Clips of (the) Boredoms' U.S. Tour

[djgizmoe]

I really like their drum circle style now, but nothing beats this era for utter madness. I saw them in LA about this time, and it was hands down the most exhilarating performance I've ever seen. Not a pretentious bone in their insane bodies. Seeing them in '96 in Osaka was a bit too much; the crowd was so crazy it was like watching a concert from inside a washing machine...

[boogiebuddy01]

suicide is the only answer

[pedalla]

0:15 did that guy do a backflip?? i'm totally starting to listen to this band...

[tbone2872]

This is so funny. I can't beleive I ran accross this. Whenever someone asks me what was the loudest show I ever went to it was these guys at the 9:30 club in DC in 94. I've even seen Napalm Death, Carcass, Godflesh, and a few other death shows and none came as close as the intensity of the boredoms.

[LexeconKiddo]

@tbone2872 I keep trying to explain this--ooooh, @ 2:48 or so one of my all time favorites--um, explain this in death metal circles. Just no reconciling. Angst Vs. Chaos. "Shaking your fist at Mickey Mouse" Vs. rebooting the Mouse's brain.

[boogiebuddy01]

mg!

[burgerkingmurders]

0:22 SO EPIC

[napalmdeathfan13591]

yoshimi is so adorable.

[Merzbowxnoise]

AWESOME BAND

AND GREAT AUDIENCE

[MyFairLaser]

YES! No one rocks it like The Boredoms once did. Too bad they only play stoner drum-circle jams now.

NOTE: Check the punk/hip-hop cross-styling of the left vocalist in the Chicago section: baggy Black Flag t-shirt over hooded sweatshirt plus MC posturing!

[KotLeopold]

@MyFairLaser

Yeah, they're TERRIBLE live now. I kind of get what they're going for, but when you listen to their older stuff and have seen this hilarity in person, it's just not the same anymore.

[kingofkashiwa]

@MyFairLaser

that's EYE

[Shimbo069]

yoshimi is so cute. i want her as my wife.

[777v666]

Same

[Fayceee]

Hanging with Bad Brains, Matt Greoning, and Nirvana. Awesome!

[revdom666]

Kick ass, is that them kick'n it with the Bad Brains?

[PieceofMindmusic]

hell yea thats fucking awesome!

[findingusernamesucks]

I'm listening to OK on Wow 2 right now and it's amazing how tight they are. I mean I love them for being so loose and not caring but if anyone ever tells you that they only played that kind of music cuz they couldn't play anything else play them that song it's so tight and the guitar parts are played perfectly.

[samuelmichaud]

u get it! i need to hangout with people who get this music. indeed...this will be the initiation

[findingusernamesucks]

yeah I have a couple friends that like Boredoms but most of everyone that I know doesn't get my tastes: noise music, free jazz, 12 tone or avant garde classical . . . sigh I also like world music/foreign pop

[samuelmichaud]

I wonder if it's a sign of complexity or simplicity. Perhaps flexibility would be right.

[boogiebuddy01]

dirty dirty

[VomitSelf7]

This is from their tour with Nirvana right? Was that Matt Groening singing the Bart?

[samuelmichaud]

Oh, I didn't notice Matt. I just noticed the In Utero dolls and the dude playing radio friendly unit shifter.

[findingusernamesucks]

I don't flatter myself by thinking anything of it. I just get frustrated when I talk for hours about music this or music that and people give me blank stares.

[samuelmichaud]

yeah well It's not about self flatter, it's just about identifying the value of each side.

And yes talking about the intellectual properties of life usually gets a blank stare from people who don't like to think about "stuff".

[Nadabolt]

At around 3:41 it sounds like they start covering the Meat Puppets 'Magic Toy Missing.'

[damiao25m]

Yamatsuka and girl on drums is THE BEST!!!!!!!!!

[randyj420]

thank you - they rule - always amazing live

[Laura477]

Sweet!

[hickinabiskit]

Metaliger is a freakin' sweet handle. Thanks for posting this.

[siadbarrbar]

my favorite video on this whole fucking site

[siadbarrbar]

the guy hanging from the ceiling is genius

[jacurutu3]

amazing thanks for posting this!

[senton1]

Does anyone know the name of the track being played at 4:10? Its also played a bit at the very start

[bedlamj]

"Ok" on the album Wow 2. It's the 11th track.

[sjoarthotellet]

heartwarming