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Osborne, along with fellow bandmates Dale Crover and Trevor Dunn, are doing 51 dates in 51 days in support of their latest album, “Freak Puke,” which was released in June. The band also is trying to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for most shows performed consecutively in different states.

“It’s been a crazy tour so far,” he explains while on the road in Oregon. “We thought that we would try to accomplish something that hasn’t been done before.”

The 51-date tour started on Sept. 5 in Anchorage and ends Oct. 25 in Honolulu. The tour also marks the first time that the decades-spanning band will perform in Alaska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Delaware and Hawaii.

“It’s crazy to think that after all the time we’ve been in the industry, we’ve never performed in these states,” he says. “Hawaii I can believe because we’ve never been much of beach guys. But the other states, I guess we can say it’s been a long time coming.”

Osborne, Crover and Dunn often perform as The Melvins’ side project – Mevlins Lite. He says the trio consists of guitar, drums and upright bass.

“It’s a little bit different from the stuff we’re used to,” he explains. “But it’s so fun to switch it up. This is what makes touring and making music so fun. You never have to stick to what you’ve done before. It’s always a trip to head out on tour.”

“Freak Puke” was recorded right after the trio was put together last year. Osborne says the album took just under two weeks to record.

“We’ve been doing music for so long that we went in ready to do business,” he says. “I’m always writing songs, and we happened to have enough material for a full-length album.”

Now that the guys are on tour, Osborne says fans will be able to hear some old Melvins material.

“What we’ve decided on is to put our old songs with the new ones,” he says. “I would say it breaks down to having two-thirds new material, and the rest are our other hits.”

Osborne says the band’s new music has often been described as “cocktail jazz,” which is quite a departure from the punk-inspired music that The Melvins are know for.

“We had seen Trevor playing upright bass in a jazz setting and thought that we could utilize that for a recording project,” Crover explains. “This is something different from the two-drummer, big-hair lineup, which we plan on continuing with as well.”