I was at this show. They opened for Shudder to Think, my favorite band at the time, and blew them off the stage. Top 5 shows I've ever been to. Fucking incredible.
Been a fan of Nate since diddly squat days and into Christ on a crutch. And Will first caught my eye and captured my ear in Positive Greed. Imagine how surprised I was to see them both in the same band playing my little home town venue under the moniker of Empty Set. They blew me away and I soon wore out the little demo tape I purchased from them. Then news came a year or so later that they had brought on another guitarist/ vocalist and were calling themselves Sunny Day Real Estate and releasing an album on subpop. Then they exploded. I caught them live once just before they disintegrated. I did get to go to their reunion show in 2010 which was wonderful. Such a beautiful drenched sound.
Michael you absolute maniac!! Posting the greatest band of all time playing MTV 120 minutes and this amazing live footage? Very happy to have stumbled upon both.
Thanks so much for capturing this, and posting. I fell for this band so hard in high school, the instant I heard "Seven" on the radio out of Lawrence, KS on the "Alternative" station at the time, 105.9 THE LAZER. I mean fell HARD. And it was so unjust that it was either already the case, or was very shortly thereafter, that they would or had already broken up. This was 1994 or early '95, I was in high school and missed the show at The Bottleneck, which was for the longest time, the only show from this era I could find online. I used to have a crappy VHS copy, a dub of the same copy everyone had I'm guessing. This is factual alchemy to me, the fact that somehow, across America all at the same time, people like myself were just struck in this really deep and connecting way by this band. I bonded with my first real touring bandmate would soon go on to put an ad in the paper to flesh out the rest of our band, which I thought could be fairly advertised as "emo," citing SDRE, Jawbox, Seam, Fugazi as other interests/influences, excitedly naive and not understanding that by then the term "emo" was already contentious with kids who thought they knew better in circles cooler than I'd graced (or would ever.) I guess in retrospect, maybe what opened so many kids up like myself at the time, who would form bands that kind of "sounded like Sunny Day Real Estate," was the idea that you could inhabit the energy of punk/hardcore in performance/dynamics, but do it without having to be a tough guy or a hotshot. I think it was the vulnerability in Enigk's register that assured me in vocalizing my own, which certainly wasn't that of a tough guy, and the band's aptitude for crafting hooky and melodic passages without abandoning the honest energy and urgency that rang true for so many of us worked well for me coming from the big hooks of GRUNGE and Pearl Jam, Jane's Addiction, Smashing Pumpkins, etc... My grumpy hot take: back then as a kid, I had access to music that really resonated for me, someone who felt very "angsty" through a challenging high school career. It was OK to feel bad. I guess at a certain point that sentiment became laughably gauche, or maybe it really was just played out, but at a point to me it seemed like music started to foreshadow the demands of social media, you must appear as if you're always having a GREAT TIME!!!! I'm very thankful for the Nirvanas and Alice in Chainses and Sunny Day Real Estates that were there for me in the mid-90's when I needed them. And discovering SDRE led me to discover all kinds of other smaller/indie/emo/punk bands you could find on mix tapes or 7" singles at a show or a rare (cause few of us actually had video cameras) live show borrowed VHS tape. With this band though, it was just alchemical what these four put together, and how much it affected those of us who it touched and continues to reach. I can't listen to DIARY without actually being transported back into my '86 Burgundy Olds Cutlass Calais, accidentally burning cigarette buttholes into the plush door paneling, sloshing through slush into the school parking lot and sitting in the car, letting the tape finish "Song About An Angel" before trudging into the school and dealing with a world of obsessive insecurities, bullying, unrequited crushes and psychopathic faculty. PS- I love the 15 minutes tuning and drum tightening with absolutely zero regard for "putting on a show." The songs were show enough...SHO'NUFF AMAZING!!!!
listen to Sunny day real estate and dinosaur Jr always take me to a place that's long gone.. I was born in 76 so this takes me back to a teenager skating the streets at day and chasing tail at night
Me too your a year older but I lived in DC well right outside 15 minutes away from DC and the Black Cat from the time i was a baby to young adult this makes my heart hurt though so much more fun I should have had could have had but definitely had the best time I just wish I knew it would be the best time in my life
Durin's Heir best period of that band was in 95 imo with dave, pat, william, and nate. When i think about it foo fighters was like the life boat for two great bands. Two friends on each side who were somewhat strangers to each other then were friends untill 1997 which sukd dave was kind of a dick to william for that
Thtavrgwhteguy well he had to make hard decisions for the Foo Fighter’s first major label debut. I’m not sure if I agree with the decision myself, but it came from a hard and stressful place. I understand it... even if I don’t agree with it.
@@vonclohk507 the band had already decided to call it quits and had tour/label commitments to finish. Grohl went to see them and realized the rhthymn section was a good fit for his project and, knowing they were splitting, he asked them to jam. The rest is history.
5:50 damn that was fucking awesome man... he was singing with an Emo style before Emo was even a thing, and it sounds just so much better than what Emo ended up being lol
I believe you are correct Mohammed..Dave owns or owned a part of the Black Cat.. He mentioned in the foo doc that he noticed Will and Nate at a DC show right around this time
lebin Payne and goldsmith!!!! Don't forget about him he's such a good drummer tbh i like him a little better than taylor in terms of emotion. But im kinda glad things went the way they did even though dave grohl was bein a douche because there is nothing left to lose is my #2 album
Williams drumming is awesome .I think that what Dave did by rerecording the drums behind his back was a prick move.And I do not like foo fighters music besides first 2 albums even then they are not that great to be honest.Love sunny day though.
Foo fighter first three albums was great. But I lost on the fourth one. Yes, I agree. Dave Grohl should've not rerecord the drums. If he trust his bandmates, he should let Goldsmith spend more time on practicing and practicing until he find the perfect drum beat.
I was at this show. They opened for Shudder to Think, my favorite band at the time, and blew them off the stage. Top 5 shows I've ever been to. Fucking incredible.
Oh my god. I am incredibly jealous that you saw both Sunny Day and Shudder to Think on the same night. That must have been epic.
Been a fan of Nate since diddly squat days and into Christ on a crutch. And Will first caught my eye and captured my ear in Positive Greed. Imagine how surprised I was to see them both in the same band playing my little home town venue under the moniker of Empty Set. They blew me away and I soon wore out the little demo tape I purchased from them. Then news came a year or so later that they had brought on another guitarist/ vocalist and were calling themselves Sunny Day Real Estate and releasing an album on subpop. Then they exploded. I caught them live once just before they disintegrated. I did get to go to their reunion show in 2010 which was wonderful. Such a beautiful drenched sound.
0:00 Intro
0:29 48
7:37 In Circles
13:44 Song About An Angel
21:30 Seven
27:24 J'Nuh
34:25 5/4
38:58 Rodeo Jones
43:51 Sometimes
Such a huge part of my life , best song writing ever ,
Fucking amazing, will always be my favorite band. Thank you for uploading
Michael you absolute maniac!! Posting the greatest band of all time playing MTV 120 minutes and this amazing live footage? Very happy to have stumbled upon both.
Thanks so much for capturing this, and posting. I fell for this band so hard in high school, the instant I heard "Seven" on the radio out of Lawrence, KS on the "Alternative" station at the time, 105.9 THE LAZER. I mean fell HARD. And it was so unjust that it was either already the case, or was very shortly thereafter, that they would or had already broken up. This was 1994 or early '95, I was in high school and missed the show at The Bottleneck, which was for the longest time, the only show from this era I could find online. I used to have a crappy VHS copy, a dub of the same copy everyone had I'm guessing. This is factual alchemy to me, the fact that somehow, across America all at the same time, people like myself were just struck in this really deep and connecting way by this band. I bonded with my first real touring bandmate would soon go on to put an ad in the paper to flesh out the rest of our band, which I thought could be fairly advertised as "emo," citing SDRE, Jawbox, Seam, Fugazi as other interests/influences, excitedly naive and not understanding that by then the term "emo" was already contentious with kids who thought they knew better in circles cooler than I'd graced (or would ever.) I guess in retrospect, maybe what opened so many kids up like myself at the time, who would form bands that kind of "sounded like Sunny Day Real Estate," was the idea that you could inhabit the energy of punk/hardcore in performance/dynamics, but do it without having to be a tough guy or a hotshot. I think it was the vulnerability in Enigk's register that assured me in vocalizing my own, which certainly wasn't that of a tough guy, and the band's aptitude for crafting hooky and melodic passages without abandoning the honest energy and urgency that rang true for so many of us worked well for me coming from the big hooks of GRUNGE and Pearl Jam, Jane's Addiction, Smashing Pumpkins, etc... My grumpy hot take: back then as a kid, I had access to music that really resonated for me, someone who felt very "angsty" through a challenging high school career. It was OK to feel bad. I guess at a certain point that sentiment became laughably gauche, or maybe it really was just played out, but at a point to me it seemed like music started to foreshadow the demands of social media, you must appear as if you're always having a GREAT TIME!!!! I'm very thankful for the Nirvanas and Alice in Chainses and Sunny Day Real Estates that were there for me in the mid-90's when I needed them. And discovering SDRE led me to discover all kinds of other smaller/indie/emo/punk bands you could find on mix tapes or 7" singles at a show or a rare (cause few of us actually had video cameras) live show borrowed VHS tape. With this band though, it was just alchemical what these four put together, and how much it affected those of us who it touched and continues to reach. I can't listen to DIARY without actually being transported back into my '86 Burgundy Olds Cutlass Calais, accidentally burning cigarette buttholes into the plush door paneling, sloshing through slush into the school parking lot and sitting in the car, letting the tape finish "Song About An Angel" before trudging into the school and dealing with a world of obsessive insecurities, bullying, unrequited crushes and psychopathic faculty. PS- I love the 15 minutes tuning and drum tightening with absolutely zero regard for "putting on a show." The songs were show enough...SHO'NUFF AMAZING!!!!
You have a band? What’s it’s name? I wanna hear how you guys sounded
listen to Sunny day real estate and dinosaur Jr always take me to a place that's long gone.. I was born in 76 so this takes me back to a teenager skating the streets at day and chasing tail at night
My fav 2 bands
Me too your a year older but I lived in DC well right outside 15 minutes away from DC and the Black Cat from the time i was a baby to young adult this makes my heart hurt though so much more fun I should have had could have had but definitely had the best time I just wish I knew it would be the best time in my life
Somewhere in that audience is a Dave Grohl looking for a rhythm section for his new project, he looked in the right place
Durin's Heir best period of that band was in 95 imo with dave, pat, william, and nate. When i think about it foo fighters was like the life boat for two great bands. Two friends on each side who were somewhat strangers to each other then were friends untill 1997 which sukd dave was kind of a dick to william for that
Thtavrgwhteguy well he had to make hard decisions for the Foo Fighter’s first major label debut. I’m not sure if I agree with the decision myself, but it came from a hard and stressful place. I understand it... even if I don’t agree with it.
@@vonclohk507 the band had already decided to call it quits and had tour/label commitments to finish. Grohl went to see them and realized the rhthymn section was a good fit for his project and, knowing they were splitting, he asked them to jam. The rest is history.
Nah. Dave should've never been allowed from out behind his set.
@@grizzlyaddams3606 Nah. Those first few FF albums are great
5:50 damn that was fucking awesome man... he was singing with an Emo style before Emo was even a thing, and it sounds just so much better than what Emo ended up being lol
Ummm yea
En realidad el emo ya existía antes, ellos le dieron vida a la segunda generación emo...el emo de los 2000 es la tercer generación emo.
I believe you are correct Mohammed..Dave owns or owned a part of the Black Cat.. He mentioned in the foo doc that he noticed Will and Nate at a DC show right around this time
Best Bar there was in DC i loved that place especially when Dave owned it
This is awesome! Early LP2 stuff. Feck.
Thank you for posting this it is SOOO GREAT
TY so much for sharing. love 5-4.
48
In Circles
Song About an Angel
Seven
J'Nuh
5/4
Rodeo Jones
Sometimes
16:26 best vocals of the 90s
48 live is fucking insane
This is the infamous show that they broke up and i was there.
they broke up after this?
@@SimonB. December
amazing
Thank you thank you thank you ....... amazing !
I think this is where Dave grohl discovered Nate mendel
You think?
Geoff Spencer Yes
lebin Payne and goldsmith!!!! Don't forget about him he's such a good drummer tbh i like him a little better than taylor in terms of emotion. But im kinda glad things went the way they did even though dave grohl was bein a douche because there is nothing left to lose is my #2 album
Taylor does fit The Foo Fighters better though, as they're not an overly-emotional band. Both drummers fit their respective bands.
3:31 holyyy shit he’s repping my hometown’s college that was a jumpscare
thanks for uploiading i just say this
that 5/4 made me cry…
There´s your 500th like good sir 👍
Thanks for making this!! curious, what format was this originally made on?
VHS-C
Williams drumming is awesome .I think that what Dave did by rerecording the drums behind his back was a prick move.And I do not like foo fighters music besides first 2 albums even then they are not that great to be honest.Love sunny day though.
Foo fighter first three albums was great. But I lost on the fourth one. Yes, I agree. Dave Grohl should've not rerecord the drums. If he trust his bandmates, he should let Goldsmith spend more time on practicing and practicing until he find the perfect drum beat.
Dave Grohl's drumming severely pales in comparison to William's, he lacks the timing/groove/technique/power & Finesse William G. has behind the kit.
FUCKING RAD!
What happen with Jeremy on J'Nuh?
Fuck yeah
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that's not even funny though
love SDRE, thx veryvery much meow
Lp2
My favorite of theirs!
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Apparently not