Just wanted to say that I have been a lifelong supporter of Max Webster and Kim Mitchell the Canadian fans. Love you. You are an icon for the music industry. I am in tears saying this to you as a Canadian friend you are the best, Kim love you. And on are your❤💪🏻👍🏻🇨🇦🏁
But wait there's more !!! Like South Parks's joke goes there's no Canada like French Canada. There's a whole music scene in Quebec that most of us dont even know about. All in French of course but that's cool. Dont have to understand it. Try Offenbach or Corbeau. They are a good start and follow a few links.
Max Webster came and played at our highschool in 78'. Had all their albums and cassettes and played them at all house parties, field parties and trips to Mosport as well as Sandbanks. We took our Max tapes to a week long ski trip in Killington Vermont and the Americans loved it. At one bar they played our tapes all night long. The place was just a rock'in.
I have NO idea how I came upon this.... But it just changed my life..!! Hahaha This is so fucking amazing..!!!! I wish I heard this when I was younger. Holy Shit it is good..!!!!!
Got my introduction to Max Webster back in late 1970's, when friends and I attended a 4 bands for 5 bucks show here in St. Paul MN, Max was the unknown warm up band, still had Mike Tilka on bass, and TW on the keys. The other bands were in order, Starcastle, Styx, and Rush. Max crushed at this show, so impressed, I went on a search at the record store to find their lps, and came home with the first self tltled and High Class in Borrowed Shoes, and man did we wear those lps out. Followed them ever since.
One of the most underrated bands of all time. Kim is such a great guitar player and there is so much happening in their music,. You never get tired listening to it. "You got a hangover? I got a hangover" :-)
I don't think they are underrated, at least not in Canada. Everybody I speak with about Cdn music thinks the world of them. Nobody down here in the states ever heard of them, or Kim for that matter. When I introduce them, they are loved. I guess Max/Kim preferred to stay north with their marketing.
I have followed them since the first albums The Party, Hangover, Lily, , then came High Class in Borrowed Shoes, than Mutiny Up My Sleave , A Million Vacation, Universal Juveniles, but than Max Webster Desolved? Kim Mitchell's legacy continues today as he continues to write and perform, thanks another Kim.
@@johnsmith7345I'm pretty sure I saw Kim Mitchell pull in to the Bala Bay Inn parking lot in a Dodge Viper years ago. My memory is a little foggy around that time for obvious reasons.
OMG I WAS THERE!! I was at that very show I actually worked as a staff roadie for the Roxy Theater, and Max Webster was my first show. I was 16-17 at the time and was already a huge Max Webster fan, so you could imagine how cool it was to see the band and crew behind the scenes; as they gave me a lesson in how to unpack band gear and set up a theater stage… all this and I got my own private mini concert (they called it a sound check) before the amazing show that night. I was lucky enough to have been working the Roxy for many great bands of the time like Goddo, Teenage Head, Nash the Slash, Saga to name a few. This is a great gem of a memory. I still can’t believe this footage exists! If there is any more Roxy theater footage lying around, it would be so amazing to see it Thank you Bob for sharing an actual piece of my teens with me and the world! Cheers
Saw MW with Rush in '80 in Birmingham Al. They came on stage unannounced, did Check & got a standing ovation. I was shocked knowing UFO got booed off the stage when they played before Rush a few years earlier. Got to meet KIm Mitchell while Rush played. He was super nice to me. Never forget the moment when both bands played Battlescar. One of the best concerts ever.
Such a great band. I'm from Buffalo NY & have seen Max Webster & Kim Mitchell solo many times & also met Kim great guy. I believe the keyboardist in this video Dave Stone did a short stint in Rainbow playing on the Long Live Rock & Roll album. Long Live Max....
@@DanielHoerle-ww9soOh Christ! I'd love to see two masters like them together! I saw Frank Marino ans Mahogany Rush at Place de Nation in Montreal in 1978
Like a lot of people we saw Max Webster when they were support to Rush. What a superb gig. 2 bands for the price of one and later on I got one of the Kim Mitchell solo albums which is very good and has stood the test of time. Unlike a great deal of music.
Max Webster/UFO/Rush @ the Sam Houston Coliseum : Farewell To Kings Tour. What a freaking show. I’ll never forget Kim’s guitar sound. I’d never seen or heard of Max, but that show changed everything. I remember hearing “Oh War! & at the same timing thinking, “these guys dress like a bunch of clowns but holy fuck, this band is something special!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
I remember in the early 80s, here in MN, radio station KQRS would play Battlescar quite regularly. Never much else from them….man I’ve missed a lot. This stuff is great
Saw Max Webster play live in the gym (lol) as well at my old high school in Mississauga around the same time. Saw them play many other venues throughout Ottawa and Ontario later on and they always put on a kick ass concert. Ahhh yes, the golden age of rock music when musicians were actually musicians and not this pre-packaged bubble wrapped bullshit of today! \m/
Omg Kimbo you were so insane. So proud to say I saw you twice in the 70's. Both at Hamilton Place. Last Million Dollar Vacation Tour. I was the lucky kid who won the Million Dollar vacation and got to meet you back stage. A life highlight at only 14 years old (the days when parents didn't even know we were out so late or didn't care!). You were so patient with a snotty nose kid. I was just a young kid and didn't know any better I thought you were the top band in the world to me. Watching this again now I realize oh ya you were just the rest of the world didn't know it yet! You still rock at the reunion show at the Q107 Toronto show and at the Stratford private corporate show. May you always rock! Still a living legend to me!
Before this was a concert venue, I used to go to the Roxy which was a movie theatre. Saw Steve McQueen in Grand Prix there, when I was a kid. First saw Max Webster about ten years later at Blue Mountain in Collingwood with a high school crush named Helene. Magical. Great video of a great band at a great time!
Blast from the past. Seeing them at the gardens with rush, in bala. Wow good times. Reminds me of the old parties up north, past Barrie even, lol. Max Webster will always be Canadian gold
I've been saying this for years: If Lorne Micheals...Canadian producer of Saturday Night Live...had booked them for the show at some point in the late-70s, Max would have blown up, and we'd be having an entirely different conversation right now.
@@bleepbleep1961 Great question. I know that fans are either hot or cold about this song, but for me, it's always been my go-to Max tune (so much so that I wrote it into a novel), and I know it would have really gotten people's attention: 'Toronto Tontos'.
Have seen Max Webster many times live and Kim during his solo career. Without a doubt a very underated guitar player, Mitchell and Dubois are one of the best songwriting teams to ever come out of Canada. Remember getting tickets and going to Maple Leaf Gardens to see both Max Webster and Rush perform, that was one amazing concert! Kim Pre Baseball Cap! Haha
When Max Was on tour with Rush, Max was the opener(obviously) and Neil used to play along with Gary McCracken behind the stage curtain as a warmup. What an honor for Gary... Make no mistake, In my jaded American eyes, Rush and Max are equal in creativity and musicality... American fan since 1980.
Kim was one of the first shredders, and still kept melodic sense. Wanker kids today could learn plenty from this guy. Totally underrated player. Even Zappa liked this band.
Me and my buddies grew up listening to Max, Rush, Goddo, Triumph, Moxy, and countless other great Canadian bands ! We made a Max Webster greatest hits cassette, and mailed it to Frank Zappa. Never heard back, but I'm sure if he listened to it, he would have loved, and appreciated it !!!
Still remember watching this simulcast as a kid and being totally blown away. Max Webster (and Kim) changed my life. I watch this now and literally get choked up as the memories flood back. A little disappointed (okay, REALLY disappointed) that none of this concert (or ALL OF IT) wasn’t included in the recent Max Webster box set ‘The Party’. This was an awesome show and the band stepped on it hard that night. But I suppose you can’t make a world to order like a hotel services food. 🙂 Will always treasure Max Webster. Love ya Kim!!!! Thank you for the decades of sonically stellar music and guitar pyrotechnics. Check out the solo at 17:25 during In Context of the Moon - talk about the guitar being an extension of the man. Simply mind blowing.
Wow, I love old progressive rock and didn't know about these guys until I was checking out. Kim Mitchell live video and saw some comments... these guys rock!
1980 Barrie, saw the 'VERY BEST' of the 'Kim Mitchell/Max Webster" band era of Kim Mitchell AND COMPANY... Kim is a guitar genius. I went to his "Block Head" album release party. (A party held in a 3 story 'old style house' with only room to move (if someone else managed to move) no matter what floor you were on. Basement had 3 wash tubs filled with beer. I remember looking up at a taxi's roof headliner and saying, 'Oh what a party'. Over and over. Kim Mitchell deserves a huge applause from every Canadian.
My God, these guys are tremendous. This is the first time I've heard them...and I'm totally converted. They shoulda been Huge outside Canada. Must've been some Gig, these guys and Rush on the same night. Wow!
Max was on the same label as Rush (Anthem), so they used to tour together a lot. When I'd see them, I'd come away feeling that Max was the better band and should've been the headliner. However I do keep in mind that Rush was still in their growing/improving stage, while Max was at their peak.
I lived in Oshawa. Some high school buddies and I were hired as security for a Max Webster show at the Whitby ON. Auditorium in … ‘78 ? It was a hockey arena. We got to meet the band, watch the show and got paid $25 and a free T- shirt. Good times!
I used to play this cassette all the time in my dorm room albeit too loud and too frequently. So a guy in the room next to me who had never heard of Max asks to borrow my tape. He then proceeds to play it loud and all the time. Contagious!
The last time I saw Max Webster they opened up for Rush at Massey Hall in Toronto, Canada for the All The World's A Stage show when Rush recorded their live album' I was there for their 2nd night of a 3rd night sold out show. Both bands were excellent and to this day I still love Max Webster. Thanks for posting.
Monsters of Rock......and as great as they are, aKIMbo remains one of us, the working class of musicians, who has toured every nook and cranny of Canada, coast to coast and remains as modest and humble as any country farmer you'd meet on the street to this very day.......amazing !....one of the very best this country has to offer.
Or even better at 29:30 ... the super fan is so excited that he has to fall to his knees and pound the floor in pure joy. Too cool ! Love that rock happiness of seeing a great band play live.
Saw Max open for Rush in Halifax in 79 or 80 and they just ripped up the joint..amazing LIVE band!!Mitchell blasting away on chet akins hollow body..unreal!!!!!!!!
I was always a fan (since 75) ... but about great bands existing... you need to get out there are lots... we just get too old to go ...and "Check it out" I'll give you one Canadian band to search for Bend Sinister (little different sound - but a great band). Cheers
Kim walking into the audience on Beyond The Moon reminded me of seeing The Kim Mitchell Band at the Squires Inn just outside Lambeth/London in the early-mid part of the 80's. He stepped off the stage, and right on to our table with a little guitar wizardry!! Whether it was Max Webster, or his brilliant solo work...they were always high energy, and extremely tight. One of Canada's all time finest. Thanks for these great memories!!
They opened the "All The World's A Stage" at Massey Hall in '76. They were quite damn good - sorrily - something was lacking as far as big album sales and tours were concerned. Phenomenal musicians.
wasn't lucky enough to see this show... was recording at home, so have been listening to the tapes all these years , thousands of times . Nice to see the full show on video finally....incredible band.
Funny the video is crappy being from a cable TV show by MUCHMUSIC. Yet, the audio is pretty good. I'll assume there is good quality VHS of the show somewhere hiding at CITYTV.
@@biggusdickus6163 My ads 910s are large studio monitors and are very forgiving it seems. Everything sounds great through them as long as the recording is at least mediocre.
Kim’s a true Canadian rock legend! Way ahead of his time with his writing, arrangements, and sound. Max Webster was a staple for me in the late 70s/early 80s. Easily converted to Kim Mitchell when he went solo following the disbanding of MW. 👊🇨🇦
I lived for the New Music simulcasts ... it blew my mind that i could see the visuals on tv and hear the audio on Chum Fm 😂 i thought we were in the space age 🚀👩🚀 ...also pretty cool that this one took place at my home away from home (thanks Roxy theater for many great memories)
God knows how this appeared on my feed. I saw Max Webster at the Hammersmith Odeon (UK) supporting Rush on their Hemispheres tour, (1979). As I recall they were very well received, which was unusual for support acts back then. I picked up a couple of albums (Magnetic Air and Hangover) as a result of seeing them. Thanks for uploading this.
I saw them at Hillside Secondary School and we were asked to help provide the background / intro screaming on the song “The Party” Such memories Thanks Kim and guys !
one of the greatest concert I see as a kid was Max Webster I saw them 4 times. super underrated band P.S. when I saw them, no one was sitting down @ the Peterborough Memorial Center
Max Webster kudo’s. I was listening to them in 1980 when only 1 other guy was. It changed the bar to a new level for performance, execution and delivery along with learning to master the composition. TY. d
went into a Bar in Owen Sound one summer night in 1980 probably right around this time. Sat at a table and ordered some beers with my buddies. These guys got up from a table next to us, got up on stage and started playing!! We were all totally blown away because kim had been sitting with his back to us and well didnt recognize the other band members back then. There was hardly anybody there and no sign out front who was playing that night. Apparently they where doing a little tour around cottage country. That was a pretty epic night !
My dad has a very similar story at a place called Uncle Sam's in Niagara Falls. Kim actually chilled at their table and knocked a few back before getting on stage! Completely shredded it according to dad.
I might have been there that night in Owen Sound. It was the last time I saw them live and at this point, it was Mitchell, McCracken, David Stone (keys), Mike Gingrich (bass) and Steve McMurrary (guitars).
Saw them at a high school in Burlington about 2 weeks before the blockhead album was released...nobody had heard of them and only about 40 people were at the show...the band were chattin with everyone who had a word for them after the show..great bunch of guys, and when the album came out just after everyone was hooked...and pissed as they missed an awesome show!
i consider this to be one of the greatest live concerts of all time. the energy, their playing, the sound. planets all seem to have aligned for this show in Barrie. wow.
I was at the 2nd nights show. It was my first real concert I was able to go to thanks to tickets from WLUP. Had already joined the Rush nation. It was my first time seeing Max Webster and didn't take long to see how talented Kim and the guys were.
Loved these guys (and still do) way back when in high school in Ontario..all my buddies had all the Rush albums me , not even 1 but I had all the Max records 😉..Kim’s playing, phrasing, melodic sense, time, is friggin incredible,,top notch ..nice memories and good feelings listening to them again now after 40+ yrs..
They opened for Rush in 1976 just after they released 2112 in Ottawa along with Ian Thomas . Tickets were $ 5.75.... we were 10 rows up from the stage . Awesome freaken show ..
Just wanted to say that I have been a lifelong supporter of Max Webster and Kim Mitchell the Canadian fans. Love you. You are an icon for the music industry. I am in tears saying this to you as a Canadian friend you are the best, Kim love you. And on are your❤💪🏻👍🏻🇨🇦🏁
For such a small population, Canada has produced some incredible bands ! ❤️🇨🇦
The Guess Who is another one!
But wait there's more !!! Like South Parks's joke goes there's no Canada like French Canada.
There's a whole music scene in Quebec that most of us dont even know about. All in French of course but that's cool. Dont have to understand it.
Try Offenbach or Corbeau. They are a good start and follow a few links.
Well it was either play guitar or ride a skidoo all day long
Check out 'The Beaches'
@@vincentlussier8264The Band
Max Webster came and played at our highschool in 78'. Had all their albums and cassettes and played them at all house parties, field parties and trips to Mosport as well as Sandbanks. We took our Max tapes to a week long ski trip in Killington Vermont and the Americans loved it. At one bar they played our tapes all night long. The place was just a rock'in.
Oh the memories of being a teenager in the 70's in Canada 🇨🇦
the Gasworks too
Yes Canada used to be amazing
I have NO idea how I came upon this.... But it just changed my life..!! Hahaha This is so fucking amazing..!!!! I wish I heard this when I was younger. Holy Shit it is good..!!!!!
Without question, the most underrated band ever. So glad you found this.
How can a band be that good and I never heard of them until a week ago.
Welcome aboard the bozo bus. There is no such thing as an ex-Max Webster fan.
@@bobwegner we are all bozos on this bus
First heard them open for UFO, RUSH, 1977. Was blown away.
Thanks to Ricky of Sunnyvale trailer park, I became a max Webster Kim mitchel fan years ago!
@@williamweiss6128 That must've been one helluva show.
Got my introduction to Max Webster back in late 1970's, when friends and I attended a 4 bands for 5 bucks show here in St. Paul MN, Max was the unknown warm up band, still had Mike Tilka on bass, and TW on the keys. The other bands were in order, Starcastle, Styx, and Rush. Max crushed at this show, so impressed, I went on a search at the record store to find their lps, and came home with the first self tltled and High Class in Borrowed Shoes, and man did we wear those lps out. Followed them ever since.
Looks like it's this show :)
maxwebsterlive.ca/1977-05-06-st-paul
Great show
@@bobwegner Dave Stone on keys in this show
Omg! What a fab lineup - for five bucks? Whaaaa!
Had to be the best band ever to see tripping ✌️
One of the most underrated bands of all time. Kim is such a great guitar player and there is so much happening in their music,. You never get tired listening to it. "You got a hangover? I got a hangover" :-)
Great showmanship too. Kim Mitchell's dances. Everyone played with conviction that went to the overall sound of the band and not just their own parts.
Kim Mitchell and Frank Marino 2 of Canadas best.
Kim's humility will override any performer. He is so down to earth and humble. A content person. Amazing
@@johndavidhart8021 Probably had a good solid upbringing
I don't think they are underrated, at least not in Canada. Everybody I speak with about Cdn music thinks the world of them. Nobody down here in the states ever heard of them, or Kim for that matter. When I introduce them, they are loved. I guess Max/Kim preferred to stay north with their marketing.
I have followed them since the first albums The Party, Hangover, Lily, , then came High Class in Borrowed Shoes, than Mutiny Up My Sleave , A Million Vacation, Universal Juveniles, but than Max Webster Desolved? Kim Mitchell's legacy continues today as he continues to write and perform, thanks another Kim.
Summers in Canada,drinking , fishing and Max Webster ☘️🚬🥂🖤
Water skiing, babes in short shorts, fireworks, dancing fires on the beach, singing songs together.
@@MohammedSingharAh yes “mohammed” the newest upcoming Canadian name….
Max Webster at Kee to Bala we all sat on the floor (no smoking) like polite canadian kids.
Taking my son this weekend.Let's see if he can handle it.
@@johnsmith7345I'm pretty sure I saw Kim Mitchell pull in to the Bala Bay Inn parking lot in a Dodge Viper years ago. My memory is a little foggy around that time for obvious reasons.
Max Webster..possibly the best rock music to come out of S Ontario. Makes me proud! Kim was/is the shit
This was the pinnacle of civilization. We have been declining ever since...
Devolution 😊 Devo
@@busterstutts9849 Predevolution 😄 Predevo
Mind blowing band. 40 years later, this still rocks my world!
OMG I WAS THERE!! I was at that very show
I actually worked as a staff roadie for the Roxy Theater, and Max Webster was my first show.
I was 16-17 at the time and was already a huge Max Webster fan, so you could imagine how cool it was to see the band and crew behind the scenes; as they gave me a lesson in how to unpack band gear and set up a theater stage… all this and I got my own private mini concert (they called it a sound check) before the amazing show that night.
I was lucky enough to have been working the Roxy for many great bands of the time like Goddo, Teenage Head, Nash the Slash, Saga to name a few.
This is a great gem of a memory. I still can’t believe this footage exists!
If there is any more Roxy theater footage lying around, it would be so amazing to see it
Thank you Bob for sharing an actual piece of my teens with me and the world!
Cheers
Great story !
Without a doubt there must be more footage on the cutting room floor. But this is all we've got for now.
Uncle D awesome that you were there! I was 14 at the time and remember seeing this on the New Music! I've always been a big fan of Max Webster!
ur a lucky son of a bitch
It is nice to see Mitch play his Gretch again Max is the only reason I am proud to be a Canadian Rocker from ZOONEY
Nice!!@
Saw MW with Rush in '80 in Birmingham Al. They came on stage unannounced, did Check & got a standing ovation. I was shocked knowing UFO got booed off the stage when they played before Rush a few years earlier. Got to meet KIm Mitchell while Rush played. He was super nice to me. Never forget the moment when both bands played Battlescar. One of the best concerts ever.
would love to hav e sce that battlescar live max and Rush
@@chrissexsmith2122 yah , saw them both at Maple Leaf Gardens New Years Eve 1981 I believe. Battlescar..last song.
@@bobbyjames4300 I was there too
Such a great band. I'm from Buffalo NY & have seen Max Webster & Kim Mitchell solo many times & also met Kim great guy. I believe the keyboardist in this video Dave Stone did a short stint in Rainbow playing on the Long Live Rock & Roll album. Long Live Max....
Had all their 8-tracks, now all the LPs. Awesome & underrated. Mutiny Up My Sleeve definitely in my all-time top 10.
A Gibson SG with 2 P90’s and a pair of Fender twins.
Good lord…legend
Can you imagine if kim mitchell and Frank Marino did a band together
@@DanielHoerle-ww9soOh Christ! I'd love to see two masters like them together! I saw Frank Marino ans Mahogany Rush at Place de Nation in Montreal in 1978
Gibson SG. Hardest Working Guitar In Rock❤
Max Webster was an awesome show to see in the 80s
Damn. Thanks, a Canadian Heritage Moment.
Everyone sitting down so canadian I remember going to parties and everyone sitting down in the living room. People wouldnt believe you.
Like a lot of people we saw Max Webster when they were support to Rush. What a superb gig. 2 bands for the price of one and later on I got one of the Kim Mitchell solo albums which is very good and has stood the test of time. Unlike a great deal of music.
Kim Mitchell = Wasaga Beach. He was there every summer in the 80's / 90's. So much talent. Should have been one of the biggest bands in the world!
you can only drive down main street, so many times
@@agauci2010 That road is gone now...the water got too high and they covered it with sand.
@@agauci2010 The road is back now :)
Max Webster was my very first concert ever. Hamilton Place such a long time ago.
Thanks for bringing back such awesome memories!!!!
Max Webster/UFO/Rush @ the Sam Houston Coliseum : Farewell To Kings Tour. What a freaking show. I’ll never forget Kim’s guitar sound. I’d never seen or heard of Max, but that show changed everything. I remember hearing “Oh War! & at the same timing thinking, “these guys dress like a bunch of clowns but holy fuck, this band is something special!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
I saw Max Webster in Toronto in 1979 at Massey hall,they were great.
I remember in the early 80s, here in MN, radio station KQRS would play Battlescar quite regularly. Never much else from them….man I’ve missed a lot. This stuff is great
Saw them at Niagara District High School 78 ? kids sitting on the gymnasium floor & they were fantastic, my first concert !! haha
Reminded of just how f'ing incredible they were !!
Saw Max Webster play live in the gym (lol) as well at my old high school in Mississauga around the same time. Saw them play many other venues throughout Ottawa and Ontario later on and they always put on a kick ass concert. Ahhh yes, the golden age of rock music when musicians were actually musicians and not this pre-packaged bubble wrapped bullshit of today! \m/
Omg Kimbo you were so insane. So proud to say I saw you twice in the 70's. Both at Hamilton Place. Last Million Dollar Vacation Tour. I was the lucky kid who won the Million Dollar vacation and got to meet you back stage. A life highlight at only 14 years old (the days when parents didn't even know we were out so late or didn't care!). You were so patient with a snotty nose kid. I was just a young kid and didn't know any better I thought you were the top band in the world to me. Watching this again now I realize oh ya you were just the rest of the world didn't know it yet! You still rock at the reunion show at the Q107 Toronto show and at the Stratford private corporate show. May you always rock! Still a living legend to me!
Tim - I actually have the audio of this ! Very cool that you're the guy.
Before this was a concert venue, I used to go to the Roxy which was a movie theatre. Saw Steve McQueen in Grand Prix there, when I was a kid. First saw Max Webster about ten years later at Blue Mountain in Collingwood with a high school crush named Helene. Magical.
Great video of a great band at a great time!
Blast from the past. Seeing them at the gardens with rush, in bala. Wow good times. Reminds me of the old parties up north, past Barrie even, lol. Max Webster will always be Canadian gold
Drive and Desire has always been one of my favorites. That guitar lick has been in my head for 35 years.
I've been saying this for years: If Lorne Micheals...Canadian producer of Saturday Night Live...had booked them for the show at some point in the late-70s, Max would have blown up, and we'd be having an entirely different conversation right now.
Absolutely !!! I wonder which 2 Songs they would have Chosen !!
@@bleepbleep1961 Great question. I know that fans are either hot or cold about this song, but for me, it's always been my go-to Max tune (so much so that I wrote it into a novel), and I know it would have really gotten people's attention: 'Toronto Tontos'.
@@probitionate Agreed !! that would have been a Great scene !
Have seen Max Webster many times live and Kim during his solo career. Without a doubt a very underated guitar player, Mitchell and Dubois are one of the best songwriting teams to ever come out of Canada. Remember getting tickets and going to Maple Leaf Gardens to see both Max Webster and Rush perform, that was one amazing concert! Kim Pre Baseball Cap! Haha
When Max Was on tour with Rush, Max was the opener(obviously) and Neil used to play along with Gary McCracken behind the stage curtain as a warmup. What an honor for Gary... Make no mistake, In my jaded American eyes, Rush and Max are equal in creativity and musicality... American fan since 1980.
Kim was one of the first shredders, and still kept melodic sense. Wanker kids today could learn plenty from this guy. Totally underrated player. Even Zappa liked this band.
is that a mexican poncho, or is that a sears poncho...hmmm...no foolin !!!!
shatnershairpiece I
Me and my buddies grew up listening to Max, Rush, Goddo, Triumph, Moxy, and countless other great Canadian bands ! We made a Max Webster greatest hits cassette, and mailed it to Frank Zappa. Never heard back, but I'm sure if he listened to it, he would have loved, and appreciated it !!!
@@LEAFYANKEE65I just found G fine tunes
@@LEAFYANKEE65 Hilarious! I've been telling folks about Max for decades. Always mention Zappa when describing them.
I got to see them open for Rush in March 1978. And as headliners a couple of years later. Both in Guelph Ontario.
Best music ever ,seen max webster rush triumph in high school,lighthouse kids today don’t know what music really was,shame!!!rock on
Still remember watching this simulcast as a kid and being totally blown away. Max Webster (and Kim) changed my life. I watch this now and literally get choked up as the memories flood back. A little disappointed (okay, REALLY disappointed) that none of this concert (or ALL OF IT) wasn’t included in the recent Max Webster box set ‘The Party’. This was an awesome show and the band stepped on it hard that night.
But I suppose you can’t make a world to order like a hotel services food. 🙂
Will always treasure Max Webster. Love ya Kim!!!! Thank you for the decades of sonically stellar music and guitar pyrotechnics.
Check out the solo at 17:25 during In Context of the Moon -
talk about the guitar being an extension of the man. Simply mind blowing.
Wow, I love old progressive rock and didn't know about these guys until I was checking out. Kim Mitchell live video and saw some comments... these guys rock!
Welcome aboard ! Once you know this brilliant band existed, life is never quite the same.
I’m 57 listening with buds on the wife’s pad ‘cause I burned mine out. So happy to read so many Canadian stories of Max. I’ve a few also.
Bring it - we're listening.
Lovin it from Toronto Canada 🇨🇦
How have I never heard of these guys? Wow!!!
1980 Barrie, saw the 'VERY BEST' of the 'Kim Mitchell/Max Webster" band era of Kim Mitchell AND COMPANY... Kim is a guitar genius. I went to his "Block Head" album release party. (A party held in a 3 story 'old style house' with only room to move (if someone else managed to move) no matter what floor you were on. Basement had 3 wash tubs filled with beer. I remember looking up at a taxi's roof headliner and saying, 'Oh what a party'. Over and over. Kim Mitchell deserves a huge applause from every Canadian.
Just attended Kim Mitchell concert in Windsor, Ontario this past weekend - He's still got it !! Great concert. Guitar maniac !!
This was the music I grew up with! Miss those days! Thanks for putting this out there!❤❤❤❤❤
My God, these guys are tremendous. This is the first time I've heard them...and I'm totally converted. They shoulda been Huge outside Canada. Must've been some Gig, these guys and Rush on the same night. Wow!
Yep, there was a huge market for them in Europe, but the biz dropped the ball. Hunter S Thompson's "music business" quote and all that.
Max was on the same label as Rush (Anthem), so they used to tour together a lot. When I'd see them, I'd come away feeling that Max was the better band and should've been the headliner. However I do keep in mind that Rush was still in their growing/improving stage, while Max was at their peak.
Way ahead of their time. What a great band.
I lived in Oshawa. Some high school buddies and I were hired as security for a Max Webster show at the Whitby ON. Auditorium in … ‘78 ? It was a hockey arena. We got to meet the band, watch the show and got paid $25 and a free T- shirt. Good times!
I used to play this cassette all the time in my dorm room albeit too loud and too frequently. So a guy in the room next to me who had never heard of Max asks to borrow my tape. He then proceeds to play it loud and all the time. Contagious!
My good old neighbors from Grandview avenue, I miss them.
@@1TBX69 I bet you have a tale or two you could tell.
David Stone on Keyboards,Amazing Player,Played with Rainbow Ronnie James Dio era......Amazing show Thanks for posting,Blessings from Le Studio
The last time I saw Max Webster they opened up for Rush at Massey Hall in Toronto, Canada for the All The World's A Stage show when Rush recorded their live album' I was there for their 2nd night of a 3rd night sold out show. Both bands were excellent and to this day I still love Max Webster. Thanks for posting.
Lucky you for seeing that show ! There are photos here:
maxwebsterlive.ca/1976-06-11-toronto
Thanks and yes... I've been on this website before. Very cool indeed.
It's my site, so thanks !
And it's very well maintened. All we need now is one for Wireless.....lol
I am Jealous. ATWAS is my all-time fav live record(s)... To see MW on the same bill would have been amazing!
This is absolute GOLD!!!
We saw Max Webster open for Rush a couple of times in Detroit and were instant fans. They were a perfect band for a Detroit crowd.
Awesome job on the production. Thanks so much for posting this Bob!
100%
+1. This is awesome!
I scream "YOWZAAÀ"!!! THUMBS UP, BOB!!!!
omg webster is my very close second to rush. saw them several times back in the day. incredible audio on this cut with a very large belated thank-you.
Always went to see them at the Horseshoe tavern in Toronto. My all time favourite Canadian band.
Monsters of Rock......and as great as they are, aKIMbo remains one of us, the working class of musicians, who has toured every nook and cranny of Canada, coast to coast and remains as modest and humble as any country farmer you'd meet on the street to this very day.......amazing !....one of the very best this country has to offer.
Or even better at 29:30 ... the super fan is so excited that he has to fall to his knees and pound the floor in pure joy. Too cool ! Love that rock happiness of seeing a great band play live.
Great band's like this barely exists anymore
No kidding, Johnny so true.
Saw Max open for Rush in Halifax in 79 or 80 and they just ripped up the joint..amazing LIVE band!!Mitchell blasting away on chet akins hollow body..unreal!!!!!!!!
I was always a fan (since 75) ... but about great bands existing... you need to get out there are lots... we just get too old to go ...and "Check it out" I'll give you one Canadian band to search for Bend Sinister (little different sound - but a great band). Cheers
There a millions of great bands out there, they are mouse click away on youtube.
@@Johnnywhamo Like?
My brother and I were both there for this concert ! Very cool ! A great memory !
Kim walking into the audience on Beyond The Moon reminded me of seeing The Kim Mitchell Band at the Squires Inn just outside Lambeth/London in the early-mid part of the 80's. He stepped off the stage, and right on to our table with a little guitar wizardry!! Whether it was Max Webster, or his brilliant solo work...they were always high energy, and extremely tight. One of Canada's all time finest. Thanks for these great memories!!
Playlist of my teens ❤
They opened the "All The World's A Stage" at Massey Hall in '76. They were quite damn good - sorrily - something was lacking as far as big album sales and tours were concerned. Phenomenal musicians.
*The great Rush double live LP.
maxwebsterlive.ca/1976-06-11-toronto
wasn't lucky enough to see this show... was recording at home, so have been listening to the tapes all these years , thousands of times . Nice to see the full show on video finally....incredible band.
Thank you so much for synching up the superior audio to this, Max deserves this epic show to be remembered properly!
That drummer is outstanding
Yup. Gary McCracken was a beast.
love max love kim...Canadian thru the heart ...my kid years...
This is an incredibly well-recorded video for being so old. Lots of dynamics from every musician. Nice.
Funny the video is crappy being from a cable TV show by MUCHMUSIC. Yet, the audio is pretty good. I'll assume there is good quality VHS of the show somewhere hiding at CITYTV.
@@biggusdickus6163 My ads 910s are large studio monitors and are very forgiving it seems. Everything sounds great through them as long as the recording is at least mediocre.
Kim’s a true Canadian rock legend! Way ahead of his time with his writing, arrangements, and sound. Max Webster was a staple for me in the late 70s/early 80s. Easily converted to Kim Mitchell when he went solo following the disbanding of MW. 👊🇨🇦
Good god, Comin off the Moon is insane!! That riff is just mind bending.
Max Webster totally rocks !!!
This is Oh My God level of musicianship.
Was waiting for Kim to bust out the OPP hat!! This guy could/can shred with the best!!
I lived for the New Music simulcasts ... it blew my mind that i could see the visuals on tv and hear the audio on Chum Fm 😂 i thought we were in the space age 🚀👩🚀 ...also pretty cool that this one took place at my home away from home (thanks Roxy theater for many great memories)
God knows how this appeared on my feed. I saw Max Webster at the Hammersmith Odeon (UK) supporting Rush on their Hemispheres tour, (1979). As I recall they were very well received, which was unusual for support acts back then. I picked up a couple of albums (Magnetic Air and Hangover) as a result of seeing them.
Thanks for uploading this.
Love Magnetic Air! The live version of Paradise Skies is better than the studio version imo.
I saw them at Hillside Secondary School and we were asked to help provide the background / intro screaming on the song “The Party”
Such memories
Thanks Kim and guys !
Kim's guitars always sounded so good. Even way back then.
one of the greatest concert I see as a kid was Max Webster I saw them 4 times. super underrated band
P.S. when I saw them, no one was sitting down @ the Peterborough Memorial Center
bobwegner, thanks for the work you did on this killer show! Saw these guys twice with Rush back in the day, superb band.
Max Webster kudo’s. I was listening to them in 1980 when only 1 other guy was. It changed the bar to a new level for performance, execution and delivery along with learning to master the composition. TY. d
@RtaniDean once you know, you cannot unknow. They were the best.
went into a Bar in Owen Sound one summer night in 1980 probably right around this time. Sat at a table and ordered some beers with my buddies. These guys got up from a table next to us, got up on stage and started playing!! We were all totally blown away because kim had been sitting with his back to us and well didnt recognize the other band members back then. There was hardly anybody there and no sign out front who was playing that night. Apparently they where doing a little tour around cottage country. That was a pretty epic night !
My dad has a very similar story at a place called Uncle Sam's in Niagara Falls. Kim actually chilled at their table and knocked a few back before getting on stage! Completely shredded it according to dad.
I might have been there that night in Owen Sound. It was the last time I saw them live and at this point, it was Mitchell, McCracken, David Stone (keys), Mike Gingrich (bass) and Steve McMurrary (guitars).
What a blast from the past , I was lucky enough to see these outstanding musicians in my youth on three occasions.
Lets hear it for sound men.........What freagin production!
Songs from UNIVERSAL JUVENILE, my definitely most loved album of MAX WEBSTER: They never reached this level before and after. Great Band.
Love Drive and Desire, one of my favorites since this record came out.
One of their best for sure.
I'v seen Max Webster live many times , My favorite was New Years Eve with Rush 🤸♀🎸🥁🎹 What a Party 🎊🎊💨💨💨
About as good audio as you could pray for 45 years later!!
My buddy and I watched this simulcast in 1st year at Mohawk College. Gotta love Max and Kim. Great post, thank you.
Saw them at a high school in Burlington about 2 weeks before the blockhead album was released...nobody had heard of them and only about 40 people were at the show...the band were chattin with everyone who had a word for them after the show..great bunch of guys, and when the album came out just after everyone was hooked...and pissed as they missed an awesome show!
I saw this last tour in Oshawa. It was great. Thanks for posting this simulcast!
I was in attendance, a great show it was
This quality!! Man I loved MW back in the day and was lucky to catch them several times between '76 and '80. Best live band in the '70's.
Yes sir, big time! I seen them in Woodstock, ON. Just welded A Million Vacations..AWESOME 👌
i consider this to be one of the greatest live concerts of all time. the energy, their playing, the sound. planets all seem to have aligned for this show in Barrie. wow.
Saw this lineup in Chicago at the Amphitheater. Universal Juveniles, great record. I know why Rush had such respect for the Max.
There's actually a recording from one of those nights in Chicago - have you heard it !?
bobwegner Wasn't aware of that. Do you know where I might find it?
www.maxwebsterlive.ca
Drop me a line !
I was at the 2nd nights show. It was my first real concert I was able to go to thanks to tickets from WLUP. Had already joined the Rush nation. It was my first time seeing Max Webster and didn't take long to see how talented Kim and the guys were.
Loved these guys (and still do) way back when in high school in Ontario..all my buddies had all the Rush albums me , not even 1 but I had all the Max records 😉..Kim’s playing, phrasing, melodic sense, time, is friggin incredible,,top notch ..nice memories and good feelings listening to them again now after 40+ yrs..
shoulda/coulda been been 1 of the biggest bands in the world
Never heard of these fantastic guy(s)!!! Great!!! best wishes from germany!
These guys are killer and I am grateful to the Canadian RUclipsrs.
They opened for Rush in 1976 just after they released 2112 in Ottawa along with Ian Thomas . Tickets were $ 5.75.... we were 10 rows up from the stage . Awesome freaken show ..
saw that tour at Massey Hall wish I still had my hair
Max Webster played not once but twice at my high school in the day (along with Goddo and Teenage Head)
Man those were the days!
man I wish I went to high school we had teenage head
@@chrissexsmith2122 I had saw Teenage Head too many times great band and nice guys to talk to actually as I have many times
I miss Frank
Me too Anderson st High school in Whitby in the 70s ✌👊👊👍🍁
Those were the days too when they had shows like The New Music that played good music.