This was my band at Metro in 95.
I'm the drummer. My brother is the non red haired guitar player.
If any one gives a fuck..........just thought I'd put it out here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXkiagvkuwk

Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XP__fbZoss

I was so happy that the bass player Gregg made dvds of this, and Ian put it on Youtube.
20 fucking years ago, wow.

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Nice! That's pretty awesome! I really dig the groove on that second one.

Maybe we can make this a thread of people and their former bands and the lost footage?

I've got some stuff from playing at JJ Kelleys around 1999, I think. I was also the drummer. I'll have to see if I can dig it up. The 90s was a great time to be in a band and play out...not so much anymore. Rock is practically dead.

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All I can say is,
Frank I am sorry for all the bad things I ever said about Pi Theory

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Awesome stuff.

Too bad they didnt have HD back then because a massive Fathead of that in the Metro .....would be Epic man cave stuff!!!!

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i was in 6th grade i think

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Thanks BigFan and Jeff....as usual, I don't understand what Ike or chas is saying.
It was just super cool to hear those songs for the first time in 20 years, and to remember
that I used to be a beast on drums.
We didn't a;ways know which direction the song was going, but that was entirely my fault.....
at age 21, I wanted the crowd (at this show, I think there 250) to feel it, so I didn't always know
where I was going.

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How many tries until you passed?

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At least he got further than Jethro

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

Cool

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If this is the same "Stranger things" band from lake County, then I saw you in Waukegan a few years earlier.

Sounds and looks good!

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sort of a Hum sound, you guys start out downstate? Lotta good power pop out of middle-Illinois in the 1990's.

Menthol! Poster Children! Titanic Love Affair!

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To wdelaney74: yes indeed, we were from Round Lake, and if you saw us in Waukegan, could it have been Cafe Kismet?

To Hussra: Was the HUM influence that obvious?

To JORR: FUCKING TITANIC LOVE AFFAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Cafe Kismet,indeed!
This is going to turn into the "i know Shirtless driver when he used to Rock n Roll!"

I had met Mark Elilololololololpolos through mutual friends. We were at a party and had this super long, detailed discussion on why "Gish" has the greatest recorded snare drum sound, ever!. To this day, I'd have to agree. I didn't know Mark well at all...just met him a handful of times and seemed like a good Dude. I found out way after the fact that he was in Stabbing Westward. I also had known his GF at the time, Karen? (she was one of a twin). Worked with her at the shit hole known as Six Flags.

My memories of the Kismet show was
a) playing a cover of "that is why" by Jellyfish
b) before playing "Mr. Moustache" by Nrivana the introduction was something along the lines of "This is a really bad song, by a really bad band".

I enjoyed the show a lot. Your band was very good. I'm thinking this went all the way back to '92?

I believe you also played a CLC Battle of the Bands? My friends Bill Stewart and Matt Ryan were in one of those shows, but the name of the band changed so much I couldn't recall. I was away at ISU by then and had limited time at home with that scene.

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Oh wow...........
Me and Mark had a major falling out in 2001, but I am happy to say we are back on speaking terms and it's going well. One of my best friends ever. He is a great guy. Maybe his gf's name was Susan at that time? And yeah, we were WAY into Gish, still are. Heh, I worked at Great America in the YouSing recording studio right by where the Edge was....

And yeah, we were totally in on the ground floor on Jellyfish. I don't quite recall the Nirvana cover, but I'm sure it was horrible.

And yessir, you are correct, we did play at, I think 2, of the CLC BOTB - we won one, and our prize was opening for Birds At The End Of The Road........

I put out a message on FB to try and find out what Bill and Matt's band was called, I worked with Matt briefly at Uline in 2001. Solid dude.

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TLA - the late, great Jay Bennett's pre-WILCO band. I don't know the other ones.

Jay Bennett was the greatest........Tweedy couldn't handle him, he was just too awesome.

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Here's Menthol's masterpiece. "Stress Is Best" and "Bedheaded, Redeyed, and Bewildered" are great songs.

http://listenmusicfm.net/artist/Menthol ... lbum_49647

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Godamn right. Have you heard Danger! Rock Science!, JORR?

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Blacklight.

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I had remembered "blacklight" on the drive home. I was the original drummer of what became Blacklight...we were called "the sinks". I don't get to see Matt much since he moved to NOLA but he'll always be one of my best friends. I love that dude. I know he'll be up for the Iron Maiden show in April. For years, I'll run into Bill at the most random of places. He hasn't changed a bit. He's a riot....it seems we now usually all gather at Lake Villa Days.

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When you saw us at Kismet, Mark was the singer....after we broke up, and he joined SW, Ian and my brother took over on vox.
Just found a VHS of 2 Stranger Things shows from 10/1/94 and 1/27/95......I'm ordering an EZ cap today to convert it to digital......one show is better than the other one, but once I figure out how to upload it, I will.

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Def hum influence but there is also a nice Berkeley punk feel that comes through too in the energy. Lil Samiam/Jawbreaker.