@@bjp0509 last time i saw them live was 2009 warped tour in columbia md. Glad theyre still around kinda rediscovering all my post hxc tastes i had as a teenage
The guitarist, Will Swan, (the one who actually created the band), said in an interview in 2018 that the band name was genuinely just "the least bad option of the names they came up with". They were planning shows and they couldn't go out on stage with no band name. And so they chose "Dance Gavin Dance" :)
Where tf did you get this info? Johnny was going to call the band "Ghost Runner on Third" but something happened with that name and they didn't use it. In college or at parties a buddy of his (named Gavin) would always get drunk and start dancing so everyone would yell "Dance Gavin Dance"
Welcome to the most unique sound I've ever heard in my entire life of living and listening to music dance Gavin dance the two singers mesh so well together that it sounds so beautifully done and man they can sing together
Jonny Craig was by far their best. He had so much soul in his voice. He did their old demos as as well as Whatever I Say Is Royal Ocean, and both Downtown Battle Mountain albums.
@@JohnDoe-mv2be Jonny Craig is a piece of shit who got kicked out of every band he has ever been in. B Dudes voice is alright but there is a reason you haven't heard anything from him in a while.
There is actually an unofficial sixth member, Andrew Wells, who is the frontman for his band Eidola, and Dance Gavin Dance’s touring guitarist and backup vocalist. He features in two songs on the two most recent DGD albums, and has been touring and performing live with them long enough to be called the unofficial sixth member of the band by fans.
please, please, please... dive into some more DGD. all three singers are great Jonny, Kurt, and Tilian. im a huge fan of the Kurt Travis era when they were psychedelic funk.
Absolutely love this band. At one point one of you said " I didn't know what was going on, but I loved it" that pretty much sums up their entire discography. Jon Mess (screamer) always spits out random sometimes deep lyrics while the clean vocalists swoon over like some angel. This band has a long complicated history with different band members coming and going but the spotlight was always on the clean vocalists. Guitarist Will Swan, drummer Matt Mingus, and screamer Jon have been the only consistent members. Although Jon had to miss an album due to a battle with Lyme disease during the Kurt Travis years. Would totally recommend listening to a song next featuring Jonny Craig back from their first album then one featuring Kurt Travis. They all brought something new to the table. Saying goes Jonny brought the soul, Kurt brought the funk, Tilian brought the pop. Next song should be Its Safe To Say You Dig The Back Seat. Off the first album it features a powerhouse Jonny Craig performance as well as a very prog instrumental. After that I would say Carl Barker featuring Kurt Travis. A very funky song indeed! Sorry for the long comment!
Tilian is a countertenor which is a very high male voice type. Combine that with years of developing his mixed voice (blend of chest and head resonance voice) and you can achieve these high notes.
Already two minutes in and already love your reaction honestly from the get go you guys have a presence btw I love it when she was like sorry I gotta pause it that handsome man walked up to the mic and made some beautiful noises 😭
I heard that the name came from a friend of Craig's, a kid named Gavin that always danced at parties and would get cheered on. He passed away at a young age and he wanted to name the band after him. Not sure if it's true or not, but it's something to look into.
Welcome to the DGD family! Keep em comin! They have a lot of videos with animation (theyre linked) Check out "We Own The Night" or "Betrayed by the Game" Tilian is the clean vocals
their videos have a lot of references so its a must! you watcch all of them to understand its makes this mad 1000000xx better! they are super cool guys!
Idk if it’s true but, I saw somewhere that Jonny Craig had a turtle and it’s name was Gavin and I guess he was bustin a move and that’s where they got the name from originally
Anything you listen to will be on point. Even the lyrics have NOOOOOTHING to do with anything coming out of jon’s mouth 😂 tilian gets all sentimental and then theres screaming guy 😂
4:25 the lead singer of linkin park has that really long scream in given up (banger btw) it's mad similar to this chorus. and linkin park is pretty high singing
welcome to the dgd cult 😁😌 a few people have commented about tilian’s solo stuff but you should also check out secret band! it has most of the members of dgd but jon is the only vocalist. they started it as a side project they tried to keep secret from jonny craig when he was in the band (hence the name secret band). i recommend either projectile comet or moon!
They have like a concept songs that go along with the bunnies and the robot with human hair. You gotta react to their new live video it's insane how good it is.
the imagery in both this video and betrayed by the game are so on brand with the bands lyrics its insane. addiction and being stuck in their own path. a lot of it reads to me as coping with being a band and theyre writing about it and living it. and also its got another 4th wall breaking feature where it talks about the fans eating up their problems as well because they deal with the same thing. and the fans addictive cycle towards the band is the same toxic pattern that props up the band itself while also holding their personal growth back.
I love how a bunch of people find it unfathomable to karaoke this...and how my friends react when I nail it 😁 of course its hard to keep the vocal chords going on a consistent flow over various songs without proper preparation especially and hey studio enhancement does play a role in this video of course but needless to say they are a masterpiece live aswell to be able to be constant song after song. Props
I heard the name came from Craig as his buddy Gavin loved to dance and he unfortunately passed away in a car crash I believe. I could be wrong but thays what I know from my knowledge, if anyone wants to correct me if I'm wrong pls lmk!
I really love you guys reaction, It's awesome, and funny to me. You guys should check out blue dream, and lemon meringue tie. It's with jonny craig in DGD. Keep up the great work
I’m a tenor singer. I can sing Chester’s singing effortlessly. He thing that made chester so great, he was singing genuinely, Cathartic lyrics that he obviously wrote. It’s embarrassing but Chester’s death hurt me for a year. We lost a great Rock singer
Tilian's range is really close to mine (he can go a little higher with more clarity than I can though), but I was so happy I found DGD a few years ago because it gives me something to sing along to that isn't a type of music that I don't love. The only other that has come close is Claudio Sanchez from Coheed and Cambria.
Hi! Can you also react to SB19? They are from the Philippines. They just uploaded their latest MV entitled WHAT❓ the leader wrote, compose and co-produce the song. the youngest is the creative director and the mainvocal choreographed the song :)
The song and the video is essentially about the lead singer's childhood growing up in a scientologist family, realising it was bullshit, breaking free and turning against organised religion.
tilian is the handsome guy, his voice is pure gold...he can even make men's pants wet.:) this song is about religious cults. tilian's father was a scientologist...
This song and video is supposed to depict religion and the corruption in religion of some sort and how manipulative it can be. I believe that titlians dad was involved with the church of scientology. The lyrics say a lot.
Actually DGD is almost as old as LP. They dropped their first EP in 2005. Will and Jon are the only two OG members left but I know Tillian has been in the scene since 2007.
@@DragonKnightX12 I meant that LP probably had an influence on the members as individuals in their youth before DGD. The good cop bad cop style vocals was highlighted by LP in the rock music scene as a whole.
@@eyeviin I doubt it. They are both 2000's bands from very different genres, Nu-Metal vs Proggy Post-Hardcore. I could see maybe hearing the similarities to Chester, but Tillian seems to be a lot more rooted in 80's Pop/Rock and R&B given his solo stuff. Jon kind of reminds me of Maynard, all of his lyrics are weird metaphors. Eh, if you mean having a clean and unclean vocalist, that's a pretty common setup with heavier genres.
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Omg you started the journey into the cult that is Dance Gavin Dance. You guys are gonna love their music
Gonna love the music, but hate the fan base as much as they seem to hate themselves. Stay away from swanposting!!
Started listening to them when I was 15.. I’m 25 now, and love them more and more as I keep getting older. Best band I’ve ever seen live hands down
We are everywhere
@@bjp0509 last time i saw them live was 2009 warped tour in columbia md. Glad theyre still around kinda rediscovering all my post hxc tastes i had as a teenage
can confirm
The guitarist, Will Swan, (the one who actually created the band), said in an interview in 2018 that the band name was genuinely just "the least bad option of the names they came up with". They were planning shows and they couldn't go out on stage with no band name. And so they chose "Dance Gavin Dance" :)
i heard it was named after his pet turtle.
I thought Gavin was Jonny Craig's pet turtle or something.
@@floatingdisembodiedhead8975it was but it's of the better name options of there choices presented
Where tf did you get this info? Johnny was going to call the band "Ghost Runner on Third" but something happened with that name and they didn't use it. In college or at parties a buddy of his (named Gavin) would always get drunk and start dancing so everyone would yell "Dance Gavin Dance"
8:08 "maybe if we read the lyrics" if anything that'd make it even more confusing lmao
I am just so obsessed with this band, and I have been for about 15 years. It's crazy
same i still listen to DBM
This band is magical. Just listen to everything. It’s all great.
Welcome to the most unique sound I've ever heard in my entire life of living and listening to music dance Gavin dance the two singers mesh so well together that it sounds so beautifully done and man they can sing together
In post hardcore genre, no one can beat DGD in musicality. NO ONE!
@@bastakaytv2825 idk eidola is pretty damn good
I CAN imagine trying to do this song karaoke. It happens in my car every day, and it sounds like a dead seagull.
My poor 6 year old son has to listen to me sing to their songs in the car 😂
this is the type of music you try not to sing around others haha
Theres a whole animated lore surrounding alot of their videos.
They're amazing
If you want more of the handsome man making beautiful noises, he actually has his own solo career. Just look up Tilian.
I think they mean tilian and Jon as they are both handsome men making beautiful noises lol
@@hunterdev212 I don't think Jon had even started yet when they made that comment
Jonny Craig was by far their best. He had so much soul in his voice. He did their old demos as as well as Whatever I Say Is Royal Ocean, and both Downtown Battle Mountain albums.
@@JohnDoe-mv2be Jonny Craig is a piece of shit who got kicked out of every band he has ever been in. B
Dudes voice is alright but there is a reason you haven't heard anything from him in a while.
@@TheShardFenix he who lives in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
There is actually an unofficial sixth member, Andrew Wells, who is the frontman for his band Eidola, and Dance Gavin Dance’s touring guitarist and backup vocalist. He features in two songs on the two most recent DGD albums, and has been touring and performing live with them long enough to be called the unofficial sixth member of the band by fans.
He is filling in for Matt now if I remember
@Damian Russell ah, okay, I couldn't remember who exactly they said.
Funny how things work since he replaced Tilian now, as much as I loved Til, Andrew is equal parts a beast
@@upsidedownpyramid7617 ye 😎
this was the same song that got me into their music. i appreciate this song more now, than i did back then.
Prisoner has to be the next DGD song you checkout, Tillian’s vocal on that one is INSANE
It's beautiful
I’d recommend Stroke God Millionaire, Strawberry Swisher 3, The Cuddler, Carl Barker, SkyHook, Blue Dream. Any of those
Agreed!
*one in a million has entered the chat*
We Own the Night though.
please, please, please... dive into some more DGD. all three singers are great Jonny, Kurt, and Tilian. im a huge fan of the Kurt Travis era when they were psychedelic funk.
Kurt was my favorite, such a great voice
I love seeing people react to tilian's voice for the first time
I love how this song is just a gigantic middle finger to his dad. 🤣🤣🤣
Thank you for checking them out! :)
Dido! Kennedy has some great taste lol. A pleasant coincidence!
3:13 that transition always gives me chills always love how DGD puts some sort of soft melodic section in their songs
Absolutely love this band. At one point one of you said " I didn't know what was going on, but I loved it" that pretty much sums up their entire discography. Jon Mess (screamer) always spits out random sometimes deep lyrics while the clean vocalists swoon over like some angel. This band has a long complicated history with different band members coming and going but the spotlight was always on the clean vocalists. Guitarist Will Swan, drummer Matt Mingus, and screamer Jon have been the only consistent members. Although Jon had to miss an album due to a battle with Lyme disease during the Kurt Travis years. Would totally recommend listening to a song next featuring Jonny Craig back from their first album then one featuring Kurt Travis. They all brought something new to the table. Saying goes Jonny brought the soul, Kurt brought the funk, Tilian brought the pop.
Next song should be Its Safe To Say You Dig The Back Seat. Off the first album it features a powerhouse Jonny Craig performance as well as a very prog instrumental.
After that I would say Carl Barker featuring Kurt Travis. A very funky song indeed! Sorry for the long comment!
That guitarist is mesmerizing live he’s so talented
The song is about cults, and religion in general, in my opinion. The relationship between a “savior” and the “savior’s” people. DGD is art.
Tilian is a countertenor which is a very high male voice type. Combine that with years of developing his mixed voice (blend of chest and head resonance voice) and you can achieve these high notes.
Already two minutes in and already love your reaction honestly from the get go you guys have a presence btw I love it when she was like sorry I gotta pause it that handsome man walked up to the mic and made some beautiful noises 😭
I heard that the name came from a friend of Craig's, a kid named Gavin that always danced at parties and would get cheered on. He passed away at a young age and he wanted to name the band after him. Not sure if it's true or not, but it's something to look into.
SOOO many more song from them to blow you away.
Welcome to the DGD family! Keep em comin! They have a lot of videos with animation (theyre linked) Check out "We Own The Night" or "Betrayed by the Game"
Tilian is the clean vocals
their videos have a lot of references so its a must! you watcch all of them to understand its makes this mad 1000000xx better! they are super cool guys!
I love how unphased they were by the lyrics in the beginning
He has always had such a beautiful voice omg.
There’s no way anyone can say DGD is trash. EVERYONE loves DGD
Idk if it’s true but, I saw somewhere that Jonny Craig had a turtle and it’s name was Gavin and I guess he was bustin a move and that’s where they got the name from originally
Prisoner is really amazing off their newest album
It’s Tillion that’s the handsome man haha I love dance Gavin dance. Keep up the good work ladies
first time watching and I just want to say that you two seem like such kind, fun, and caring people!
Anything you listen to will be on point. Even the lyrics have NOOOOOTHING to do with anything coming out of jon’s mouth 😂 tilian gets all sentimental and then theres screaming guy 😂
🤣 well that's awesome
johns lyrics are actually on point to the theme of the song 100% of the time though..
too big brain for you i guess lol
@@DeathShark00 you are right, the first thing i say in the morning is fuck that shit as well
@@XbigXbearX6661 You're Rock Solid.
@@ruminating1596 rock solid?
Prisoner needs to be next, for sure. Would also be cool to see some stuff from the Jonny and Kurt eras as well
Yes, my favorite band
4:25 the lead singer of linkin park has that really long scream in given up (banger btw) it's mad similar to this chorus. and linkin park is pretty high singing
Tilian and chester are very similar imo
John named it DGD because he said his turtle, Gavin, looked like he was dancing while he was swimming.
On the run will forever be my favorite from DGD. Dgd gang for life
welcome to the dgd cult 😁😌 a few people have commented about tilian’s solo stuff but you should also check out secret band! it has most of the members of dgd but jon is the only vocalist. they started it as a side project they tried to keep secret from jonny craig when he was in the band (hence the name secret band). i recommend either projectile comet or moon!
The best band out there 😍
Bro I died when she said “could you imagine trying to do karaoke to this”
They have like a concept songs that go along with the bunnies and the robot with human hair. You gotta react to their new live video it's insane how good it is.
Rip Tim 🙏
You guys should check out strawberrys wake by them
Or lyrics lie
One in a million too
Sweet video an great reaction. Leann you are spot on with the Linkin Park sound.
If I could get someone to play this for karaoke night, I would love to take a swing at that! Lmao
YES. more DGD pls
in my hometown at the bar for karaoke we scream all the time no one gives a shit we have people head banging with us ahhahaha
My fav band atm
Jon is hilarious and creepy as shit at the same time in most of their videos I've seen. I love it lol
the imagery in both this video and betrayed by the game are so on brand with the bands lyrics its insane. addiction and being stuck in their own path. a lot of it reads to me as coping with being a band and theyre writing about it and living it. and also its got another 4th wall breaking feature where it talks about the fans eating up their problems as well because they deal with the same thing. and the fans addictive cycle towards the band is the same toxic pattern that props up the band itself while also holding their personal growth back.
WELCOME TO THE DGD FANDOM!
React to Man Of The Year and Here Comes The Winner next!
The tree city sessions video would be ideal for “man of the year”
MotY is my absolute favorite song in their history.
In His first band tilian sang even higher.
React to ERRA - vanish canvas, eye of god, dementia, shadow autonomous. Pretty much stream there new album and thank them later.
Love these dudes. You should definitely check out more. Coheed and Cambria too.
I swear, I wish I could hear DgD for the first time again.
I love how a bunch of people find it unfathomable to karaoke this...and how my friends react when I nail it 😁 of course its hard to keep the vocal chords going on a consistent flow over various songs without proper preparation especially and hey studio enhancement does play a role in this video of course but needless to say they are a masterpiece live aswell to be able to be constant song after song. Props
good reaction, love it
Prisoner and We Own The Night are just a couple other great Dance Gavin Dance tracks people should check out!
As far as I know will or Jon (can’t remember who) had a turtle named Gavin, and he liked to dance
Lemon meringue tie and blue dream are great Jonny Craig songs
Johnny Craig basically basically created the name of the band based off a pet turtle he used to have named Gavin.
It would be dope if you guys checked out Strawberry's Wake! Also by DGD :) They're so good.
Nice! Please more Dance Gavin Dance! :D
oh man you guys should react to The Man Of the Year from Tree City Sessions
I heard the name came from Craig as his buddy Gavin loved to dance and he unfortunately passed away in a car crash I believe. I could be wrong but thays what I know from my knowledge, if anyone wants to correct me if I'm wrong pls lmk!
I really love you guys reaction, It's awesome, and funny to me. You guys should check out blue dream, and lemon meringue tie. It's with jonny craig in DGD. Keep up the great work
I’m a tenor singer. I can sing Chester’s singing effortlessly. He thing that made chester so great, he was singing genuinely, Cathartic lyrics that he obviously wrote. It’s embarrassing but Chester’s death hurt me for a year. We lost a great Rock singer
Tilian's range is really close to mine (he can go a little higher with more clarity than I can though), but I was so happy I found DGD a few years ago because it gives me something to sing along to that isn't a type of music that I don't love. The only other that has come close is Claudio Sanchez from Coheed and Cambria.
You should do more DGD.
Betrayed By The Game by Dance Gavin Dance next
Like for DGD and Secret Band
Way to go girls👍
Hi! Can you also react to SB19? They are from the Philippines. They just uploaded their latest MV entitled WHAT❓ the leader wrote, compose and co-produce the song. the youngest is the creative director and the mainvocal choreographed the song :)
Tilian is an Adonis
Loved this, you should react to their latest song, Synergy!
Also a big standout is Will's guitar playing.
I already did do karaoke to inspire the liars
Vrsty - Shameless, Massive, and You & I next please. As well as Terrorbyte - WORLDSTAR, Boogeyman, and Helios
The song and the video is essentially about the lead singer's childhood growing up in a scientologist family, realising it was bullshit, breaking free and turning against organised religion.
tilian is the handsome guy, his voice is pure gold...he can even make men's pants wet.:)
this song is about religious cults. tilian's father was a scientologist...
tilian MOTHERFUCKING pearson. my favorite artist of all time. fuck yeah. ik this was 3 yrs ago & i hope u still listen🤘🏼
You should react to some Periphery :)
please more DGD reactions!
This song and video is supposed to depict religion and the corruption in religion of some sort and how manipulative it can be. I believe that titlians dad was involved with the church of scientology. The lyrics say a lot.
For sure read the lyrics if you want clarification 😂😂
Welcome to the addiction that is DGD!!!!
Emarosa and DgD Was my favorite with Jonny Craig but you know drugs... lmao
LINKIN PARK are the grand daddies of modern metal song structures and Chester more than likely had an impact on DGDs youth
Actually DGD is almost as old as LP. They dropped their first EP in 2005. Will and Jon are the only two OG members left but I know Tillian has been in the scene since 2007.
@@DragonKnightX12 I meant that LP probably had an influence on the members as individuals in their youth before DGD. The good cop bad cop style vocals was highlighted by LP in the rock music scene as a whole.
@@eyeviin I doubt it. They are both 2000's bands from very different genres, Nu-Metal vs Proggy Post-Hardcore. I could see maybe hearing the similarities to Chester, but Tillian seems to be a lot more rooted in 80's Pop/Rock and R&B given his solo stuff. Jon kind of reminds me of Maynard, all of his lyrics are weird metaphors.
Eh, if you mean having a clean and unclean vocalist, that's a pretty common setup with heavier genres.
@@DragonKnightX12 I'm gonna go take a shit do you want anything
@@eyeviin Got some pizza rolls?
Gotta watch previous videos to understand the story lol
Want to know what it looks like when a woman wants to take you to the bedroom? Take a look at 3:02
Please react to we own the night
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Please react to I See Stars - Calm snow
Pretty sure bunnies were a sacrifice 🤷🏻♂️
Hi Leann and Ari!
I got the the band for you!!! Check out Nova Twins! Two heavy rockin' girls that sounds like no other!!!
They are AWESOME!!!
ua-cam.com/video/met-6mxLrwg/v-deo.html
Be safe
Björn
Ps: I think Ari will LOVE 'em!
Its about religion forcing people, the truth the lies.
y'all are cute