TAD: Busted Circuits and Ringing Ears - Found Tapes
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- Опубліковано 3 січ 2015
- Found Tapes is a new weekly show that highlights some of the rarest, wierdest, and sometimes just really cool videos that people send to us. This week, mosey back to the 90s and grab a front row seat to the rise and fall of Seattle grunge legends TAD.
Busted Circuits and Ringing Ears chronicles the band's ascent to become one of the most crucial bands of the grunge era, and delves into the legal troubles that embroiled the band's key members before its eventual disintegration. It's an itnrugiing, and tragic, story of what could have been. The hour-and-a-half documentary was produced by Ryan Short and Adam Pease and contains archival footage that spans the band's entire career, from the club days to the arenas. Interviews with nearly all of Tad's members past and present (save for guitarist Gary Thorstensen is a no-show) snag the spotlight, while the documentary also pulls from insightful interviews from some of Seattle's most respected musicians, including Krist Novoselic (Nirvana), Chad Channing (Nirvana), Kim Thayil (Soundgarden), Mark Arm (Mudhoney), Mark Felchtone (Zeke), and many others.
Get the inside scoop on everything from toe controversy over the cover art for 8-Way Santa and "Jack Pepsi" to the making of their classic God's Balls album and Eurpoea tour with Nirvana, and keep an eye out for the "Wood Goblins" video, which was banned by MTV for being "too ugly."
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I made this documentary! Glad you all like it!
The most underappreciated band of the grunge era. Seattle may have had a ton of bands, but TAD was a ton of band.
Tad was a great band. The most underrated Grunge band ever.
Underrated. This band should had been big like Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains & Pearl Jam. Their albums kick ass. "8 Way Santa" & "Inhaler" are their masterpieces.
Gods balls is huge too
Damn right
Infrared Riding Hood was also worth a look. It wasn't grunge, it was sludgy alt-metal.
Tad, mudhoney, Melvin all should have been selling huge amounts of records but to me tad were the real grunge the big four of grunge were just pretty boys that’s why mtv and major record labels snatched them up it’s not about the songs it’s about the next rockstar look which sadly took center stage over actual talent and great songs hence tad mudhoney Melvins all the early bands got left behind when they should have been at the top
@@joehobbs3277 I prefer mudhoney, tad and the melvins to the big four - but to act like aic, soundgarden, Pearl jam didn’t have actual talent as well as good looks is so fucking dumb.
A very important band in the history of heavy music . Super influential !!!
TAD are MAD! did you hear that early riff, don't know it's name but it was "Negative Creep" Az Ten! Same riff, rhythmically at least and vocal melody and rhythm.
tee bizz You don’t put spaces in front of punctuation.
Yes
Not just for fans. Any music lover can appreciate this.
You're so right, I knew nothing of them until now but I'm loving this.
"My name's Tad, I play with myself"
I met Tad in San Francisco at a club called Slims back in 1990 during the Inhaler tour. He was very down to earth and soft spoken.
Nice
Slims, what a great venue!
Sad when I heard that that place closed down recently.
TAD is one of the most underrated bands of all time! There is not a single bad song in the entire discography! Massive respect for this band! A reunion would be fucking awesome!
All their albums are great but God's Balls will always be my favorite. Just one of these albums that just nails it from start to finish. Feels completely unique. So damn good.
It really is their best. I agree 100%
One of the things that I appreciate about it is not only the heaviness, but also the strange grooviness. I once read an article about how the members of TAD were possibly influenced by of all things, soul music. Which likely inspired the powerful rhythms and striking grooves on it. In addition to the clear heavy metal influence on the record through the heavy distortion and dense bass-and-drum sound.
SURE WAS an Honor & BLAST to Drum-Tech for Josh on the INHALER TOUR! TAD are the NICEST FELLAS you'll EVER meet! We were outta control, yet survived, TOGETHER! My 90's band, HITTING BIRTH, i played a stand-up percussion kit FULL of METAL sawblades, hubcaps & we even had an electric shopping cart ("Chopping Harp")that RULED & appreciate Josh adding THAT element on Infra-Red. GOOD 🖕🏼' Days! Keith "FrankenHippy" Bornzin. In "BL♣️CK J♣️CK" NOW & look forward to gigging w/TAD & KURT'S NEW BANDS. Road-Brethren for LIFE! CHEERCE!🖤🎶🥁👽😎🤘
iNFRARED RIDING HOOD WAS SO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD THIS BAND GOT A ROUGH DEAL. DONT FORGET THEM!
One of the few heavy bands. Laughed my ass off at the J Mascis' sunglasses story. They all look like cool guys, big respect to them and their music
That moment where kurt and Tad just chilling having sparkling water 😊 that's pure!
Beautiful documentary. They might not of had the success that was deserved but at least they made some awesome music that will live on forever.
tad are amazing ... Feel lucky to have seen the em twice.
great documentary as well.
Josh is such a cool guy. He came into a little bar and grill I was working at and saw my neurosis hat and started up a conversation with me. I saw Tad’s other band Brothers of the Sonic Cloth a few years ago and that was the loudest aural wall of sound I’ve ever experienced. He had a full stack of Sunn model t’s
Terrific documentary of a band I used to like a lot. "Salt Lick" was/is immense; chaotic and frightening. Like Jonathan Poneman, I completely wore out my cassette version.
Saw them in the early 90s and they had the whole place moshing and headbanging with them. They were crowd surfing for entire songs while still playing. It was loud as bombs with everyone jumping and stomping it seemed like the building might collapse. It was like everyone in the crowd was in the band or the band was just one of us. 1 of the best shows for sure!
38:42 TAD with a t-shirt of french band " Les Thugs " ???!!!!!!!!! Incredible ! Didn't expect it at all !
Subpop label mates
@@chuckabbate5924 Thank you for info .
Cool, I never knew about this. TAD were one of my favourites from that scene back when. Great band. Loved that Brothers of the Sonic Cloth record he did a bit ago too. Talented dude.
I have loved this band since early 90's
What drew me to them was how they could be heavy as hell one moment and go mellow the next
Amazing!!!
Ive loved the baseline from their song Greasebox for decades.
My ears still haven't recovered...legendary band!
21 Seattle musicians who never got a documentary clicked "thumbs down."
Oh, and TAD ROCKS.
Awe aren't you special.
beautiful, the ending had me tearing up.
When Gary leaves and they play the piano part from Luminol :,|
I've always found it very weird that glam metal was called metal but bands like Tad, Soundgarden and AIC were called alternative rock or grunge or whatever. Especially when all 3 of them were heavier and had more actual metal riffs than any glam metal band.
That's why grunge bands shied away from being associated with metal, because the term 'heavy metal' meant Warrant, Poison, Winger, etc. In the sense of grunge bands being metal in the way that Black Sabbath and Budgie were, I think they were metal.
@@robwalsh9843 It's because that's what mainstream was at the time. Grunge was a sort of anti-metal. Being loud, long haired rock bands, they didn't want to be associated with glam metal and cock rock. Even though they were clearly influenced sonically by metal, they aligned themselves more with punk moral codes. Not exactly though because most of the grunge bands were on major labels at some point in their careers. Nevertheless, they went on to influence both rock and metal and are beloved by rockers and metalheads around the globe so that's all that matters.
You’d be wrong about that I don’t disagree with your comment at all I think as the 90s rolled around the first anyone had ever of grunge I believe was when Alice in chains released facelift which is more of a metal record but the term grunge had been around long before it became a thing and as we all know nirvanas nevermind apparently was the birth of alternative rock and grunge when in actual fact there were bands like tad like the melvins mudhoney skin yard the list goes on that were underground etc so it wasn’t anything new but when the big four released there main records people starting labelling everything as grunge alternitive rock. As for glam metal I agree there isn’t much metal in most of the bands that hit the scene at its peak but even I. That genre bands like twisted sister for example the first two records under the blade and you can’t stop rock and roll were far from the power ballad formular that plagued the later part of the 80s whille I certainly am not a huge fan of them there were a few really stand out ballads that actually meant something. If you want to hear a glam band that’s basicly glam and even thrash check out a band called nitro there first album is called out fucking ragious or O.F.R for short abd tell me what you think of it
I never thought of that, but you are absolutely correct.
They’re just labels. They don’t mean anything
These guys were dealt with a bad hand. It's a real shame. Just got into their music and they're freaking brilliant! They'll never be forgotten for as long as I'm still breathing.
real riff, heavy sound .
this is real for heavy music...l
love tad .greetings from bote malaysia.
I read once they were to ugly for MTV, that made me like them even more!
Fantastic! bought the first 3 LP's because I should have supported years ago. #TAD
I saw Tad in 91 at trees
Let me tell you.
Just wow
Yesh....What time? rAwTiMe....
Great doc been on UA-cam for years glad noisy finally found it.
First UK tour they had Nirvana as support ...saw them both at Norwich Arts Cente..met them all at bar ,,happy times
What’s ridiculous is how bad TAD was screwed man. I found this and now they have been my favorite band. Also just learned how Tabitha Soren was apauled by them when she was first sent to Seattle. They were actually imo best out of the whole scene. Amazing songwriting, amazing musical genius, amazing album art and concepts just so ridiculous how they didn’t get what was owed to them. Long live TAD
great bunch of guys. balls to the wall honesty. great.
Awesome doco. About an awesome band. Saw them support Soundgarden in '94 at Wolves.
Had the opportunity to see Tad back in 1991 and ‘92.
Amazing show!!! One of the loudest shows I’ve seen in a small venue.
It’s a damn shame that they never got signed to a major label.
Hundreds of homes were wired in Georgia with the Inhaler cd CRANKED...made sweatin easy.....thx guys.
well done for making this doc. important stuff
Man I met that guy one night at the break room and was aware of his music but had yet to absorb it.. damn if I met now I would be like a fanboy lol, man thanks for doing what you do bro, side note I had been afflicted by the Zeke and reo speedealer records so intensely at that time in my life that I wasn't listening to much else but godamnit y'all were great
This was kind of a sad watch, to think these guys got chewed up and spit out by the industry and never got their recognition alongside the greats of the grunge movement is just depressing.
I picked up a "Promo Copy" of infrared riding hood (and a couple other CDs of theirs) at a used record shop in Santa Cruz around 1998 and fell in love with Tad
RELEASE THE FINAL RECORDINGS TAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Definetly one of my favorite bands of all time. Didn't get the credit they deserved.
Charlie West and they didn’t give a shit, just like the melvins.
Agreed....
TAD rules.
Remember beavis and butthead?,
"I wanna party with TAD!"
I had never heard rad before, they're friggin awesome!
That scene at the end when Tad and Kurt met was beautiful. Tad looked so happy and he just hugged him like he meant it. No back slapping, just held on to Kurt.
I met tad Doyle at a mudhoney show in Olympia when I was 16yrs old. I asked him to sign my ticket stub,he asked me my name. “Jake rhymes with stake. I like that” lol,just a super nice guy.
20:24 I was at that show, Vera Groningen. Nirvana opened. Most people were late thinking TAD was the headliner (Jinx and Behemoth were hits in the club). My friend once did a solo-trip through the Rocky Mountains on his bike. I pointed him towards Sub Pop in Seattle. He found the office and brought back five 7"es. Sadly no Love Buzz, I guess he was too late. I remember he brought The Fluid and Derelicts.
When people ask me about "grunge", I only have to say five words:
Green River, Melvins, Bleach, TAD. That's all.
Todd Dawson-Cooper
And Mudhoney
Todd Dawson-Cooper Melvins isn’t grunge, they’re sludge metal. Not ask you about grunge anytime soon.
@@dead_kennedys7870 sludge is the just the heavy side of grunge
Grunge is the worst musical descriptor/ category ever. Nobody can agree on what it is. According to some people, there's only like 3 real grunge bands. Other people think it's a bunch of bands from Seattle (a lot of which have very little in common musically). It clearly means different things to different people. And I guess that's not surprising because it's a made-up word used to define *something* that definitely happened. But that *something* crosses over musically into other areas like punk rock and metal.
Other genres are pretty clear, but the distinctive features of "grunge" change depending on who you ask.
As seen by the above comments. So personally, I give up on trying to define grunge, I just don't care and it's a pointless exercise. I know what I like; don't need to define it.
(Gotta say though, TAD are almost universally considered "grunge" by everyone, ime)
Ahem, Mudhoney
I found TAD from the Brainscan soundtrack and I’ve loved them ever since
Que buena,no hay mucho material de TAD,gracias
Mother Love Bone and Tad were always my favorite grunge bands. They were the heart and soul of the scene at it best, before MTV packaged it around Nirvana. Love this documentary, always wanted to see bootleg of Tad/Nirvana Euro tour
Thanks TAD!
H-Hour, Tad, Brothers of the Sonic Cloth: Mr. Doyle delivers them all.
Thank you for uploading :)
Superior Rockumentary of a legendary man and his band
Thank you for this gift!!
Always loved this lot, always will.
Poneman loves me this i know cause bruce pavitt told me so 🤣🤣
29:29 Steven Jesse Bernstein, another underground seattle icon
YOB shirt. Tad couldn't be more epic.
I fucking loved you guys ...Barrowlands Glasgow supporting Soundgarden. Me n TAD the whole night interacted and it was my highlight of my life as TAD were and will ALWAYS be my F.A.V band .and I'm into so much music .but TAD different animal all together. ..fucking BEHEMOTH the original and best !!can't say anymore ..LOVE!!!!!!!
One of the greatest bands ever!
infra red was my introduction to tad. i had a promotional copy that i got from a used cd store back in the 90s. who knows where it is now. seriously underrated band
Kurt Danielson head banging is my happy place.
J K S he's sooo great - the absolute best ever.
thank you for this, Noisey. 🤘🏻
TAD are the missing link between Grunge and Hardcore punk.
Correction. What you mean to say is, "TAD is the missing link." TAD is caveman rock!!!!
If a Sasquatch raped Chris Farley's mom
A lot of "grunge" bands had ties to hardcore. The Melvins started as a Black Flag-style hardcore band.
@@robwalsh9843 True
Great video.
TAD with YOB shirt , YES !
This was great.
Brohemoth Broman DOPETHRONE
I had that 8-Way Santa review at 46:41...it was on Hit Parader )...just sayin'
Tad is the man
3:09 SMOKE POT
WOOD GOBLINS!!!!!
Them fellers we're dam animals , wish I could've seen em live
Charlie West they were everything you could want live.
Saw them twice and it's never left me.
does Charles cross ever stop thinking about kurt cobain?
No....no he doesn't.
Honestly
Occasionally, then his accountant talks him out of it.
I found out about TAD a few months ago in the summer, and after listening to God's balls, and salt lick (as well as 8 way Santa, inhaler, and infrared riding hood later on) I was fucking hooked, and I still am. I only wish that I could have found out about TAD years ago.
GODS BALLS THAT'S A GOOD ALBUM!!
Thank you so much for this. What a fucking great band.
Right Makes the Day..a lil better[4'sure]'Very Great'! Qty Film'!TAD.Deserving.of this 4sure.😊180gm.re-issues.😊.
Have loved TAD since I first heard Inhaler in 1993
THIS IS AWESOME.🤘🏻
Thanks to TAD we had Nirvana and Matrix Reloaded chase scene.
Tad Doyle and Charles Thompson (Frank Black/Black Francis) should do a project together.
Man hasn't built a strong enough stage yet.
i love tad
Never realized how much Chad Channing looks like a young Bobby Weir.....
Legends
That lawsuit over the photo is so absurd. I mean, unless that girl was walking around with a bandanna as a shirt and that dude rocking the same ridiculous mustache and long hair, how in the hell would anyone link the photo to them? It looks like anyone from the 70s.
burly heavy set dudes rock.meatloaf,bob hite,jerry a.pig champion,tad doyle.burly heavy set dudes really do rock.
Leslie West!
tad's pretty cool.
i wanna time travel so bad!!!!!! 😭
Awesome band
3:14 The smoke sessions are crazy
It’s TAD...and it’s totally heavy
Sucks the law fucked em on 8waysanta. Might have made bands like Bush never happen.... we shall never know. Still blistering record 26 years later. Thanks TAD!
Besides the music being sick their Ben Davis game was untouchable
That yob shirt!! :D
Bout time 🤙 TAD Doyle for Attorney General