The Church Live 1988 - Destination

[tubedweller5]

Forget the Vatican, THIS is the Church!!!

[Nigelxman1]

Pathetic Italian audience!

[dogheadandy]

I am pretty stunned and I am not part Italian...or even at the original performance.

So educate me-us. How do u respond to this ?

[Nigelxman1]

@dogheadandy Respond to what? Nothing whatsoever against Italians my friend. I love Italy. I just thought that this audience should have been much more enthusiastic. That's all. Cheers.

[stoult]

Tremendo!

[danielwedel]

Pioneers of this sound ... I am continuously blown away by how relevant and jaw dropping these guys lyrics and feelings have nailed the future ... or our today.

[brennanmh]

Best E band ever. Simple as that...

[Nigelxman]

@brennanmh E band?

[Nigelxman1]

@brennanmh E band?

[BoycottStabb]

What a great song. At 3.21 I like it that the drummer comes in a bar late but they all see the funny side, should always be fun in a band, esp if someone messes up. Guitars are Fender Stat and a Rickenbacker with loads of reverb and a bit of delay or chorus I guess.

[robsmithsongs]

@BoycottStabb Ploog doesn't come in a bar late. You clearly have no idea what song you're listening to, or for that matter, what a bar is.

[BoycottStabb]

@robsmithsongs Your one of those are you? Maybe I'm wrong, pointing it out was enough. I'm not an obsessive Church fan, but there's just no need for the extra...

[robsmithsongs]

@BoycottStabb whatever one of those is, I guess I'm it. I merely identified that there was no mistake. It's how the song goes. I agree that it's great to see a band having a good time. I like the Church, but I'm not obsessive. Guess I just liked them enough to be somewhat confused by your comment.

[anamaria8383]

The audio is great! What´s that guitar???!!! Incredible.

[BunnyProle]

That was frackin' great! God, I love The Church!!!

[anamaria8383]

@BunnyProle Me too! I´m in shock with the quality of this video!

[com1969]

i would like to drown myself with alcohol listening this music..thank you very much for posting this one of a kind live performance...college days nostalgia.

[Nigelxman]

@com1969 Why would you need alcohol to listen to the Church? Just curious.

[davidleegoth]

id like to share this ! 

[spowmow]

dy hotel the church and the fauves listening to this and i promise you steve that there hes not been 1 week since lets say 1990s show that i have not listened to sing songs gold arvo starfish priest sometime and of skins did i mention your dvd from nz now on my big screen thanks for the lot you are in youre own league streets ahead ta steve

[1970michplar]

They have got to be the first and only Rock/Pop 80's bands that actually had guitar gods!! And Kilbey could not be touched lyrically!!

[degruy]

Great gods this is awesome.  One of the most powerful songs they do live and the second best lyrics right up against Priest = Aura.

[XXPhyshXX]

Just wonderful, Thank you... :)

[caiofons]

It's interesting the "mainstream" flavor of Starfish era.

[wawaw4ldo]

I would like to buy or download all this show. Who Knows Where It is?

[anderzom]

one of best bands in earth!

[AmazingBucket]

criminally underrated band... great version of my favourite song.

[VINCENTECT]

Their lyrics...read like scripture.

Who can measure destination?

[Nigelxman]

Horrible crowd but fantastic performance!

[oojibar]

Richie Blackmore mode? Are you daft or deaf? ;o)

[pj1974]

Ahhh I did mean in appearance. Obviously he sounds nothing like Blackmore

[eggjoe122]

hell yes!!!

[pj1974]

Excellent rendition of my fave song from the awesome album Starfish. This would be a killer to pull off convincingly live.

Peter Koppes in full Ritchie Blackmore mode here :)

[Kohntarkosz]

The first time I saw The Church, back in 1998, this was one of the encore songs. I was so close to the stage that when Marty was doing the volume swells during the choruses, I could actually hear the acoustic sound of him striking the guitar strings, before fading the volume control up!

[MsRedbelly]

Beautiful song, gorgeous guitar....this clip reminds me what a great band they are live.

Going to see them in 2 weeks, can't wait!

[Keruaran]

Did you see them at the Corner Hotel ? I was there. :)

[MsRedbelly]

Saw them in Byron. I hadn't seen them since 90s. Amazing gig, such an electric vibe . I have to be grateful that vids like this reconnected me to one of my all-time fave bands. Stopped listening to them so much when my turntable died; most of my Church collection is on vinyl. In process of collecting CDs now...

[honeybubble2000]

Saw them in Byron too! Nice!

[PistolPete1965]

ahh...nice...

[jamichelash]

you got to grant the church this...they sure are ...unique

[Nigelxman]

I was wondering what bass Steve is playing here too. They sound fantastic!

[poppedoff]

It's a Fender Coronado. They made a version of it as a 6string and 12 string guitar. Wasn't very well received and didn't last in production for very long. I think it was the ONLY hollow bodied guitar Fender ever made.

[cavedudenuts]

outa right field...but what model bass if he playing...miss this band....

[guitarbo1]

ditto

[guyfidelity]

Pure gold they are great live I saw them back in the day it was fantastic, just love this album.

[pzanzerl]

that was awesome,.....

[Nigelxman]

And the Italians sit there like It's Barry Manilow onstage....Amazing

[JALisaac]

a friggin masterpiece.............one of my all time fav songs.....awesome vid..thanks

[tsunamis06]

Fucking awesome.

Best guitar duo ever.

Inspiration, Destination is.

Its not a religion, its just a technique.

[froggynick]

Great video.

Thanks. they would have deserved a lot more commercial success..

Otherwise they evolved from a rock'n'roll band to a more mellow and prog-rock and psychedelic band.They might have lost their bite but they are still relevant, see their last album:Untitled # 23 is excellent!

[1wingler]

Lost their bite? Have you seen them live lately? They still have all their teeth. ROCKING good show.

[artadriso]

Este es un de los mejores grupos de todos los tiempos anoche tocaron en Portland Oregon y fue fantastico!!!!!!

[KolyaKrasotkin]

These guys kick so much butt it's unbelievable.

[VOLSTAGGilVOLUMINOSO]

nello stesso programma fecero anche i CCCP.

vorrei vedere adesso chi avrebbe il coraggio di mandare i CCCP dal vivo, senza poter controllare cosa potrebbero dire...

[manghilicani]

quando la RAI faceva cultura!!!

[weaselsuit]

Where are MWP's Vox AC30's?!

Marshalls??!

[spentonmediocrity]

Betrayal!!

:-)

Yeah,Vox ac30 has that compressed chime,I love that sound too.

[weaselsuit]

This band (on this particular record especially) is one that was really able to do amazing things with two guitarists. Peter Koppes in particular has created some of my absolute favorite sounds thru the years.

Fantastic clip of a band at it's zenith doing what it did best.

[plarmich2112]

I just hope they bring the Vox's and Rickenbacker/Strat assault to the US!! They are kicking off in my town (San Diego) June 10th, and I really would love to see them rock one last time!!! Leave the acoustic set at home guy's!!!

[lostjiew]

i fell in love with this album first time i heard it.

wonderful

[davidleegoth]

thanks for posting!!!!

[GreenTubesPuppets]

whoa. that was good.

[Lcacique]

Bless you for posting these!!! I have always searched for live footage and have been terribly unlucky. At least, I can view this here. What a great band. Again, thank you!

Cheers...

[ThomasIrvin]

Of all the Church stuff on YouTube, this probably comes the closest to capturing the magic of the guitar interplay of Peter and Marty. Thanks so much for sharing.

[astrochicken]

Yep.

[dirako]

True that!! First time ever seeing them in 1988,San Diego!! That's why I hate when they tour acoustic!!!! What a Gem of a video!! Great sound!!

[revup67]

This is phenomenal. Use to hang with the Church from 84-87 when in NY - good guys sorry to see Richard no longer with the Church. - Thanks Mitch!

[youamwho]

HOLY CRAP ...I've NEVER EVER seen this!

[sumitino]

sooooo powerful...

[caiofons]

Awesome how you come up with this precious rarity. Thank you.

[Jesuskrishna]

Do you have the North South East and West from this performance?

It's AWESOME!

What about the Milan MTV from 1986?

[mitch547]

Jesuskrishna: I don't have the NSEW performance or the Milan MTV one, but I'd love to hear them; and I'm sure others would, too. How 'bout dusting off that VHS player for us!

[Jesuskrishna]

SWEET!

I have these on VHS and have always been hoping to get them on here but you beat me to it!

THANK YOU

%^)

[Larissa13xoxo]

Sweet - thank you for these videos !!!! Truly brilliant to see them. I'll watch this over and over - thank you Mitch....