@thundertower "When we were doing it, we had no idea those bands existed at all. Basically, the only scene we were in was the punk scene. We never did any metal shows because they were all like Poison and people like that. Their fans hated us worse than the punk rockers. And after a while, the punks liked us, so we just played to the people that liked us, which happened to be the punkers. So we were never really part of a "scene" scene" -David Chandler
Thank you very much for posting it! The first two records are the best part of Saint Vitus career! No doubt! And this video is a fundamental document that celebrates SV's inspiration in those great years!
Fantastic!!! Doom metal annihilation in the purest form! Great song, incredible performance and surprisingly good performance as for the live video form 1984! Thanks for uploading these Saint Vitus gems!
Everyone always gives the credit for the sheer speed and white noise nihilism of early Saint Vitus to the hardcore scene. Well, no doubt hardcore was an influence as far as the intense tempo, but the crazy, random, soloing seems to come more from Blue Cheer than from any punk band. I'd say Blue Cheer were as much an influence on Saint Vitus as Black Sabbath and the early hardcore groups were.
@guppyskull FALSE. "We never did any metal shows because they were all like Poison and people like that. Their fans hated us worse than the punk rockers. And after a while, the punks liked us, so we just played to the people that liked us, which happened to be the punkers." -David Chandler
Here's the story on that and why it's relevant. St. Vitus was on the same label as Black Flag and toured with them a lot. The BF audiences HATED them, at least some of the ignorant ones did. So there's the irony. They're opening for BF in this video and half the audience is going "What the Fuck?"
Surely Saint Vitus got many influences. But just listen to "the process of weeding out" and you'll see Black flag could also go deeeeply in the crazy assonant solos you tell. Anyway, it's nonsense to open a "label war" : bands do whatever they like. What I wanted to spot, is that heavy metal heroes are often more open-minded than the average dumb metalhead.
@thundertower "When we were doing it, we had no idea those bands existed at all. Basically, the only scene we were in was the punk scene. We never did any metal shows because they were all like Poison and people like that. Their fans hated us worse than the punk rockers. And after a while, the punks liked us, so we just played to the people that liked us, which happened to be the punkers. So we were never really part of a "scene" scene"
-David Chandler
Great video!!!
Scott reagers = doom metal god
Thank you very much for posting it! The first two records are the best part of Saint Vitus career! No doubt! And this video is a fundamental document that celebrates SV's inspiration in those great years!
Fantastic!!! Doom metal annihilation in the purest form! Great song, incredible performance and surprisingly good performance as for the live video form 1984! Thanks for uploading these Saint Vitus gems!
OH MY GOD! thee best guitar solo ever XD
The solo is epic and it is a true punk solo
ABSO-LUTELY UNPRECEDENTED ALL HAIL THEE VITUS
That riff is very hardcore-influenced.
That's not a surprise they open for black flag
he made that guitar his bitch damn he's a monster on stage
unreal solo..WOW!!!
Everyone always gives the credit for the sheer speed and white noise nihilism of early Saint Vitus to the hardcore scene. Well, no doubt hardcore was an influence as far as the intense tempo, but the crazy, random, soloing seems to come more from Blue Cheer than from any punk band. I'd say Blue Cheer were as much an influence on Saint Vitus as Black Sabbath and the early hardcore groups were.
theres some black flag in the soloing as well
Hell if you listen to Blue Cheers version of Satisfaction, Paul Whaley’s bashing the drums pretty hard, pretty punk if you ask me.
@guppyskull FALSE. "We never did any metal shows because they were all like Poison and people like that. Their fans hated us worse than the punk rockers. And after a while, the punks liked us, so we just played to the people that liked us, which happened to be the punkers." -David Chandler
Here's the story on that and why it's relevant. St. Vitus was on the same label as Black Flag and toured with them a lot. The BF audiences HATED them, at least some of the ignorant ones did. So there's the irony. They're opening for BF in this video and half the audience is going "What the Fuck?"
Okay we have a deal. If you want to stay on our label you must wear our tee shirts.
Surely Saint Vitus got many influences.
But just listen to "the process of weeding out" and you'll see Black flag could also go deeeeply in the crazy assonant solos you tell.
Anyway, it's nonsense to open a "label war" : bands do whatever they like.
What I wanted to spot, is that heavy metal heroes are often more open-minded than the average dumb metalhead.
@thundertower Hallow's Victim is their best album IMO. Every song is different and good, and it's so fucking "In your face" :)
I like that !
i wanna play this song but nowhere has any saint vitus guitar tabs WTF????!!!!
DAT SOLO
What is the singers full name?