Zeke - At Pain In The Grass
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- It was the summer of 1997, and I just moved to Seattle from the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to moving to Seattle, I was playing in a band called COOKiE. We played in Seattle a few times before moving there. During that time, we made lots of friends with other bands in the local music scene. One of those bands happened to be Zeke, a hardcore punk rock band that was on the rise nationally.
I had the summer off, and I was looking to enhance my knowledge of the film making process, and to get some real world experience shooting sync sound. I decided to shoot one of the Pain In The Grass concerts in 16mm. I chose one of my favorite bands Zeke, partly because I kind of knew them, and partly because they were very popular at the time, having just inked a deal with Epitaph records.
Pain In The Grass, was a Seattle tradition for many years, pioneered by rock icon Jeff Gilbert. The concert series ran every summer, and featured many of Seattle biggest bands, like Pearl Jam, Candle Box, Super Suckers, Mud Honey, Presidents, Fastbacks, and eventually my band COOKiE.
I did some research, figured out what kind of equipment I needed to rent, what film stock to shoot on, and what type of crew I needed to hire. I found a producer to finance the shoot, and a local non-profit film school, called Wiggly World Studios, to help me find crew members.
I rented a professional battery powered Bolex camera, hired an assistant camera man to help load magazines, and take light readings, a production assistant to clap the electronic time code slate, and a sound crew to capture the audio. The shoot went relatively smoothly. I had the film sent to a local lab for processing. I hired a professional colorist to adjust the overall look of the film, and transfer it to video. I did all of the post production work, including editing, motion graphics for the title sequence and closing credits, using Apple computers, and mostly software from Adobe.
The final product is a 10 minute rock-u-mentary, that captures the band at their peak, and really gives you a feel for what it was like to be at one of the Pain In The Grass shows.
Enjoy!
JayMe LayMe
RIP Sonny
Back when Pain in the Grass was free and Jeff Gilbert wasn't makin a dime from it. It sure was a great time!
Yesss!! Found myself in the crowd at the 6:33 mark. geeez 20 years ago!
That smile after "local backyards eveywhere" Haahahahahah
Donny was already thinking about how are they going to get their piece out of it…😂
We opened for Zeke in 97 in San Antonio Tx. Damn seems like yesterday.
Just knew this video! It's so awesome! Arigato very much for making n sharing the killer footage, JayMe! 🤘🔥💞
Nice. Played that stage in ‘96 (maybe ‘95?) I just remember it being hot as fuck (90 at least), so we all wore Hawaiian shirts. Probably played everything at double speed, which made trying to play and sing accurately almost comical. Great memory though.
great band Blind marky Fleshtone rules !
AWESOME!!!
...but ZEKE are still at the peak
This is SO dope. I would love to do a punk concert today and film it on 16mm. It just looks rock n roll
3:51 shorty or little guy bouncing across the screen. Wish I could remember his name.That guy was at every show , always moshin in the pit, totally nice guy and made some mean bbq at Cave Man Kitchen on lake city way. Seattle kicked ass in the nineties ✌️
This is fucking great!
Hi JayMe. Used to love the propane torches you used. Nearly lit the Sit-n-Spin on fire!
Girl at 3:40 is way cute!
Shit im all over this video!
That tiny guy in the circle pit at 3:52 was at pretty much every punk and metal show I ever went to in the 90s, always right in the thick of things despite being half the size of everyone else.. Anyone know what ever happened to him??
ThankU - #JeffGilbert - #WestSeattleMayorOfMetal #BrainPainKCMU
@classicbarmusic where???? was looking for him, whats the time and I'll look again...
Dudes with mulletts, they always seem to know how to have a good time. Shit.
Tuning in to play? Some pedal using tape or something ..
The lead singer, "What The Hell Is He Saying". Get yours today on incoherent records and tapes.
this was when Zeke was a harder edged Weezer.
understatement of the...ever. the two shouldnt be in the same sentence. Get some early 90s Dwarves in your life, they brought this shit back.