Enjoyed it? THAT WAS AMAZING! I can't believe that I have never heard of this band!? You guys are AWESOME! [well, in 1985 I was 10] Everyone was on point, it was technical yet "mainstream" sounding. A real nice blend IMO.
BC looks like a Burn Out/Nerd hybrid...So I'm happy for his success....So he's like a double outcast.....Ironically I remember in gym class many of us Burn Outs could actually outrun most of the non smokers.
I love how Hexen sounds like something out of the late 70's rock era (Rush, Blue Oyster Cult), but also has an early grunge / metal vibe. Thank you for uploading this 16 years ago.
How to cool to see this. Such a timecapsule, mid 80's. Hightops with the pants tucked inside. The mini mullets, hey I had one too. It's how it was done. And can see his guitar playing evolution, he had his guitar Archie'ed. I hear some influences of Rush, Iron Maiden and a little Judas Priest.
I was playing guitar in 1985, end of first/ beginning of second year of college. It was important to me then, but I ultimately had to face the facts that I was too nervous and wasn't cut out to be a stage performer. When right hand picking, I felt I had to anchor my hand, and I don't think you can get that kind of speed when you play that way. I don't think fast playing is always the best playing, but it still surprises me to see Billy doing that at such a young age. More importantly, I feel a sense of nostalgia watching this. 1985 is well within my memory, yet is nearly 40 years back. I'm getting old, and while those days were filled with angst for me, there were such opportunities for rich experiences. I gave up playing in '94, and never really missed it thereafter.
*Name the Song* 1:03 _Go on now, go, walk out the door_ _Just turn around now_ _Cause you're not welcome anymore_ _Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye?_ _You think I'd crumble?_ _You think I'd lay down and die?_ Thank you for the upload, Jim 👏
I wonder if Billy has seen these videos here on UA-cam? If so, I wonder what he thinks about it. Is he like, oh man nooo! Or like, wow what a flashback.
music is a funny thing man, you can start out in one place and end up getting into something totally different. so interesting to see someone like billy corgan playing thrashy prog stuff like this this.
Jim,This is Awesome!😊Thanks!I Have To Ask!Do You and Billy,and Maybe some of these other Dudes,in the Band,go RIP it Up,Like This,With a Jamm ReUnion,when you have Allowed the Time,to do this??😮😊Take care,now!😊
I was three. It hits you. We are all just falling through space, and stick around, earth. This was once plasma gas columns for 1 billion+ years. I won't even be joining the others for midnight mass this Christmas because I'm getting to be an old man.
thanks for sharing this video :-) so cool you guys get to hang out with him before. anyways this was really good & i truly enjoyed it..i was only 5 when you guys started rocking out like this haaha :-D Awesome !!
.....and in his jordash jeans, 1985 sneakers, bad mullet hair and with his guitar, young Billy...... would one day conquer the world. the end of the beginning. :)
cool.. can relate to the Iron Maiden meets Metallica and Rush and Jaco Pistorius vibe of that era the band i was in played covers so badly that people thought they were original tracks :)
Billy I believe started playing seriously wen he was 14. They might not have had microphones, cause surely someone would of mumbled something. Billy had to have some twinkle of the dream by this time. Some of his early basic repetitive lyrics would fit...razor....in my hands....motherfuckin RAZOR!!!! Thanks for postin this! Hadnt seen this in a long time.
honestly hearing them it's the first thing that came to mind the speed the sound it was pure thrash. I know billy was inspired by tons of bands including sabbath, at this point I wouldn't be surprised if he was by early Metallica. Hell a lot of bands where like Green Day
@@benderman1157 i was watching an interview from Lars Ulrich to Billy and he said that he used to have a casette with Metallica songs on one side and Joy division on the other
@@hugosilver1 haha thats good to know, I knew he was a fan of joy division im trying to find somewhere in their disography to start got any ideas? Also talking bout joy division. I was raised by metallicas discography
I was there and I own the video. (and the copyright) I am the drummer. Hope you enjoyed it.
Jim
Jim Malone HEXEN rocks!!!
Enjoyed it? THAT WAS AMAZING! I can't believe that I have never heard of this band!? You guys are AWESOME! [well, in 1985 I was 10] Everyone was on point, it was technical yet "mainstream" sounding. A real nice blend IMO.
Fuck the Pumpkins reunion... i want a HEXEN reunion!
Your profile pic makes me think you drive a Hybrid minivan now-a-days
Why have you guys never collaborated years later more so when pumpkins went through their breakup period
Mullet with butterfly wings
Criminally underrated comment right here.
BC looks like a Burn Out/Nerd hybrid...So I'm happy for his success....So he's like a double outcast.....Ironically I remember in gym class many of us Burn Outs could actually outrun most of the non smokers.
😂😂
I love how Hexen sounds like something out of the late 70's rock era (Rush, Blue Oyster Cult), but also has an early grunge / metal vibe. Thank you for uploading this 16 years ago.
Even some Michael Shecnker
Sabbath and Ozzy
Yeah this is really good 🤘
Yooo new comments
I heard Rush..The Rushing Pumpkins..
A little Sabbath too IMHO
Definitely, came to comment the same!
I thought they were playing Anthem at first
@Louis-qt5qb Smashing Sabbath?
You can definitely hear the Iron Maiden and Rush influences
That bassist is holding down really well! And he’s hella melodic. I’m impressed!
Geddy Lee influence clearly
It just goes to show there’s hope for everyone
billy is marty mcfly
most underrated comment ever
Oh man, this is so Rush.
I thought the same damn thing.
Eh, not really.
@@ThaiThom yeah it is
@@ThaiThom yeah, really.
@@ThaiThomBilly has actually said he took a lot of stuff from Rush, saw an interview where he mentions one song in particular
Didn't expect to enjoy this song as much as did.
How to cool to see this. Such a timecapsule, mid 80's. Hightops with the pants tucked inside. The mini mullets, hey I had one too. It's how it was done. And can see his guitar playing evolution, he had his guitar Archie'ed. I hear some influences of Rush, Iron Maiden and a little Judas Priest.
Jimmy Chamberlin rocked that look well into the 90s.
*If all those influences amount to crap, then yes, I hear them too*
The bass player was swimming in it back then.
billy mcfly
This is awesome Rush type music. I wish there was video of Billy’s short lived band with Wayne Static.
I was playing guitar in 1985, end of first/ beginning of second year of college. It was important to me then, but I ultimately had to face the facts that I was too nervous and wasn't cut out to be a stage performer. When right hand picking, I felt I had to anchor my hand, and I don't think you can get that kind of speed when you play that way. I don't think fast playing is always the best playing, but it still surprises me to see Billy doing that at such a young age.
More importantly, I feel a sense of nostalgia watching this. 1985 is well within my memory, yet is nearly 40 years back. I'm getting old, and while those days were filled with angst for me, there were such opportunities for rich experiences. I gave up playing in '94, and never really missed it thereafter.
BTW -
That's a damn good song. Especially for three high school kids.
I'm a bassist in high school right now, and I'm impressed.
This is probably the only band Billy's had with a male bassist.
Not anymore, as of tonight......
Michael Mitchell Excellent observation!
No the marked and also current sp
*Name the Song* 1:03
_Go on now, go, walk out the door_
_Just turn around now_
_Cause you're not welcome anymore_
_Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye?_
_You think I'd crumble?_
_You think I'd lay down and die?_
Thank you for the upload, Jim 👏
Good catch.
I will survive
I wonder if Billy has seen these videos here on UA-cam? If so, I wonder what he thinks about it. Is he like, oh man nooo! Or like, wow what a flashback.
I would ask him on instagram
Personally, I hear a lot of RUSH influence. But Billy's early talent is really showcased well. These guys really know how to jam well together too.
Your can hear how much billy has control..its still got the sound even back then without the other's..amazing
music is a funny thing man, you can start out in one place and end up getting into something totally different. so interesting to see someone like billy corgan playing thrashy prog stuff like this this.
Fr and it sounds good
apparently, billy actually played all the guitar bits in this.....
cool vid
Metal head at heart.
Corgan clearly earned his chops early on.
That was great. I was wondering what was happening at the intro, but that Rush feel really took over.
Corgan shredding into a Camcorder with Nathan Fillion on bass. I'm in.
+Matt Varner LOOOOOL
You can tell Billy was a huge Alex lifeson fan great drumming bro
Your bass player is great. His tone cuts through and nice fills.
I like the ferret trap hanging from Billy's guitar.
Dude That is cool you were the drummer man! PROPS TO YOU MAN!
Billy rocks '85!
Rush Rush Rush
This is rad! I hear Iron Maiden influences, and around the 2:20 mark… has to be Alex Lifeson influences, right? I miss the 80s!
Jim,This is Awesome!😊Thanks!I Have To Ask!Do You and Billy,and Maybe some of these other Dudes,in the Band,go RIP it Up,Like This,With a Jamm ReUnion,when you have Allowed the Time,to do this??😮😊Take care,now!😊
Billy looks so happyyy~ He's so cute.
drummers are good about these things wow great footage
Awesome bass player
This is SO cool!❤
This awesome. That big smile on Billy's face at the beginning, he looks like a young Eddie Van Halen. Just vibing with the bass player.
just kids making music and having some fun
Awesome! Started off like Diamond Head, Am I Evil. Then went its own way. Eey cool to see.
Rythem change at 2:00, rush x100! with the high tops, tapered blue jeans and feathered hair looks mike Michael j. fox from back to the future.
Que hermoso ver éstas cosas en youtube.
That was cool
BALD BILLY'S ATONEMENT FOR THIS HAIRCUT WILL NEVER BE COMPLETE.
Do you ever feel like the Pete Best of the Smashing Pumpkins
That looks like Billy Corgan
THATS BILLY ÐUDE
@Gamagachee
YES!
And I love Billy's 80s high-waisted pants
I was three. It hits you. We are all just falling through space, and stick around, earth. This was once plasma gas columns for 1 billion+ years. I won't even be joining the others for midnight mass this Christmas because I'm getting to be an old man.
Wow..if they don't have rock n roll in heaven I don't want in..
Love it
that's not billy corgan. this is b roll from back to the future 1.
thanks for sharing this video :-)
so cool you guys get to hang out with him before.
anyways this was really good & i truly enjoyed it..i was only 5 when you guys started rocking out like this haaha :-D
Awesome !!
Even in high school in the 80s , shitty bands were still more talented than today....except for drummers maybe.
is this is an early version of AVA ADORE?
This is awesome! I def see the RUSH influence here!
Very cool. Jim, do you still stay in touch with Billy?
you do know that corgan is a huge rush fanboy, right?
I’m lobbying for a Hexen reunion.
great bass on this.
This is very very and underratedably very f word cool.
Freaking awesome!!!…✌️🤘🤘🤘🤘🔥🔥🤙🎸🎸😎👍💪
.....and in his jordash jeans, 1985 sneakers, bad mullet hair and with his guitar, young Billy...... would one day conquer the world. the end of the beginning. :)
Kinda reminds me of Michael Schenker Group.. I know he’s a fan
cool.. can relate to the Iron Maiden meets Metallica and Rush and Jaco Pistorius vibe of that era
the band i was in played covers so badly that people thought they were original tracks :)
please on't delete this video!
Billy I believe started playing seriously wen he was 14. They might not have had microphones, cause surely someone would of mumbled something. Billy had to have some twinkle of the dream by this time. Some of his early basic repetitive lyrics would fit...razor....in my hands....motherfuckin RAZOR!!!! Thanks for postin this! Hadnt seen this in a long time.
They were obviously listening too A LOT of Rush.
YES!!!
cooooooolll song !!
this is sooo cool
Rippage
OMG. B & D headstock adornment. “Stop soloing, you’re under arrest!”
hi...we're the pinheads
i can see the RUSH influence..did all you guys listen to RUSH back then.
Rad look Billy
Right before the Galaxy Lane Days?
the intro reminds me of hit the lights of metallica
honestly hearing them it's the first thing that came to mind the speed the sound it was pure thrash. I know billy was inspired by tons of bands including sabbath, at this point I wouldn't be surprised if he was by early Metallica. Hell a lot of bands where like Green Day
@@benderman1157 i was watching an interview from Lars Ulrich to Billy and he said that he used to have a casette with Metallica songs on one side and Joy division on the other
@@hugosilver1 haha thats good to know, I knew he was a fan of joy division im trying to find somewhere in their disography to start got any ideas? Also talking bout joy division. I was raised by metallicas discography
@@benderman1157 My fav songs of Joy division are Something must break and Disorder, they only released two albums i think
Are you still friends with Billy? Awesome vIdeo..
what a great video :D
The opening riff sounds very Maiden-esque
@anusnorton OMG! You met Billy Corgan! How was he like?
Stephen Frye was his bassist?
I most definitely second that! :D
dude did you play with billy jim ? if so wat was he like wen he was younger hes a huge infulence of mine thanks mike
the many incarnations of zwan. i think this was mullet zwan
Do you still talk to Billy?
That was hilarious. I think Corgan should regrow that mullet and keep the rest bald. Thanks for the vid anusnorton.
Hi Jim, are you the guy in all black playing rhythm? Also you only named three out of the four guys playing.
He's the drummer
What is hanging from the headstock of Billy's guitar?
Looks like a ferret trap.
C'est bien ça!
wow
What came off the bass player?!
Billy was a big Rush fan. And here’s the proof.
bad ass!
I had no idea that early Rush was a quintet.
What an instrumental song! Should be a Prog Rock classic! :P
Add some keyboards and he's good to go.
God Billy could/can shred
Yup. :)
he should've got this guy instead of darcy
Agreed.