cripes, this site is amazing. i found some cool stuff on there like -
gang of four playing
'to hell with poverty' live. what a great band. if you are into stuff like franz ferdinand or any of those other angular pop groups at the moment you should really check this out. they were incredible.
gang gang dance playing
'nicoman' live. great footage. i'm disappointed that this band is just a group of normal people. their music made me hope they were some kind of alien entity. the lady singer scares the shit out of me. she is like kate bush during a meth comedown.
wooo! le tigre playing
'deceptacon' before they sucked. great dancing. "your lyrics are like a linoleum floor" heeheehee!
hot snakes playing drive like jehu's
'luau' anyone? wowzers.
q and not u
'so many animal calls'. great dual drumming at the end.
the evens. ian rocking out while sitting down is great.
the cramps' video for my favourite song ever
'garbageman'. probably the best looking band ever. listen to that riff. insane.
fucking hell!
'rock lobster' from '79. fucking amazing! this is the best one by far...."let's rawk!"
REM -
'Radio Free Europe' on letterman. squint your eyes - it's the ramones!
hum -
'stars' live on 120 minutes. this is really cool...matt pinfield dudes! wow, they slay the shit out of this song. it was always a bit pussy on the album. brian st. pere's kit is wild and he plays it like it's on fire.
placemats -
'kick your door down'. how old is tommy stinson here? like sixteen?
afghan whigs
'something hot' live on jools holland. i've never actually seen this band in the flesh before. they weren't....pretty were they?
'deerhoof' - some live tracks from
'the runners four'. greg saunier's drumming is insane.
out hud
'it's for you' video. pretty creepy.
talking heads
'psycho killer' live from 1978. full band, not just david like in 'stop making sense'. played at this tempo it sounds like television a bit.
sonic youth and lydia lunch
'death valley '69'. this video is amazing. richard kern is the man. i remember this scared the shit out of me as a kid. apparently, lee's wife was in labour while they were shooting the scene where the band is all laying around dead. he showed up at the hospital covered in guts. lung leg is damn scary.
beat happening
'pinebox derby' video. sorta cramps-esque. aren't we lucky calvin johnson decided to become a musician rather than his natural vocation as a serial killer? also,
'black candy' live which makes me wonder if calvin johnson was actually just an olympian version of morrissey. great sound though.
sleater-kinney rocking out on letterman. i think the song is
'jumpers' from the last album 'the woods'. the best thing is at the end when letterman walks over and says 'thank you girls' like it's the shaggs or something. hilarious.
dinosaur jr
'freak scene' live. this is just superb. it's so brilliant to watch j mascis play, i'd forgotten how good he was. great energy...is this dinosaur jr now? i'd go and see this!
helmet
'in the mean-time' circa 2005 at the rock am ring in germany. who died and made these guys metallica? i just don't get it anymore...john stanier made this band.