Buzz Osborne

Born in Morton, Washington, Osborne is of English, Italian and Jewish descent.{{cite web|access-date=March 28, 2021|url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2020/08/14/exclusive-the-melvins-buzz-osborne-addresses-the-controversy-surrounding-his-2018-interview-with-proud-boys-founder-gavin-mcinnes/|publication-date=August 14, 2020|title=Exclusive: The Melvins' Buzz Osborne Addresses the Controversy Surrounding His 2018 Interview With Proud Boys Founder Gavin McInnes|first=Axl |last=Rosenberg |website=MetalSucks|date=August 14, 2020}} He moved to Montesano, Washington at the age of 12.[https://books.google.com/books?id=TggJYMdDaPkC&dq=%22Buzz+Osborne%22+morton+aberdeen&pg=PA21 Everybody Loves Our Town: A History of Grunge By Mark Yarm] Retrieved December 14, 2018. He first started listening to the music of Aerosmith and Ted Nugent, then became greatly interested in punk rock after a few years.{{cite magazine|url=http://m.spin.com/articles/melvins-covers-album-stream-everybody-loves-sausages-buzzo|title=Stream Melvins Covers Album 'Everybody Loves Sausages' With King Buzzo Commentary|last1=Stillman|first1=Josh|magazine=Spin Magazine|date=April 23, 2013|access-date=April 24, 2013}} In the early 1980s, Osborne founded the Melvins with Matt Lukin and Mike Dillard who all attended Montesano High School (Wheeler Building) where he graduated in 1982. The Melvins began playing fast hardcore punk after Osborne was introduced to bands such as Black Flag, Flipper, and MDC by a friend. When Dillard left the band in 1984, Dale Crover was recruited, and the band's rehearsals moved to a back room of Crover's parents' house in Aberdeen, Washington. They began to play slower and "heavier" songs.

In 1986, the band released their Six Songs EP on C/Z Records (later re-released as Eight Songs, 10 Songs and as 26 Songs in 2003 on Ipecac Recordings) that was recorded live to a two-track.{{Clarify|date=July 2021}} In October 1986, they recorded their first full album, Gluey Porch Treatments, at Studio D in Sausalito, California, which was released in 1987 on Alchemy Records (and later re-released as a bonus on the CD version of their second album Ozma on Boner Records and in 1999 on Ipecac Recordings with some garage demos).

In 1988, Osborne, with Crover, relocated to San Francisco, California where the band recorded their next album, Ozma, in May 1989. It was released later that year.{{Cite web |author=Noisey Staff |date=June 29, 2014 |title=Cops and Hippies: Buzz Osborne's Tour Diary, Part Two |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/cops-and-hippies-buzz-osbornes-tour-diary-part-two/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123053711/https://www.vice.com/en/article/6e3mj6/cops-and-hippies-buzz-osbornes-tour-diary-part-two |archive-date=January 23, 2021 |access-date=May 15, 2024 |website=Vice |language=en}}

Osborne, along with the rest of the Melvins, knew the members of Nirvana. When Dave Grohl's previous band, Scream, disbanded, he approached Osborne for advice. Osborne, in response, introduced Grohl to Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic.

In 1997, Osborne appeared in the promo video for The Offspring's video "All I Want", as a masked pianist. Osborne also appears in the 1994 video for the Beck song "Beercan" which samples the Melvins' song "Hog Leg".

Osborne joined Tool onstage during their tour for Ænima. The Melvins also opened for Tool on the tour. In 1998, Osborne joined a new band known as Fantômas with Faith No More vocalist Mike Patton, a band which he remains involved with to the present day.

Fantômas' latest studio album release is 2005's Suspended Animation. A concept album, it focused on the theme of holidays and featured a frenetic punk rock sound. The album was a commercial success and reached the No. 7 spot on Billboard{{'}}s Top Heatseekers chart and No. 12 on its Top Independent Albums chart.{{cite web|author=Wade Kergan |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/suspended-animation-mw0000347406 |title=Suspended Animation - Fantômas | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |website=AllMusic |date=April 5, 2005 |access-date=June 10, 2015}}

In 2014, Osborne announced his first solo acoustic tour along with a 10" EP entitled This Machine Kills Artists and an album to follow in June on Ipecac Recordings.

Osborne makes a cameo appearance in the 2014 video game Sunset Overdrive as himself and performs a song for the soundtrack.{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1716821/check-out-melvins-king-buzzo-in-the-xbox-one-game-sunset-overdrive/video/|title=Check out Melvins' King Buzzo in the Xbox One game Sunset Overdrive|website=Stereogum|date=November 5, 2014}}

In 2017, he played as part of Crystal Fairy with Teri Gender Bender, Dale Crover and Omar Rodríguez-López.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/crystal-fairy-hear-mars-volta-melvins-le-butcherettes-collabos-debut-lp-111012/|title=Crystal Fairy: Hear Mars Volta, Melvins, Le Butcherettes Collabo's Debut|first1=Christopher R.|last1=Weingarten|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=February 17, 2017}} In that same year, he also co-produced the full length album Orenda by rock band With Our Arms to the Sun.

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Osborne has remarked, "From a very early age I was interested in underground music. I never appreciated the big stadium shows in the first place—I cut my milk teeth musically on smaller shows. A much more intimate basis. That's the lessons I learned from punk rock that I never forgot. That extends to today." As referred to before, he had a very wide set of musical influences since his childhood, ranging from arena rock to glam rock to punk to power pop and more. Osborne has called himself a lifelong "musical anthropologist" and stated that "since I never grew up around people who gave me any indication of how one was supposed to act, I was equally excited seeing the Kinks as I would be by seeing a punk rock band. Or Cheap Trick." In terms of hip hop music, he has stated that his favorite rap album is Run-D.M.C.'s Raising Hell.

{{Quote box|width=33%|align=|quoted=y | quote=[Osborne] has more music in his little finger than we all have in our entire bodies.|salign = right|source=—Mike Patton, 2004{{cite web|access-date=January 20, 2021|url=https://www.slugmag.com/music/interviews/music-interviews/how-romance-came-to-be-an-interview-with-mike-patton-and-john-kaada/|publication-date=December 1, 2004 |title=How Romance Came to Be: An Interview with Mike Patton and John Kaada |first=Chuck |last=Berrett|website=Slug Magazine|date=December 2, 2004}}}}

From their earlier slow metal style, the Melvins have been attributed with providing the framework for what would become the grunge, sludge metal and drone doom genres.{{cite web|access-date=March 6, 2021|url=https://trevorzaple.com/2014/06/04/gluttony-and-lust-a-guide-to-melvins/|publication-date=June 4, 2014|title=Gluttony and Lust: A Guide To Melvins|website=Trevorzaple.com|date=June 4, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150901002616/http://trevorzaple.com/2014/06/04/gluttony-and-lust-a-guide-to-melvins|archive-date=September 1, 2015 }} Buzz Osborne's seminal influence on grunge have sometimes led him (and his band) to be dubbed as the "Godfather of Grunge".{{cite web|access-date=March 6, 2021|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/07/melvins-melt-eardrums-in-vancouver-75/|publication-date=July 7, 2010|title=Melvins melt eardrums in Vancouver (7/5)|first=Karina |last=Halle|website=Consequence of Sound|date=July 7, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714104440/http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/07/melvins-melt-eardrums-in-vancouver-75/|archive-date=July 14, 2011}}{{cite web|access-date=March 6, 2021|url=http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/review/1001|publication-date=February 19, 2004|title= Melvins - The Maggot|website=Head Heritage|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041018165250/http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/review/1001|archive-date=October 18, 2004 }}{{cite web|access-date=March 6, 2021|url=https://ghettoblastermagazine.com/features/album-reviews/new-music-friday-roll-out-08-14-20/|publication-date=August 14, 2020 |title=New Music: Friday Roll Out! Drug Couple, Young Jesus, King Buzzo, Manjira|website=Ghettoblastermagazine.com|date=August 14, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023114654/https://ghettoblastermagazine.com/features/album-reviews/new-music-friday-roll-out-08-14-20/|archive-date=October 23, 2020 }}{{cite web|access-date=March 6, 2021|url=http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=34103|publication-date=October 8, 2019 |title= What's The Buzz?: An Exclusive Video Interview With Buzz Osborne of the Melvins|first=Krishta |last=Abruzzini|website=KNAC|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008162425/http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=34103|archive-date=October 8, 2019 }}{{cite web|access-date=March 6, 2021|url=http://www.thevinyldistrict.com/storefront/2012/06/graded-on-a-curve-the-melvins-freak-puke/|publication-date=June 13, 2012|title=Graded on a Curve: The Melvins, Freak Puke|first=Joseph |last=Neff|website=The Vinyl District|date=June 13, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716074021/http://www.thevinyldistrict.com/storefront/2012/06/graded-on-a-curve-the-melvins-freak-puke/|archive-date=July 16, 2014}}

Labelled as an "icon of the alt-metal world",{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/carboniferous-mw0000810215|title= Zu {{!}} Carboniferous |first=Jason |last=Lymangrover|website=AllMusic|access-date=January 20, 2021|url-status=live|archive-date=June 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617153727/https://www.allmusic.com/album/carboniferous-mw0000810215}} Osborne has been named a key influence by guitarists such as Kurt Cobain (Nirvana),{{cite magazine|publication-date=January–February 1992|title=Better Dead Than Cool|first=Gina |last=Arnold|author-link=Gina Arnold|magazine=Option|quote=Kurt Cobain: [The Melvins] started playing punk rock and had a free concert right behind Thriftways supermarket where Buzz worked, and they plugged into the city power supply and played punk rock music for about 50 redneck kids. When I saw them play, it just blew me away. I was instantly a punk rocker. I abandoned all my friends, 'cause they didn't like any of the music. Then I asked Buzz to make me that compilation tape of punk rock songs and got a spike haircut. I got an electric guitar and was really into it, ...}} Adam Jones (Tool),{{cite web|access-date=January 20, 2021|url=http://www.guitarworld.com/adam-jones-adams-jones|date=April 2009 |title=Adam Jones: Adam's Jones|website=Guitar World|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607212324/http://www.guitarworld.com/adam-jones-adams-jones|archive-date=June 7, 2011 }} Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters),{{cite web|access-date=February 23, 2021|url=http://www.monk.com/display.php?p=People&id=33|publication-date=October 30, 1992|title=Go for the Grunge |first= James|last=Crotty|magazine=Monk Magazine|location=Seattle, Washington|quote=Question: Do you have a rock dream team?
Grohl: Wow. Well, I guess it would pretty much just be The Melvins. ... To me there's no better drummer. And there's no cooler guitar player. This band seriously changed my understanding of music.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041024074822/http://www.monk.com/display.php?p=People&id=33|archive-date=October 24, 2004 }} Kim Thayil (Soundgarden), Brent Hinds and Bill Kelliher (Mastodon),{{cite web|access-date=January 20, 2021|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/new-guitar-gods-mastodon|publication-date=November 7, 2008|title=The New Guitar Gods: Mastodon|first=Joe |last=Bosso|website=Guitar World|date=November 7, 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112021214/https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/new-guitar-gods-mastodon|archive-date=November 12, 2020}}{{cite web|access-date=January 27, 2021|url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/mastodon_were_only_ten_years_old_now_so_the_skys_the_limit_with_ideas.html|publication-date= March 8, 2010|title=Mastodon: 'We're Only Ten Years Old Now So The Sky's The Limit With Ideas'|website=Ultimate Guitar|first=Joe |last=Matera|author-link= Joe Matera|location=Melbourne|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311201309/http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/mastodon_were_only_ten_years_old_now_so_the_skys_the_limit_with_ideas.html|archive-date=March 11, 2010 }} Matt Pike (Sleep),{{cite web|access-date=March 6, 2021|url=https://thethankslist.com/matt-pike-high-on-fire-sleep/|publication-date=December 28, 2019|title= Matt Pike (High On Fire, Sleep) |website=Thethankslist.com|date=December 28, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128025642/https://thethankslist.com/matt-pike-high-on-fire-sleep/|archive-date=November 28, 2020}} Greg Anderson and Stephen O'Malley (Sunn O)))),{{cite web|access-date=February 23, 2021|url=http://www.musiquemachine.com/articles/articles_template.php?id=39 |publication-date=May 11, 2003|date=April 2003|location=Belgium|title= Subsonics transcending times|website=Musiquemachine.com|first=François |last=Monti|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070428164930/http://www.musiquemachine.com/articles/articles_template.php?id=39|archive-date=April 28, 2007}}{{cite web|access-date=February 23, 2021|url=http://matsgus.com/discaholic_corner/?p=2426|publication-date=March 18, 2014|title=stephen o´malley interview|magazine=Discaholic|first=Mats |last=Gustafsson |author-link=Mats Gustafsson }} Jimmy Bower (Eyehategod),{{cite web|access-date=January 20, 2021|url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2011/07/15/brief-interviews-with-nihilistic-men-vol-1-jimmy-bower-eyehategod-down/|publication-date=July 15, 2011 |title=Brief Interviews with nihilistic men, Vol. 1: Jimmy Bower (Eyehategod/Down)|first=Jonathan |last=Horsley|magazine=Decibel|date=July 15, 2011}} Hank Williams III{{cite web|access-date=March 2, 2021|url=https://www.iconvsicon.com/2006/04/20/hank-williams-iii-crazed-county-and-metal-rebel/|publication-date=April 20, 2006|title=Hank Williams III: Crazed County (and Metal) Rebel|first=Jason |last=Price|website=Iconvsicon.com|date=April 20, 2006|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919191050/https://www.iconvsicon.com/2006/04/20/hank-williams-iii-crazed-county-and-metal-rebel/|archive-date=September 19, 2020 }} and Nate Garrett (Spirit Adrift).{{cite web|access-date=January 27, 2021|url=https://www.angrymetalguy.com/an-interview-with-spirit-adrifts-nate-garrett/|publication-date=November 24, 2017|date=October 2017|title=An Interview with Spirit Adrift's Nate Garrett |author=Dr. A.N. Grier|location=Tempe, Arizona |website=Angrymetalguy.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171128051812/http://www.angrymetalguy.com/an-interview-with-spirit-adrifts-nate-garrett/|archive-date=November 28, 2017 }} Adam Jones said that Osborne possesses the two most important qualities for any guitarist, i.e. "attitude and discipline", and compared his artistry with King Crimson founder Robert Fripp. Jones added: "Where I do more of a shoe-gazer thing onstage, Buzz will microwave a crowd." Scott Kelly of Neurosis stated that Osborne's non-cyclical approach to riffs was a massive influence on his band, wherein he plays a section once or at most twice in a song without repeating it again.{{cite web|access-date=January 27, 2021|url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2011/07/11/the-power-of-the-riff-compels-thee-scott-kelly-q-a/|publication-date=July 11, 2011|title=The Power Of The Riff Compels Thee: Scott Kelly Q&A |first=Jonathan |last=Horsley|website=Decibel |date=July 11, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920102623/https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2011/07/11/the-power-of-the-riff-compels-thee-scott-kelly-q-a/|archive-date=September 20, 2020}} Kim Thayil cited that same aspect as highly inspirational,{{cite magazine|access-date=February 23, 2021|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/soundgarden-kim-thayil-favorite-grunge-albums-812785/ |publication-date=April 2, 2019 |title= Soundgarden's Kim Thayil: My Favorite Grunge Albums |first=Kory |last=Grow |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=April 2, 2019 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402163138/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/soundgarden-kim-thayil-favorite-grunge-albums-812785/|archive-date=April 2, 2019 }} in addition to Osborne's drop D tuning and slower compositions.{{cite web|access-date=February 23, 2021|url=http://themelvins.net/writings/Buzzo_Kim_GWFeb95.html|publication-date=February 1995 |title=The Father the Son and the Holy Grunge|magazine=Guitar World|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010204121500/http://themelvins.net/writings/Buzzo_Kim_GWFeb95.html|archive-date=February 4, 2001 }} Dylan Carlson, leader of the drone metal band Earth, has constantly cited Osborne's personal advice as a guide for his career path.{{cite web|access-date=February 23, 2021|url=https://www.invisibleoranges.com/interview-dylan-carlson-earth/|publication-date=April 29, 2011|title=Interview: Dylan Carlson (Earth) |website=Invisible Oranges|first=Justin M. |last=Norton|date=April 29, 2011 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221071425/http://www.invisibleoranges.com/interview-dylan-carlson-earth/|archive-date=February 21, 2016 }}{{cite web|access-date=February 23, 2021|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/city-of-fallen-angels-the-bug-vs-earth|publication-date=May 8, 2017 |title=City Of Fallen Angels: The Bug vs. Earth|website=Clash|first=Nick |last=Soulsby|date=May 8, 2017 |location=London|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508182828/http://www.clashmusic.com/features/city-of-fallen-angels-the-bug-vs-earth|archive-date=May 8, 2017 }}{{cite web|access-date=February 23, 2021|url=https://gonzai.com/earth-dylan-carlson-interview-terre-a-terre/|publication-date=March 27, 2012|title=Earth & Dylan Carlson Interview terre à terre|language=fr|website=Gonzaï|date=March 27, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404115118/http://gonzai.com/earth-dylan-carlson-interview-terre-a-terre/|archive-date=April 4, 2012}} The bands Earth and Sunn O))), which were heavily influenced by Melvins' slower pieces, based their amplifier choices on those of Osborne,{{cite web|access-date=February 23, 2021|url=http://www.westword.com/music/dylan-carlson-of-earth-talks-about-the-importance-of-the-slow-pace-in-his-music-5671604|publication-date=November 21, 2012|title=Dylan Carlson of Earth talks about the importance of the slow pace in his music |first=Tom |last=Murphy |website=Westword|date=November 21, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327215147/http://www.westword.com/music/dylan-carlson-of-earth-talks-about-the-importance-of-the-slow-pace-in-his-music-5671604|archive-date=March 27, 2016 }}{{cite web|access-date=February 23, 2021|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/interview/7678-sunn-o/|publication-date=July 26, 2009|title=Sunn O)))|first=Grayson|last=Currin|website=Pitchfork|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228194933/https://pitchfork.com/features/interview/7678-sunn-o/|archive-date=February 28, 2021}} as did Clutch as well.{{cite web|access-date=March 2, 2021|url=http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/Interview_Clutch_Riffs_In_Your_Face|publication-date=March 13, 2013|title=Interview: Clutch - Riffs In Your Face|first=Chris |last=Kies|page=2 |website=Premier Guitar|date=March 13, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921041023/http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/Interview_Clutch_Riffs_In_Your_Face?page=2|archive-date=September 21, 2015}}

After Corrosion of Conformity original singer Mike Dean left the band in 1987, they contacted Osborne to join in.{{cite web|access-date=February 23, 2021|url=https://indyweek.com/music/features/corrosion-conformity-oral-history-30-years/|publication-date=February 29, 2012|title=Corrosion of Conformity: An oral history of 30 years |first=Bryan |last=C. Reed|website=Indy Week|date=February 29, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510122726/https://indyweek.com/music/features/corrosion-conformity-oral-history-30-years/|archive-date=May 10, 2019 }}

Emma Ruth Rundle called him "a worthy hero in all regards and a very genuine man."{{cite web|access-date=January 27, 2021|url=http://overblown.co.uk/emma-ruth-rundle-interview/|publication-date=November 20, 2016|title=Emma Ruth Rundle Interview: "I wanted to make a raw and honest album"|first=Jamie |last=Coughlan|website=Overblown.co.uk|date=November 20, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122000837/http://overblown.co.uk/emma-ruth-rundle-interview/|archive-date=November 22, 2016 }}

Although the Melvins had a massive influence on the "Seattle sound", Osborne has constantly expressed negativity toward that scene.{{cite web|access-date=February 23, 2021|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/melvins-buzz-osborne-remembers-kurt-cobain-not-happy-story|publication-date= December 1, 2013 |title=Melvin's Buzz Osborne Remembers Kurt Cobain: 'This Is Not a Happy Story'|website=Revolver|date=December 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408165810/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/melvins-buzz-osborne-remembers-kurt-cobain-not-happy-story|archive-date=April 8, 2019 }} He has denounced what he calls the romanticization of it, which he instead describes as a "horrendous nightmare"; Osborne was a childhood friend of Kurt Cobain and remained close to Chris Cornell of Soundgarden until both singers committed suicide following their struggles with drug addiction. At the time, Osborne and his Melvins bandmates also used drugs, including toluene,{{cite web|access-date=February 23, 2021|url=https://merryjane.com/culture/buzz-osborne-the-melvins-interview-july-2017|publication-date=July 17, 2017|title=Buzz Osborne, Frontman of The Melvins, Thinks All Drugs Should Be Legal|website=Merry Jane|first=Mike|last=McPadden|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218051636/https://merryjane.com/culture/buzz-osborne-the-melvins-interview-july-2017|archive-date=December 18, 2020}} but by 2014 he had been around twenty years sober.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/crowbar-symmetry-in-black-interview/|title = Crowbar Are 25 Years Old but Don't Look a Day over 49| date=May 28, 2014 }} In a 2018 interview, asked if his feelings about that period changed after the deaths of Cobain and Cornell, Osborne replied:{{cquote|It's totally tainted. Absolutely. I'll never get over that stuff, ever. I think it's hard to people to imagine that [he doesn't agree that] things like that can just happen and you just move on, "it's ok." ... It's a horrible, horrendous nightmare, ending in tragedy and I honestly I wish none of it would have ever happened and [they] would be still alive. That'd be a lot better, a much better ending. ... I'm not much in denial with my own emotions. I pretty much say whatever I think, ... And if people want to look at that with some kind of nostalgia, good old days type of thing, I just don't see how suicide and heroin addiction are romantic in any way. ...{{cite podcast|access-date=February 23, 2021|url=https://play.acast.com/s/lifeinthestocks/episode083-buzzosbourne-melvins-fantomas-|publication-date=December 4, 2018 |title= #083 Buzz Osbourne (Melvins) |first=Matt |last=Stocks|publisher=|work=Life In The Stocks}}}}

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Osborne has been married to graphic designer Mackie Osborne since 1993.{{cite web|first=Steve|last=Appleford|url=http://www.laweekly.com/video/in-the-studio-with-buzz-and-mackie-osborne-NXGbqLgA|title=In the Studio With Buzz and Mackie Osborne|access-date=September 1, 2017|date=July 4, 2017|format=video|website=LA Weekly |location= Los Angeles, California}} They are dog owners, having kept several rescued dogs.{{cite web|access-date=September 1, 2017|url=http://www.dogster.com/lifestyle/buzz-osborne-melvins-interview-dog-rescue-adoption-motley-zoo|website=www.dogster.com|date=March 12, 2015|title= We Talk to Buzz Osborne of the Melvins About His Rescue Dogs|first=Kezia |last=Willingham |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150313042454/http://www.dogster.com/lifestyle/buzz-osborne-melvins-interview-dog-rescue-adoption-motley-zoo|archive-date=March 13, 2015}} The couple decided not to have children.{{cite web|access-date=September 1, 2017|title=Q&A with King Buzzo of The Melvins|date=August 31, 2004|url=http://www.lawrence.com/news/2004/aug/31/qa_with/|first=Tim|last=von Holten|website=www.lawrence.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041215194352/http://www.lawrence.com/news/2004/aug/31/qa_with/|archive-date=December 15, 2004}} Osborne does not believe rock musicians should make political statements and that people "should look for higher sources than entertainers for their political beliefs".{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmoiLAWj2b8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/kmoiLAWj2b8 |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Melvins Lite: Interview & Live Footage 9/12/12|last=Reali|first=Carlos|date=September 12, 2012|website=Superskum.com|location=Denver, Colorado|format=video|access-date=September 1, 2017|time=6:43|publication-date=September 25, 2012}}{{cbignore}}

He is an avid golf fan and player.{{cite web|access-date=September 1, 2017|url=http://www.salival.fr/groupe/imosborne-eng.htm|title=Tool : Interview : Mackie Osborne (EN, 2013) {{!}} Salival.fr|website=www.salival.fr|date=July 2013}}

Osborne does not drink or use other recreational drugs.{{cite web|access-date=September 1, 2017|url=https://www.redbulletin.com/za/en/culture/buzz-osborne-on-the-secret-of-his-success|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326231604/https://www.redbulletin.com/za/en/culture/buzz-osborne-on-the-secret-of-his-success|archive-date=March 26, 2017|url-status=dead|website=The Red Bulletin|title= Be As Weird As You Can Be|first=Florian |last=Obkircher|date=July 2016}}

In a 2011 interview with the music magazine L.A. Record, Osborne stated when asked about American politics that "I hate conservatives, but I really hate liberals. Here's the thing. I have my own opinions about everything, and it's basically classic liberalism."{{cite web|title=The Melvins: He's a Big Mother|url=http://larecord.com/interviews/2011/07/18/the-melvins-hes-a-big-mother|publisher=L.A. Record|access-date=June 9, 2014|first=Chris|last=Ziegler|publication-date=July 18, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726043355/http://larecord.com/interviews/2011/07/18/the-melvins-hes-a-big-mother|archive-date=July 26, 2011}} In 2008, he told the magazine Alarm that he opposes what he sees as both modern socialist and fascist thought, stating that he's "into true liberalism, which means you mind your own goddamn business; you take care of yourself." In a 2014 interview with Tonedeaf, Osborne expressed that American economist Thomas Sowell has been a major influence on his career. "I consider Sowell the greatest philosopher of all time." Osborne explained. "He is a PhD economist and he's written more than 30 books about everything you can imagine, from social commentary to how economics works."{{cite web|access-date=January 20, 2021|url=https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/buzz-osbornes-top-5-influences/|publication-date=June 30, 2014|title=Buzz Osborne: The Top 5 People That Influenced My Career|first=Lucy |last=Dayman|work=Tonedeaf|date=June 30, 2014|publisher=Thebrag.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822215957/https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/buzz-osbornes-top-5-influences/|archive-date=August 22, 2019}}

In a 2008 interview with City Newspaper of Rochester, when asked about his collaboration with Jello Biafra on two albums, Osborne stated that "I don't relate at all to his politics. I believe in personal freedom, personal responsibility. And nobody tells you what to do more than the left wing. They're a bunch of fascists."{{cite web|title=The Melvins Do Not Hold Back|url=http://www.themelvins.net/wiki/index.php?title=INTERVIEW:_The_Melvins_-_Rochester_City_Newspaper|publisher=Rochester City Newspaper|access-date=August 6, 2008}}

In terms of issues covering copyright and illegal file-sharing of songs, Osborne's remarked, "The internet downloading—people need to get over it". He's also added, "Is it stealing? Sure, yeah—but it doesn't matter. It's over. Things have changed. We have to move on."{{cite web|url=http://alarm-magazine.com/2008/the-melvins-godfathers-of-grunge-still-going-strong/ |title=The Melvins: Godfathers Of Grunge Still Going Strong | Alarm |publisher=Alarm-magazine.com |date=2008|access-date=June 10, 2015}} In an earlier interview, he argued, "For me musically, I wish I woulda had something like YouTube when I was a kid so I could go, 'Oh, what's this Captain Beefheart?'"

Osborne primarily uses Gibson Les Paul guitars from the 1960s and 1970s, played through Boss effect pedals, and an assortment of vintage amplifiers.Ted Drozdowski [http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/the-melvins-king-buzzo-lays-do/ The Melvins' King Buzzo Lays Down the Rules on Guitar Playing, "Hot Topic" Punk, and What You Ought to Know About Music] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704074752/http://www.gibson.com/en%2Dus/Lifestyle/Features/the%2Dmelvins%2Dking%2Dbuzzo%2Dlays%2Ddo/ |date=July 4, 2010 }} Gibson.com Retrieved: May 16, 2009

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