Lysol (also known as Melvins, Untitled and Lice-All) is the fourth studio album by the Melvins, released in November 1992 via Boner Records. The album cover is a painting based on a 1908 sculpture by Cyrus Edwin Dallin, Appeal to the Great Spirit. The image also appears on The Beach Boys in Concert, on the logo for Brother Records, and on the cover of The Time Is Near by the Keef Hartley Band.
The album consists of six separate tracks which were mastered and assembled as one “megacomposition”. It also features covers of Flipper‘s “Sacrifice” (from the album Gone Fishin’) and Alice Cooper‘s “Second Coming” and “The Ballad of Dwight Fry“, both from the album Love It to Death. The album has been credited as an influence on the drone doom genre and the band Sunn O))).
Boner Records was unaware that Lysol was a registered trademark until after the first batch of record jackets and CD booklets back cards had already been printed. Lehn & Fink sent a staff member to go undercover as an interviewer for a magazine to find out information about the record, as they did not want the Lysol name on the album. Boner officially retitled the record Melvins and covered the word Lysol with black tape on the front of the jackets and booklets and with black ink on the spines. Early after the initial release, the tape and ink were easily removed, and many fans did so. Later, attempting to remove the tape would result in severe damage. Subsequent printings omitted the word Lysol entirely.
On January 20, 2015, Boner re released the album in a double LP combo with Eggnog. The title was changed to “Lice-All“, presumably to avoid legal conflict with Lysol owner Reckitt but maintain the phonetic recognition.
Tracklist:
- Hung Bunny
- Roman Dog Bird
- Sacrifice (Flipper cover)
- Second Coming (Alice Cooper cover)
- The Ballad of Dwight Fry (Michael Owen Bruce, Cooper)
- With Teeth
No edition of the album gives a track listing. In the CD edition, the entire six song program is presented as one continuous and unbroken track.
the Melvins
Buzz: guitar, lead vocals
Joe: bass, backing vocals
Dale: drums, backing vocals
