Hands down, this and Jury are some of the heaviest effing blues rock songs ever created. And it was only three guys on the records. Bloody brilliant. Those first two records go toe to toe with Zep any day of the week.
Holland was a clock. I loved his style. He had a swing/jazz approach to his heavy drumming that his replacement in Priest, Scott Travis, seriously lacks. Bill Ward and Peter Criss had the same swing, too. That is what made their respective bands have that sound. Listen to Ward's busy playing in Paranoid.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POSTING THIS FANTASTIC GROUP OF MUSICIANS !!! GLENN HUGHES HAS BEEN MY FAVORITE BASSIST/VOCALIST THROUGH THE YEARS STARTING WITH DEEP PURPLE . . .
Wow! At times you can hear Mel Galley struggle a bit but regardless of his injury there is still no one in the world that can play this song nearly as good as him. I would say he is easily the most underrated guitarist out there. RIP! Thank you so much for posting this.
Dave Holland......the BEST drummer Judas Priest EVER had especially on "Screaming for Vengeance" 1982.....i like everything Dave ever did......RIP.......& Glenn Hughes......... what an EXCEPTIONAL singer.
I totally agree, Bo! Dave was incredible. Listen to his drum playing - especially the fills - on Point of Entry, British Steel and Screaming for Vengeance. A long time friend of Dave's I had the pleasure of witnessing his accuracy on the drums (and in life). I miss him. Dave loved everything he did with Trapeze. Glenn, Mel and Dave will always be GREAT!
@@easyduzit9200 yes, of course. There were a lot of funny things that happened. I remember that in Finland Rob always sang You've got another Fin(!) coming... When Rob announced the song they just couldn't hold back their laughter... The guys were just having fun. I also remember playing hide and seek in Rothenburg ob der Tauber (Germany) with KK, Dave and Rob. Just like a bunch of young kids... Happy Birthday Dave. You would have turned 76 today. Miss you. You were a great friend!
Someone stole my shirt and CD.... Otherwise, I would had both signed. Glenn will be at Grenada Theater Monday, August 28th, 2023. Though it will be *Deep Purple* songs. Hopefully a few Trapeze songs.
I'm a long time rocker getting toward my late fifties. I've seen a lot of great bands forgotten in their time (i.e. Big Star) and none more so than Trapeze. This was the best power trio I've ever witnessed and that includes Grand Funk and Rush which sets high bars indeed in both rock and prog. These guys could pull it all off from blues and funk to heavy metal. It didn't hurt they had the greatest rock and roll vocalist and screamer to ever manhandle a microphone.
There was never a better rock band than Trapeze. All three were incredible, and incredible together. I saw them a couple of times in the 70s...didn't see this concert, but this is THE song that turned me on to rock and roll. I love the boys, Mel, Glenn and Dave. Long live Trapeze.
Saw them many times in the a place called the Ritz in corpus Christi Texas mel and Glenn would walk around the crowd when they would be the opening act thay were really cool
It is a miracle that this footage exists.I saw this line up in Brierley Hill ill the UK in 1994. The last occasion I got to see hear Mel Galley play.Glenn Mel and Dave had great chemistry onstage and in the studio.Thanks to Graig Erickson for bolstering the ranks.
As some others where at this concert at Dallas City Limits... I was too... Did you know Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott Filmed this...Not sure if this video was his...but he was there that night at DCL Filming Trapeze... Anyways just wanted to say that...I got my Shirt Stolen and the CD... Bummer... I was looking forward to them coming back too and they never did and then DCL closed down... It was Great to see Glenn Hughes and the rest... Never thought I would get to see Trapeze...It was AWESOME...
+Rocky McDaniel Yes I was there I can make me out (barely) on the album cover it was at the Overton Park Shell, what great concerts they had at the shell
I was too far to the left to make it in the shot. several friends of mine can be seen near the front. that was one great show! Were you there when black sabbath played and walked offstage after a few songs after tommy's amp blew up?
Great band. I saw them in San Antonio at the Sunken Gardens Theater near the zoo. The monkeys in the zoo were throwing shit when Glenn Hughes hit his high notes. No shit! And the birds went crazy. A couple of elephants started to fuck while an alligator ate a 2 year old baby boy. It was chaos. Total rock out.
Oh man... the comment of monkeys throwing shit when Glenn hit the high notes is so funny!! To bad that wasn't caught on video. No cellphones with cameras yet. 😳😁🙂
+John Miller - well said, Holland made good money with Priest, so then he was able to buy a large expensive drum kit:) However I always though that it's the band who decides what drums are used by the drummer and gives it to him. And I'm glad Dave found a job in another group after being fired from Judas.
@@szymusiek1980 Dave Holland was endorsed by Tama drums, pretty sure that was his drum kit... he wasn't fired by Judas Priest, he quit the band in 1989... he was probably burnt out of being a hired gun for 10 years and I believe he had some ill family member too to take care of.
John Miller --- Dave Holland played a double-bass, two up, one down Premier kit.. w a few cymbals in 1972. After that, he just added more cymbals. He also played Gretsch for awhile. Same setup. Started playing Tama drums.. still, same setup w Priest.
@@russellcrawford7453 wow, what a dick comment to make, considering for one he's dead now, and it was his word versus some kid, with very little evidence to back the claim up. Well it sounds like you have experience with Brutus, so I'd keep the a***ole comments about an extremely talented musician to yourself
The first and only time I ever saw them, heard them or heard of them was 1974 at a festival in New Orleans. I was 13 and they stole the show from the likes Of J Geils and Montrose.
Trapeze in 1970's were fantastic live. I have heard bootleg recordings of Trapeze shows in 1970's that frankly, this 1994 bootleg is a terrible comparison. Rowdy small drunk club recording brings some reality into touring life and they aren't terrible by most standards. But the same guys in 1970's touring live sounded like one of the best live bands on 1970's. I knew some people in Houston late 70's early 80's still clamoring about Trapeze live shows being second to nobody. Anywhere. I believe it.
Maybe Glenn wasn’t at the best here like he was capable of vocally which got better in his drug free years, but any way you shake it, he is among one of the best blues/rock singers of the generation. He was terribly underrated in that aspect, but I think that was due to that singing in his heavily drug influenced years. But even during those years he still had unbelievable range and control of his voice. During Deep Purple years if his voice hadn’t declined so severely cause of his cocaine addiction, I think he would have been a better singer than Coverdale and could have even sustained Purple as a 4 piece band.
I finally figured out why Trapeze isn't a household familiar band name: They never invested or planned to have a professional record their concerts! Which is ridiculous! It's an amazing live band! Why cheap out on the concert recording? It makes no sense. There are more famous bands less capable who 'seem' good live, simply because they invested in planning for best acoustic recordings. You know: Record everything on the road, roadies setting up for best audio recording set-up, and after 20-30 shows getting better at it each show, you have a live album that pays for that engineer and thensome. A crappy band couldn't do it. But Trapeze was great!! What were they thinking?!
Terrible recording and video. Drunk crowd. But you know Glenn Hughes is gonna rock out. He's performed live much much better than this, and this ain't bad in those conditions. Trapeze Medusa is a Top 10 album of all time. Listen to it before you disagree.
Hands down, this and Jury are some of the heaviest effing blues rock songs ever created. And it was only three guys on the records. Bloody brilliant. Those first two records go toe to toe with Zep any day of the week.
Holland was a clock. I loved his style. He had a swing/jazz approach to his heavy drumming that his replacement in Priest, Scott Travis, seriously lacks. Bill Ward and Peter Criss had the same swing, too. That is what made their respective
bands have that sound. Listen to Ward's busy playing in Paranoid.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POSTING THIS FANTASTIC GROUP OF MUSICIANS !!! GLENN HUGHES HAS BEEN MY FAVORITE BASSIST/VOCALIST THROUGH THE YEARS STARTING WITH DEEP PURPLE . . .
Early eighties saw these guys walk onstage in Dallas with a band called Lightning . Did kick some ass .
That's Cool. Lightening came to Beaumont often in late 70's. Rocky burned up guitar. He was celebrity round here
I was there! Dallas City Limits!
Wow! At times you can hear Mel Galley struggle a bit but regardless of his injury there is still no one in the world that can play this song nearly as good as him. I would say he is easily the most underrated guitarist out there. RIP! Thank you so much for posting this.
Mel Galley / Dave Holland...2 R.I.P
Dave Holland......the BEST drummer Judas Priest EVER had especially on "Screaming for Vengeance" 1982.....i like everything Dave ever did......RIP.......& Glenn Hughes......... what an EXCEPTIONAL singer.
I totally agree, Bo! Dave was incredible. Listen to his drum playing - especially the fills - on Point of Entry, British Steel and Screaming for Vengeance. A long time friend of Dave's I had the pleasure of witnessing his accuracy on the drums (and in life). I miss him. Dave loved everything he did with Trapeze. Glenn, Mel and Dave will always be GREAT!
Best ...no .
Because Priest , it wasnt his free playing .
I think Lesbinks had a better chemistry .
But Dave with Trapeze was brillant
@@hellfishheaven did dave ever have any interesting stories of his time in Priest or in general..love Dave's playing
@@easyduzit9200 unclear at the moment
@@easyduzit9200 yes, of course. There were a lot of funny things that happened. I remember that in Finland Rob always sang You've got another Fin(!) coming... When Rob announced the song they just couldn't hold back their laughter... The guys were just having fun. I also remember playing hide and seek in Rothenburg ob der Tauber (Germany) with KK, Dave and Rob. Just like a bunch of young kids...
Happy Birthday Dave. You would have turned 76 today. Miss you. You were a great friend!
I was at this show; got my copy of Medusa signed by Glenn, Mel and Dave, still wear the tshirt...great show; Dallas City Limits.
You are my hero! A copy signed by all three...that's like the golden ring.
Someone stole my shirt and CD.... Otherwise, I would had both signed.
Glenn will be at Grenada Theater Monday, August 28th, 2023. Though it will be *Deep Purple* songs. Hopefully a few Trapeze songs.
I'm a long time rocker getting toward my late fifties. I've seen a lot of great bands forgotten in their time (i.e. Big Star) and none more so than Trapeze. This was the best power trio I've ever witnessed and that includes Grand Funk and Rush which sets high bars indeed in both rock and prog. These guys could pull it all off from blues and funk to heavy metal. It didn't hurt they had the greatest rock and roll vocalist and screamer to ever manhandle a microphone.
hell yeah, bad ass song. ~ Memories back from the, Joe Anthony,"The Godfather of Rock & Roll", San Antonio 1976
There was never a better rock band than Trapeze. All three were incredible, and incredible together. I saw them a couple of times in the 70s...didn't see this concert, but this is THE song that turned me on to rock and roll. I love the boys, Mel, Glenn and Dave. Long live Trapeze.
Medusa will become more popular as time marches on. And incredible album. It's a crime Trapeze is still put off in the corner.
Saw them many times in the a place called the Ritz in corpus Christi Texas mel and Glenn would walk around the crowd when they would be the opening act thay were really cool
Thankfully, I saw them back in the 70's
It is a miracle that this footage exists.I saw this line up in Brierley Hill ill the UK in 1994.
The last occasion I got to see hear Mel Galley play.Glenn Mel and Dave had great chemistry onstage and in the studio.Thanks to Graig Erickson for bolstering the ranks.
Love it!
awesome. wished I'd known they got together for this show or any others at that time. damn sad I missed it.
As some others where at this concert at Dallas City Limits... I was too... Did you know Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott Filmed this...Not sure if this video was his...but he was there that night at DCL Filming Trapeze... Anyways just wanted to say that...I got my Shirt Stolen and the CD... Bummer... I was looking forward to them coming back too and they never did and then DCL closed down... It was Great to see Glenn Hughes and the rest... Never thought I would get to see Trapeze...It was AWESOME...
Wooow!!! Bang! Bang! Medusaaaa!!! 💪💪💪👍👍👍✌️
the whole show is now on youtube as separate videos
Mel Galley is playing almost single-handed. That stupid accident in 1984 virtually paralized his left arm.
got to see them here in memphis (1972?) where they shot the cover for their next album after medusa. great three piece band!
+Rocky McDaniel Yes I was there I can make me out (barely) on the album cover it was at the Overton Park Shell, what great concerts they had at the shell
I was too far to the left to make it in the shot. several friends of mine can be seen near the front. that was one great show! Were you there when black sabbath played and walked offstage after a few songs after tommy's amp blew up?
Great band. I saw them in San Antonio at the Sunken Gardens Theater near the zoo. The monkeys in the zoo were throwing shit when Glenn Hughes hit his high notes. No shit! And the birds went crazy. A couple of elephants started to fuck while an alligator ate a 2 year old baby boy. It was chaos. Total rock out.
+austin teutsch Your comedic contribution to my evening deserves a thumbs up, even if I did see it at least a year later.
Oh man... the comment of monkeys throwing shit when Glenn hit the high notes is so funny!! To bad that wasn't caught on video. No cellphones with cameras yet. 😳😁🙂
One of the unsung greats! Saw them in 1974 at Sunken Gardens Theater in San Antonio where all the great concets were held.
MEDUSA
It's odd hearing Dave Holland play a ride cymbal since he rarely did it with Judas Priest.
Yea definitely. It’s very common in metal.
Holland with a massive drum kit .....made good money with Priest
Never had that size kit with Trapeze in the early days.
+John Miller - well said, Holland made good money with Priest, so then he was able to buy a large expensive drum kit:) However I always though that it's the band who decides what drums are used by the drummer and gives it to him. And I'm glad Dave found a job in another group after being fired from Judas.
@@szymusiek1980 Dave Holland was endorsed by Tama drums, pretty sure that was his drum kit... he wasn't fired by Judas Priest, he quit the band in 1989... he was probably burnt out of being a hired gun for 10 years and I believe he had some ill family member too to take care of.
Russell Crawford well, now he’s dead
John Miller --- Dave Holland played a double-bass, two up, one down Premier kit.. w a few cymbals in 1972. After that, he just added more cymbals. He also played Gretsch for awhile. Same setup. Started playing Tama drums.. still, same setup w Priest.
@@russellcrawford7453 wow, what a dick comment to make, considering for one he's dead now, and it was his word versus some kid, with very little evidence to back the claim up. Well it sounds like you have experience with Brutus, so I'd keep the a***ole comments about an extremely talented musician to yourself
The first and only time I ever saw them, heard them or heard of them was 1974 at a festival in New Orleans. I was 13 and they stole the show from the likes Of J Geils and Montrose.
Trapeze in 1970's were fantastic live. I have heard bootleg recordings of Trapeze shows in 1970's that frankly, this 1994 bootleg is a terrible comparison. Rowdy small drunk club recording brings some reality into touring life and they aren't terrible by most standards. But the same guys in 1970's touring live sounded like one of the best live bands on 1970's. I knew some people in Houston late 70's early 80's still clamoring about Trapeze live shows being second to nobody. Anywhere. I believe it.
fuckin awesome
Is that at the Agora Ballroom?
Dallas City Limits
Glenn is TOUGH. The man can SING SING. He be showing off 🤣🤣🤣🔥
A great soul singer trapped in a white man's body. 🙂
Maybe Glenn wasn’t at the best here like he was capable of vocally which got better in his drug free years, but any way you shake it, he is among one of the best blues/rock singers of the generation. He was terribly underrated in that aspect, but I think that was due to that singing in his heavily drug influenced years. But even during those years he still had unbelievable range and control of his voice. During Deep Purple years if his voice hadn’t declined so severely cause of his cocaine addiction, I think he would have been a better singer than Coverdale and could have even sustained Purple as a 4 piece band.
wow i havent heard that dudes name in years , i guess its a Texas thing eh? lol
I finally figured out why Trapeze isn't a household familiar band name: They never invested or planned to have a professional record their concerts! Which is ridiculous! It's an amazing live band! Why cheap out on the concert recording? It makes no sense. There are more famous bands less capable who 'seem' good live, simply because they invested in planning for best acoustic recordings. You know: Record everything on the road, roadies setting up for best audio recording set-up, and after 20-30 shows getting better at it each show, you have a live album that pays for that engineer and thensome. A crappy band couldn't do it. But Trapeze was great!! What were they thinking?!
Great song, but we nearly hear nothing from craig Erickson's guitar, except for his solo ...
I think I helped write this song..lol
Terrible recording and video. Drunk crowd. But you know Glenn Hughes is gonna rock out. He's performed live much much better than this, and this ain't bad in those conditions. Trapeze Medusa is a Top 10 album of all time. Listen to it before you disagree.