Live Skull--The Loved One, CBGBs 1986

[70x4]

you know I'm coming to wreck your life

[kedgwell]

This is some great rare video.

[scottpastry]

first time i have heard this... not too bad..

hard to compare to an iconic, pioneering, conceptually unique group like sonic youth tho.

[MarsHottentot]

@scottpastry

Nor nearly as goofy.

[scottpastry]

@MarsHottentot goofiness is subjective.... resounding music industry influence and recognition is not....

[MarsHottentot]

@scottpastry

The Sammy Hagar Defense?

[scottpastry]

@MarsHottentot not at all.... im happy to acknowledge sonic youth are much more well known and that that has no bearing on the 'quality' of their music..... i suppose the beatles were a sell out?? lol

however i give credit to anyone who can pioneer a new sound, goofy or not....... but historically speaking this is hardly pioneering or, in hindsight, inspirational music......

[posthumanhero]

i don't know if they as serious about creating Art as sonic youth.......they're kinda trashy and devil- may-care alot of times......yet their energy was always sincere and you could tell they enjoyed what they did.

[diskochimp]

Never saw em live (not sure if they even came to the UK tbh) but LOVED the records. And they still sound fantastic. Live Skull need to reform NOW! IBx

[montsetse]

makes Sonic Youth look like Dave Matthews band

[MarsHottentot]

Fucking awesome.  These guys have to return.

[MarsHottentot]

@MarsHottentot FEI - Mark C is in a new band called Outpost 13 with Stu Argabright (Ike Yard). REALLY good - you can find some stuff on the Tube. They're touring spring 2012 - let's get out there and support 'em!

[hunckejunkie]

RAT Ar ta Ar trat rAt Rat

[MarsHottentot]

Yeah! Let's see some Rat At Rat R, too!  Anyone?

[flipperrrulez]

wow. too young to have seen them live. this is a treat. thanks

[dairyking887]

I love the guitar interplay between Mark C. and Tom Paine.

[darrenfinizio]

practically everyone i knew hated this band, like most of the experimental bands from that era who came out of new york.....to latent ears it seems to have sounded like a load of noise, but there's layers of things happening and very much planned out: that's the genius of it.

[sirdoug3]

darrenfinizio - hear ya' man - none of my friends got it either! - Awesome Band!! & always thought the same as you - may have sounded like noise to some! - but their music is very dense, multi-layered, intricate & complex !!

[alexorz1]

holy shit this band is amazing, I can't believe I never took the time to listen to it!

ok, now I have ten years of past ignorance to mend.