Luna play "California All the Way" circa 1994

The alternative rock band Luna plays "California All the Way" live in a 1994 incarnation of the band with Stanley Demeski still on drums and Justin Harwood on bass

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• Luna
• Dean
• Wareham
• California
• all
• the
• way
• alt
• rock
• mtv
• nineties
• galaxie
• 500

[jimaluko]

Dean had the flannel and the hair, but good grief, could there have been more of a mismatch between MTV 120 Minutes and Luna? I guess there was a fleeting moment in the early 90's when all bets were off for any alt associated bands..

[orbfile]

@jimaluko This comment makes no sense, but it sounds like you didn't live through it. 120 Minutes was the only place to see Luna on MTV. They were rarely, if ever played in rotation. 120 Minutes was the last saving grace of music television. They had already started to show The Real World, which started the ultimate downfall of an already trite network.

[jimaluko]

@orbfile I stand corrected, guess my 120 minutes experience occurred at the peak of the grunge phase...

[swanstep]

Great great song. Thanks for posting. Is this from an SNL soundcheck/rehesarsal?

[jimaluko]

think it's from 120 minutes on MTV

[davefusa]

i miss 1994

[tlm315]

@cbmccarthy saw Lou Reed in 94 also but it was the Feelies opening for him...which consisted Stanley Deminski on drums...i guess New york had just been released.love Lou Reed...but the Feelies kicked ass

[TherealAmad3u5]

Just found this band. Genius!

[EndureFocusEngageDie]

DEPRESSED - YES

[crashvelvet]

@cbmccarthy I saw this show too, in S.F. - it was my intro to Luna. I followed them to the very bitter end where I saw their last tour here in Portland. Once, again, while visiting S.F., my friend and I got backstage at the Warfield and met Dean. Dean and stale sushi. It was a "moment" in my life! :-)

[darke812]

ok, everyone, I discovered Luna while watching a compilation hand job video--yes that kind. The music was fucking cool! Hedgehog and Peaky Freaky (I think) was playing over all these cum shots.

Anyways, music was so good I bought two of their CDs right away and started diggin through the vids. Great stuff!

[maulyyy]

@Kinshasa9200 pup tent

[brokendials]

@Kinshasa9200 check out "Penthouse." I feel like on that album Luna became a band of their own, rather than a post-Galaxie 500 project or Dean Wareham solo effort. If that makes sense.

[Raymantico]

plaid but not flannel

[chocolateflavoredgum]

i recorded this on VHS in 1994 and was so so so obsessed with it. so so so so. that and the seed performance that came before or aft, can't remember which.