Matthew Good Band- Live in Coquitlam (1998)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ต.ค. 2021
- The release of this concert is dedicated to the memories of Geoff Lloyd and especially the man who filmed it, edited it, and produced it- Travis Jeremy Simons. Without him this video would not be here. Travis tragically passed away last year, back in March of 2020: www.mapleridgenews.com/obitua...
He filmed it when he was 17 and this was his first/only time doing something like it, but you would never know given that it looks like it was done by a professional.
Given the continuing crappy times we’re all living through, I thought I should finally give this a public release for those who are still interested in MGB and Matt’s music. Hopefully it'll give a lift to a few people and their day whenever they see it.
Tbh, the only reason I didn’t release this sooner was that before Travis passed away last year he asked if we ever did release it that said release would only be done with Matt’s (and or Dave/Ian’s) permission. I contacted Matt last year and asked, but unfortunately wasn’t able to get a response back. However, both Ian and Dave have said they are fine with it being released. Likewise, given that Matt never explicitly said he was against the release either after reading the message (at least I'm assuming he read it since there was a "read" receipt), I’m assuming if he didn’t want it to see the light of day he would have said so. However, if he does get ahold of me (I'm on the Near Fantastica message board) and ask for it to be removed, out of respect for Travis and all Matt's music has done for me over the decades, I'll respect the request and remove the video. I don't expect that to occur, but I figured I should at least make the offer known publicly.
With regards to the actual concert, this is also the only known existing, full video performance of Raygun and also the only live audio or video footage of 2 MGB songs from Underdogs. In fact, when Travis first shared the setlist I thought he was probably mistaken about the name of the first encore. When I clarified with him he assured me it was indeed the correct song. When he told me how it was preformed I was beyond excited and blown away. When I actually saw/heard it finally, it definitely did not disappoint. For those of you who never saw the original thread, I won't spoil the surprise, but hopefully those who are still fans of MGB's music will appreciate it as much as I did when they get to the encore section. It's one of the most haunting and beautiful things I've ever heard. I won't spoil the surprise, but it's the first of 3 encore songs. Also, the video unfortunately fades out at the start of the last song because the camera Travis was using ran out of tape?
Lastly, for those of you who don't care about surprises, this is the setlist:
1:00- My Out of Style is Coming Back
4:00- Strangest One of All
8:07- Stage Banter (Skateboarding and concert ideas)
8:52- Haven't Slept in Years
12:26- Stage Banter (Recognizing/joking with Leonard)
13:08- Apparitions
18:24- Everything is Automatic
22:54- Stage Banter (Appreciating the opening acts)
23:16- Raygun
26:20- Deep Six
30:15- Stage Banter (Play Station)
30:43- Primetime Deliverance
36:43- Look Happy, It's the End of the World
40:45- Rico
44:05- AC/DC Cover (Thunderstruck)
45:45- Generation X-Wing
50:28- Stage Banter
51:01- Indestructible
54:24- Symbolistic White Walls
59:39- Stage Banter (The 80s)
59:59- Invasion 1
Encores
1:05:05- Mystery Song (still not revealing this one, lol)
1:09:10- Middle Class Gangsters
1:14:50- Stage Banter (A sincere thank you)
1:15:08- Alabama Motel Room (intro)
Just as an aside, if anyone who sees this happens to have any old video or audio footage like this laying around in their own storage that has never seen the light of day (or happens to know someone who does) I would ask that you consider digging it up and leaving a comment here. A friend of mine knows how to restore and digitize old footage that could otherwise degrade and become unplayable due to old age. Stuff like this, while not possessing a huge market, means a lot to more than a few of us and being able to get it online is sort of like adding things to a (digital) museum, imo. Saving it is important because, aside from the importance of music and art themselves in all our lives, unshared art and live performances are another kind of experience/art altogether. Indeed, to capture a new kind of energy to a song, or to hear something that has never before been heard (or played live), is what makes art/music so compelling- the surprise, excitement, and reveries created are one of a kind/timeless because worthwhile art is timeless. I don't think I understood that when I was younger, but as I've gotten older and been lucky enough to meet/know all the people who've been kind/gracious enough to share things I would have never gotten to see/hear otherwise, I've gained an appreciation for that fact. So hopefully this can be a small way for me to continue giving back in turn and just maybe might inspire others who have similar material in their possession to get it out and online as well (provided the original creators/band members are not against the release).
Man, thank you Lloyd and Travis.. very sorry to hear he has passed.. this is fucking magical. I can't imagine being the person recording this back in the day.. because this show would have been an absolute fucking banger. I would have been shaking the entire time, holy shit. Travis was a legend. I was about 13 at this time and had a few Matt Good songs on like Big Shiny Tunes. Went on to perform a few as a crap band in a small town, but this still hits very hard. Travis my man, this has brought me immense joy, I hope you know that wherever you are man.
I'm from Coquitlam. I've seen Matt live like 6 times. I even went to the weapon video shoot and made a t-shirt in pen that read "i hear matt good is the shit", and got it autographed...even though he fired the director, and scrapped all the footage. There is a much music behind the scenes video from that day which I'm in. I owned low-fi b sides and his book at last there is nothing left to say.
This makes me want to cry for so many reasons. 1.) I never saw the band. 2.) This passion/power/fill in the blank will never be around again. 3.) Time gets us all. 4.) The feels and emotions it gives me. 5.) The lightning in the bottle has been let out.
Thank you Matt for getting me through life even at the age of 39. I literally wouldn’t be here without you and the band.
Wishing you all the best 🙌
I recently saw MG and "his band". It was my first time experiencing some of the songs performed live. I know what you mean in that these moments can never be repeated. Legendary.
I hope you have a chance to check out a show before the tours stop making their rounds!
i saw them today for the first time!
Matthew Good’s old songs from the 90s can make even god feel that way. Especially indestructible. I love the sound and especially the music video which is really cool.
Just for some context Matt graduated from Centennial high school in Coquitlam in maybe 1991. This show was across the street from the school in a rec centre rink and so many people from school went that it was like a high school dance/concert. Completely not a regular concert venue. It was absolutely ridiculous at the time for this show to happen at that place and it was amazing. A local band from the school opened as well. That singer is now in a well known band called the Matinee.
Great context. 25yrs I’ve been listening to MGB and this is the quality video. Who new where he went to school anyways?…also so little info available on this guy
Holy shit, the energy and conviction in his voice, this is matt in his prime
Matt is a loser
I was just thinking the same!! So much passion in his song!! ❤
Most underrated band ever...wish I could have been there for that energy.
One of the best voices in rock. Underdogs, Beautiful Midnight and Audio of Being were solid, solid albums. And I'm gonna put it out there: "Rico" is still a banger.
I was there! 😀❤ Can't believe I can see it again....such nostalgia. I was only 16 (almost 40 now!) and it was my first concert, my best friend got tickets, my high school crush was there and I became a huge fan of the Matthew Good Band and wanted to marry him for many years! 🤣
Where in coquitlam was this?
@@BenDowswell hiya it was across street from Coquitlam highschool, Coq. B.C. at .....( wait for it....) the skate rink leasure facility in '98. I am so blessed to have been front and centre at all so many gatherings.... events, gigs, then concerts. Being cple yrs older than Matt I was so lucky to be connected to industry to get details on last minute gigs in our demolished endless dive bars n' clubs. Now I live under an hour from Matt and see him out 'there' with kids etc.... but I never ever say anything nor shout out haha. He brings us 'back' to early 90's before winning the CFOX radio deal. I miss the strength in voice from this time.
You have no idea how lucky you are to see these songs live. I've seen MG live probably 25 times now and would love for him to play some of the older stuff I've never heard live.
RIP to Geoff Lloyd.
Damn they were great live. I can’t blame him for not doing it anymore but I miss when he sang like this, full throated and growly.
its crazy how time sucks the life out of everyone of us. matt here is legendary. i felt the same in my early 20s. “one day we’ll just decompose”…
Those birds are singing…
is it time, or is it our capitalist society? i'd say the latter.
As a huge MG fan, this is pure gold. Haven't Slept In Years!
One of the only artists that sounds exactly the same as on the album (if not better!)
This is amazing. vocals are outstanding; album quality
Absolutely 👍👍👍
I hope this stays on TH-cam forever
THE INESCAPABLE US
NO FUCKING SHIT IS THAT THE SECRET SONG?!
This is incredible quality. Really should be released as a live album!
This is fucking ridiculous. Absolutely amazing
This is a literal time capsule. True emotions here. I really hope MG stumbles upon this, thanks so much for sharing this
wow. back when matthew still looked like high school crush material.
He was so skinny In the 90s. No offense.
Funny enough being regarded as such led to the kind of attention he intensely disliked and which ended up causing the band to split.
My idols when I was in high school in the late 90’s. they’re the ones that made me first pick up a guitar. Can’t help but wonder how many great songs were left on the table after Genn left. Those two had such great chemistry and even though I liked the albums after audio of being, it always felt like something was missing.
Genn's work across the MGB catalog is amazing. So good and I agree. Matthew Good isn't the same alone.
The absolute pinnacle of Matthew Good Band. Fantastic concert captured at their peak in my opinion. Long before the pressures of Beautiful Midnight and entering the US market. Long before the fallout with Dave Genn. Jeff Lloyd saw it all coming. Eclectic piece of history captured here in Canadian music. Thank you so much for sharing!
NEVER TAKE THIS DOWN
I have it downloaded just case it ever disappears.
This is fucking amazing to see this in HD-like quality. I was not old enough to go to concerts at the time so this is the second best thing
Ian Browne was the reason my parents bought me a drum set. Incredible piece of footage.
Finding this means more to me than anyone could know. Thank you
SO depressed that they didn't close the set with Change of Season. It's my favorite of their album closers.
Stunning quality considering the gear available in 1998. This was my first year of university and this record is embedded pretty deep. This hit pretty hard won't lie
Such a flashback. That Atari shirt still looks so shiny and new.
Still see him every time he comes to town so I’m almost into the 40s on shows now. Seeing him next in 4 days. But I do miss the intensity of those earlier days with the band.
Oh, Geoff. My most randomly made friend. I miss you.
I’ve seen Matt in concert 9 times, this might be the best performance Ive ever seen. Such enthusiasm when singing. He lost that over the years.
This is powerful. I haven’t really listened to MG since the mid 2000s, but I feel like I need to catch up on all of it.
Wow, very cool glimpse into this time period of a very cool Canadian band
IF YOU HAVE THEN YOU HOLD!!!! This band never came near Sweden, but me and my friends totally loved them! Prime time deliverance still hits me hard after all this years 🥲🇸🇪
He's making his comeback this spring and summer! 😎love you Matthew Good
Look happy it's the end of the world, played at my childhood hockey rink in my hometown. How can it get any better
amazing version of inescapable us in the encore, this is a treasure right here!
I come back to watch/listen to it on a regular basis.
Thank freakin God someone realesed something solid from MGB. Let’s not wait another 20yrs for the next video please 😂
I can’t wait to get home tonight and watch this on the big screen. Thanks TH-cam suggestions ❤
I was lucky enough to get tickets to see Matt in London UK when he visited in 2014. Absolutely incredible live and a stunning acoustic set! His vocals are truly breathtaking especially live.
Beautiful, this man can sing and brings back memories of my childhood.
Ohhhh, I've been so in love with this band, these songs, and MG's singing for sooo long. My heart is hurting, wishing I could have been there to feel it. He sounds absolutely, just as good singing live. It's perfect. I'm so lucky to have discovered this video. Thank you so much to all who made it available.
I feel so lucky to have discovered MGB in the first place, let alone gems like this. Thank you so much for this.
Same! I started listening to MGB around 2000 or so. Never saw them live as MGB, but I am so grateful to have seen Matt 20+ times live from 2003-2019
Matt sounded great live. The whole band did too, actually.
He sounded almost the same as the albums...I've seen him alot and the show were always amazing. Small venue, large venue, didn't matter. I miss this Era of MGB.
OMG Okay just got to 12:26 mark--- I am going send Leonard to watch this right now. (Leonard has his own band these days!) I forgot how young we all were back then! Amazing footage. Thanks for the share.
This is Leonard's youtube: th-cam.com/channels/XD5Qc_8k79fhxHPiXXGj0w.html
:)
Who is he besides the old webpage guy and music artist today? Did he continue to run a rna site or something?
This is absolutely incredible. The fact that this exists and just how good he was! Thank you
The most under rated band of the century! Lovs u matt goode 🥰
Thank you so much for posting this. As a die hard MGB fan, and I swear, the only one in Texas, this whole video was a treat.
Wow, really enjoyed this tonight, awesome sound from the late 90s - now I have to remember how young I was when I first rocked to MGB
I was 16 when Underdogs came out, which is when I saw MGB live for the first time at Edgefest. Now I'm 45.
Wish he would still play with this passion.
thank god this timeless legend performance is uploaded ....MGB live original is golden pricelessness
wow, how amazing were they live! I was lucky enough to see them live a few times over those years, they were ELECTRIC!
Im so happy Dave Genn lives on in 54-40, one my my favourite teenage guitarists
Just saw Matt play on thursday, 5th time ive seen him live over 4 separate decades. thanks for this footage.
BEGINNING OF APPARITIONS!!! Wow!
What an incredible gem this is! I was only 6 at the time but discovered Matthew Good/ Good Band around 2006. I've been hooked ever since. So glad I found this!
Thank you for posting this footage! I could watch this over and over! And to Matt, don't disappear, we love you and can't wait to see you again.
Ok, this is really cool! I saw him or the first time at Edgefest in Vancouver, sometime mid 90s. And then a ton of times after that in various places. This is great footage and would have been an amazing concert! I lived in his town after he was already gone from Coquitlam, and he lived in my town of Maple Ridge long after I left lol. I still love him but this is bringing back some amazing memories and feelings.
First concert I ever went to (When I was 14.), and the only one I can recall being held at the Coquitlam Sports Centre. May 1998, and I remember Indestructible was the single on MuchMusic and 99.3 The Fox at the time. Saw several friends from school there, since it was local. The second opening band before MGB was an Age of Electric side project with one of the Kerns brothers.
Damn this is cool to see. Didn’t grow up on them, nor am I Canadian. But as a fan of a few years now it’s definitely cool to see a full fan shot show from the 90’s find its way onto TH-cam. Now if we can get a Beautiful Midnight era show like this up that would be primo.
I'm curious to see what your favorite songs are by him/them since you've only just discovered them a few years ago. Are the songs that I'd immediately think of the same as your list?
The inescapable us and fated ... what else can I ask for?
Criminality underrated band
Oh my god. I love this so much
He used to be so INCREDIBLE! I miss the old Matt.
That was a clean guitar change.
A great piece of Canadian music history here...
What a great singer/songwriter - love it🔥
This is a real treat. I was in high school when Vancouver came out and I saw Matt for the first time shortly after that. One of my all time favorites.
You did so well posting this. Thank you. What a service. Ive had many a beer session enjoying this. It means a lot. And artistically, too, this is close to Canada's peak.
This is fantastic! The audio and video quality are beyond anything else I've seen around this time for MGB. Thanks so much for upping this!
My Dad saw them many years ago at a festival in Saskatoon, probably right after Beautiful Midnight came out but this is great to see, I’ve never seen a live performance from the Matthew Good Band but only from Matt’s solo career, thanks for putting this out here for all of us to see
I am blown away. by this. Thank you, thank you, thank you so much for uploading!! Mystery Encore Song #1 has me tearing up. My favourite song from Underdogs. THANK YOU!!
Thank you for posting this! What an incredible performance.
FANTASTIC !
Thank you .
I am so glad I found this! I have always been a HUGE MGB fan. Fave song Gen X Wing...if it was not obvious! Thank you for this!!!!
Amazing! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you.
Holy cow, thank you for posting this. Footage is in great shape for being almost a quarter century old. Big MG fan, very happy to have stumbled across this on TH-cam.
Thank you for this! The first and only time I even saw Matthew Good Band live was just before they went main stream. I was the tag along younger brother to the "cooler" older sister and her friends. I remember the drive north of Toronto to this small bar where we had to line up outside till they let us in, once we got inside the ceiling must have been 10 feet with the stage only raised 1 foot above the ground opposite the bar. However all the tables were full and we hand to go out back to the patio and sit on the ground in the corner till Matthew Good Band was ready to play. Once they started the energy was crazy as everyone crowded around that stage and after they completed their set, I remember the band walking past me to the back room until they were called out for an encore... It was amazing! Up to that point I had been to music festivals before, but nothing have they ever felt that intimate... A great performance!
MG is truly captivating to listen to and the audio quality is actually really strong here considering. I saw MG solo several years later, but I wish I could time travel back to this show. Seeing the "Out of Tape" signal and it fading out at the end is so surreal. It's like seeing Tool before Maynard stopped being psychotic in front of the stage.
Sweet Geezus! Matt is top of his game here
This is incredible
Thanks for posting this! It brings back a lot of great memories. I saw MGB every opportunity I had around this time. This just reminds me of how great they were live. Nice work!
What an incredible document. The true spirit of rock! A band, right as they're breaking out, and doing a big hometown show. These types of shows have better energy than any show you'll see on a passing tour and are once in a life-time for the band. So great that MGB have this amazing video of the show. I can't see a reason why Matt wouldn't want this shared with the world. This is him and the band on the high from making it. Matt is incredibly talented, a first-tier songwriter and has been so gracious to live the life he has led in order to share what was inside him with us. Thank you for this video 🤟
Thanks for posting this
Wow. Thank you. Honestly I’m speechless, I didn’t expect to see a video of almost all my favourite MGB songs all in one performance. This stuff is scarce and I thought it didn’t exist. I recommend watching this start to finish without spoilers. Jesus. Thank you so much. Made my year. ❤️
Increíble registro y en excelente calidad. Que grandes MGB. Muchas gracias por compartir este registro.
After a big change in my life in 1997, moving 1000 miles away from home, I got to see this tour concert at the local university in Thunder Bay. Amazed to say the least. Have been a fan since, caught his shows here 3 more times over the last 24 yrs. Always incredible. Got to hear a few faves live. Thank you for sharing this piece of Canadian Music History.
This is excellent. Thanks for posting.
Holy shit. Thank you for posting this. Like he opened with MOOS ffs! And the quality is f$@king excellent.
Miss you Geoff!! 🍻
I was probably like 8 when this concert was held but it still makes me so nostalgic for music and the crowd of those times
This took place about 4 years before I’d ever come across the music of MGB, but an incredible nostalgia trip all the same, and far more than just that. They’ve been such a tremendous influence on me growing up and into adulthood.
I went to so many MGB shows in the 90's. Some of the best times of my life. This is amazing.
Spectacular
Thanks so much for this... I've been listening to it all week :-) ... what a gem!
This is absolutely incredible. Thank you so much for posting
Thanks for posting this.
hey, thanks for this. i really was back there for a couple of moments. damn
also I'll come clean, many years ago I worked production for a matt good tour and we had his backline at our shop the night before the tour started, and I definitely took a couple of matt's guitars out of the cases and played them for a few seconds. hope that was cool, matt. for whatever reason you got a reputation for being a dick but I certainly never saw it (I saw you 4 times) and you were always incredibly nice to all of us.
This is amazing. Thanks for posting.
Matthew Good Band and MG holds a special place in my heart. My dad introduced me to them in the late 90s as a kid (as a lot of my musical influence comes from him). Growing up in Buffalo NY, it always seemed my dad found a lot of Canadian artists(Tragically Hip, RUSH, Billy Talent). I remember countless hours listening to White Light Rock & Roll Review on the first generation iPod back in 2004 while on vacation. I am 30 years old now going on 31 in a few months and this video just gives such a sense of nostalgia and joy to the early days of Matthew Good Band. Thank you for this, from the bottom of my heart.
Thank you for posting loving this!!! Such an amazing talent! ❤️❤️❤️🇦🇺
Thank you so much for uploading this. Amazing show and amazing energy ♡