Hella Music Video

[AdamKrupin]

can't... stop... listening... aaaaahhhhh...

[lynstock]

@cakmusic thank you.

[TimbaThe]

Fuck yeah Shel Silverstein!!!!

[CheffMLG]

you kids act like single pedal twitch double strokes are hella hard or something..

[CAKmusic]

@CheffMLG Fast speed + consistent volume + no drum trigger + alternating single-stroke and double-stroke = "hella hard".

[gordonchalupa]

@CheffMLG grow up

[InLocoParentis96]

the best thing ive ever seen in all my 15 years

[bahbook]

vraiment très cool.

[TheMTZkids]

This is RAD! Has anyone ever read "HELLA a NOVEL"? This made me think of it. It's SO effing good! Look up "Hella a Novel by Matt McTighe" Couldn't put that $hit down!

[casslovesu]

tht man is my uncle!!!!

[InLocoParentis96]

@casslovesu lucky!

[potatomonkeyrap]

They took the eye part from unchain andalou siiiiicccckkkk

[yammivicdrum]

These guy rule! We share the same little town.

[FFSMatt]

DRUM WIN!

[MrMawsbaws]

Listen to the music nerds!!!

[Sidar654231]

Haha dudes counting it out. Feeling produces this. Only feeling will reproduce this. Sorry, drummers.

[escuece]

astrological stuff!

[lapoiarecords]

1:07 Buñuel

[THEMANOUTOFTHECAVE]

1:05 - 1:08

Quoting the begging of Luis Bunuel's "Un Perro Andaluz".

Mind you the whole video looks like an homage to Bunuel.

[future4zinc]

Dude, I used to have that same bike.

[sowards1989]

What time signature is this?

[SpineTunes]

@sowards1989 Go back about a page in the comments. A nice fellow posted all the different time signatures used.

[featherhead15]

@sowards1989 i don't know much about theory anything...but its like 4/4 for one thing (measure?) and then 3/3 the one after it. so its like 4/4 3/4 4/4 3/4...and as for the "chorus" its the same but just starts on an upbeat and is "inverted"....i think man...no one start hating that i don't know shit..i don't but thats my guess.

[RobotFetish]

@featherhead15 right on man, apparently you do know some theory

[fenderstratn3]

@featherhead15 You could say the part from the beginning up to 0:58 is made of two bar phrases in 7/4 :)  What you said was correct though - six of one, half a dozen...

[Wratchild9]

@featherhead15 There is no such thing as 3/3, I think it´s in 7/4, like you said 4/4 3/4

[featherhead15]

@Wratchild9 HELLA INVENTED 3/3. =P

[faahcsnave]

@sowards1989 ∞/.4

[loserfid]

you know who you remind me of? Neil from that old TV show 'The Young Ones' X)

[pulsating123]

i personally think a picture of a smokestack alone would go better with the music than this video

[TOREFUSE]

@Colenelly they reallyr do know there timing....thats just a joke they have between themselves and lighting bolt...Cuz on music reviews that where negative they always say the dont have timing ...You should really check out there really early stuff,,,and then see the do have a good knowledge of timing ..look for Legs on Earth.... Lasers & Saviors...its there first band ever...

[jinXeD546933]

Has anyone tried to transcribe the subs back from Wingdings?

[AEFic]

By the way, to anyone ACTUALLY wondering what the meter is, the verses are mostly in 4/4, 4/4, 4/4, 2/4, with the chorus in 10/4, 7/4.

The bridge starting at 2:30 is in 4/4, albeit a VERY jumpy.

The next part, starting around 4:00 is 7/4.

Then there's the verse and chorus.

Great meters, I dig it completely.

[loliH9]

@AEFic really? are you fucking serious?

[AEFic]

@loliH9

Huh? What?

[loliH9]

@AEFic who the fuck cares about time signatures? it's just boring crap carbon-copied from radiohead no matter how often they change the time.

[AEFic]

@loliH9 Radiohead certainly was not the first to experiment with time signatures, and though you don't care about them, some people do. In fact the genre of math rock has been around for some time before OK Computer, which I believe was the first time Radiohead did such experimentation. Please don't turn this comment section into another pointless argument of musical taste.

[loliH9]

@AEFic yeah, i know that but people are starting to care too much about how music is crafted instead of the way it ends up, which is what matters in the end.

[AEFic]

@loliH9 What are you even talking about? "What matters in the end" varies from individual to individual. Who are you to decide "what matters"? What you think is important doesn't need to be important to everyone, and things like time signatures and structure do matter to some people. This is a stupid argument, all your proving is that you value different things, and I still don't understand why you need to make a confrontation about it.

[loliH9]

@AEFic what confrontation? go back to shred to someone else's songs like always.

[AEFic]

@loliH9 You are one angry little man.

[loliH9]

@AEFic it's more bored than angry. Did you take that phrase from a movie or something? Too bad you only know about fucking time signatures.

[blister1324]

yea this band is super impressive. i dont know how they do it, but they kick ass.

[Jsizzle267]

Uber math rock

[BrassilSTP]

always epic. thanks guys.

[lullamoonx]

who is in the vocals???????

[TheMinusBlindfold]

@lullamoonx aaron ross

[InShatteredMolds]

isn't it the The Advantage drummer?

[violetninja]

Mmm, yes but he's not on drums in this band.  Zach hill drums for hella, Spencer seim (drummer for the advantage) plays guitar in Hella.

[brownlawnmowerent]

fuck this dudes one hell of a drummer.

[SuperAllenLee]

Bro, I'm saying, just because they SAY they don't count or write in weird time signatures doesn't mean they aren't in time signatures. All music is in some time, whether it be 11/8 or 15/16, it's always in time. Music is the organization of sound and silence. The key word there being ORGANIZED!

[BenZeneProject]

I had occasion to talk with the guys in Hella. They write their music seriously but don't talk much about how they write it. Very cool dudes, amazingly humble for their skill.

[GrooveThumper]

but in opinion, honestly this isn't that "mathy"...its just like "breakbeat jamrock"

[Hoodedfigure831]

More of the duo's music is more time conscious. Ever since they became a 5 pieces they've been more of a standard rock band.

[GrooveThumper]

well if interviewed them, id ask the question. "Are you guys aware of any sort of time signatures in your songs, If not in the traditional form such as 3/4, 4/4, 7/8, and so on, then what sort of sub-division concept do you use to sort out and memorize the pieces?"

[Deeprive]

You're message isn't very well indicative of your actual opinion. Because:

- You're asking what method they use to memorize pieces, which they do because as you can see from ANY of the live videos they play it the exact way they do on the track

-but you say "are you guys aware" which is a condescending note which would typically indicate some sort of pretentious criticism will follow.

[dimebag2506]

"arguing on the internet is like running in the special olympics.... even if you win you're still retarded"

(a special message from JRR's shut the fuck up fundation)

[pandoraglory]

@dimebag2506 Arguing on the internet is like arguing in person. There are generally two or more people involved, one with a greater point, someone the loser.

What are you talking about.

[chipboardchrist]

@pandoraglory

Probably the best thing I've ever read on Youtube

[TOREFUSE]

...Colenelly ... ur an idiot its called math rock they have a total different kind of timing then conventional music..if they just play what they want how is it they have albums. and they have a set list at shows and play whats on there albums.just because your ears and mind cant keep up dose not mean they don't have timing..HELLA is fucking awesome...

[Colenelly]

You sir, are definitely the idiot. 1. I absolutely love Hella, and worship them as musicians. 2. I love math rock, and I have much experience with odd time signatures and the composition of music. 3. if you, clearly a super fan, were to actually look at interviews with them, Zach Hill and Spencer Seim can be quoted multiple times saying they don't know their songs time signatures, they just "bro down" and keep what they like. Thank you for your shit attempt at insulting me.

[joelbshay1]

I want to let you ALL know your ALL idiots!! Fighting over stupid shit. And I grew up with Aaron Ross and I know for a fact that he knows how to keep count and it may be be so called "math rock" but they do know how to keep a tempo.

[Colenelly]

Good job calling us all stupid and then joining the argument yourself. I didn't say they don't know how to keep tempo, they (Spencer and Zach, as it were) don't know what time signatures (3/4, 4/4, 11/8, etc) their songs are in. They don't sit around and say, alright now 9/8, 12/8... Unless they lied in interview, which they don't seem like they would because they're pretty cool guys, they don't keep track.

[Envee211]

This explains the weird hitches in their rhythm and timing. It's what ever though, I love it. :D

[jorgesalan]

This video reminds me to the surreal movie "un perro andaluz" by Luis Buñuel

[TheMinusBlindfold]

Spencer smoking grass 3:16

[TheMinusBlindfold]

Everyone know whos the guy at 2:52 ?

[DarthKazi]

These guys are amazing. I saw them (when just a two-piece) a few years ago. Zach is a MACHINE on the drums.... played for an hour straight with almost no break and just destroyed shit, including my ego! They are really nice guys too. Very humble.

[itheindigoswan]

this is originality in its purest form. and the vocals .....well i would say cedric sings falsetto........the singing on 666 is not even singing its like some voice channeled from a distant planet by a kid trapped in a box of chocolate milk. i love TMV and HELLA equally ......they sound nothing alike. but hey....to each his own.....now live in the moment.

[skinlessdwarf]

anyone recognize the un chien andalou references?

[turtlesob1]

haha yea! i still love watching the eye scene

[tamadrummer21]

fuck yea

[fatcat363]

how can u compare this with the mars volta???

[ShroudedInVeilz]

fuckin sick song

[ConestyleTN]

the beat and guitars are insane, but honestly i could do without the vocals.

[Jicim]

he almost sounds like cedric from the mars volta.

[cceglie100]

I have a wiener dog sitting on my lap. But this song is awesome.

[buttdread]

gawd damn that beat!

[waitingforgoulet]

They were better without the vocals-- now they just sound like Muse.

Zach is still awesome, though.

[tofumut77]

Really? Jeeeze I think vocals really even them out. They're still crazy but, this is better.

[jesuschristislame]

It's a good thing they went back to being a twosome.

[barthramone]

I agreee with waitingfogoulet ! They were so much better without vocals! just Zach and Spencer .... I dunno why but they now sounds like an imitation of Mars Volta ... Zach is still god though

[Kelavmeister]

Am I the only person who is SUPER impressed by how they keep time? It blows my mind... I love it.

[Colenelly]

They don't keep time haha, neither of them know how to count their music, they just play what they want.

[ModulatedSignal]

@ Colenelly:

Or....maybe its just YOU that cant understand what they are doing and how their music is played.

[Colenelly]

HA. Actually, if you look at interviews with them, which I do, because i FUCKING LOVE hella, they say they have no idea how to count music or what time signatures their music is in, they just freestyle (I quote "bro down") and keep what they want. Thank you for your attempt at making me look bad but I win this round.

[ModulatedSignal]

lol the fact is, they DO play in time signatures...if they didn't, they wouldn't be able to play with eachother. That is the nature of music with multiple members. I am not trying to make anyone look bad, Im just saying that you don't understand what they are doing. They actually do.

[Colenelly]

lol, the fact is, they don't haha. They of course do, in a literal sense, but they don't know what the time signatures are. If you play music, do you sit there and go "1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,"­. No. and neither do they. you can't argue with this, It's not me saying it, it's them.

[AEFic]

@Colenelly

Well, they don't generally keep track of their time signatures, but actually most bands do "sit there and go '1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3....". Generally, Hella takes a more...- I wanna say 'punk'? - approach to math rock, by sort of not caring about the theoretical portion and just doing what they feel. But most bands do know what parts are in what time signature.

[flabbyballsack]

dude, shut the fuck up. stop being a pretentious prick. Give the link to the interview if that's true dip shit.

[OldManSpoots]

@Kelavmeister I am right there with you, brutha....

[DamionSpoon]

@Kelavmeister Zach Hill is the best drummer alive. Check out his other projects, they're all insane.

[Kelavmeister]

@DamionSpoon Definitely not the best... Extremely talented and unique for sure, but not the best. He's not the best dynamically. But I'll surely do that!

[DamionSpoon]

@Kelavmeister Ok, you're right, I should have said "one of". He's my favorite for sure. Admittedly he could be more dynamically diverse and he can get a bit sloppy sometimes, but those rhythms he plays are incredible. And his footwork is even more impressive when you take into account that he just uses a single kick pedal.

[Kelavmeister]

@DamionSpoon Oh totally! I mean he's unbelievably creative, and has a mad heel/toe. But I think the sloppiness comes with the genre, and even then I'm still impressed at how consistent he is with the parts he writes.

[kohead]

@Kelavmeister he doesnt use heel toe hes just abnormaly fast

[Kelavmeister]

@kohead well I dunno what to call it, where he chokes back on his pedal and pushes back up forward for quick doubles...? is the best way I could explain it.

[kohead]

@Kelavmeister ive met him before bro he showed me

[CheffMLG]

@Kelavmeister usually good musicians are good with time, you just have to explore the odd time sigs

[Kelavmeister]

@CheffMLG I'm not saying just that, I know that, but the fact that they always seem to be paying close enough attention to each other that even at times when either of them get a little muddled, or a tiny bit ahead or behind in time, they still follow each other. Their cohesiveness is impressive... Not to say they still aren't innovative, because the way they use odd-times is sick.

[ModulatedSignal]

Dude Zach Hill is playing Omar Rodriguez Lopez now!

[aklahizmet]

very very good

[MortalManSbajoust]

SWEETBAJOUST!!!!!!

[moggieman10]

zach hill's solo album is so much more old-school hella. even with the vocals.

[lullamoonx]

where i can found and download this song horseback tenors

[mugwump1]

Love this version of the band. I would think that true fans of Hella would appreciate change. If ONLY this was commerical music and what you heard on the radio. C'mon!!!!

[doxparaxyst]

Andalusian Dog reference at 2:26 ? Damn I hate that part.

[potsos]

This is great -- even outstanding -- but the changes the band must make to accommodate the vocals takes it too far away from the insanity of the superior two piece format, in my humble opinion. The guitars suffer the most here, in my opinion. Very standard stuff now.

[deadnicholas]

Right?

[gregcarson]

i feel like long time oldschool fans of hella don't liek this album as much, or try to discredit it just because it caught a little bit of commercial attention.

Like this album put them in more of a mainstream position, being a 5 piece, non-instrumental etcetera it was more approachable for the average person. So they kind of get mad when new fans start coming around to their elite club.

But really this album lyrically, conceptually, technically musicianship is all a masterpiece.

[niessis]

Can you tell me the name of the album. Thx.

[afrobrhm1]

there's no 666 in outerspace =)

[mitzjob]

I've known the boyz since they were 15...I thought this was their weakest album...The singer is annoying...Check out their first band Legs on Earth

before Hella...I still think you can get it on line...It rules -- this album doesn't

[edcerc]

i never liked hella as much after they had a singer it sort of ruined it

[csmonkey42]

don't worry edcerc, they sort of broke up after this album

and now Zach and Spence are doing Hella as a duo again...

not that I agree with you - 666 was a fantastic album (then again, so are all other Hella albums)

[hookerparty]

THis guy sounds NOTHING like Billy Corgan.

[nightmare3215]

the peak of the mountain is the geek of the creep trip

[Waxinasss]

CAN'T WAIT FOR EL GRUPO NUEVO!!!!! Hella + The Mars Volta = absolute madness!

[dirtyurbangirl]

i jizzed in my pants

[badmoppity]

Spencer is a beardo.

[auralpeak]

reminds me billy corgan a little..pmacisback ;) really good music I think

[pmacisback]

wow i like it... vocalist reminds me of the smashing pumpkins

[madiasch]

OMG, what a band!

[danidaia]

I agree with pengiswoof.

[pengiswoof]

hella + lyrics = too much.

[cagedbeast87]

wow, most of their tunes are without lyrics.. nice to see then fit some in, sounds good too.. this band influences my creativity so much.

[Ryanalp]

They added a vocalist and bassist a little while back.

[bassownz]

why have I never heard of them before?! it kinda reminds me of the mars volta a little bit. at least that's the closest thing I can find to it

[sliver321123]

(Sad face)

[mreddieg]

way off.

[skinlessdwarf]

It seems they ripped off Un Chein Andalou

[MathMaddix0]

i thought the same thing

[gbarrettomates]

Most promising drummer alive.

[srzy]

hella good song

[juanpablo1990mx2]

this guys are pure creativity.the razor scene reminds of Salvador Dali.

[brix42]

ILL!!!!!

[kingflasherdave]

hella HELL YEAH!

massive album! massive band!

[zhte415]

Rather good music and visuals.

[Flatlegs]

SOMEONE!!!

[jhoncervantas]

great song. stupid video.

[pierodavid]

Este video se basa en el cortometraje "Un perro andaluz" de Buñuel y Salvador Dali. Surrealismo puro, tiene un hilo con la musica que hace hella, pero que vas a saber si sos yanky.

[CalCinema]

Sos un desgraciado xenofobo. Claro que se esta basada en la obra de Buñuel pero que tiene que ver la nacionalidad de un ignorante? Puede ser que este tipo viene de los EEUU y es claro que no conoce a una de las obras mas conocidas del siglo XX pero que importa? Quien carajo sos vos? Queres que te damos un premio por haberte dado quenta de una alusion obvia? Seria justo decir que vos, un sudaca de mierda, no puede saber nada de la musica de Hella por no haber nacido en California?

[boogster123321]

just like upsilon arcux, hella has a terrible line up now.

[Crowing]

This is good. I like Volta better but there is definitely something about this I like alot.

[peterspud1]

Why did these clowns take the word "hella"??

These fags are shit

[joeafish]

yer an idiot

[MyYellowBrickWall]

fukken maricon.

[synestheticmusic]

says the guy who's called "Peterspud".

grow up, man.

[AddictedToFunAndMeth]

Un Chien Andalou! Awesome.

[Sabasis]

regardless of the many many bands zach is in, hella is his best imo.

and speaking of mars volta, i heard zach covered drums for omar's solo album. Does anyone know anything about this? and why didnt pridgen do it, cause hes a great drummer as well.

[BoundtoUnwound]

as far as I know, and some wikipedia info- Omar has done two records with Zach Hill, neither released yet... But, knowing Omar, he'll do it in about three years, look at all the stuff with jeremy ward that's a number of years old already. Zach's work on that Damsel record with Nels Cline, by the way, is INCREDIBLE. pretty brilliant. Hella is great, but he gets to explore with the more projects he experiments with...

[AufleyStrange]

yeah i agree, i personally love his new Astrological Straits.

[giftofnothing]

is the nels cline zach hill thing out??? i just saw sbach shit was good but without zach hill it was just, good...

[BoundtoUnwound]

Absolutely! its probably about two years old... its called DAMSEL and it was released on Temporary Residence Limited. Zach Hill on drums, Nels on Guitars and electronics and two other guys-a bass player and another guy on electronics. Its a wicked album. worth getting if your a fan of either of the two big names

[psychopomp88]

Two days ago there was news that the Omar/Zach Hill album will be released very soon. it might have a release date, i forget.

[synestheticmusic]

i just came.

[psychopomp88]

haha. actually, i looked back at the myspace thing i read..it says it's mixed and produced (meaning, Omar finally decided he'd fiddled with it for enough months, since he's a perfectionist) and should be out in early 09. hopefully that means like, spring and not summer or fall.

[xassbagxmageex]

kinda reminds me of the mars volta

[joeafish]

except good

[xassbagxmageex]

what! mars volta is good too!

[gunglitcher]

All the symbols at the bottom in the video are in WingDing text.

[Colenelly]

at 1:01, the screen says: What the fuck is this? Who are you?

[ChummyJermel]

what the symbols at the bottom of the screen?

[Colenelly]

yeah

[grapefruit]

Zach hill is the end all of drums... He's with a bunch of other bands u should check em out if you miss their shit when they were just a two piece

[ibanez0000]

Especially Team Sleep.