Norma Jean - I Used to Hate Cell Phones...

[MrPsyKOlogical]

can somebody please tell me why this band is popular?

[lovesgibson]

@MrPsyKOlogical their energy and style was unprecedented

[augustburnsdave]

old school jean: play for the sake of playing their own music and not caring about anyone whos listening ( backs are turned to the crowd)

new jean: all hype and not nearly as exciting or excited as the old

[lockness48]

this is beaufitel. this is what hardcore is supposed to be like. fast, chaotic, intesne, going hard as BALLS. i cant stop watching this video. like...i cant describe everythinng i feel when watching this, just miss old music like this =[ </3

[24Eliii]

they're going so hard. hahahahha

[S0ULtoSQUEEZE]

wow i didnt know this song was that old. i fucking live norma jeannn :)

[AnDcory]

nice

[guano1234567890]

old norma jean ftw

[xeronik69]

this was recorded in december of 2001, but BtMaKtC came out in like 2002, yet, thi song sounds obviously different with alternate lyrics that the album version has, with that in mind, what were the lyrics of this song before they recorded that album then?

[nuketheempire]

WHAT?! A YOUNG AND SKINNY JOSH SCOGIN?!?!

cool.

[StupidSurvey1989]

Man, amazin' how some of us can get so addicted to terrible music. I mean set aside the whole emo, grindin' shit and ask yourself, would you be embarassed to sound this bad?

[deadlyduk]

@StupidSurvey1989 Your mindset clearly blocks out any sense of trying something new or being open-minded, this band is amazing, listen to all their albums and you'll see.

[IntelligentRectangle]

Woah, Josh is skinny!

[cheslock13]

wow fags!!!

[MrAnonybus]

Best Ever.

[Fireblaze15]

Amazing how they play guitar like that... Rofl.

[aakiya11]

Can anyone please direct me to a present day band with this much energy and creativity??

[lovesgibson]

@aakiya11 haha, exactly. the chariot is pretty good, but i wish this norma jean could come back

[gslewitzke]

@aakiya11 The Dillinger escape plan

[davidle43]

@aakiya11 converge

[nuketheempire]

@aakiya11 The Chariot

[YamadaNikko]

@aakiya11 I believe you would be looking for The Chariot.

[homesnake202]

damn josh sure was a beanpole

[Dantaeus]

im suprised they didnt smash each other in the face with each others guitars! that looked dangerous lol

[DiabloSVV12]

This is what I like to see from Norma Jean! Too bad this was 9 years ago.

[EvanKunkle]

this deserves more views

[owtatowttowt]

old Norma Jean was best. after the 1st album they went a bit crappy.

[ronaldrabbit28]

I hate cell phones, Tony Stewart, and OLD SPICE!!

[lovesgibson]

sephon mordikai

[SH1FTER92md]

OWN

[haight]

Hahahaha Daniel Looks Like "Animal" The First Few Seconds Of The Video At Least....

[bluntd4life]

why they fuck do they have their backs turned to the crowd for most of the show? o,O

[FishermansDick]

What a bunch of retards. Why are they convulsing like that? I can see rocking out but that is just trying too hard to look cool. Then again I guess that's what that scene is based on anyways. They look like corpses that somone hooked up to a car battery though. Gay.

[bigbusinessboy]

@FishermansDick dude they are just starting out and having fun you elitist yuppie fuck. They aren't trying to be cool at all idiot who else have you seen do this??

[peterplaysbass]

this was awesome NINE YEARS AGO (which is when this took place). You were how old then, 10?

[SH1FTER92md]

<3 *__*

[kognitiva]

I fucking love these videos from the early norma jean, there something genuinly vivid and alive about their music. love them <3

[idokokaine]

did he introduce the song as mordekai?

[Dante10202]

weak crowd

[DrLove2005]

damn norma jean you went off hard as fuck, but after bless the martyr i wasnt impressed

[Rawbstuh]

agree completely. first 2~ cds were so brutal

[idokokaine]

the rest of the world was impressed by that album. where were you? LOL they suck now without mr guitarist guy and josh scogin..

[xeronik69]

@DrLove2005 the lyrics sound different O.o was this song altered before they recorded the album?

[thomaspm002]

damn how can they play and do so much show at the same time X.x hard shit

[mar1huana0]

kick ass screams!!! FTW!!!

[bastlake]

I keep thinking those giant letters in the background are the "CMT" logo (country music television)

[nekros729]

josh rocks

[FrolicEpidemic]

Fucking christ are these guys fucking insane and good mother fucking musicians being able to throw themselves around with their equipment and still play the fucking song so fucking effortlessly...they definitely are better live haha to me i guess

[dividermorgan]

they usually arent....i remember back around 05-06 i saw them a few times...and every time they were awful....cared more about flying around than how they sounded...and thier guitars went out of tune during every freakin song....

[toolegit2quittttt]

0:41 hahahahah fuck yes

[Respectmyauthoritah1]

whats that song mordecai

[Boggs12345]

Old Norma Jean was soo fucking awesome. Going crazy live. Thanks for posting.

[bringelstevoback]

O YEA SCREAMING .... talented

[nekros729]

Not as easy to pull it off as it seems

[why217]

dude this is kick ass

[CamaroDrummer69]

i just saw josh at applebees. his father in law owns the 7 venue in douglasville, ga. hes a rad guy.

[anaselaswrath]

best fuckin mathcore band ever

[gregsuperstar]

This is sick. I was supposed to see them in Birmingham, AL but their vocalist had strep throat or something. I easily forgave them for not showing, and their music is respected greatly. Congratulations to those of you who have seen them live, it must have been an honor =D

[c995yre]

Stop playing with your back to the crowd!!

[peterplaysbass]

that helps the awesome.

[bOngTokiN123]

this is real norma jean

dude i miss this...

[RJN88420]

among the many bands who are obviously heavily influenced by converge.. i think norma jean is the best...

[disluxia]

This is so great

[relientk93]

Josh is one of the most passionate artists live

[crephotos]

Scogin has the best live vocals forsure.

[JimmyFuckinShaker]

Botch rip off perfectionists, I'll give them that.

[jlurules2]

This singer is a Fucknut XD (its a good thing) he's physco i love it!

[xeronik69]

um, was the lyrics of this song changed when it was put onto the album? or something, this doesn't sound right :/

[peterplaysbass]

early version of the song. can be found on the normajean/mewithoutyou split vinyl.

[MacTobey]

merci beaucoup!

[777panderz]

These guys are amazing live/

:]

[YoshisOneFour]

no they arn't the suck live.

[maserati1990]

theyre not the BEST, but they are pretty energetic on stage.

zack de la rocha followers i bet...and not tooo bad a job really

[kelso9042]

who cares about classifying their genra?

they are freakin amazing.

thats all that matters

[AtrumAethra]

YEAH JOSH!!

[1andonlygarcia]

scudbunny bunny is right, music is music.

[familyghost1996]

"Walking to wall street in a straight jacket."

[scudbunny]

why do stupid people have to seperate these bands into categoreys? metal is metal you dumbshits just because some stupid dicks from record companies and radio tell you something you eat it up you sheep

[CorpseGrinder1313]

Shall we talk about how great this music is...? Well they didn't even care enough to sync the video with the sound, not that it would have helped it out any. The fact is you could get a comparable sound with 4 rhythmic chimps punching their guitars while their handler chokes one a peanut in to a microphone. The sad thing is I thought I was going to like this band. Instead I heard nothing but a dreadful blur of incomprehensible dribble. Devil driver... digging up the corpses... get well soon,

[alexkisonfire]

It's not the band's fault the video is lagging. Second, I doubt you've given much effort to appreciate them. I'm not the biggest fan of screaming, but this is one of the most talented bands I've heard that screams. Pantera/Slipknot/Devildriver? psh, ANYONE can enjoy that music if they wanted to, but a band like Norma Jean is much harder to appreciate. It's also surprising how they sound heavier than most bands, even though they are christian. Don't be ignorant and judge by what you hear at first

[YoshisOneFour]

The thing i love about Norma Jean is how good the drums are, how unique the guitar is, and how the vocals fit perfectly into the songs, Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child is a great album. Josh was Norma Jean, they are not the same now. I hate all the Norma Jean fans now, "omg d00d memphis will be laid to waste is soo hxc" fuck off, and the thing i hated the most is how they always had a guest vocalist for every show. i dont know what happened but i still love the original Norma Jean,

[apelancoretko]

dude no worries man, we all miss the old norma jean.

[plutoplatters]

they are contrived-core

[johnnyabr132]

you guys are retarded. bands like see you next tuesday and tony danza tapdance exstravaganza are grindcore. mathcore is bands like ion dissonance.

these guys are hardcore. just because they have time signitures doesn't mean it's mathcore and that high pitch thing doesn't mean their grindcore. Emmure does the same thing as these guys to a certain degree and their definatly hardcore.

[joethc]

this is concidered mathcore not grindcore.

[plutoplatters]

Meth-core

[Bones2flesh]

i used to consider their older stuff more grindcore is like the Chariot's stuff

[dantelove777]

2001 woooot

[plutoplatters]

man this is more brillianter than eyeinstein

[rydzfskia]

i like them, i think i like some of our local stuff better but none the less i htink i like them

[xmandy9876]

i love this.

[MournX]

fucking brilliant. and that is how its done. why the fuck can't bands take some fucking influence from the right place... god damnit i miss good shows...

[gweeds36]

how is it brilliant there pretty intense but not brilliant that just strait ignorant.

[kognitiva]

Do you have any fucking idea how difficult it is to write the kind of dissonant shit that they do?

[plutoplatters]

yep,it's easy.just scream some words.

[kognitiva]

LOL

This is some pretty hard music to play, if you actually tried to "scream" the way the singer does you will realize that it's not only screaming but screaming at a pitch and using your vocal cords in a very complex way.

if you aren't impressed by the music that Norma jean or any band that plays the same type of music you shouldn't comment it. It's evident that you dont know shit about Hardcore music.

[plutoplatters]

naturally.

[RedeemerRed]

Why spend time arguing and name calling over whether this music is grindcore or matchore? Yes, ok, terms used to describe the music has been metalcore and mathcore,

But lets talk about how great the music is, and how awesome this album was.

I salute you, kognitiva.

[QlockworkOrange]

yeah its pretty complicated. i can imitate the screaming in Memphis really well. i want to post a video of it, but i need a decent camera and recording equipment

[MournX]

i really love this comment... read your writing guy/girl, then rethink the ignorant comment, ok? -also, if indeed you were not yourself ignorant to the more intense genres of sound, you would be aware that with the album this song is from, NormaJean played a humongous role in scripting the direction of current hardcore music... BlessTheMartyr was definitely, at the time, what many many bands hoped to aspire to-

[Crackthesky0]

Of course this is music.

It's called noise dude, its music.

Go listen to ur precious red jumpsuit apparatus u mainstream idiot.

[SheSaysComeOnComeOn]

beard rectums.

[coleskinner378]

fuck head

[sodomojoj]

wow, they sound really good live

[scottboggs]

i think it sounds pretty good...

[paulawashere]

makes my toes curllllll.

theyve always had such passion<33

[vivalaal]

uh guys..just so you know your playing the wrong way :)

great song,i met them last year but obviously not josh i met corey

[mrfunnymonkeyman]

thats nothing like the album version

[aaron138]

They had demos for this song and The Human Face Devine (which for the most part stayed the same) that they gave out at shows while they were still tour under Luti-Kriss.

[aldousband0000000000]

00:40...best part of the video duuuuuhh...scotty henry ALWAYS had a big head...

[searchformulder]

its the shity sound you confused peole - and its some pretty though music - because of that - its hard to hear. doesnt mean theyre out of rythm or anything. think.

[Bluestopsign]

wow Josh put on some weight during his years. Not saying it's a bad thing, cause i'm fat too. But he's just seems so different.

[jakenathanthompson]

why are the guitarists facin the wrong way throughout?

yey for this song (:

[bigeverett04]

It lookes like they are spazing out to noise..

[YutakaSeto]

it might look like that to some

[akonparis]

it does look like that... but i love the song!!!

[rawwwrrjoe]

christians rule

[gdas2118]

i do miss josh but the chariot rock

[queersteerbeers]

i hated them with josh i like them with corey

[xPATTOM777x]

are you kidding me? scogin was the peak of their music

[leglessheep]

i totally agree they have gone to shit since he left

[gdas2118]

oh my gosh...what?!

[YutakaSeto]

guys they're both good, corey was amazing in O'god and josh was good in Bless the martyr

mmk?

and redeemer is... not as amazing

[aclockworkapple24]

I was disappointed when I found out that these guys were Christians, you'd hope that people would have woken up by now

[yetichunx]

So that makes them less talented? How shallow are you?

[Leinieslightman]

who cares if there christians. Listen to the music regardless.

[TRSfolife]

HOLY SHIT!!! This is soooo intense!!

[theshtgoose]

haha I love the intensity. These guys put out one of the best hxc albumns to date yet. too bad they kinda went down hill from there. Oh well, ill remember them for this kinda stuff.

[flinto2002]

how can you tell the difference in sound of any of these jackasses.... you could train an ape to sing and play better

[christiansaiz]

because we're not completely retarded.

[pachgtr]

oh.. so that's how you learned to sing and play?

[fightlover69]

I hate how you all say its nessecary to mosh to any band that is heavy. Whatever fuck, if you want to stand around and enjoy the music for what it is (good by the way) then do so. Just because your at a show with bands that play heavy music doesnt mean you have to mosh. I mean, I would but still fuck off with that shit, you don't HAVE to, and just because you didnt does not make you a fag or something. Fucking fuckers.

[mrt9001]

i wish josh was still in teh band. they've really goen down hill

[gslewitzke]

ya i really really miss norma with josh.. but hey now we have the chariot =DDD hehe. whom i love dearly. and norma is still amazing with whoever it is...chris or cody.. or whatever his name is. but ya there still good.

[christiansaiz]

i think the new singer isnt NEARLY as talented as Josh,

He was better off playing guitar for Living Sacrifice,

The Chariot are amazingly talented though..

[kevinxgrind]

yeah josh was a powerful force. but the chariot is amazing. and while i don't like redeemer that much i think that "o' god the aftermath" was the best all around cd because of how much the musical aspect stepped up made up for the vocal and lyrical quality going down a little.

[kelik99]

your all gay

[rustinpeace83]

well they've certainly mastered the art of looking like fucking retards on stage....

[skilletsteve]

they are having fun.  Leave it alone.

Besides this video is olddd anyways.

[rustinpeace83]

theres fun, then theres thrashing around with your guitar like you have epilepsy.

Hey i dont care if they do it, i just think it looks fucking stupid.

[YutakaSeto]

then why do you listen to this type of music?!?!?!

because the flailing guitar thing is kickass!

[rustinpeace83]

I listen to the dillinger escape plan, and someone told me these guys were similar. Unfortunately they're nothing like DEP. Poor guys.

[leglessheep]

you suck and you go to hell and you die dillinger escape plan fucking sucks

[theminizerosXxXx]

ooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhh my goodness

thats so amazing

wish i coulda been there

all i gotta say is

I WILL KILL! the dude with number 4 shirt on

he just

just...

stood there

wut a tard face

[iheartmyshoes88]

omg i know ah me to if i was there i would be like moshing so much lol and not just trying to fit in like that #4 guy

[rabbiteh]

i feel sorry for that ENGL

[flr2a]

I know, I was just saying that theyre a christian band, and letting people know that thats why they do it, anyways, sorry if i offended you bro, but hey if you like these guys then go check out August Burns Red!! they some tight metal!

[apelancoretko]

you dont have to be christian to listen to them you dumbass. appreciate the music, thats what this is all about.

[flr2a]

Awesome music, I love how everyone that talks about jesus on here cusses right afterwards, good job christian brother, in case you didnt notice I was being sarcastic, but htese guys are a great christain band, and yes grindcore is tough stuff to write.

[fightfairfightfair]

Thanks for posting this. Norma Jean don't come to Scotland often. I saw them back in January, but all they did from BTMAKTC was Face:Face, Memphis and Creating Something...

Don't get me wrong, NJ's new stuff is alright, but there will never be another Bless The Martyr And Kiss The Child.

[mcfaddenben]

LUTI-kRiss / Norma Jean are the best.

Throwing myself is the greatest album ever.

[YutakaSeto]

lol who gave this a -1??

luti-kriss is norma jean before they changed their name to norma jean lol

and luti-kriss is AMAZINGGG, i agree, its the best album.

[darkstar5555]

and you know what kinda of music jesus listened to?

[Aleis2189]

wow nice comment ass bag, norma jean is amazing.

[antiochband]

Wow, Jesus would be sooooo proud of these motherfucking asshats.

[fatee666]

lots of talent.. its so hard to make grindcore you apparently jsut have no idea

[Anabolics00]

what is this? no talent whatsoever . . .lets scream and run around make noise

[ProudEmo15]

go listen to your beloved popmusic and leave the good stuff to music-loving people. and why are you watching this video if u dont like Norma Jean?

[LikesCartoons]

This guys are :) awesome! Shows that Christian bands aren't softy's

[IncognitoCoup]

wow that guy with a 4 on his back should be dead right now.....lol....GET IN THE FUCKING MOSH YOU FAG!!!!

[everything3vil]

the moshing was in the back. there are only like 30 or 40 people at this show. it's from about 7 years ago small church activity center in northern lebanon, PA if i'm not mistaken.

[derekman7024]

i love how the crowd sux, nobody goes to a norma jean show and comes home without at least a black eye.... weak... and half the crowd is wearing polos... cute haha

[Ice3308]

wow way to stereotype...the moshing oculd b in the back...and look josh is wearin a polo too

[derekman7024]

actually dickhead he's wearing a button-down cowboy shirt not a polo :D

[DiscoGabe]

Jesus fucking Christ.

You gotta love metal shows in small venues/rooms. And I love how they're facing away from the crowd for half of the video.