Minus the Bear guitarist SPAZZING OUT

[texasatan]

Rad.



[HollyWoodSlackn1]

minus the is hardcore fools. try covering anything this guy writes. straight up g

[micahdjacobsen]

he always does that.. too much botch for that motha fatha

[sinr1one]

Dave rules.

[velliebellie]

bwahahaha! I love this!



[warrenmusic]

This is why everyone needs to see MTB live. Or join a band and write amazing guitar parts like this...

[crazysk8trgrl]

dave is pure awesomeness.

[pikachusevilmuffin]

wow i still can't stop watching this

[WATCHVIDEOSDAMNIT]

He's keeping time by dancing. Looping on the fly like that is insanely difficult.

[scottydo008]

I love how into the music he gets. Thats the whole point of music. To feel it and express that through performance. I say this video is a WIN.

[Ritz17771]

He is playing what is essentially the lead part in the song with his feet on the pedals, all of the high pitched sample sounding stuff he is playing with his feel, thats why he is dancing, and because he is awesome.

[passeriformes33]

@insaner338 way of keepin' count, well his left leg anyway.

[diolate2]

its called feeling the music.. speds

[InLucidReverie]

If I was in a band that created this amazing song I would flip out on stage too.

[SuperDeadhope]

hes freaking out because hes playing in this terrible band. i see a lot of you assholes like the foo fighters, they suck 2. the only reason they sell cds is because dave gruel (i know its grohl) was in nirvana. if any of you like pearl jam "FUCK U 2"!!!!!!!

[rathole440]

he's probably trippin sack thats why lol

[betterinsodapop]

CREEDENCE!

[jankowitts]

Its called stoner rock dancing

[UninsaneRocker]

Dude I'm all for dancing around stage and throwing your guitar around but this guy is trippin out haha it's cool though it just shows he's into his music haha.

[onlythedank7783]

hes into his song bro.. jammin

[thiizzkidddd]

minus the bear knows how to party

[SuperBernardshakey]

Hahahahha, I didn't realize how funny this looks if you don't know what he's doing.

[midischool]

yeah he is playing with his pedal, i saw them at a really small venue in stoke, uk, and its the repeating riff that he is fireing off. he has a combination of loop pedal, delay pedal but not sure what else and he is retrigering the loop.

[mikeoconn]

thats just his unique way of keeping time. hes messin with those line 6 pedals

[Nephloid]

@mikeoconn Yep, Mike is right here. Dave Knudson is so great with the pedals too, check out how he made the riff for Knights.

[JoinTheDanceBreak]

What is wrong with having fun while melting faces?

[DWB25]

the epic drug that is music

[laudennn]

more like minus the bear guitarist pwning

[enjoiwespollard]

Too sick

[Ampdd]

It actually serves a practical purpose too. he's stamping his feet in between triggering the samples to stay it time. might as well be entertaining at the same time.

[fractions]

This makes me laugh so hard every time I see it.

[toirobot71091]

Whats the name of this song?

[brianguy16]

@toirobot71091 White Mystery

[pikachusevilmuffin]

@toirobot71091 go die, how can u NOT know this song 0.o

[treyfcop]

He is probably on drugs BUT hes using the looping function on the DL4

[petegiant]

You can take the boy out of hardcore, but you cant take the hardcore out of the boy :)

[TirAsleenBand]

@petegiant Amen!

[thelostandforgotten]

I miss Botch!

[GuitarGod119]

He's playing his DL4s pedals. He even said himself, "sometimes it feels like I'm playing dance dance revolution up there."

[TwistedVideoz]

@insaner338 yeah i heard dave grohl strained his vocals a couple shows after portland, which totally makes sense after all the incredible amounts of energy they all put into the tour!! i thought dave was pretty incredible, but if they werent at the top of their game in portland, i can't imagine how sick the seattle show was!! yeah minus the bear was actually super good, and im kinda regretting the title/description of this video, it was mostly a terrible attempt at getting views haha

[jordanpartv]

he records shit on his pedal and when it plays he has down time so he dances the shit out of it.

[orgasmatron3322]

he's just lost in the music and havin fun with it, that guy's the shit.

[rh117]

he's enjoying the music he created. leave him alone

[andrewsmiker]

who doesn't love the dl-4?

[dustyvanness]

hahahah adamn i like these guys but shit man...

[anendtothesuffering]

wat a mad cunt... there's probably a mirror full of caine back stage

[AzureSN]

He's just becoming one with the tune haha

[gdinoteimoso]

Fuck!! He is a real musician!! He's feeling the rythm...not matter what ppl say, this is pure manifestation of feeling music!! THE GROOVE IS IN THE HEART!!

[daedley]

Dave is god

[shanedrumssober]

that's how he keeps his rythm for his DL4 pedal parts.

[monstargibson]

lmfao

[napalmdeath1001]

laugh all you want, if it wasnt for that fucking guitar player, we wouldnt have most metal-hardcore bands doing there half assed versions of his style.

[MrBlue707]

so fun to watch live

[monstargibson]

Preach it, duder! Botch!!!!!

[hibachii]

hes feelin the music!

[iatemyhands]

he thinks he's still in botch ;o)

[crassisdead]

@iatemyhands No, Botch broke up, but he was indeed in Botch. Botch and Minus the Bear fucking rule.

[pimmeltier]

DAVE IS A HERO!

[Tangweizzeful]

I love his reactions when using his DL4s.

[NumeratedDemolinatur]

hehe

[kkirstian]

hes using his effects pedals haha ive heard people call it tap dancing.

[5telecaster]

He's probably messing with his DL4s as usual

[Paulw1988]

absolute legend

[psychomode14]

fucking love dave

[pimmeltier]

what else to say....

[smcdonough1427]

i lkove the way the whole band grooves on stage when they play. sad thing is ive never even seen them, i've just watched so many vids of them live i know what theyre like lol, cant wait to see them next time they come around though!!!!!!

[zacharybroyles]

He uses Line 6 Dl-4 loopers and hes playing them, he just gets into it. I met dave at the exit/in in nashville after their show with the velvet teen, such a nice guy.

[fueledbyhayley]

It's called grooving, and it's the gnarliest thing any guitarist has ever done.

[terminaldeity]

He always dances like that. He's just getting into it

[rhxt1002]

He's just fixing his pedalboard xD.

[AbasketOfOpinions]

Dave K rules.

Still has that Botch energy in him.

[spongaguy]

i want to party with that guy.

[moggieman10]

reminds me of aaron weiss of mewithoutYou performing on stage.

[iwazused]

this is nothing compared to what cedric bixer does from the mars volta.

[Mavarik]

nah it was better when he was in atdi, the spazzing out was so much more hench

[NeatStar]

On drugs? He's playing that piece of music you hear!

[johnh5304]

Man I bet he goes through some DL-4's since they have iffy reliability if you play them that hard. I wonder if he has some sort of endorsement with Line 6 where he gets new ones like a drummer would get new sticks haha.

[KillyourBoyfriend]

He's using the DL4 loops

He's got like 4 of them

[ratherlargepie]

seeing him playing drilling is insane. its like he's just punching his loopers. genius!

[gmtobehere]

Dave Knudson is so good he doesn't need to play the guitar to sound great all he needs are 100s of effects and feet.

[boynamedmax]

ahaha you made my day with this comment

[drex48239]

hes probably just stompin a pedal board

[mrska500]

He does that at every show, especially the whole one hand waving thing.

[personM4N]

Yeah...he runs like, 4 Line Six delay or loop pedals or whatever. He's just stomping. He does act pretty crazy though...

[shirona3]

He aint spazzy ne minus the bear fan would kno Dave is doing this alot Lol...he rocks and even wirtes 60% of there songs

[Konner]

He's working his loop pedals, there a big part of a lot of MTB's songs

[croftBee]

yeah he definitely isnt on drugs, well he may be, but he's playing the pedals dude. i just saw em wednesday and he did the exact same thing.

[ohbaby33]

he is performing jeez - the gig they played at my tiny town in England was in our even tinier (?) gigging hole - he had to bend just to stop his head from hitting the ceiling! great band and GREAT performer! : ) [orange box - yeovil, england]

[alltorquenopants]

Hes throwin' (get it?) a fit :D

[Ninkira]

Wow he makes so much sense now that I realize he's manipulating those pedals. Hahaha..

[kevinvsshark]

he always did stuff like that in botch. he's just playing with the pedals and effects.

plus, minus the bear kicks the shit out of the foo fighters haha.

[imHXCw00t]

@kevinvsshark I miss botch...

[JakeSnider123]

Dude, was this the show in San Diego in November of last year? It's hard to tell but it looks like it. Best show ever. The opening act was weird though.

[TwistedVideoz]

no man, this was in portland oregon at the foo fighters concert... minus the bear and supergrass opened. but seriously foo fighters were absolutely AMAZING.

[Camaro2101]

yeah i was there and they were playing that song as i walked in. great memory for me..

[elwoodblatch]

wut song is this

[MartianKyo]

white mystery

one of the best songs on planet of ice. If you check out other live performances of this song...you'll see dave always play this bit with his feet ;)

[imicius]

He uses 4 DL4s, so in some songs he has to get on his hands and knees to manipulate the pedals properly.

And then he dances.

[Rondayy511]

haha

he's just havin funn

[WC7495]

......?

Your point is? Is there a textbook on how musicians are to express themselves?

If you are scared at this you may wanna watch some videos of him in his previous band Botch...

[stoobymcdooby]

if those were drugs, i want them.

[Zenstrummer]

Come on Dave does stuff like this ALL THE TIME.

Look around for more Live Videos by Minus The Bear.

[wthmth]

first he was on his knees pressing the buttons on his looping pedals with his hands and then he got up and was triggering the loops by stepping on them... not spazzing out and dancing like u thought

[TwistedVideoz]

yeah i figured he was using a loop pedal, and obviously you don't have to flail around to use them, i just thought it was funny since it reminds me of something i'd do... plus he's flailing around. yep.

[wthmth]

i read in the manual of the pedal that in order to trigger the loop you must flail your arms around wildly

[TwistedVideoz]

HAHA oh i see, i thought he was using a DIFFERENT loop pedal... seems a little inconvenient, but fun nevertheless i suppose.

[14domino]

Dude...it's Dave Knudson. What more could you want?

[korie37]

exactly. i feel it's his inner metal showing through (botch).

[WC7495]

Oh shit...thats what Im doing wrong with my DL4....