The Melvins

UPDATE: Tickets for Melvins Lite at Bear Tooth go on sale 11 a.m. Friday at beartooththeatre.net, $25 (21 and older). The show is 9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5.

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Longtime sludge-metal wrecking crew The Melvins announced Tuesday what the band called a Guinness World Record attempt at the fastest tour of the United States ever, hitting all 50 states plus the District of Columbia in 51 days. The tour begins September 5 at Bear Tooth.

The version of the band hitting the road has been dubbed Melvins Lite, which features mainstays Buzz Osbourne and Dale Crover along with ex-Mr. Bungle and current Tomahawk member Trevor Dunn on upright bass. The trio also released the album “Freak Puke” on Tuesday, which is streaming in full for a limited time at AOL.com.

This makes the second Melvins release of the year, with the non-lite version of the band releasing the EP “The Bulls & the Bees” for free in March via Scion A/V. That lineup features Osbourne and Crover with Big Business duo Jared Warren and Coady Willis for the dual-drummer lineup that’s made up the Melvins since 2006.

No word yet on ticket prices for the Bear Tooth show. Below is a video of the Melvins Lite in action last year in Detroit, playing "Eye Flys" from the 1987 album "Gluey Porch Treatments."

Record attempt tour dates:

Sept. 5 Anchorage - Bear Tooth Theatrepub
Sept. 6 Seattle - Showbox at The Market
Sept. 7 Oregon - TBA
Sept. 8 Boise, Idaho - Neurolux Lounge
Sept. 9 Missoula, Mont. - Top Hat Lounge
Sept. 10 Salt Lake City - Club Sound
Sept. 11 Casper, Wyo. - TBA
Sept. 12 Denver - Bluebird Theatre
Sept. 13 Lawrence, Kan. - The Bottleneck
Sept. 14 Columbia, Mo. - The Blue Note
Sept. 15 Omaha, Neb. - The Waiting Room
Sept. 16 Des Moines, Iowa - House of Bricks
Sept. 17 Sioux Falls, S.D. - The Vault
Sept. 18 Fargo, N.D. - The Aquarium
Sept. 19 Minneapolis - Grumpy's
Sept. 20 Madison, Wis. - High Noon Saloon
Sept. 21 Chicago - Double Door
Sept. 22 Indianapolis - The Vogue Theatre
Sept. 23 Louisville, Ky. The Vernon Club
Sept. 24 Detroit - Smalls
Sept. 25 Cleveland - Grog Shop
Sept. 26 Morgantown, W.V. - 123 Pleasant Street
Sept. 27 Jermyn, Penn. - Eleanor Rigby's
Sept. 28 South Burlington, Vt. - Higher Ground
Sept. 29 Dover, N.H. - Dover Brickhouse
Sept. 30 Portland, Maine - Asylum
Oct. 1 Boston - Paradise Rock Club
Oct. 2 Pawtucket, R.I. - The Met Cafe
Oct. 3 New Haven, Conn. - Toad's Place
Oct. 4 Brooklyn, N.Y. - Music Hall of Williamsburg
Oct. 5 Hoboken, N.J. - Maxwell's
Oct. 6 Wilmington, Del. - Mojo 13
Oct. 8 Washington - Black Cat
Oct. 9 Charlottesville, Va. - Jefferson Theatre
Oct. 10 Carrboro, N.C. - Cat's Cradle
Oct. 11 Knoxville, Tenn. - The Square Room
Oct. 12 Greenville, S.C. - The Handle Bar
Oct. 13 Athens, Ga. - 40 Watt Club
Oct. 14 Birmingham, Ala. - Bottle Tree
Oct. 15 Pensacola, Florida - Vinyl Music Hall
Oct. 16 Jackson, Miss. - Duling Hall
Oct. 17 Little Rock, Ark. - Juanita's Cantina
Oct. 18 Baton Rouge, La. - Spanish Moon
Oct. 19 Austin, Texas - Mohawk
Oct. 20 Norman, Okla. - Opolis Production
Oct. 21 Albuquerque, N.M. - Launchpad
Oct. 22 Phoenix - Crescent Ballroom
Oct. 23 Las Vegas - Artifice
Oct. 24 Los Angeles - Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Oct. 25 Honolulu - The Republik