Crybaby ''The Crybaby'' is the twelfth studio album by American rock band the Melvins, released in 2000 through Ipecac Recordings. It is the last part of a trilogy preceded by ''The Maggot'' and ''The Bootlicker''. The trilogy was later released on viny ...

'') until they came up with the guest star idea for ''

''. The name of the album is taken from the

John Fante John Fante (April 8, 1909 – May 8, 1983) was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his semi-autobiographical novel ''Ask the Dust'' (1939) about the life of Arturo Bandini, a struggling writer in Depre ...

book ''

The Road to Los Angeles ''The Road to Los Angeles'' is a novel by the American writer John Fante. It was written in 1936, but was published posthumously in 1985 by Black Sparrow Press. The novel is one of four featuring Fante's alter ego Arturo Bandini. In the Bandini ch ...

'', in which the main character, Arturo Bandini, writes a book bearing the name ''Colossus of Destiny''.

Track listing

Personnel

King Buzzo Roger "Buzz" Osborne (born March 25, 1964), also known as King Buzzo, is an American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. He is a founding member of the rock band Melvins, as well as Fantômas and Venomous Concept. Biography Born in Morton, Wa ...

- guitar, vocals, misc. *

Dale Crover Dale Crover (born October 23, 1967) is an American rock musician. Crover is best known as the drummer for Melvins and has also been the drummer for Men of Porn, Shrinebuilder, Crystal Fairy and, for a brief time, Nirvana. He is also guitarist an ...

- drums, vocals, misc. * Korny Ass Joker - bass, misc. * Adam Jones - guitar, misc.

Additional personnel

* Randy Hawkins - live engineer * Kurt Schlegle - live engineer *

Mackie Osborne Mackie Osborne is an American artist responsible for the design and illustrations of many music albums since the 1980s. She is a member of the band Fleabag and has contributed to many albums on packaging artwork, layout design and art direction. ...

- art

References

Melvins live albums 2001 live albums Ipecac Recordings live albums {{2000s-metal-album-stub