Shirley Temple’s Daughter, Lori “Lorax” Black, Was in the Melvins

Wednesday, February 12th, 2014
Melvins with Kurt Cobain

Melvins with Kurt Cobain – Lori Black in foreground

On February 11, 2014, famed child actor Shirley Temple Black died at the age of 85. Somewhere amid the swirl of online media coverage, someone unearthed an interesting factoid: Shirley Temple’s daughter, Lori (aka “Lorax”) Black, was a bass play for the Melvins.

According to Metal Insider, Black began dating Buzz Osborne and joined the Melvins in 1987, shortly after they relocated to San Francisco from Seattle. Black remained in the band until 1991, appearing on the band’s albums Ozma and Bullhead. She briefly rejoined the band in 1993, and is credited on that year’s Melvins album Houdini, though Osborne has claimed that she actually didn’t play on it.

Above is a photo of the band in the late ’80s, with Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain.

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