It’s a rock rivalry we didn’t see coming, but now shots have been fired by the Melvins’ Buzz Osborne, who has referred to Rob Zombie as a “lower-level fuckhead”.

For more than 35 years, Buzz Osborne has remained the longest-serving member of experimental rockers the Melvins.

Having toured with some of the biggest names in music history, you can expect that he’d have a lot to say about just about everyone in the business.

However, if you were to ask him who his least-favourite artist on the scene is, it seems that none other than Rob Zombie will receive the dubious honour.

Speaking to Rolling Stone recently, Osborne was asked to name some of his favourite grunge records.

While albums by Soundgarden and Nirvana obviously made the cut, it was the eye-catching comments that accompanied Babes In Toyland’s Spanking Machine that got everyone talking.