Just found this in late 2023…my then fiancé and I had just arrived in LA and already were Venice Beach skaters and over 32 years later (30 years married) we still love The La’s…Sherry was soon to be working for KROQ and it’s frustrating to know we just barely missed this chance to take in their live set on blades…all these years later and we still occasionally miss amazing shows here in LA (kinda comes with the territory). Anyway here’s to you gobias1! Thanks for posting!
One of the best albums of the 90's and the only one (studio album) they did - Hauntingly takes me back to 1990-91 when these songs were a soundtrack for my life. I can't believe what I'm seeing - I'm taken back again...thank you for recording this and posting it so many years later - I am stupefied - in tears. You made my day! The La's are a 'Timeless melody'...
This is surreal. Listen with headphone. You can hear wham singing club tropicana drinks are free on the local venice beach radio... I love the la’s. Greetz from Belgium
I’m a Scouser(from Liverpool ..same as this band)Always loved these and would never have seen this (and others like it)if it weren’t for people like you.can’t thank you enough.
its so surreal seeing the LA's at venice beach. Two such polar phenomena. Its as strange as if a newly formed betles time travelled and landed on venice beach in the 90's. Think of the music in america at the time, this must have been so alien.
my thoughts exactly dfpguitar, just so totally different, grungy alt rock and hip-hop/rap would have been huge? And this? It's hard to define what it is, but it's ridiculously British. A great juxtaposition. This is some time before Oasis were huge, America wouldn't have seen much that looked, or sounded like the Las back then in a LONG TIME. Also, I bet Anton Newcombe was in that crowd somewhere.
America is a huge country, grunge never dominated everywhere. The indie scene was full of jangly guitar bands, have you heard of REM? The Byrds came from California as did the Beach Boys. There She Goes was a well known song in the early 1990s in America.
Buddy Holly, Everly Brothers, the La's have a ton of American influence all over their sound. They probably had a good time in the local record stores when they were stateside.
Amazing footage. Weird to see Lee beltin’ out Feelin’ to a bunch of LA 20somethings, in high noon daylight. That’s a workin’ musician for ya. Also their prole scouse fashion sense in ‘91 has aged admirably well into our new decade.
guitarist is dressed like a soft boy, lee is dressed like he works at foot locker, and john is dressed like a bisexual indie boy. i would say their style was ahead of their time
I'm glad this footage exists. I can see myself in the back standing on the KROQ van bumper with my video camera. I lost the tape 10 years ago. Thanks for posting!
You would only give this a thumbs down if you had absolutely no taste. Great, natural music played as naturally as it gets ....pretty clever lads , the La's.
@@dbouquet Yes, it was an eventful gig for them and we were happy to have them here in SoCal. I remember after the show they signed autographs and then kicked a soccer ball around on the beach.
Was at this Gig with my girlfriend just found it & saw me in the crowd 9min 35 sec in brings back great memories (hung out with the band for a week or so going with them on a mini tour of LA) lovely fellas !!!
great posting ,,,,saw them at the Royal Court in Liverpool the year before ,was amazing ,who'd have thought just the one album at that time ,just fantastic tunes
They would have been - had they had them. A more innocent time. Imagine when you turned to talk to a friend that they were NEVER looking at their phone. Because there was no phone.
This is such a historic piece of footage never lose this my God 😮 they came and went never seen again, they were England's answer to our indie band phenomenon The Sunny Boys...
@T. Zappa and now I can point out that you cannot read its @LJames you cheeky fkr🤪😅🤪😅😝🤕😝 sneaky fkr was a kgb cia mi5 aka under cover it looks like Jones but the fbi, ira, 007 r a. Amazing illusionists that you are seeing things bobby brown
Great Footage Thank you: I think Americans (The ones that were aware) Really Loved The La,s They easily had the potential to be massive over there , that’s what I think from watching this 👍🏻🌞⭐️❤️
Pure unadulterated acoustic song bliss. What a band. More musicianship in this one set than Nirvana and Oasis combined. Flawless vocals, great guitar lines and memorable chorus’s.x
Mate I agree as The La's are one of my all time favourite bands but Nirvana and Oasis were worldwide popular for a reason. If Lee and the band hadnt been so stubborn in alot of things they could have been as massive as both Nirvana and Oasis.
If I could change one thing about music history - I'd decrease Lee Mavers' perfectionism by about 40%. I reckon we'd have at least 5 or 6 La's albums that way.
I don’t know. Maybe it’s better to just leave one perfect album (that Lee hates). I can’t imagine they could reform and record anything with that magic now. No matter how good they are, sometimes the time has passed.
RoundheadsMusic yes it was never properly recorded. It was indeed sang live a few times to give people a snippet of what was supposed to be a 2nd album. John and mavers wrote a lot of songs. Heck maybe john took some from mavers. In a good way tho.
I was in the states NJ when they played in Aug '91 there - gutted I missed them - wud have loved to see them live - gr8 band gr8 album, (pity Mavers wouldn't give backing vocals on track 1 tho')
britpop was trad style indie songwriting, stone roses sound of their time late 80's like the mondays ride the farm etc, no one in the mid nineties would of said these bands today really remind me of the stone roses they were yesterdays news in the mid nineties in terms of their style of music , it sounds pure late eighties not mid nineties
T. Zappa it was a movement in the uk mid 90’s culture and music. The opposite to the grunge scene over in the us. Like Noel Gallagher said nirvana had a tune out called ‘I hate myself and I want to die’ so he wrote live forever. It’s about being British in the 90’s. It’s catchy alternate rock with bright pop melody’s
The world still isn't ready for The La's.....figure the whole Big Star esque influence would have taken off already. Please don't give me that britpoop influence bullshit. Oasis didn't do it. The only ones that sounded as 60's were The Real People and The Stairs.
I'm the only person I know that adores this album. Glad to see a lot of you do to.
Superb...one of the best live recordings av seen of The Las...hats off to whoever has the foresight to record this moment in time...thank you!!
Just found this in late 2023…my then fiancé and I had just arrived in LA and already were Venice Beach skaters and over 32 years later (30 years married) we still love The La’s…Sherry was soon to be working for KROQ and it’s frustrating to know we just barely missed this chance to take in their live set on blades…all these years later and we still occasionally miss amazing shows here in LA (kinda comes with the territory). Anyway here’s to you gobias1! Thanks for posting!
The La’s is one of the best pop albums ever recorded.
Lee Mavers might have something to say about that 😉
They did not like that word pop music
Fkn great album whatever genre it falls under-all time classic-this band should've been huge
@Stephen Greenhorn sure he said in the japanese interview "it's all pop"
It's ROCK AND ROLL.
One of the best albums of the 90's and the only one (studio album) they did - Hauntingly takes me back to 1990-91 when these songs were a soundtrack for my life. I can't believe what I'm seeing - I'm taken back again...thank you for recording this and posting it so many years later - I am stupefied - in tears. You made my day! The La's are a 'Timeless melody'...
Four scousers playing on Venice beach. Brilliant!!
This is surreal. Listen with headphone. You can hear wham singing club tropicana drinks are free on the local venice beach radio... I love the la’s. Greetz from Belgium
I can't believe i found this.zfucking 26 later i was there
Beautiful... Just beautiful. Those songs, that conviction man...lightning in a bottle. Also fucking banging Adidas Trackies Lee
Well done for recording them. This will be important in the future.
Its important now.. it shows where music now went down for the worst..
This comment was 4 years ago. The future is now.
It is the future.
I’m a Scouser(from Liverpool ..same as this band)Always loved these and would never have seen this (and others like it)if it weren’t for people like you.can’t thank you enough.
@@petercarter1107 it was the future when that comment was posted compared to 1991.
0:00 - Alright
3:02 - There She Goes
6:00 - I Can't Sleep
8:37 - Feelin'
10:37 - Timeless Melody
This is the future and it’s wicked
What a weird scene, seeing them in that setting. So glad this is up. THX
its so surreal seeing the LA's at venice beach. Two such polar phenomena. Its as strange as if a newly formed betles time travelled and landed on venice beach in the 90's. Think of the music in america at the time, this must have been so alien.
at first sight yes, but then you think of all the nice pop psych/sunshine pop from cali thats indirectly referenced in the La's music..
my thoughts exactly dfpguitar, just so totally different, grungy alt rock and hip-hop/rap would have been huge? And this? It's hard to define what it is, but it's ridiculously British. A great juxtaposition. This is some time before Oasis were huge, America wouldn't have seen much that looked, or sounded like the Las back then in a LONG TIME. Also, I bet Anton Newcombe was in that crowd somewhere.
Hair-metal was on its way out just as grunge/alternative was on its way in. The 90's had just started to kick in right then.
America is a huge country, grunge never dominated everywhere. The indie scene was full of jangly guitar bands, have you heard of REM? The Byrds came from California as did the Beach Boys. There She Goes was a well known song in the early 1990s in America.
Buddy Holly, Everly Brothers, the La's have a ton of American influence all over their sound. They probably had a good time in the local record stores when they were stateside.
You own the recording of one of the best bands. Well done.
Best and most important band of my whole life so far 💖💖💖💖💖💖
Back in the day where bands sounded the same if not better live as they did in the studio. A real shame they did not do more.
One of the best, most energetic and one a kind live bands that ever graced this Earth x
You haven't seen a lot of live music have you?
@@mcleananderson4948 you're boring
Drugs from mouth are falling
@@mcleananderson4948 I think he means without trying to be "rockstars"
@@mcleananderson4948You haven't watched many La's live gigs have you?
Amazing footage. Weird to see Lee beltin’ out Feelin’ to a bunch of LA 20somethings, in high noon daylight. That’s a workin’ musician for ya.
Also their prole scouse fashion sense in ‘91 has aged admirably well into our new decade.
That's the fashion from every town and council estate across Britain. In the late 80s to early 90s. Football shirts trackies and double denim
guitarist is dressed like a soft boy, lee is dressed like he works at foot locker, and john is dressed like a bisexual indie boy. i would say their style was ahead of their time
@@matthewjdouglas6471 scousers were well ahead in the trackies game, that's why we used to get ripped for our shell suits lol
@@anthonymojica1555 and the drummer looks like he is on bail for a drug related offence
@@lennon1482 i can’t even see the drummer 😭🤚🏼
I'm glad this footage exists. I can see myself in the back standing on the KROQ van bumper with my video camera. I lost the tape 10 years ago. Thanks for posting!
Did any other bands play??
Liar!!!
You would only give this a thumbs down if you had absolutely no taste. Great, natural music played as naturally as it gets ....pretty clever lads , the La's.
💯👋👋
Love the La's. Feelin is one of my all time favorite songs and Lee really belted this one out. LOVE IT! Thanks for this
great new live recording document ! I saw them in Rennes 1st gig in france & 6 months before this show.
Man the Bands on point in this performance . great stuff !
I was there! My brother actually video recorded the set but unfortunately lost the tape. Glad to see this. Cheers!
Is this from the same recording he did??
@@marksimons4108
No, it was a different angle. He shot it standing on the fountain there in City Hall. Oh well. Lol
Did you feel at the time that this was a special performance? I'd love to talk to someone who was there and hear their memories.
@@dbouquet Yes, it was an eventful gig for them and we were happy to have them here in SoCal. I remember after the show they signed autographs and then kicked a soccer ball around on the beach.
Never liked them when I was younger but, love them now
Was at this Gig with my girlfriend just found it & saw me in the crowd 9min 35 sec in brings back great memories (hung out with the band for a week or so going with them on a mini tour of LA) lovely fellas !!!
Propper lucky son of a gun .
+Roy Mills do you have any anecdotes and impressions of mr lee mavers
Certainly would like to have that memory to share!
I smell something......can't think what it is...o yeh it's bullshit
@@69birdboy hardly seeing he's lying 🤥
I happen to really love this.
I saw The La's in 1988 before they were famous, supporting Joe Strummer at the Royal Court in Liverpool.
wow, not many videos of their North American tour have surfaced and this comes at a welcome surprise.
great posting ,,,,saw them at the Royal Court in Liverpool the year before ,was amazing ,who'd have thought just the one album at that time ,just fantastic tunes
Underrated group . They deserve a larger and more enthusiastic public .
they sound fantastic
Boss upload! The La’s sounding to of their game!👌🏻
Fantastic footage!
Funny to see no people recording on their phones))))) Good'ol'times))
They would have been - had they had them. A more innocent time.
Imagine when you turned to talk to a friend that they were NEVER looking at their phone. Because there was no phone.
A comment for likes
This band means everything to me. . .
You’re not alone!
This is such a historic piece of footage never lose this my God 😮 they came and went never seen again, they were England's answer to our indie band phenomenon The Sunny Boys...
Is this one of the moments John spoke about saying Lee refused to sing backing vocals on his stuff 😂
All those peeps gazing at them doing Timeless Melody thinking, "I have no idea who this band are, but I've a feeling this is important".
Best there ever was best there ever will be lee mavers genius the music will always speak for itself an stand the test of time!
I never knew they did Alright before Cast, i knew it was a Power tune obviously but i didn't know they'd bothered playing it etc
This is REALLY cool to see and hear!
Just a great,tight,band.OUTSTANDING!!!
So good. A(nother) Scouse gift to the world.
Brilliant! Raw and real! Love it!!!!
Looks like this could've been filmed yesterday, great quality!
It was yersterday, surprise ur in '91 summer
? W ? T ? F ?
are you blind?
This comment didn't age well!
@@philtaylor5053 not atm it won't to you 😂
Never realised The La's played this before Cast. Obviously a John Power written song.
Yes i remember Cast playing it in 1995 at the first V festival in Chelmsford U.K
Alright was on Cast’s first album ‘all change’
fatzooma was really surprised that the La’s played Alright
@T. Zappa and now I can point out that you cannot read its @LJames you cheeky fkr🤪😅🤪😅😝🤕😝 sneaky fkr was a kgb cia mi5 aka under cover it looks like Jones but the fbi, ira, 007 r a. Amazing illusionists that you are seeing things bobby brown
This version sounds more like a La’s song. Cast didn’t quite have the magic as a band for me the same way the La’s did.
Those Adidas tracky bottoms though...what a lad.
holy toot. it doesn't get much better than that.
I can't recall this being a The La's song but I can definitely recall listening to this one as a Cast song.....
In those pre-internet days it was easy to miss finding out about stuff like this until it was too late.
Great Footage Thank you: I think Americans (The ones that were aware) Really Loved The La,s They easily had the potential to be massive over there , that’s what I think from watching this 👍🏻🌞⭐️❤️
They always sounded amazing 😊🎶💚
Beautiful simplicity. I heard they had. So many more songs. That they do Power’s Alright hints the second and third records would’ve been faaaaab.
Pure unadulterated acoustic song bliss. What a band. More musicianship in this one set than Nirvana and Oasis combined. Flawless vocals, great guitar lines and memorable chorus’s.x
Mate I agree as The La's are one of my all time favourite bands but Nirvana and Oasis were worldwide popular for a reason. If Lee and the band hadnt been so stubborn in alot of things they could have been as massive as both Nirvana and Oasis.
Great find Gobias. Love the 'Mars Bars' Amp @ 9.52
One of Britain's best bands and what could have beens. Such ashame how things happened with thos incredible band.
What happened?
@@jakehowie442 I think Lee Mavers had some mental health issues. John Power went on to make the great band Cast.
Fantastic upload by the way, this has got to be RARE footage, especially of the La's playing a Cast song! Great stuff 👍
Singer and drummer are brothers and the mother is Italian!
It's a La's song.
Well power wrote it but cast was his band
Take it u weren't born in seventies
@@mrjasondylan Written by John Power and released as a Cast song. So it's a cast song.
If I could change one thing about music history - I'd decrease Lee Mavers' perfectionism by about 40%. I reckon we'd have at least 5 or 6 La's albums that way.
Wow so surreal...
I wish Lee would just get it together. There should be 10 La's albums (each with different songs on them haha)!
He is fucked on Heroin and an alcoholic as well
I don’t know. Maybe it’s better to just leave one perfect album (that Lee hates). I can’t imagine they could reform and record anything with that magic now. No matter how good they are, sometimes the time has passed.
@@gangstermedia9039 He's a family man now. I doubt it
@@michaelgraham9774 He's always drunk, never seen him sober since 1990's
@@gangstermedia9039 How would you know?are you a Huytonian?
brilliant throw back!
Amazing footage ..The La's doing what they did best, stripped back sounding ace.
Ahhh days of youth and La.
Sounds Awesome!
this is amazing footage, Cheers
Great. Thanks.
Incredible band.
Great posting.
Greatest sound ever.
What random outfits the members are wearing...thank so much for the vid!
Lee in the middle is a huge soccer/football fan. He also wanted to be a pro football player. So sporty.
Yes they should have all been wearing the same black suit
'Alright' became a Cast song, never recorded by the La's, correct? I never knew that it was so old and that they played it with Mavers.
RoundheadsMusic yes it was never properly recorded. It was indeed sang live a few times to give people a snippet of what was supposed to be a 2nd album. John and mavers wrote a lot of songs. Heck maybe john took some from mavers. In a good way tho.
Ace. Saw them perform 'Alright' two or three times.. ace.
Brilliant!
One band which didn’t receive their fair share.
Lee Mavers is Fecking BRILLIANT!
Absolute Fecking Brilliance
This is bangin’
massive thank you for this
Love that the first tune is, "Alright"
Credit and kudos to John Power. Great writing and expressive voice.
Wonderful Sir, I will return!
THANKS!
Los Angeles punters like WTF. Bowled over by British Englishnessless right between the eyes. LAs at their peak great to see. Perfect.
This is awesome!
11:30 it’s amazing seeing John power,s head floating around doing back vocals
Great drumming, well it's coming through better than everything else
I was in the states NJ when they played in Aug '91 there - gutted I missed them - wud have loved to see them live - gr8 band gr8 album, (pity Mavers wouldn't give backing vocals on track 1 tho')
John’s voice improved later. Nothing like the power (ha!) of Lee Mavers at his height.
They had it all . They was cool as fuck
This band is britpop before britpop.
Stone Roses were britpop before britpop.
britpop was trad style indie songwriting, stone roses sound of their time late 80's like the mondays ride the farm etc, no one in the mid nineties would of said these bands today really remind me of the stone roses they were yesterdays news in the mid nineties in terms of their style of music , it sounds pure late eighties not mid nineties
this band is real
T. Zappa it was a movement in the uk mid 90’s culture and music. The opposite to the grunge scene over in the us. Like Noel Gallagher said nirvana had a tune out called ‘I hate myself and I want to die’ so he wrote live forever. It’s about being British in the 90’s. It’s catchy alternate rock with bright pop melody’s
T. Zappa stop asking questions you know the answers to then. Makes you look abit silly
I'd sacrifice a family member to see these reform.
I wouldn't go that far, but love to see it too.
Are you a freemason?
hahahhahha
After seeing the video of them preforming in Glastonbury 2005 I dread to think what they’d sound like now
@@qtpysusie54 😂😂😂😂
Lee Mavers has such a cool and unique voice
Beautiful
The world still isn't ready for The La's.....figure the whole Big Star esque influence would have taken off already. Please don't give me that britpoop influence bullshit. Oasis didn't do it. The only ones that sounded as 60's were The Real People and The Stairs.
Gold.
Scouse and proud
then cast was born..!!
I reckon that the gravitas of this performance was lost on this audience...
Jhon in holiday's dress during a live... Love him Ahahaha
❤La's
Pure genius
Fuckin Marvellous. God bless those boys.
half Geordie with them tops la's