Gluey Porch Treatments

Gluey Porch Treatments is an album by the Melvins. The album was released in 1987 through Alchemy Records. The original release was vinyl only. This album has been re-released on tape with the Six Songs EP through Boner Records and appears as bonus material on the CD version of Ozma. Tracks 18–29 can only be found on the 1999 Ipecac Recordings re-release; these songs are taken from a boombox demo.

"Steve Instant Newman" and "As Was Is" are updated versions of "Disinvite" and "Easy As It Was" respectively, as heard on the Six Songs EP.

"Leeech" was originally a song by Green River entitled "Leech." When Melvins founder Buzz Osborne asked a member of Green River why they never played the song, the reply was that the band thought it was too repetitive and was therefore dropped from their set. The song was essentially given to the Melvins on the spot.

The song "Eye Flys" appears on the soundtrack for the film, Kurt Cobain About A Son

Track listing

All songs written by Buzz Osborne except where noted.

1. "Eye Flys" – 6:16
2. "Echo Head/Don't Piece Me" – 2:51
3. "Heater Moves and Eyes" – 3:52
4. "Steve Instant Neuman" – 1:31
5. "Influence of Atmosphere" – 1:51
6. "Exact Paperbacks" – 0:43
7. "Happy Grey or Black" – 2:01
8. "Leeech" (Mark Arm/Steve Turner) – 2:32
9. "Glow God" – 0:51
10. "Big as a Mountain" – 0:57
11. "Heaviness of the Load" – 3:06
12. "Flex with You" – 0:54
13. "Bitten Into Sympathy" – 1:45
14. "Gluey Porch Treatments" – 0:48
15. "Clipping Roses" – 0:49
16. "As Was It" – 2:51
17. "Over From Under the Excrement" – 4:39

Bonus songs on 1999 reissue:

18. "Echohead (Demo)" – 0:32
19. "Flex with You (Demo)" – 0:58
20. "Don't Piece Me (Demo)" – 2:20
21. "Bitten Into Sympathy (Demo)" – 1:30
22. "Exact Paperbacks (Demo)" – 0:46
23. "Glow God/Big As a Mountain (Demo)" – 1:55
24. "Heaviness Of The Load (Demo)" – 3:04
25. "Happy Gray Or Black (Demo)" – 1:59
26. "Heater Moves and Eyes (Demo)" – 4:29
27. "Gluey Porch Treatments (Demo)" – 0:52
28. "Eye Flys (Demo)" – 3:11
29. "Clipping Roses (Demo)" – 0:55

Personnel

• The Melvins:
• Dale Crover - drums
• Matt Lukin - bass guitar, vocals
• Buzz Osborne - vocals, guitar, liner notes on 1999 Ipecac reissue
• Carl Herlofsson - producer, mixing
• Mark Deutrom - producer
• David Musgrove - second engineer
• Mackie Osborne - new artwork on 1999 Ipecac reissue