Just watched interview of Mike Patton from 91 talking about going to a concert that night by band called Grotus. OMG! So much good music that i 'never' knew about
One of my all time favorite songs. nearly 20 years ago I was lent the album 'Slow Motion Apocalypse' on CD by a ticket collector at a train station, who started talking to me because I was wearing a Mr.Bungle T-shirt, and then I never saw him again. It was such a weird and random way to have a bombshell of awesome and influential music dropped on me.
Incredibly amazing and underrated band. I got Slow Motion Apocalypse on CD at a local music store years ago and it lived in my CD player. I hope this goes in a time capsule and it’s the first thing aliens find after the earth is wiped out!
I just woke from a dream in which most of y’all had gotten back together, were on stage in front of folks, tho somewhat informally (the venue felt small, about the size and shape of ATA in SF), there was an atmosphere of grainy blue video, and everyone was dawning greying dreadlocked Amish beards: they may have been strap-on muppet beards. You were playing the intro to this song, but for some reason Bruce was not able to join & you asked if anyone could sit in on drums, which I, somewhat nervously/somewhat excitedly did. I then woke up and searched and found this video. Great song I hadn’t thought about in years, and saw y’all countless times in my late teens and early 20s in the Bay Area.
greatest "unknown" band ever. Saw them w/ Bungle in 92 and bought the CD the next day. Just found it and cranked it yesterday. Anyone have more footage? Las Vegas Power Grid!!!!!!
OP, if you have any more of this show PLEASE post it. I've only listened to these guys via their albums but the intensity of this show is just incredible and really casts them in a whole new light. Thanks for the uploads!
I saw them live three times (opening for Mr. Bungle & Hitting Birth in Portland, OR and headlining in SF). Consistently one of the best live bands I've ever seen. The bass was monolithic, just crushing. You could feel it flatten your chest. I worried about the kids who would hug the speakers in worship.
Dang. The memories are flooding back. Rocker Rehearsal. Kennel Club. Chameleon. The club in Idaho or Washington where we were on the same bill. Gonna see if the coordinates I have for Kong are still current...
Great to see the big G again. Their shows were always great. My band played several gigs with them. I think they got screwed by the major powers- London Records?, sucks, they should have been huge! CT
thanks for posting this!!! I saw them open for Bungle that same year and they were very excellent. Too bad you can;t see their projected images as they were very disturbing at the time. Thats when folks with dishes could receive raw news footage being sent back to the US before being edited. very graphic war footage. now I gotta dig their cd;s out..
I had the chance to see em live two time @ Forum Enger / Germany. Saw hundreds of bands during the last 28 years but these guys stick out of the crowd. Would fit perfectly to the Roadburn Fest in Tilburg / Holland.
No it's not! Neither album version of Brown sounds like this although this is obviously the Slowmotion Apocalypse arrangement. It is clearly live although I am not quite sure how it was produced, the audio is excellent and it is in fact the best version of this song existing, with ease!
Is this really live? What a brilliant song/performance! Tbh I think this sounds better than the studio version posted on TH-cam - kinda makes you wonder why they didn't use reverb on his voice and turn up the volume on the vocal track in the studio...
if these guys had toured with tool, they coulda easily made it big time and still be around today =(. Can't believe i missed on them, can't even find their rcords anywhere...
Hey whozitz2 This is Adam from Grotus ,we have unearthed one hour and 33 minutes of live Grotus footage from the 1992 tour with Mr. Bungle ,would you be interested in uploading it to this page? Thanks
Hi, Adam! So glad to see you commenting here and that you're offering more footage to the world. I bought the "Slow Motion Apocalypse" CD when it came out because I was a Jello fanboy and bought everything that came out on Alternative Tentacles. It has been a favorite album ever since, and the song "Brown" especially impressed me. I didn't know what it even was and wrote to you guys asking about the "hidden" track, some 10 minutes after the end of the CD. I also inquired into the proper pronunciation of the band. Lars wrote back to me so graciously, thanking me for my support and appreciation and proceeded to tell me about the song "Brown" as well as the proper pronunciation, which he said was actually like "Grrrrr-trrrrrs" but he didn't mind that everyone said "Grow-tuss", haha. You guys were always 100% original and so groovy. Thanks to you and the rest of the band, sincerely, for all the good tunes and for putting creativity and joy into the world. My deepest respect and admiration. - JW Watson
push, meat, blood, and hair mother to mother push, born of the mud dried in the salt air push, down at the root slipping from somewhere brown push, slick with the sweat fed by the bright air push, sky not a roof ground not a bottom all this is not yours you are the world's brown
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Most underrated band ever
Just watched interview of Mike Patton from 91 talking about going to a concert that night by band called Grotus. OMG! So much good music that i 'never' knew about
Same. Now i am hungry for a sandwich
I was at this concert with Grotus and Mr Bungle is was AMAZING like live cahnging experience.
The future has yet to catch up to Grotus.
One of my all time favorite songs. nearly 20 years ago I was lent the album 'Slow Motion Apocalypse' on CD by a ticket collector at a train station, who started talking to me because I was wearing a Mr.Bungle T-shirt, and then I never saw him again. It was such a weird and random way to have a bombshell of awesome and influential music dropped on me.
Mr. Bungle FTW.
That’s great
It's performances like this that really make you appreciate just how fucking good a band are.
Grotus rocked my face off at the Kennel Club in SF. Also, I once went camping with Bruce and Kong. Good times.
Incredibly amazing and underrated band. I got Slow Motion Apocalypse on CD at a local music store years ago and it lived in my CD player. I hope this goes in a time capsule and it’s the first thing aliens find after the earth is wiped out!
God this is god
I just woke from a dream in which most of y’all had gotten back together, were on stage in front of folks, tho somewhat informally (the venue felt small, about the size and shape of ATA in SF), there was an atmosphere of grainy blue video, and everyone was dawning greying dreadlocked Amish beards: they may have been strap-on muppet beards. You were playing the intro to this song, but for some reason Bruce was not able to join & you asked if anyone could sit in on drums, which I, somewhat nervously/somewhat excitedly did. I then woke up and searched and found this video. Great song I hadn’t thought about in years, and saw y’all countless times in my late teens and early 20s in the Bay Area.
I saw them live three times. Once opening for Mr. Bungle, once opening for Hitting Birth and once headlining. Every time the bass cratered my skull.
This is so badass you'd have to be a dope not to see how badass it is. Badass!
Loved this song. I remember Kong introducing me to this after he joined TV616 in Portland. We worked together and this song always stood out.
greatest "unknown" band ever. Saw them w/ Bungle in 92 and bought the CD the next day. Just found it and cranked it yesterday. Anyone have more footage? Las Vegas Power Grid!!!!!!
Mike Patton, thanks!
OP, if you have any more of this show PLEASE post it. I've only listened to these guys via their albums but the intensity of this show is just incredible and really casts them in a whole new light. Thanks for the uploads!
I saw them live three times (opening for Mr. Bungle & Hitting Birth in Portland, OR and headlining in SF). Consistently one of the best live bands I've ever seen. The bass was monolithic, just crushing. You could feel it flatten your chest. I worried about the kids who would hug the speakers in worship.
Saw Grotus a ton of times in SF. Such a fantastic band. Also Lars & Adam were really friendly. Thanks for posting this !
What a wonderful version. Don't you agree Phillip?! x
thanks for posting this (lars?) i remember those great times.--juice
Dang. The memories are flooding back. Rocker Rehearsal. Kennel Club. Chameleon. The club in Idaho or Washington where we were on the same bill. Gonna see if the coordinates I have for Kong are still current...
Holycrap! Grotus was my favorite band in the 90's...I even named my cat after them 10 years ago!!! Thank you so much for posting. Got any more?
HUGE !!!
I used to play this song in my first band back in 1994! Brown and Sleepwalking were in the setlist along with Pitchshifter and the God Machine...
once again, im decades late
Atlanta, 1992 @ The Roxy
Grotus opened for Mr. Bungle
Absolutely sick performance!
EPIC !!! great audio quality...many thanx for this video !!!!!!!!!!
If I recall correctly, you can find it hidden on the end of the album Slow Motion Apocalypse, which I think is not too hard to get.
in love with this FUCKING BAND
I read the quietus article just recently where he mentioned this band as one of his favorites, definitely hear the influence. Wow
poitiers 1994!!!!!! j 'y étais enorme!!!!
Salut! Dis-moi, aurais-tu des "souvenirs" de ce concert? Photos ou flyer ou audio ou vidéo?
Le nom de la salle sinon me suffirait pour entrer en contact avec si je trouve des gens qui y bossaient! Merci :)
jesus christ this is so incredibly good.
It's a hidden track on Slow Motion Apocalypse. Which is on Itunes.
Great to see the big G again. Their shows were always great. My band played several gigs with them. I think they got screwed by the major powers- London Records?, sucks, they should have been huge!
CT
sweet sounds
thanks for posting this!!! I saw them open for Bungle that same year and they were very excellent. Too bad you can;t see their projected images as they were very disturbing at the time. Thats when folks with dishes could receive raw news footage being sent back to the US before being edited. very graphic war footage. now I gotta dig their cd;s out..
Townsend?
@FocusedLucidity saw this show in Tijuana, Mexico April 1992 FN AWESOME
I had the chance to see em live two time @ Forum Enger / Germany. Saw hundreds of bands during the last 28 years but these guys stick out of the crowd. Would fit perfectly to the Roadburn Fest in Tilburg / Holland.
yuuuusssssss
No it's not! Neither album version of Brown sounds like this although this is obviously the Slowmotion Apocalypse arrangement. It is clearly live although I am not quite sure how it was produced, the audio is excellent and it is in fact the best version of this song existing, with ease!
Is this really live? What a brilliant song/performance! Tbh I think this sounds better than the studio version posted on TH-cam - kinda makes you wonder why they didn't use reverb on his voice and turn up the volume on the vocal track in the studio...
Mike Patton brought me here.
if these guys had toured with tool, they coulda easily made it big time and still be around today =(. Can't believe i missed on them, can't even find their rcords anywhere...
agreed!
god i cannot find this track anywhere. i've searched ebay, amazon, limewire, and itunes...but there was nothing. this song is fuckin amazin
Fuck yes! 🤘❤️🤘
A-fucking-men! Grotus is THE best band from the 90's!
Same.
@HateSince88
I've got the audio bootleg cd of the Grotus live at forum enger in 1994!
Fuck Yes!
This is neat.
Hey whozitz2 This is Adam from Grotus ,we have unearthed one hour and 33 minutes of live Grotus footage from the 1992 tour with Mr. Bungle ,would you be interested in uploading it to this page?
Thanks
Hi, Adam! So glad to see you commenting here and that you're offering more footage to the world. I bought the "Slow Motion Apocalypse" CD when it came out because I was a Jello fanboy and bought everything that came out on Alternative Tentacles. It has been a favorite album ever since, and the song "Brown" especially impressed me. I didn't know what it even was and wrote to you guys asking about the "hidden" track, some 10 minutes after the end of the CD. I also inquired into the proper pronunciation of the band. Lars wrote back to me so graciously, thanking me for my support and appreciation and proceeded to tell me about the song "Brown" as well as the proper pronunciation, which he said was actually like "Grrrrr-trrrrrs" but he didn't mind that everyone said "Grow-tuss", haha. You guys were always 100% original and so groovy. Thanks to you and the rest of the band, sincerely, for all the good tunes and for putting creativity and joy into the world. My deepest respect and admiration. - JW Watson
its all about morning glory
what music should sound like. I use to have 1 of their album in the '90 but not anymore, and cant find a decent place to buy or listen.
any tips pls?!
Itunes or Alternative Tentacles
For whatever reason this version is not the version on the CD. Anyone know where this version can be found?
Patton's a hardcore fan of these guys. And hey, apparently Faith No more's getting back together.
Sepultrotus!!!
I bet Mike Patton is there somewhere.
push, meat, blood, and hair
mother to mother
push, born of the mud
dried in the salt air
push, down at the root
slipping from somewhere
brown
push, slick with the sweat
fed by the bright air
push, sky not a roof
ground not a bottom
all this is not yours
you are the world's
brown
pharmaseutical ?
shifting sand land
dude, your uncle is fucking cool.
The Sandwhich sent me here
da cat will eat da bird, little band big label DEATH of Musicians