Among a blistering number of great 80s and 90s AUTHENTIC punk bands, these guys are absolutely the top of the heap. The seething nihilism that permeates the lyrics combined with the uncommonly creative and, frankly, highly skillful musicianship expressed by every member of NoMeansNo has fascinated me for decades. I am about to turn 50, and today, I am listening to 0+2=1 and enjoying it just as much as I did back in 1991 when I bought the vinyl record of this one at Shangri-La Records in Memphis, TN. I never got to see them live back then, but I sure wish I had!
It’s crazy to me being from Victoria how much of an impact this band had on people and I’m pissed off with myself for not seeing them when I’ve had literally hundreds of opportunities but never did even as a punk rock kid myself.. they were usually playing at clubs and bars when I was too young and by the time I was old enough I lost interest in punk rock..big regret
When the album sounds like less perfect than played live.. ive seen them around that time, these dudes are not human, 2hrs brutal perfection i walked out with a different brain structure i guess.
Word!!! i saw them many times in munich, everytime for a fair ticket price, like it should be, and way over 2 hours!.... one time in Ulm the drummer éxcused himself after 3,5 (!!!!) hours playing due he hit his fingers on that snare rim....
@@martinwagner2743 what a whimp.....:))) as far as i know they are Appalachian breed, that explains everything...i have never encountered such a density of capable musicians as within the Country/Bluegrass scene, they got Al di Meolas, John McLaughlins and Paco de Lucias like galore....
My pal Erica loaned me this cd in ‘94, and it really impacted me. I dove in gleefully after this one. I know the whole canon at this point, was fortunate to see them a couple times, and I kinda adore them. This was the catalyst. The jumping-off point. And it’s still my favorite. This, Mama, and Worldhood are my Top 3. Thanks for making this available!
saw them on a Alternative tentacles tour (D.O.A + Nomeansno) in Australia, drums side on to crowd, nothing could follow them after, Rarely have I been so blown away!
Smartest and funkiest punk rock band ever. Do you listen to them or read them? For the grooves or regard for philosophy? And who would win in a fight - Nomeansno or the Minutemen? But no fighting required! Solidarity with all the smart bands! D. Boon lives! As will the Wright Brothers!
read as you listen, for both and, in a fight i gotta go these guys, they hate the world way more than Minutemen. Or so it sounds to me. Plus they're hockey maniacs.
Slažem se, jedan od mojih najdražih bendova, tek sam ih nedavno pronašao ali ih obožavam, nisam očekivao da će neki balkanac komentirati ali mi je drago da jesi :) ima i nas koji slušaju dobru glazbu, izgleda.
Naravno da ima , slušam ih skoro od početka , prvi put 1984. valjda , uvijek inspirativni i uvijek otkriješ nešto , gledao ih u Osijeku prije 10- tak godina , bio sam na hrpi koncerata ali mislim da mi je je to broj 1. a tek uživo su nadnaravni 😊
Favorite band ever. This record is pretty underrated, and while it does get a bit flufffy on the long monologue tracks, moments like "The Fall" are as tight and furious as anything on Wrong or Sex Mad. NOMEANSNOMEANSNO.
it's underrrated by deaf/unconscious people...everyone else knows how fresh and lively it is, a masterpiece of joyness since 30 (uh: this means I'm 30yrs older...) yrs
Thanks for having this stuff on the internet. I made a horribly misguided decision years ago to digitize my entire CD collection and sell it off and I regret it to this day, but you have given me at least SOME way of still being able to listen to one of my favourite bands/albums in the entire world.
Saw them live in 1990 when Andy Kerr was still on guitar. They played a free outdoor set-in downtown Vancouver. Of course, after 40 minutes they shut it down as the apartments around it complained. wAS TOTALY EPIC!!!!
No means No was my first punk show I ever went to, it was at the Armory Building in Eureka, CA. Got my first bloody nose in the mosh pit. Great memories. Thanks for posting this.
@@arekhautaluoma4276 No I missed that one. I saw Green Day, Offspring, Jesus and Mary Chain, The Dread, One Man Running, Sister Placebo, My name is Chris, Couch, NOFX, Garden Weasle, Meat Puppets and many many more.
the hoot of an owl in the dreams of a mouse! a child needs a name like a corpse needs a pall! hail to the lies by which all truths are hounded! it may just be a halo of hissing snakes! Pure poetry my brothers and sisters. And all to a 5/4 groove that swings like Duke Ellington. Love it,
Seen them many times. Me and my wife took pictures with Rob in his tighty whitey underwear. True! He was changing before show in SLC like a punk Mr. Roger's
*** it's nice to see obvious ripples of influence in the world where life imitates art and vice versa, in the performance realm of music. i think this particular ripple only signifies that this song by The Stranglers was a fave of Nomeansno as listeners. when something is fractally duplicated it either means it was duplicated on purpose, by error/accident, randomly by chance, or by the limitations of truly first-ever 'inventions'. we individually impact the lives of others more than we can or ever will know... like ripples.
All those years of minimised certainty , never quite achieving the bestest out of the mostest with a less than maximized self assuredness , and yet even now you're just talking bout a matter of opinion. Calm yourself mush !
Yeah, it's the internet and people are prone to posting little vignettes about their life when their memories are jogged by certain stimuli. I hadn't heard the record in a couple decades. Wrong was the only record I kept. I popped in to see how much I remembered here. But still, all that aside, what's with your pretentious little drive by booger flipping? Have you been bare naked with a girl yet? You don't sound like it. In any case, I'd be willing to bet a whole fuck load of Internet likes (for what they're worth, which is nothing) that you weren't even old enough to finger your mother's ass when I was listening to and seeing NOMEANSNO live in a bowling alley, you little flit.
Danni- I hadn't seen your post. The thing is, when WRONG came out around Christmas of '89, the universal sentiment at the time seemed to be simply "HOLY FUCK." It would be hard for any group to follow up a record like that. I mean, if you look at the records that came out prior, it's not even a question. They topped themselves with WRONG. This one's not a terrible record, and again, I bought it the week it came out, but it can't compare. I'm betting if Jon Jones was even fucking born, he wasn't listening to it. Because he is a little square jon who was probably finger painting in his own shit along the side of his crib.
I just found out they're done and realized when I saw them last 2016 was their last tour. They were well into their 60's and rocked harder then 95% of every band I've ever seen.
1. Now 00:00 2. The Fall 05:11 3. 0+2=1 10:40 4. The Valley Of The Blind 15:35 5. Mary 18:24 6. Everyday I Start To Ooze 24:29 7. When Putting It All In Order Ain't Enough 29:03 8. The Night Nothing Became Everything 31:56 9. I Think You Know 33:22 10. Ghosts 35:23 11. Joyful Reunion 43:20 for mobile
VideoGameSauce You've made a good choice, mate. Like others say; see them live. You'll make a mess in your pantaloons. Plus, they are the nicest folk if you meet them. Proper class acts.
Saw them live. See them live. They’re best live. The stories are true Nomeansno are the live band to top all the bands who’ve lived and played live. Long may they be alive.
let me try to rank bands by the number of times I've seen them .. let's see.. : Nomeansno 7 times, Zu 7 times (2 with NMN), Sonic Youth 6 times, Fugazi 5 times, etc...
A friend of mine showed me the album 'Wrong'. That changed my view to music. Later i had bought this album and was mesmerized. With a friend i drove to school everyday and we heard it loudly. A few years ago i saw them live in Siegen, Germany, that was a great happenening. Live on Nomeansno!
I did miss out many cool bands in my life but more than made up for it enjoying these guys since i was in my teens in the 80's. Hometown heroes does not describe these guys, life altering more like it !
Among a blistering number of great 80s and 90s AUTHENTIC punk bands, these guys are absolutely the top of the heap. The seething nihilism that permeates the lyrics combined with the uncommonly creative and, frankly, highly skillful musicianship expressed by every member of NoMeansNo has fascinated me for decades. I am about to turn 50, and today, I am listening to 0+2=1 and enjoying it just as much as I did back in 1991 when I bought the vinyl record of this one at Shangri-La Records in Memphis, TN. I never got to see them live back then, but I sure wish I had!
Happy belated!
It’s crazy to me being from Victoria how much of an impact this band had on people and I’m pissed off with myself for not seeing them when I’ve had literally hundreds of opportunities but never did even as a punk rock kid myself.. they were usually playing at clubs and bars when I was too young and by the time I was old enough I lost interest in punk rock..big regret
Fuck yeah man
When the album sounds like less perfect than played live.. ive seen them around that time, these dudes are not human, 2hrs brutal perfection i walked out with a different brain structure i guess.
On of my favorites, so many memories!! Gawwd I geek out hard. Still have sweat on paper from them
Word!!! i saw them many times in munich, everytime for a fair ticket price, like it should be, and way over 2 hours!.... one time in Ulm the drummer éxcused himself after 3,5 (!!!!) hours playing due he hit his fingers on that snare rim....
@@martinwagner2743 what a whimp.....:))) as far as i know they are Appalachian breed, that explains everything...i have never encountered such a density of capable musicians as within the Country/Bluegrass scene, they got Al di Meolas, John McLaughlins and Paco de Lucias like galore....
@@martinwagner2743 WoW How awesome
I envy you so much guys
Most perfect pit ive ever been in. every body singing every word. blasting kinetic energy everywhere.
beautiful shit.
I don't have words for how significantly this album changed the course of my life.
Yeah man.... these guys changed my thought and life.
My pal Erica loaned me this cd in ‘94, and it really impacted me. I dove in gleefully after this one. I know the whole canon at this point, was fortunate to see them a couple times, and I kinda adore them. This was the catalyst. The jumping-off point. And it’s still my favorite. This, Mama, and Worldhood are my Top 3. Thanks for making this available!
saw em ten times in 90s
they are even better live so tight together
ah the good ole days... this and fugazi were my favorite live shows...
Dr. Mrs. Professor Chaos... Mine too, Dude. Cheers!
saw them on a Alternative tentacles tour (D.O.A + Nomeansno) in Australia, drums side on to crowd, nothing could follow them after, Rarely have I been so blown away!
Word
I caught them at the Babylon in 91. I had not heard of them, but became a fan that night.
Canadian west coast punk perfection.
Smartest and funkiest punk rock band ever. Do you listen to them or read them? For the grooves or regard for philosophy? And who would win in a fight - Nomeansno or the Minutemen? But no fighting required! Solidarity with all the smart bands! D. Boon lives! As will the Wright Brothers!
GWAR
Strongest most handsome most Burley of destroyers of bands
read as you listen, for both and, in a fight i gotta go these guys, they hate the world way more than Minutemen. Or so it sounds to me. Plus they're hockey maniacs.
Victims Family
Both are great. The Big Boys too
all 3 at a show together would be magical. Long live D Boon
Still love this album after all this time........ remember them live in Ireland during the 90s...... great times.
Moj najdraži album jednog od najinteligentnijih bendova moje najranije mladosti...klasik
Slažem se, jedan od mojih najdražih bendova, tek sam ih nedavno pronašao ali ih obožavam, nisam očekivao da će neki balkanac komentirati ali mi je drago da jesi :) ima i nas koji slušaju dobru glazbu, izgleda.
Naravno da ima , slušam ih skoro od početka , prvi put 1984. valjda , uvijek inspirativni i uvijek otkriješ nešto , gledao ih u Osijeku prije 10- tak godina , bio sam na hrpi koncerata ali mislim da mi je je to broj 1. a tek uživo su nadnaravni 😊
Favorite band ever. This record is pretty underrated, and while it does get a bit flufffy on the long monologue tracks, moments like "The Fall" are as tight and furious as anything on Wrong or Sex Mad. NOMEANSNOMEANSNO.
Fluffy? 0+2=1, Ghosts? 2 of their most terrifying songs, I always thought :)
it's underrrated by deaf/unconscious people...everyone else knows how fresh and lively it is, a masterpiece of joyness since 30 (uh: this means I'm 30yrs older...) yrs
The Fall is a straight up DEVO song! Love this album since day one ❤
Thanks for having this stuff on the internet. I made a horribly misguided decision years ago to digitize my entire CD collection and sell it off and I regret it to this day, but you have given me at least SOME way of still being able to listen to one of my favourite bands/albums in the entire world.
did you at least get good money for them?
Perfect album. Yes, perfect.
Saw them live in 1990 when Andy Kerr was still on guitar. They played a free outdoor set-in downtown Vancouver. Of course, after 40 minutes they shut it down as the apartments around it complained. wAS TOTALY EPIC!!!!
Amazing, completely under rated band. I love em !
only underrated by fools and those who have yet to listen...
Awesome album by my favorite band. Eternal thanks for the uploading of this masterpiece.
No means No was my first punk show I ever went to, it was at the Armory Building in Eureka, CA. Got my first bloody nose in the mosh pit. Great memories. Thanks for posting this.
Wow Eureka...you ever see Mr Bungle?
@@arekhautaluoma4276 No I missed that one. I saw Green Day, Offspring, Jesus and Mary Chain, The Dread, One Man Running, Sister Placebo, My name is Chris, Couch, NOFX, Garden Weasle, Meat Puppets and many many more.
Great band, ahead of their time.
steve patrick ???
O think it's Just in time. Thinking of the way of music nowadays
It still drops my jaw into the ground..Mr Finland thanks nomesns no..See you guys in telakka-hope soon
Memories to my childhood of listening this album on CD in the car with my father and both headbanging with me on the backseat! 😎👐
omg YES
the hoot of an owl in the dreams of a mouse!
a child needs a name like a corpse needs a pall!
hail to the lies by which all truths are hounded!
it may just be a halo of hissing snakes!
Pure poetry my brothers and sisters. And all to a 5/4 groove that swings like Duke Ellington.
Love it,
Yeah that's pure poetry right there!
🖤
Oh my gorgeous boys. X
NomeansNo is the best
I saw them in Cotati CA 20 years ago, and still love these geezers.
My fave song on this album, the lyrics,the bass line, and the halo of hising snakes
Killer find. I bought this record when it came out. Still have it to this day.
The best! I played with them in Spokane WA
best band!!
fantastici!!!! Fratelli Wright n.1
Mitici!
Loudest concert I ever went to. Definetly a live band
Love!!1st time I heard this band was the album they did with Jello Biafra.
Arguably their best. Nah they're all best
The best Canadian power trio of ALL TIME
Seen this band 3 times. 1998, 1999 in San Diego and 2001 in Vancouver, Bc. This album is infectious
Saw them live twice - 2005 and 2010 (plus the Hanson Bros once in 2009). They put every other band to shame.
This band is more than punk rock. I can’t even define it.
Well thats too bad... ; )
@@Jenna..desu4565 Yes, sir, well said, well said.
The song Now remains brutalizer after 29 years!!
Thanks Gilpow.
those guys live is a major act! ;)... i adore the drummer ;)
Wow- hadn't heard this in a looong time. Still have it- better dig it out!
Sadly Andy Kerr's last album with them. For me the Andy albums are NOMEANSNO at their peak. Absolutely brilliant albums!!!
NO ! 1 + 1 = 3 !
God save us all.. because these guys can...
Ghosts is the best song on the album
Dali in music,these recors belong in a museum
Tightest 3 piece ever
Wright right!
Top album.
seeing these guys was like a religious experience for me. I couldn't help but compare the lead dude to Phil Donahue....lookswise you know.
Religion has nothing on these guys they are beyond god.
#NMN
I hope they can keel to the robats. Best band ever!
I am usually ok with ads, but not when they interrupt my nomeansno
Not my choice, it's their label, so money go to them.
I don't actually mind all that much, I have all the files anyway. it's good they're getting the money though
شكرا اخي على الفديو
BOOM DOOM!!!
Seen them many times. Me and my wife took pictures with Rob in his tighty whitey underwear. True! He was changing before show in SLC like a punk Mr. Roger's
This is!
Aren't there any companies whose products or services are palatable to your listeners.... or is there no. Choice in the matter ..?
anyone know where i could download the 0 + 2 = 1 1/2 demos??
Brian Argüello Soulseek
wtf time is that on the title track? 5/8 or something? fukkin crazy...
John is also great with the syncopated drum beat!
@Kiss-Horváth Ferenc ok so 0+2=5/4
Or 1.250
30 years ago today?
28.04.2020
Unfuckingparalleled!
Where can i download their albums?
29:03 dunt dunt
O vocal lembra o Violent Femmes
I Think You Know is very much like (the beginning of) Threatened by The Stranglers. anyone?
"...all that you can say is
if your existence is not threatened in any way..." 😉😉😉
*** it's nice to see obvious ripples of influence in the world where life imitates art and vice versa, in the performance realm of music. i think this particular ripple only signifies that this song by The Stranglers was a fave of Nomeansno as listeners. when something is fractally duplicated it either means it was duplicated on purpose, by error/accident, randomly by chance, or by the limitations of truly first-ever 'inventions'.
we individually impact the lives of others more than we can or ever will know...
like ripples.
alien drunk spelling
25 years ago right now I was jamming this record. I didn't think it was anywhere near as good as Wrong. I was right.
srsly? it's pretty good though...
probably the funnier of the albums and some of the most mind-melting jazz progressions over apocalyptic tones - it's awesome.
All those years of minimised certainty , never quite achieving the bestest out of the mostest with a less than maximized self assuredness , and yet even now you're just talking bout a matter of opinion. Calm yourself mush !
Yeah, it's the internet and people are prone to posting little vignettes about their life when their memories are jogged by certain stimuli. I hadn't heard the record in a couple decades. Wrong was the only record I kept. I popped in to see how much I remembered here.
But still, all that aside, what's with your pretentious little drive by booger flipping? Have you been bare naked with a girl yet? You don't sound like it. In any case, I'd be willing to bet a whole fuck load of Internet likes (for what they're worth, which is nothing) that you weren't even old enough to finger your mother's ass when I was listening to and seeing NOMEANSNO live in a bowling alley, you little flit.
Danni- I hadn't seen your post. The thing is, when WRONG came out around Christmas of '89, the universal sentiment at the time seemed to be simply "HOLY FUCK." It would be hard for any group to follow up a record like that. I mean, if you look at the records that came out prior, it's not even a question. They topped themselves with WRONG. This one's not a terrible record, and again, I bought it the week it came out, but it can't compare. I'm betting if Jon Jones was even fucking born, he wasn't listening to it. Because he is a little square jon who was probably finger painting in his own shit along the side of his crib.
can i have a bedtime story
Best show ever ? This tour. Commodore ballroom.
I cant believe i just found this band, im pissed i spent 23 years of my life not knowing about this band
This is the way .
At least you found it
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I just found out they're done and realized when I saw them last 2016 was their last tour. They were well into their 60's and rocked harder then 95% of every band I've ever seen.
the later they come.....
I've been a fan since I was 12 in '92. Never too late or early to find the Wrong Brothers!
The first band that I’d ever seen live was NO MEANS NO Wrong Tour back in 1989, Regina, Sk. Canada. Been in love now 31yrs
I saw them for the first time on that tour but in Thunder Bay, Ontario!
Saw them in Florence, Italy in the 90’s. Fantastic!
Saw them in LYON/ VILLEURBANNE CCO in 94 ,
, the week after SHELLAC ...& Later VICTIM FAMILY ...
WOW .......wrong era NMN that is imo their peak that had to be an experience man....lucky bastard
Never seen them live, sadly. But I've been listening to this music since I was a baby! (my dad has an amazing taste in music)
John is a fucking power house on the drums.
1. Now 00:00
2. The Fall 05:11
3. 0+2=1 10:40
4. The Valley Of The Blind 15:35
5. Mary 18:24
6. Everyday I Start To Ooze 24:29
7. When Putting It All In Order Ain't Enough 29:03
8. The Night Nothing Became Everything 31:56
9. I Think You Know 33:22
10. Ghosts 35:23
11. Joyful Reunion 43:20
for mobile
Thank you 😊
Wow, I think I just found my new favorite band. Jesus.
VideoGameSauce Been mine for 30 years. You just found the best band on the planet. :)
VideoGameSauce Just wait till you've seen 'em live. Awesome!
SharksInTheGenePool indeed!
VideoGameSauce You've made a good choice, mate. Like others say; see them live. You'll make a mess in your pantaloons. Plus, they are the nicest folk if you meet them. Proper class acts.
VideoGameSauce They will ALWAYS be my favorite band, ever. Good call.
Saw them live. See them live. They’re best live. The stories are true Nomeansno are the live band to top all the bands who’ve lived and played live. Long may they be alive.
They already retired :(
But! John Wright just released a solo album under the moniker Dead Bob, one of the tracks features Rob.
@@francishalama5495 ha Ha Ha oh the irony.
Saw them live in Barcelona in the 90s. Epic! Even got the drum sticks after the show... wish I could go back to my 20s again
My band Wholes (las Vegas) opened for NMN in early 90s. The best, relentless show ever.
That's my daughters game name. Dont know wqhy its there.
What a seriously great album
one of the most unique and powerful trios to ever exist!
When I listen to The Fall all is well in the universe
let me try to rank bands by the number of times I've seen them .. let's see.. : Nomeansno 7 times, Zu 7 times (2 with NMN), Sonic Youth 6 times, Fugazi 5 times, etc...
Sometimes I think I’m a pretty decent bassist, and then I listen to Rob Wright.
worlds best allcoast punk JAZZ perfection!!!
second that!!!
Tis just a joke.
Masterpiece.
Those Jones! Ya gotta love em!
A friend of mine showed me the album 'Wrong'. That changed my view to music.
Later i had bought this album and was mesmerized.
With a friend i drove to school everyday and we heard it loudly.
A few years ago i saw them live in Siegen, Germany, that was a great happenening.
Live on Nomeansno!
Man this album changed my look at music about 20 years ago....
The Hoot of an owl in the dreams of a mouse
The fall is so Devo, these guys keep me perpetually smirking😼
hey, mfs, this album blew my mind when i was 16-17. i still put it on at least once a year.
masterpiece! thank u guys.
Been a fan of this band my whole life and I've never heard of this album before.. Just wow!...
glad you found it. this is a great one.
As we pour heavily into a representation of our once selves
Same
TOOL fans think they know whats up
HAHAHAHA
I did miss out many cool bands in my life but more than made up for it enjoying these guys since i was in my teens in the 80's. Hometown heroes does not describe these guys, life altering more like it !
I love how the artists decided to inform us about their adventures with modulo-2 arithmetic
Everyday I start to OOOOOOZE!
we consider these guys our spirit band
Used to watch these guys live in Vic back in the late 80's -they did free shows all the time just for fun
YAY!!!!! someone finally uploaded this
One of my favorites, always loved jazz and punk.