Hitting Birth "Crackman"

[frankenstoner]

ahhh yes i make love to punchy starr inspirational guitarist aka idi admins cousin to dis.

[choi4816]

These people just blew my mind on the stage of the Satyricon. A rare moment in time when everything comes together and chaos and order become one.

[screenflot]

Christmas Rock & Shop at the Pine Street Theater in '88! Awsome show!

[soundwisestudios11]

i used to go see them at Satyricon..at that time all they had was cassette tape that they made themselves. Damn I loved this band :) Anyone remember the band Stupid Chemists? Just another great band out of Portland at that time along with Helltrout. Rock on :)

[fernandofenriz]

sucks ...

[m0zc0re]

God, I miss the 90's sometimes.

It was funny. It always used to be-

"Hitting Birth is playing friday! Do you know where to fnd some doses?"

[taph2o]

I was in Boka Marimba and we played the Boo Ball at the UnionTrain Station they were awesome but i couldn't convince the rest of Boka to do a cogig with them what a trip this group was and the Boo Ball brought out the best in them and the crowd really blended in with the band wish there was some tape of that .

[coffeeboss1]

I have very fond memories of Hitting Birth, especially a show at the OK Hotel in Seattle. Good stuff! Thanks for posting! I never would have thought there was a video (or two) floating around!

[devilbush]

Hitting Birth at the Melody Ballroom... sweet, sweet memories. I think I followed these guys to every little dive and under every bridge in Portland. No other band came even close. I really miss these guys.

[nyckelwound]

A friggin awesome band. I really regret to not have lived the late 80´s 90´s movement that spawned bands as great as hitting birth. I am part of the so called "noughties" generation and i regret it :| Musically, the 00's really lack the quality and substance that most of the bands from this scene had.

BTW it´s IMPOSSIBLE to find hitting birth cds online can anyone help me on that?

[Touche1988]

I'm also in this video, 2:27, was a child.

[palenque2012]

Anzio Bridgehead anyone??"????

[Touche1988]

Yup, my mom knows them rlly well. you can still see them lol , look up king black acid. she also used to run allot of the concerts at la luna.

[abitar65]

I loved this band back in the day! I still have the cassettes "Hit's of Birth" and "Another Yourself". Never understood why they didn't make it big. Would love to see them again. In a society that abolishes adventure, the only adventure is in abolishing that society!!!

[devilbush]

@abitar65: I would like to buy copies of these tapes from you if you really still have them. Please PM me if you are interested.

[yermusicsshite44]

this is why portland was "the" place to be in the music scene in the early 90's. heatmiser, jollymon, hitting birth, and on and on and on. amazing time back then to see shows at la luna and other places...

[punkyjo8]

I lived in PDX back then and saw the bands you mentioned...and of course Big Daddy Meatstraw and Dead Moon...Sage..on and on....Saturday Market... Oh, I still have "Another Yourself" on Cassette

[sparklyjbug]

wow!

i'm real love this!

[furoshus]

I saw these guys in like '93 with sweaty nipples and aggrobatch I think...fukkin awseome, it was a halloween show in salem...

[choke000666]

I paid like 4dollars to see em' like way back in like '97 or some shit like that! they kill! I like em!

[tegwilym]

Oh yeah! The only band I know that used a shopping cart as an instrument. :-)

[coffeeboss1]

OMG I can't believe I found this video! I was a big fan of Hitting Birth... they sure knew how to put on a live show!

[CathyCounts]

Daniel, please do more of these fun little videos with the silly faces. I haven't felt like this since the 60's. That's what I call Jagged Groove. Love, Auntie Cathy

P.S. You never call, you never write...

[carrollthirteen]

YES!

I haven't seen this in YEARS! Thanks!

[carrollthirteen]

...and this has me wondering if the live People In Power video is around the corner....

PLEASE say it is!!

[alexfast666]

just another reason why portland kicks it

[Swervedriver007]

cool shit