Stag is the eighth studio album by the Melvins, released in July 15, 1996 through Atlantic Records. It was produced by the Melvins, GGGarth and Joe Barresi. This is the final album the band released under Atlantic before being dropped from the label. Promotional singles were released for the songs “The Bit“ and “Bar-X the Rocking M” with the latter having a music video.
Tracklist:
- The Bit
- Hide (instrumental)
- Bar-X the Rocking M
- Yacobs Lab (instrumental)
- The Bloat
- Tipping the Lion
- Black Bock
- Goggles
- Soup (instrumental)
- Buck Owens
- Sterilized
- Lacrimosa
- Skin Horse
- Captain Pungent
- Berthas
- Cottonmouth
The Melvins
King Buzzo: guitar & vocals; all instrumentation (2), backing vocals (7), moog (9), bass (11), drums (12), interlude guitar (13); engineer, producer & mixer (1–3 & 5–15)
Mark D: bass; additional guitar (1, 3, 6, 7), all instrumentation (4), slide guitar (5), backing vocals (7), moog & drum beat (9), guitar (11, 12), vocals (12), interlude guitar, baritone guitar & piano (all 13); engineer, producer & mixer (1 & 3–15)
Dale C: drums & percussion; additional guitar & sitar (1), bongos & backing vocals (7), moog (9), guitar (11), all instrumentation & vocals (16); engineer, producer & mixer (1, 3 & 5–16)
Additional
Dirty Walt: valve trombone (3)
Mac Mann: organ & grand piano (3)
Bill Bartell: guitar (11)
Mackie Osborne: drums (12); illustration & design
Additional personnel
GGGarth: engineer, producer & mixer (1, 3, 5–7, 9, 10, 13–15); backing vocals (7)
Joe Barresi: engineer, producer & mixer (1, 3, 5–7, 9, 10, 13–15)
Alex Newport: engineer, producer & mixer (8)[citation needed]
Chris Kozlowski: engineer, producer & mixer (11)
Stephen Marcussen: mastering
Ron Boustead: mastering
David Lefkowitz: management & fan club
