24-7 Spyz - Don't Break My Heart

[lucaszappa]

Mike Patton like this =)

[syedsaim]

hells to the yes, go spyz

[oddball1973]

Jimi Hazell - forgot how good a player he was (is I presume)

[RazorHeadMetal]

@oddball1973 Any relation to Eddie Hazel of Funkadelic?

[oddball1973]

@RazorHeadMetal

think its just a coincidence

[federicok]

@RazorHeadMetal

Jimi Hazel it's not his real name, he took de Jimi out of Jimi hendrix, and Hazel out of Eddie Hazel..

[Joltzz1985]

Im reminded of Fishbone lol.

[thegerrie19561]

where is that guitarsolo?

[skilldren]

I love these guys but this is total fail. What happened to Heavy Metal Soul By The Pound? 'Spyz In Da House' owns this crap.

And yes, I know I'm commenting on a video from 1990 :P

[thegerrie19561]

this solo is one of the best. Let the guitar come now!

[Druffmaul]

This is gay as hell. I recall them being hardcore.

[kurzyx]

@Druffmaul you're hardcore gay.

[Druffmaul]

@kurzyx OK. But this song is pure shit.

kurzyx: "you're pure shit."

And so forth.

[kurzyx]

@Druffmaul I like it, you don't like it. End of the story.

[Druffmaul]

@kurzyx Then you like pure shit. The End. 

[kurzyx]

@Druffmaul and you're hardcore gay.

[thegerrie19561]

Whatever happened to these guys?

[lidjungle]

@thegerrie19561 Check out CD Baby for Jimi Hazel's latest stuff. If/when the A.N.M. stuff comes out with Dug Pinnick and Spacey T, that's the latest project I've heard about Jimi Hazel working on.

[ncaltruist]

Blues scale!!!

[KyplayaZ4lyfe]

don't know whats all the race talk about theres black and white people that rock it's just good music leave it at that!

[Flealan]

This ablum is facking ace. So is Strength in Numbers. Got it goin' On these guys have!

[CombatWombat1995]

This is so sick!!!

[kissesbloody]

love it - awesome song !!!!!

[LarryT954]

Met these guys in summers on the beach in fort lauderdale these cats jammed and were really cool got jimi hazels autograph f**kin sweet

[SuperJustinbeiberroc]

gayyyyyyyyyy

[Hangworst]

@SuperJustinbeiberroc So what? What's your point?

[syedsaim]

@SuperJustinbeiberroc fascist prick.

[thepeekaboo16]

if white men rap than black men should rock..

[chikineader]

@thepeekaboo16 das rite

[LiBlub1]

@thepeekaboo16 Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Hendrix, Tom Morello, Slash.

[ChromeTruckNutz]

Fat black guy on guitar = pure win.

[misterreality]

black white, who gives a fuck. This is hot... it's metal....

[caspa16]

Love it GR8 FUCKIN BAND

[84ratboy]

Its just a shame they never had major commercial success these brothas should be as big as RHCP's, Faith No More, & Jane's Addiction. any big time Funk Rock bands period it's just a shame

[Gonzoidz]

why not a hit?

[DropKickATurtle]

One badass band .JUst cant understand why so many band members?

[Inca127z]

great fuckin guitar solo

[NICinYOURface]

black people started almost everything!! jazz, hiphop, rock, rap you name it

[nickabeta]

@NICinYOURface and punk, diplomacy, calculus? Seriously get some perspective and stop dividing the world into black/ white/ red/ yellow

[Kimszbaby15]

@NICinYOURface huray for the darkies then ey

[delta28648]

where is the song Valdez?

timely

[IntensiveTime]

HMS4L!

[evan6629]

This was when alternative music was truly alternative,

These guys Fishbone Faith No more Janes Addiction

Living Colour STP Red Hot Chilli Peppers the good old days.

[Cortez120372]

U got it!

I say it with Eric Burdon: "When I was young" I really love this music!!

[pappachook]

@evan6629 How true

[Noosaguanto]

Reminds me to Fishbone & Living Colur, but I like so much Spyz 24-7, ciao .

[OrthodoxReuBen]

Sophmore year!!! Great Album!!! Great Live Band!!! YES YES YES!

[YHWHmy7Life]

Amazing tune! Brought back some great memories! These guys kept it real!

[Craftonia]

Gotta LOVE Jimi Hazel! Great player, P.Fluid's a GREAT singer and the bass player (forget his name...) is incredible. One of the bands that got away....true they sound a lot like Faith No More but remember that they were around slightly BEFIRE FNM and also from all the way across the country during the cyber-blackout days. No internet etc.... love this band to death!

[theta288]

@Craftonia Rick Skatore is da MAN on bass!

[Craftonia]

@theta288 man he really influenced me as a young bass player. Most tasteful.

[CowbellProfessional]

I wish someone had that Valdez tune uploaded; that was my favorite from Gumbo Milennium

[biggaB]

Valdez 27 Million and this one are my new favorites. i re-found the cassette in my collection last year and caned the shit out ov it everywhere i went on my walkman.

[Rshimy]

nice

[briggz31]

this kind of makes me want to listen to faith no more

[EscapeArtists17]

i love this kind of funk metal....old school chilis and 311, bad brains ("the quickness" album), shootyz groove, infectious grooves

[mgiacuccia]

Ninja has a point..........

[DannyBoyo68]

One of the best bands in the 80s!

[Deadprez41]

Saw them open or George Clinton in NYC many moons a ago. They kicked ass!!!!!!

[IlluminousUthra]

YES! THE SPYZ! I will never forget the night I saw them play at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz with my brother. R.I.P. BIG TONE!

[EliPunk77]

I'm from Chicago too! Man this brings back so many memories...Love you guys! You'll have to make it back to Chi-town one day!

[prettymarc]

hey KING HAZEL1...i was digging this when it hit the chi-town for the first time..you guys and living colour were rocking us out ..solo for this song is one of my top 3 favorites of all time!..thanks bro!

[KingHazel1]

Thanks PM! I'm glad you dug it! DAMN! I miss Chicago.......

[CutChemist]

I love this band. What is great is that they are still as amazing now.

[krelbar]

Kinda liked them more as a quad as a trio. Fluid and Broadnax knew how to prowl a stage...and didnt have a guitar in their hands.

Dont get me wrong...I love Jimi.

[NAIVADA]

a great song, amasong musicians. takes me back to those wild dayz of before it all went really insanely wrong musicwise..

[krelbar]

True...I thought these guys would make an impact as big if not bigger than Living Colour.

I thought Kings X would rule the decade after Gretchen Goes to Nebraska, too. But who am I? Just a lowly musician....:(

[PlakzakRick]

Start of this song really sounds like the start of the song 'Rolling Sly Stone' from the RHCP... covered/sampled or something?

[KingHazel1]

Nope!

[KingHazel1]

You mean did they cover or sample it? I doubt it! But I wrote the song in late 89 and we recorded it for the 1990 release, Gumbo Millennium. HMS4L! JH

[PlakzakRick]

I mean sample. That the RHCP sampled it from them... It really sounds alike, but dno.

[scouseAfrican09]

Saw these at the subterrnea. Well sound.

[U3X6785]

Drum sound on this album rocks

[Bastige56]

Some piece of crap stole my 24-7 spyz album.

[dlohtreb]

A thief with taste.

[NoPawn]

Among the most underrated bands of all time.

[Beeyatchibus]

Same with Fishbone. Funny how that has a way of happening with black rock bands....

[NoPawn]

Sorta. Fishbone got a good deal of props in their time. You had people wearing their shirts who never heard of the band. What happened was that they were simply forgotten, and that's the shame. 24-7 didn't even get that much.

[harrismille]

Outstanding

[krysztoph]

Ou Mannomann!

I love them!!!

Saw them live in Frankfurt, Germany: What a great performance!

AWESOME!

[Brodieinmd]

Damn this song really takes me back. Is it available on CD these days?

[JJJJay]

Jimi Hazel is one of my favorite players.

The solo on this track still floors me to this day ... 18yrs after this song came out. The fact that we're discussing the merits of this song and band is a testament to it's longevity (and race should NEVER be an issue of what's good or bad).

Jimi's wah/vibrato work and the bends he uses are simply amazing to me. The opening track to the album, "John Connelly's Theory", is heavy as anything I have heard (so is "New Super Hero Worship".

[cjjaxxon]

I agree! Saw'em live twice.

[NotMadWeak]

"There was YOU, there was MEEEE..."

[PeekaPeep]

I got almost everything they ever did (save for their most recent release 'Face The Day'; will get to that one eventually). Jimi Hazel and the boys knew how to rock not only with a soulful groove but with a lyrical intelligence that one doesn't usually find in more mainstream acts around that time. I agree, the media and the major labels hopped on the "grunge" bandwagon and pretty much killed any chance of bands like these breaking on through like they should have...

[cjjaxxon]

I've got the first three on cassette.

[KryptoniteTearDrop]

compare this song with stoney larue's "oklahoma breakdown" and see if stoney wasn't "inspired" by this track from 24-7,heck they both have the word "break" in their title tracks.

[shakakilla]

another stereotype busted

BROTHAS CAN ROCK!!!

[NotYourTypicalNegro]

That's because WE STARTED IT! LOL!

[cjjaxxon]

Yep!!

[rmtrasta]

@NotYourTypicalNegro DAMN RIGHT!!!!

[84ratboy]

@NotYourTypicalNegro yea we seriously did fuck Elvis 

[Jesterday70s]

@NotYourTypicalNegro Damn right...

[javajimmy1090]

@NotYourTypicalNegro

Actually not, I think rock roots are quite black ...

[Kharn8181]

@javajimmy1090 chuckberry thats all i got to say 

[ihatenazi]

@NotYourTypicalNegro <------- man has right! But I don't care who's black and who's white, music should make everyone chill and bright... greets from Serbia

[herbalist420ganja]

@NotYourTypicalNegro god is a produce of entheogenic experiences.

[daemiana]

Man....ain't no stereotype,just ignorance...BROTHAS INVENTED ROCK.

[Tru2myselfGaby]

@shakakilla do you know Tony Mc Alpine or Jarus Mose?

[LiBlub1]

@shakakilla Hendrix..

[BeatBay]

@shakakilla yes! stereotypes are for dumb people who havent the mind capacity to think outside stereotypes!

[unkownkilla]

Wow This is rely good!

[bradbla]

they kick ass live

[jinkss111]

i use to have a tape of 24-7 spyz but it got stolen..... :(

[unkownkilla]

That sucks.

[jhssnare]

man I love the bass in this song

[crafyer]

Awsome, did this get any airplay?

[vandiemans]

It's OK though,sometimes good music/art speaks for itself. Anyone watching this and Fishbone and living colour (I like faith no more also) has thier needle in a good groove

[alextreece]

24 -7 Spyz,Fishbone & Living Colour?

see 'angelofluidcorey'

[mikezes]

What great song! They are not forgotten!

[motoman32]

It's unfortunate groups like this don't get exposure. Not black enough for Black radio. Too Black for traditional rock stations. Living Colour and Fishbone had the same problem. Too bad. All three were great bands.

[MUN7001]

the hell with mainstream rock, and music

[zoooyorker]

Living color was VERY famous at one point, remember 'cult of personality'? These guys are definitely on point. They got their cult following, and thats all they need.

[motoman32]

Good point. They even won a few Best New Artists Awards. But I would liked to have heard them more on the radio. My 13 yr old plays along with Cult of Personality on the drums all the time. Living Colour and Skinderd are his favorite bands.

[zoooyorker]

Good to see the new generation has some hope, the way rock music is going these days...damn.

[Wacke666]

I love old school hip hop and metal and when hearing bands like this and Living Colour, I think it's a shame that people ignore them for their skin color. Everyone should have the same right, black as white.

[soldierofdragons]

it wasn't a black/white thing it was more of a rock/metal thing. When these guys were around Metallica,Nirvana and plenty of alternative bands were clogging the air waves. These guys were just under-appreciated.

[blackdragon6]

it was both race and the grunge explosion that segregated everyone again..and ever since then those walls have stayed up more or less.

[jesusknowskungfu]

Stop making a race issue out of everything. These guys suffered the same as Faith No More did, the rise of grunge shit like Nirvana wiping out bands with a strong 80s sound like these guys.

[blackdragon6]

i wasn't SOLELY making it a race issue.

[MUN7001]

whats wrong with discussing about race, the band mates say it themselves too

[Mustainex]

HO-LO

[fleekawadog]

YEAH GUMBO MILLINIUM

[krelbar]

Spyz is Dope!!!! I loved them. Anyone know where I can find the Budweiser commercial they did in the early 90's?

[megamanblues]

Spyz Rule!!!!