weird hill to die on but ok if you like nazis i guess
Buzz has definitely voiced some cryptoconservative talking points, but he does at least have the good sense not to go full chud, at least not publicly. It’s never been explicitly racist to my knowledge, just stuff like “anyone who doesn’t work as hard as me touring and releasing music is lazy,” ie “why don’t people pull themselves up by their bootstraps” type shit. Listen to the way he talks about various bassists he’s fired over the years and you’ll see, as well as the way he talks about people with addiction
The totenkopf is definitely bad news, and they have some other questionable shit, including album/song titles like “electroretard” and “black Santa”
I think this stuff is fully worth talking about just to keep the record straight but I also don’t think it’s fair to characterize the Melvins as a full-on nazi band.
They’re more like KISS (who Buzz is a huge fan of): Gene Simmons has some pretty offensive opinions but the music is almost completely apolitical dumb-dumb heavy rock and roll.