For Freak Puke, The Melvins have undergone a slight name change to Melvins Lite, since the album features just Buzz Osbourne, Dale Crover, and upright bassist Trevor Dunn. However, there's nothing "lite" about the material, unless you think that Crover using brushes on a track or two indicates a let-up in the group's approach. Tracks like "Baby, Won't You Weird Me Out," "Worm Farm Waltz," and "Leon vs. the Revolution" feature all the guitar crunch and drum-pounding that have made The Melvins a perfect bridge between punk and old-school, Sabbath-bred heavy metal. The cover of Paul McCartney & Wings' "Let Me Roll It" (the former Beatle's nod to his longtime friend and sometimes nemesis John Lennon) captures the savage energy always lurking within the tune. The nearly 10-minute "Tommy Goes Berserk" might be too much for most fans, but the relative conciseness of the rest of the album brings out the power and glory of one of alternative rock's longest-running bands.