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Post by ashesbyraevyn on Jul 20, 2006 2:41:11 GMT 1
I was browsing youtube and watching mudhoney videos when i came across this one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFE159q6GWg&search=mudhoney%20in%20graceI've seen it about 5 times but I just wanted to post it...has anyone here seen it? I love the part where Mark and Steve start leaping like ballerinas in the background... ;D and when Mark pretends to hump the speaker btw does anyone know what year that might be...just curious...
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Post by Smallstone on Jul 20, 2006 9:47:28 GMT 1
this is taken from the Best Of The Berlin Independents video that k7 from Germany put out a million years ago. Sure Pete won't mind me copying from his site Long deleted. I've badgered Horst the boss of K7 to re-release this and the Mudhoney Live VHS he put out about 15 years ago - but sadly he ain't interested. Still be good if this kinda stuff appeared on the much mooted Mudhoney DVD!! Heres the show it was taken from and the details. 10/10/88 "Berlin Independence Days Music Festival". Ecstasy. Berlin, Germany (45 min) Also on Bill: NOFX Set: No One Has, Sweet Young Thing..., Need, Chain That Door, If I Think, Mudride, Here Comes Sickness, Touch Me I'm Sick, In 'N' Out of Grace Notes: This festival was sponsored by the former government of East Germany, which also featured a performance by Les Thugs. Mark opens with, "Hi! Hi! It's great to be here! Hi! We're from America! Howdy!" Before Need, Mark instructs the crowd to, "pull down your pants if you like us." After no one complies, Mark remarks, "no one likes us." In a 2/00 Spin Online interview, Steve remembered about the show: "We were flown over to Berlin by their government for the Berlin Independence days, just one show. It was unbelieveable. It's this big music festival with independent artists of all different types. European countries fund their arts so much better. They actually view art as importnant somehow. So we were flown over there and Bruce and Jonathan from Sub Pop went with us and we couldn't believe that somebody would do that. It was absolutely ridiculous. We fucked the place up, acted like fools." This was originally going to be the first show of a European tour that ran through October 26, but that fell through, so they toured America on their own before they joined up with Sonic Youth instead. It's well worth tracking down the VHS if ya can. Great example of Mudhoney live REALLY early on. I didn't get to see them until 6+ months later when they toured Europe in May of 1989. The VHS also features awful footage of Buzzcocks FOC live (Buzzcocks minus Pete Shelley? WHY!) and pretty good stuff by the Young Gods. But yeah this is a great clip innit ;D
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