Atheist - Tony Choy's first Atheist rehearsal (Spring 1991)
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- Footage of Tony Choy's very first rehearsal with what would become the new Atheist (and Unquestionable Presence recording) line-up.
1. Enthralled In Essence
2. Unquestionable Presence
3. The Formative Years
4. An Incarnation's Dream
5. Brains
6. Your Life's Retribution
7. And The Psychic Saw...
8. Mother Man (Partial Track)
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Kelly: 'Some classic video of Atheist rehearsals, just about 6 weeks after losing Roger Patterson...and 2 weeks before recording UP. These were the first rehearsals with just before recording the album, so you will hear it is still loose. You will also notice Paul Masvidal (Cynic), this was filmed by Sean Reinart (RIP).
Rogers twin brother Ronnie was also there, that was a lot of pressure for him.'
some snippets about Atheist/Unquestionable Presence from The Scott Burns Sessions book:
SCOTT BURNS: It was terrible when Roger died. Back then, there were no big tours for death metal - you did everything in a van. The fact he was killed in an accident on the road made it even worse. I'll never forget the funeral. Roger had a twin brother, Ronnie. It was brutal seeing him help lay Roger to rest.
KELLY SHAEFER: Roger was my roommate. We had known each
other since we were 12. It happened so fast. Scott and I have talked about
Roger's death a lot, and it makes us both so angry. But we were still
determined to continue since we had an entire record ready to go. We
were supposed to do that tour, something small in Europe and then come
home and do the album. Two months is not enough time to heal, but we
decided to keep going.
STEVE FLYNN (DRUMS): It was surreal. It was this weird, very weird
transition. What made it okay was that we were already really close with
the Cynic guys. It wasn't like, "Who the hell is this strange kid coming in
here?" That would have been weird. We knew Roger absolutely would
have wanted Tony to do it.
KELLY SHAEFER: I remember coming in with the demos for
Unquestionable. Scott had this enthusiasm about them, but we were still
in that period where people were confused by us. [Laughs] We lost Roger
eight weeks before we hit the studio. We had Tony Choy come in and
play. He was established and familiar with the scene. It was still like a
brotherhood working with Scott. I just always felt like he would give me
the right advice.
TONY CHOY: I just finished the Cynic demo. We were at Roger's funeral
when the Atheist guys pulled me aside. They said, "We want to ask you something." I was like, "What's up?" They asked, "Would you like to be a part of the Unquestionable record?" I didn't even know what to say. I'm like, "Oh, well, I play with Cynic." They said, "Oh, no, we would never ask you to leave your band." Paul [Masvidal] was there, Sean [Reinert] was there, Jason [Gobel]. They told me, "Yes, of course, man. Tony, do it." Roger was a great friend. Pretty much, we were fans of each other's playing. I looked up to him.
SCOTT BURNS: Roger helped write a lot of the songs on Unquestionable.
Atheist and Cynic had a kinship, which helped when they asked Tony. If
they needed someone to play Roger's parts, Tony was the only one who
could do it. I knew Tony from Cynic and thought he would do a good
job, but I kept in mind that Tony was not Roger. He brought a bit of Latin
influence to Atheist.
STEVE FLYNN: Roger would have wanted Doug Keyser from
Watchtower. We approached him right after Roger died, but he refused.
He didn't want to do it, which was a bummer because Roger idolized the
guy so much. Doug was in the same vein as Roger. Tony was the logical
choice to do it, no question about it. Tony was brilliant and learned every-
thing right away. But, I don't think our music was his taste.
SHAEFER: Tony Choy did a great job when he came in. Scott was
concerned about him taking over for Roger, but it was business as usual. Tony
and all of us had a different level of determination on Unquestionable because
we wanted to make Roger proud and ensure the bass was represented.
TONY CHOY: It was adventurous, it was fun, it was something where I
felt that I belonged there. It's what I needed to be doing. It felt right. I never
took it as, "Wow, this is a great opportunity." I didn't even see it like that. I
was so conscious of what was happening that all that mattered was doing
everything right. I also started playing with Pestilence since they were in
Studio B, recording Testimony of the Ancients. They were my favorite death
metal band because of Malleus Maleficarum.
SCOTT BURNS: Tony's playing had a Latin feel. That was a slight worry
since Roger was more of a Steve Harris [Iron Maiden] kind of player who
attacked the notes. Tony tended to approach the songs differently. You can
hear that Tony and Roger's tones weren't the same in the mix, but Tony fit
those songs. Right off the bat, in the first song, "Mother Man, Tony gets a
solo. He nailed it in the studio.
TONY CHOY: It was about Roger and giving these guys what they needed
because they were up against a rock and a hard place. Scotty was the instru-
ment. Scotty was the producer. That's what the producer does. He gave you
a particular sound and was pretty much the advocate. He would never take
the essence from the guitar player or the drummer. He would just let them
play. There were no Pro Tools and no editing. It was pretty much, "You
better play, and if you need to do it again, you need to do it again."
STEVE FLYNN: My kit on Piece of Time was this particle board, Tama.
garbage type of thing. When I reached the end of Unquestionable, I sat in
the studio, and Jim Morris stopped by. I said to him, "Jesus, it's so clear.
What happened?" Jim goes, "Well, your equipment is better, and you guys
now play much better. You're playing on real drums this time." I agreed
with him. Plus, Scotty was better.
KELLY SHAEFER: Steve and I argued about the birds on "Mother Man. He said, "Those birds, man. That's the least metal thing ever." I was
like, "Exactly." Thankfully, Scott sided with me.
SCOTT BURNS: I thought Unquestionable was a more mature album than Piece of Time. The songs are a little easier to get into, but that doesn’t detract from how technical it was. We even dropped in a short sample birds on "Mother Man." Still, Atheist songs were a lot to digest. They we so ahead of their time.
STEVE FLYNN: It was a natural evolution in layering and complexity.
Kelly was singing and playing guitar. Roger would write things with
fingers that would be impossible for a guitar player to play. That also drove
all the layering and the harmonies since we were fans of Iron Maiden and
Mercyful Fate. These bands had all these multi-layered harmonies like
Rush. The evolution was already there. You could hear the progression
you lined up the order of the songs on Piece of Time from when they were
first written until we recorded them. The very next songs that appeared on
Unquestionable were just an extension.
RAND BURKEY (GUITAR): I always called them "spider-walking
riffs" that Roger would write. They always reminded me of a giant spider
walking around. It always gave me an image of a big machine, and I though
of a huge clock mechanism running. I always wanted to get it cruising for
longer, and Kelly wanted to chop it up. It would have made for a wider
audience and better songs. I'm not discounting anything we accomplished
but those riffs filled the gap and were technical and neck-breaking.
STEVE FLYNN: Rand would have these crazy ideas for songs that were
way out there, and we'd be like, "All right, no. Let's bring it in." There was
always lots of tension between Kelly and Rand. I was always like Jimmy
Carter-the peacekeeper of the band.
KELLY SHAEFER: Rand just didn't understand. He was a way superior guitar player to me. I think Rand felt that because I couldn't possibly be correct, I couldn't take these riffs and put them together. He felt there was something drastically different about the way I wrote. He was a little against it, so we had to fight a lot about it, but he had many brilliant ideas. Rand was a super unique part of how we grew, and Scott knew that as well. He just always had this thing with, "You can't just write a riff, and then we'll write another one and just put them together." I said, "Yes, people do it all the time, man.
SCOTT BURNS: We worked really hard on Unquestionable getting everything tight. Atheist had such ridiculous song structures to where
it was almost a surprise that they didn't turn on a dime. This caused a lot of issues between Kelly and Rand. They didn't see eye-to-eye a lot. They both antagonized each other. It never got physical, but there was a lot of friction.
KELLY SHAEFER: Scott wouldn't rip you apart, but you would know the thought you messed up. If you didn't, then you were naive and blind
[Laughs] It bummed Scott out that people came in unprepared. He was ready to put his whole heart into a project. Scott never took lunch. There was no "I'm going to go home for an hour. Scott kept working, so we would go to the store to bring him shit. It was a lot of work. Between him corralling all these young musicians and the work that went into making a record, I don't think people understand how different it was back then.
STEVE FLYNN: Tony decided to go on tour with Pestilence instead of us. We were all set to tour behind our album and ended up in a really shitty place. Tony, he'll admit he made a mistake. He looked at it like, "This is more of a brass ring for me than Atheist will ever be. He made his own choice, but it put us in a really horrible position because there weren't just all these kids around that you could go to Berkeley and get for the band.
TONY CHOY: Doing Atheist was a privilege for me. I was asked to do
something that, little did I know today, would be regarded as something of
the highest caliber. Look at that. Imagine if I would've said no, or I would've
said, "Wow, no, I'm not prepared." I was like, "Fuck that. I'll get prepared.
I accept." I said, "I accept, and let's go. Let's do it." Those records made me
who I am today. It made me the musician, the producer, the person and
the spirit I am today.
SCOTT BURNS: It was disappointing that Tony didn't stick around
with Atheist. That's when their lineup started to change. Soon, Steve was
gone, and Kelly stopped playing guitar because of carpal tunnel. Then they
decided to record the next album somewhere else. I loved Kelly and the
guys and would have had them back at Morrisound in a heartbeat, but I
understood their decision.
KELLY SHAEFER: I'll take the blame for that. It was a money thing since we secured time in Gainesville to record at Pro Media for a smaller amount. We were able to spend an extra two weeks making Elements. I wish we had done Elements with Scott because it sounded so different from the first two albums. It was our first time making a digital record, which was a deterrent. It seemed like a shiny nickel at the time. Plus, the guy [Mark Pinske] worked with Frank Zappa. We were getting this great discounted rate and thought we were doing the right decision. Everyone was recording at Morrisound then. We thought we were being different by recording somewhere else to get a different sound. We thought, "Okay, we'll be cleaner. It will be digital and better for a band like us because we'll be able to hear even more." There was no time to second guess.
STEVE FLYNN: When people would ask me over the years, "Why did you play?" It wasn't to be successful. It was to impress my friends and have my other musician colleagues go, "Holy shit, what are you doing? How do you do that?" That's what I was always after - the recognition among my peers that we were doing something extraordinary. I always wrote or approached my parts like, "Do I like what I'm doing?" Then listening to it, going, "I really love what I'm doing." I precisely wanted to do that. Then hearing it for the first time on Piece of
Time and Unquestionable Presence was amazing. I was hoping to listen to it and listen to it well because you couldn't really hear it before.
KELLY SHAEFER: Scott played more of a producer role than people would think. He was also engineering, but his role as a producer was just crucial. If it weren't for Scott, I can say there's no way that Beneath the Remains [Sepultura] or Piece of Time happen. We simply did not have the budgets, and we ended up exceeding those budgets. Scott is the reason for those records. He came in early and left well after we did. He was a calming, reassuring force that made us feel relaxed, knowing that our records would get done at a time when we were young guys unsure of how everything worked. I looked at him as someone who had it all together and knew what was happening.
But he'll tell me today that he was flying by the seat of his pants. [Laughs]
SCOTT BURNS: The beauty and downside of Atheist were their different styles and personalities. It made them unique but helped contribute to
their breakup after Elements. Rest in peace, Roger. You were amazing.
Thanks a lot for this one! This recording should be placed in a safety deposit box. Saw masvidal chilling and supporting choy. Long live Atheist!
no problem at all. I would recommend to buy Unquestionable Presence re-issue from Season of Mist, I think 2015 or 2016, CD/DVD version ;) Really, loads of interesting stuff in there, not just this rehearsal, for example 'Steve Flynn Drum Cam Footage from Morrisound Studios ' th-cam.com/video/tmLkjOi_E_Q/w-d-xo.html or Tony Choy's first ever show with Atheist th-cam.com/video/jA6Bz8DZN9g/w-d-xo.html
Ya they were neighbors in the same practice studio lockout :) forgot if they were in some other booth or if they shared this one, demo era Cynic
@@hexed8749 I believe Tony Choy was a member of Cynic at one point.
@@danieltroche6019yes !
Idk about everyone else but the Florida metal scene is my absolute favourite of them all, so many insane bands and so much creativity,
Used to be that way lol
@@Trahzylegends dont die
The world was and never will be ready for this music.
The musicianship from all is incredible to watch. Rand's style is unbelievable, but all are just great to watch. Steve is a beast!!
true
0:00 Enthralled in Essence
3:41 Unquestionable Presence
7:48 The Formative Years
11:03 An Incarnation's Dream
15:53 Brains
19:31 Your Life's Retribution
Thanks Tony for all music that your bring us, especially for your work for Testimony of the Ancients album
As a bass player, I always gravitated towards Roger's bass lines. 20 years later I understand that Rand Burkey was the talent of the band
So sad he hasn't been able to get his life together.
@@yngvebalmsteen9174 I know nothing about it. Apparently he runs his own studio or business.. not sure he's doing bad
@@yngvebalmsteen9174 What happened? Drug addiction?
Every member of the band was the talent :P
This is the most interesting video of Atheist throughout all the web!! Immense thanks and kudos to the uploader! And thanks the Cynic guys for filming :O wow
Thanx man!
Tony is such a gifted player.
I had no idea that Rand played upside-down like Hendrix. wild.
hendrix's strings weren't upside down though
This is great, watching Rand play that right handed guitar left handed Hendrix style is amazing.
Albert King style. Hendrix restrung it so that the strings were not upside down.
@@adamk8683 I did not know that, thanks for that tid bit.
@@adamk8683💯
Dan Swano and Buster Odelom play the same way.
The funny thing is is that the guitar is actually a left handed guitar but the strings are still upside down, presumably because that's just how he learned to play so he restrung it like a right handed guitar
9:43 PAUL MASVIDAL of Cynic just chillin' :D
Невероятноя сыграность! Просто поразительно!
How spot on this is with what was recorded on the album is blowing my mind!
You had to play like this when you were recordig to tape. Sure, there was a possibility to edit or punch in certain passages but in general, the stuff had to be spot on.
@@BigMuff75so true
Had I found this at 14, I would've gone absolutely nuts. Close up footage of Rand playing Enthralled in Essence?! Oh my!!!
Amazing bass player. It's really the reason why I started to listen to this band. Almost like NOCTURNUS who incorporated Syfy keyboards in their death metal.
Saw atheist last night with cynic in vegas, it was fucking incredible.
Saw em in baltimore, blew my fuckin mind. Neck still hurts.
Yeah? Even with the new younger guitarists? I have the chance to see em in 3 months
Few could have stepped into the massive shoes of RP, but Tony did just great. That is some serious badass bass playing here. Steve as usual is dominating the kit as well.
Wow. This is so intense. Tony did so well. And in my eyes he saved Atheist. Looking back today it’s like replacing one god with another one. Love you guys!!!!! 💪
Incredible footage. Was recently watching A Piece Of Time podcast and Kelly and Paul Masvidal were talking about this video. Also, I seem to recall other bands had rehearsal spots in this same storage facility. There's rehearsal footage of Morbid Angel from around this same time period and I think it's from the same facility.
I was JUST now thinking about these being the same storage rooms from the Morbid Angel reversal videos! And that they shared em with some metal giants of the time!!! Adding Atheist to that list is so sick. Kudos to you for mentioning the rehearsal videos from these storage units. I grew up with this music, I love rewatching, or gaining new knowledge of it all.
P.s. awesome that we are both watching this on the same day, being that many of the comments and views are from yesteryears!!
Thank you for sharing this. A personal favorite album. Tony is a monster on the bass. R.i.p Roger Patterson
This is so cool! Intensely jealous of the half-dozen folks watching the impromptu Atheist concert. Granted I would have been 3 at the time…
Ugh I woulda been 16. So old 😂😆
This is great great stuff man.It's so cool to watch these virtuosos play.Always had a weak spot for Atheist,Steve is a great drummer,Tony is a bass legeng plus Kelly and Rand shredding guitars.Rand especially is a beast shame he never took part in reunion.Anyone could elaborate on that?
Wow tanks for this footage. Atheist sealed my taste in music aproach and apreciation when i discovered them 27 years ago and this gave me some feeling overload. Such goodness and joyfull creativity. .
Thank you very much for uploading this. I guees Cynic or Death was having a break from their rehearsal since Paul Masvidal is in the room 😀 Wonder if this rehearsal place is in the same area where I once saw Morbid Angel rehearse. I believe a lot of bands were located/rehearsing in similar rooms in Florida.
don't forget Tony Choy was still a member of Cynic at that point, maybe that's why Paul Masvidal was there as well. Yeah, that rehearsal place is very similar to Morbid Angel's one th-cam.com/video/5rEFSg1py18/w-d-xo.html
@@MrMalco1976 That makes sense. It wasn't until yesterday I realised Tony Choy had played in Cynic before Atheist and Pestilence. The Morbid Angel link is the one I remembered. Great old school times indeed.
@@DrummerMikeNielsen I love those times!! Check this interesting interview with Jason Gobel, loads of information about history of Cynic toughriffs.weebly.com/interviews/interview-with-jason-gobel-cynic
@@MrMalco1976 Thank you for the link. That was some interesting reading.
Kelly (Shaefer) said it was filmed by Sean Reinert, that's another Cynic member in that room
The bass guitar is perfect
It's kinda absurd how good Tony is. This is big boy bass playing. Insane.
Absolutely brilliant.
This band was so far ahead of the curve with their writing and playing and so important in the development of technical death thrash. I gather this is 1991 ish so these guys are 24/25 age range which it’s insane to see them playing this insanely complicated material as kids basically. So damn good which’s is seen this version of the band (or with Roger who was a legend in the making before he was taken so early).
true words. anyway, they were 22/23 y old (Tony Choy 20) at that time
@@MrMalco1976 truly insane !! I just did a deep dive panel livestream on my YT channel tonight if you check my avatar that’s the YT channel. I reached out to Kelly about 10 days ago to see if he’d be interested in tearing these albums apart with us and do a quasi interview as well but never heard back … he seems like a super cool dude, but doesn’t appear he ever uses FB or IG much so I’m not sure who to get in touch with to send him a link in case he wants to watch it.
@@MrMalco197620?! 🤯
@@theesweetscience2084 okay, actually 19!! (Tony Choy, born June 11, 1971)
Gracias amigo por compartir estas imágenes de este grupo con esa técnica musical, agresividad y bendita locura 👌
Desde España, un saludo !
no problem, cheers!
just when this video couldn't get any cooler, *A Wild Masvidal Appears!*
Simply amazing :D
Both left handed guitarists. Cool. The drummer looks kind of out of control during fills but he is surprisingly in control.
Ayy.
A band where the guitarists are left handed.
Nice.
One even has the strings upside down.
Musical Geniuses of the 90s!
atheist were one of the bands that shaped me as a musician back in the days and this video is just golden
DUDE HOLY SHIT THIS VIDEO IS SO FUCKING AWESOME, LONG LIVE ATHEIST!!!!!!!!
that's the first time I've seen somebody play guitar with the strings inverted. It freaks me out ;-)
There's a lot more of them than you would think. Dick Dale, Albert King, Otis Rush, etc (Some examples in metal include Buster Odelom and Dan Swano). A lot of people think Jimi Hendrix also played with the strings upside, but he would actually restring his guitars to the "correct" way before turning it upside down.
I actually play the same way, there's problems with it, most guitarists who play upside-down ended up doing so because they. A) Didn't have access to good left-handed guitars or. B) They didn't realize they were playing it "wrong" and were too stubborn to just restring the guitar...
@@nonzerovolta2541 I agree, it's just what you're used to. Plus; if you don't challenge the norm, you can't innovate. It still freaks me out though 😁
Super cool video!
Thanks so much for uploading this major part of DM History. Truely amazing. 😎
Tony Choy’s the man
This band could jam with the best of them.
To this day, Enthralled in Essence is my favourite death metal track of all times. And I started listening to death metal in the early 90s.
Супер, на высоте, джаз.... 👍Очень круто и красиво 👍👍👍
This is soooooooo cool. They all look like babies. Thank you for posting this. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Wow, Im sure he blew their minds! What a monster on bass.
Brains is one of my fav songs of all time. What a riff. Next level psychedelic sorcery .
I remember seeing them live around this time frame and to this day I've never seen anyone play the guitar upside down with high strings on top like Rand definitely a killer vid
Amazing!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
I would love if the instrumentalists from this band would get together and record an album full of songs like Samba Briza- or anything for that matter.
Excellent
This is absolutely awesome!! Is that paul masvidal at 4:50?
yes. btw. Kelly (Shaefer) said the video was filmed by Sean Reinert
@@MrMalco1976 Thats killer! R.I.P Sean.. One of the greatest drummers to ever grace our ears.
WHAAAAT? OK, not only were both guitars players lefties, but one of them pulled a Jimi Hendrix and played a right-handed guitar like a left-handed one. Shit's upside down. Must be extra awkward to play his parts conventionally, lol.
What I suppose Rand did is that he started playing guitar left handed on a right handed guitar and learned that way. The guitar on this video is clearly a left handed one. The knobs and the cable input are on the lower part of the body. He basically stringed his left handed guitar upside down beacuse he learned that way
@@ritualdeathmetal Makes sense, yeah. I have a sinistral friend who did the same thing.
@@Youcifer yeah it seems logical. He probably started with a right handed guitar upside down and he learned that way so probably when he got that V he needed the knobs and the input down there but beacuse he learned that way he insisted on playing upside down. I mean it's not easy to learn everything over again.
@@ritualdeathmetal ah yeah ofc. nice band, btw! checked out your EP :)
@@Youcifer thanks! There's more stuff coming soon. A brand new straight old school death metal style ep.
This is so stellar !!!!!!!!! fucking awesome!!!!
Upside down lefty?????!!! This band is literally only second to death because chuck started the shit. This recording captures the time period so fucking well !!!!!!!!
Love this video!!!! I saw them on the tour after this video was shot. They opened for Cannibal Corpse.
That was a huge surprise for me to discover that both of their guitarists were left-handed
Amazing stuff! Everyone just ripping it up. Love that Sean and Paul were there. I guess they were loaning out Tony at the time. Oops.
And no wonder Kelly has hand issues. That way of playing looks VERY unnatural and uncomfortable. Just putting my hands in that position makes them hurt.
Gosh good god damn, wtf. Steve is on another planet 🙏
Steve Flynn Drum Cam - Morrisound 1991 th-cam.com/video/tmLkjOi_E_Q/w-d-xo.html
badass musicians,,,!!!!
Was always asking myself why Chuck Schuldiner never had any of these guys playing on his albums.
On Kelly’s podcast he was talking to Paul and apparently Kelly and Chuck did not get along
Apparently he was a massive hater.
small snippet from the upcoming book about Scott Burns :
Paul Masvidal:“You can hear some Atheist-type riffs on Human. It’s funny because Chuck had a weird, contentious relationship with Kelly [Shaefer]. I remember Kelly visiting us in the studio, and he and Chuck just didn’t get along. They had this weird dynamic. Chuck wasn’t nice to Kelly, and I was never sure why. Atheist were so much in their own world. They were visionaries, so maybe there was some degree of jealousy because Atheist was pushing the envelope. It was like, “What the fuck is this music they are making?”
Kelly Shaefer: “I’m going to be as respectful as possible here. I think Chuck was threatened by Atheist. When Borivoj Krgin was about to sign us to Mean Machine Records in mid-1987, we played a show in Tampa that Chuck attended. Chuck called Borivoj the next day and told him that everyone left the room when we played, and it sounded like a “train station.” It made Bori question the deal. We still signed with Mean Machine, but what Chuck said never sat right with me.
Chuck slandered Atheist to anyone who would listen, saying that we only listened to jazz and were “false metal.” He initially shunned technicality and the jazz philosophy applied to extreme metal. It wasn’t until our friends, Sean Reinert and Paul Masvidal, joined Death that Chuck recognized the value of furthering the intricacy of metal by fusing top-notch musicianship, something we were already eyeballs-deep in. He was at least a fan of Psychotic Waltz and Watchtower. Chuck is owed a world of respect for his early visionary, brutal, horror-type music, but he didn’t plan the tech-metal revolution. He showed up late and didn’t bring beer or weed! “
@MrMalco1976 I wouldn't be surprised. That documentary I watched of Death a few years ago made Chuck look a little douchebaggy with the way he fired many people and messed up his bandmates getting paid due to planning tours and then not wanting to do them. No wonder he had so many guys in his ranks.
@@MrMalco1976 ironic that Death ended up getting so much credit for pushing technical death metal. I guess they always were more popular and accessible than Atheist
The guy with the flying v is playing with the strings upside down
That's Rand Burkey for ya. Or more accurately, Rand Mf Burkey \m/ 🔥🔥
I think the whole rare films clips by death, this atheists rehearsal, and others was filmed by Jason Gobel it really makes sense
Kelly said this one was filmed by Sean Reinert
Certain parts remind me alot of Sound of Perseverance and Symbolic
Great upload. Looks like Browning's camera work :)
Kelly said it was filmed by Sean Reinert
@@MrMalco1976 the guy sat in front of the drum is Paul Masvidal, it fits with Sean Reinert as video maker
@@nicolacopetti5265 and Tony Choy was a Cynic member at that time
If only Roger could see this…
Anyone know what Bass Tony is using here? It sounds so Knarley, in thee best way.
I think the original incarnation of Body Count is the only other time I've seen a metal band with both guitarists playing left-handed.
I wonder if anyone can detect what guitar brands these were...
Are those two left-handers with upside-down guitars???!!! Please explain?
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Have this on vhs..i need to convert it to dvd
yeah, try to get recent Unquestionable CD/DVD reissue. Loads of fancy stuff, this rehearsal included shopusa.season-of-mist.com/atheist-unquestionable-presence-cd-dvd
@@MrMalco1976 Apparently they don't have it
@@jorgecaicedo1982 www.discogs.com/release/7355889-Atheist-Unquestionable-Presence
impresionate
athiest and blotted science are the best metal monstaz ever!!
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Is that Paul Masvidal talking photos ?
yes
\m/ \m/ badass!
Why in the fuck does he keep it zoomed in on the drummer for a guitar solo?
Wait. Is that Paul at 10:13?
yes, and Kelly said it was filmed by Sean Reinert
Ah yes Oneco Mini Storage. Around 2:20 you can see Ronnie thrashing outside.
Oneco mini storage. I was there on this day. Wandering why Steve didn't audition me. Owen McClellan Maiicious Intent
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?? Don’t know if it sounded like this in the room, but the bass is almost inaudible- there’s no depth or definition to it or the kick, and that robs the riffing of most of the power it might have otherwise had.
It was recorded on a 1991 camera dude
the guitar strings are upside down or it is my eyes ?
upside down!
U.P. tour the Black dude Darron was on bass. He was great but not like TC. We were smoking and I asked Rand what the deal was. He said Tony went to tour with Pestilence. I couldn't believe it. Still can't.
5:45 what the fuck is happening, what are his fingers doing, how is he making that sound? Anyway time to practice
Paul masvidal in attendance
How do you know it was his first rehearsal...curious.... to me it was just another rehearsal shot by Bori. ,
metalshockfinland.com/2015/07/16/atheist-stream-previously-unreleased-live-footage-of-the-formative-years/
and it was shot by Sean Reinert according to Kelly
Hell's Bedroom.
Great..........Atheist and Cynic the beginning of Prog Jazz Blues Power Fusion METAL...................
Song`s from Elements `91?
songs from Unquestionable Presence
Tony Choy's first ever show with Atheist in July 1991 th-cam.com/video/jA6Bz8DZN9g/w-d-xo.html
Two lefties in one band, the chances of that are astronomically low.
What's the name of the first song they're playing?
Enthralled in Essence
oh shit paul masvidal
I don’t man. I watch all these VIDEOS Saw PANTERA WHITE ZOMBIE DEFTONES HIGJ on kocaine, Seen Mushroomhead at Agora in Cleve with Jerry Springer tripping on Mushroomz. Ive seen em all! But, I tell u what..As a Musician..For which I consider myself. THESE MF’rs TAKE THE KAKE. Waaay before anything of their time..FEAR FACTORY ETC. Tony choi, the drummer. 3 guitarists. Come
On dude. .
I honestly don’t think KIDS understand this..And, Ihave 4..They know about ATHEIST. And soon their friends will also. Its only a matter of time
He was on cynics 1st album right
no, Sean Malone played bass on Focus. Tony recorded Unquestionable Presence, Testimony of the Ancients, and a few more
Crazy that Tony turned into this coked up TV guy these days.
What?
Moi j'ai pas fait de cour j'ai appris a manier la guitare avec un frère