There is always the inevitable jaw-drop to the floor upon initial contact with the Locust live.Ours came when we saw them at a small all ages café in Stockholm expecting an emo band or something of that nature.
Fucking awesome.. Imagine seeing this back in the day before social media and everything technology took over.. any band playing and starting live at a record store is real reason to love and enjoy music for what it is and brings.
i think this might be from '96 instead of '95!! if you look very closely in the background around roughly 1:20, there's a promo poster for Repetition by Unwound (which was recorded/released in 1996)
The Locust are the only band ever that has 3 vocalists without any one of them ever being like the 'lead' singer. Closest thing was Joey having the most dominant vocal part on Safety Second, Body Last.
Wow cool. I didn't think you guys were old enough to be playing in the 90's. I love it. Just subscribed. I love Retox, so I get time to explore from time to time.
longestleg dude the locust, holy molar, all leather (later on) and then of course retox, but they’re even connected to the blood brothers, billy was a part of holy molar
I love that Jimmy has been doing The Album Leaf, now, for over 20 years. my first tattoo was an Album Leaf logo. anyway, that dude has seen some shit. as a fan of all music from hardcore to blues to ambient....I have such big respect for Jimmy Lavalle. and all the projects he has been a part of over the years 😎
Locust before “The”. The best era of this band. I wish the tracks from the splits with Man Is The Bastard and Jenny Piccolo were included on their discography CD.
Impressive how authentic and well done this music is. For 1995 it's ground breaking so long before people catch on, like raw punkish sound of Iggy and the Stooges before people even had "punk in their frame of mind".
Track List 0:18 Head Hits Concrete 0:49 Prepare To Qualify 1:29 Kill Roger Hedgecock 2:18 Cattle Mutilation 2:53 Follow the Flock, Step in Shit 3:42 Ass Gravity 5:06 Pain Reliever 5:54 Coffin Nails 6:27 ? 7:39 Off by a Long Shot 8:15 Keep Off The Tracks 9:00 Sever the Toes
@@3SCAPER00M13Never mind, I didn't read the description for this video which clearly states that it's him here. That's pretty embarrassing. I never saw him with the Beatle bowl cut.
I love this so much. Watched it about 10 times in the past year, shown it to some close friends. So much unparalleled talent in a single 10 minute set. I wonder what Gabe Serbian was up to back in these days.
Then Jimmy LaValle banded up Tristeza, I remember one time they came to play to Mexico City and I told him if he could show me his lip tat and he did, very nice guy. Also, I remember The Locust playing here too; they got very late to the show and didn't have time to make soundcheck or rehearse, but hell like they need it... they just got upstage, made some quick adjusts and knob turns and 3, 2, 1... bammm!! They fucked up us all that night, it was a really good show because also one of my fav Mexican bands, Conspiración Alfa 5, played for the last time that night; you can look for them here at the youtube universe, you won't be disappointed.
Man dude. This video is so sick. It's so cool to see this kind of music happening all the way back then. At that age, their screams were PRIME. I fuckin love the blood curtailing screams. So raw. Coffin nails too! That was a sick song to see played live. I really appreciate you uploading these old videos, people like me and others really get true enjoyment out of watching old footage of their favorite bands. ANY information you can give me on the status of The Locust for 2012? I never got a ch
besides a few mp3 files sent to me on AIM around 98', this was my first experience of the energy THE LOCUST unleashes, back when youtube first became a thing 👏🤔😃
I also remember, at that time, as an aspiring musician, being ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY by their ability to play rhythmically complex mayhem that feels like nonsense, but is heavily orchestrated... GENIUS!
Oh man, I have such nostalgia for the spock-rock thing. I was just young enough when kids got into it that I didn't get it made no sense, but seemed so sick to my 12 year old brain. Tight pants, good skater, loud AF that I liked, but didn't know why...still don't. Jp's rad.
good call on that book, man. i remember a friend of mine having it, and flipping through it one night..only because i had no idea JP even wrote a book in the first place.
The Locust for a time had the same purity of what The Ramones had. They did variations on the same crazy shit over and over, and each song pulled you further into their world where this music was not just interesting, it was great music. And you starting saying things like 'oh I liked that one better than the song before', and thinking 'ah yeah, I really feel the lyrics from that last part'... The concentration of skill and intensity just warped your thinking... in a good way.
dude, do you realise the person who made that comment is the record label that Justin Pearson (the bass player) runs, and was most likely him posting the comment?
this is thanks to commentor morgojimmywins 0:18 Head Hits Concrete 0:49 Prepare To Qualify 1:29 Kill Roger Hedgecock 2:18 Cattle Mutilation 2:53 Follow the Flock, Step in Shit 3:42 Ass Gravity 5:06 Pain Reliever 5:54 Coffin Nails 6:27 ? 7:39 Off by a Long Shot 8:15 Keep Off The Tracks 9:00 Sever the Toes
love the locust..i hear they did a splitsinle with arab on radar...FUCK YEAH LOCUST!!!! i wanna see theese guys live :) even when holy molar was around :)
really? this was pretty hip for 95. weezer was king, so when you get a bunch of skinny little metal heads, playing what's supposed to be grindcore with synthesizers, it stood out. and during the era of seattle, that was as hip as it got. only back then, we didn't call them hipsters, scenesters or emos. we called them "alternatives"....about as lame as it fucking got.
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the Locust, the only band i feel comfortable listening to in public.
Don't forget The Body and Water Torture, gentlemen!
Lol nice. I get that feeling tho😂😂
It makes me wonder if I’d like my butt licked?
Haha. No truer words
I'm doing exactly that right now
The Beatles of the 90's
Beatleviolence
Beni- Oh huh
Did you go to RISD 😆
Soooo true
Ahhaa lol
Spock on guitar, 2 auxiliary Beatles members on bass and drums, and DeMetri Martin on keyboards.
Hahaha
Good ol' spock-rock
Genius remark, nailed it!
There is always the inevitable jaw-drop to the floor upon initial contact with the Locust live.Ours came when we saw them at a small all ages café in Stockholm expecting an emo band or something of that nature.
🤣🤣... legit or not, this definitely reads as an encounter. 🤣🤣👌
It feels like the band members are arguing with each other.
It seems to me like they're in a fight with their instruments. I don't know who's winning, though.
@SANIAISTIE😂🤣😂🤣
Fucking awesome..
Imagine seeing this back in the day before social media and everything technology took over.. any band playing and starting live at a record store is real reason to love and enjoy music for what it is and brings.
i think this might be from '96 instead of '95!! if you look very closely in the background around roughly 1:20, there's a promo poster for Repetition by Unwound (which was recorded/released in 1996)
You might be right, you can also see the vinyl for The Descendents "Everything Sux" which I believe came out in late 1996
@@ajacki5343 Correct!
You're right, this was in 1996. I dug up the old flyer I made for this show, and it was on Friday, October 4th, 1996.
@@andrewreizuch do you have a scan?
@@scronch_ yes. I can email you.
Well that's a new meaning to shared vocal duties!!! LEGENDS IN MY EYES!!!
The Locust are the only band ever that has 3 vocalists without any one of them ever being like the 'lead' singer. Closest thing was Joey having the most dominant vocal part on Safety Second, Body Last.
Cracks me up knowing Jimmy LaValle does The Album Leaf music now. I understand why he would need a rest.
this band rules so hard. always has. always will. period.
I love how high the keyboardists mic stand is 🤣
I remember taping the few songs played on public radio wevl way back when, still awesome despite me being an old dork now.
That 7" EP is still magical and mind-blowing today.
fuck, they played 14 songs in 9 and a half minuets
Wow cool. I didn't think you guys were old enough to be playing in the 90's. I love it. Just subscribed. I love Retox, so I get time to explore from time to time.
longestleg dude the locust, holy molar, all leather (later on) and then of course retox, but they’re even connected to the blood brothers, billy was a part of holy molar
longestleg also “some
Girls”
@@riv6580 an albatross?
Head wound city
Crimson Curse, Swing Kids
this is a legendary performance i wish i attended
I love that Jimmy has been doing The Album Leaf, now, for over 20 years. my first tattoo was an Album Leaf logo. anyway, that dude has seen some shit. as a fan of all music from hardcore to blues to ambient....I have such big respect for Jimmy Lavalle. and all the projects he has been a part of over the years 😎
Locust before “The”. The best era of this band. I wish the tracks from the splits with Man Is The Bastard and Jenny Piccolo were included on their discography CD.
Yeah, that was my favorite material honestly. Who was the singer on it? He was the best sounding of them all.
@@midwesterror For sure. It was Justin Pearson and the original keyboardist/vocals Jimmy LaValle who was replaced by Joey Karam.
Impressive how authentic and well done this music is. For 1995 it's ground breaking so long before people catch on, like raw punkish sound of Iggy and the Stooges before people even had "punk in their frame of mind".
Track List
0:18 Head Hits Concrete
0:49 Prepare To Qualify
1:29 Kill Roger Hedgecock
2:18 Cattle Mutilation
2:53 Follow the Flock, Step in Shit
3:42 Ass Gravity
5:06 Pain Reliever
5:54 Coffin Nails
6:27 ?
7:39 Off by a Long Shot
8:15 Keep Off The Tracks
9:00 Sever the Toes
this needs to be top comment
hello tinnitus, my new friend ...this is amazing
One of my all time favorite bands. This is so cool
Really cool knowing the keyboardist is the main dude from The Album Leaf.
Polar opposites, but both incredible.
totally agree. and he also was in Tristeza
God damn, Dave Astor was a hard hitter at an early age!
How old was he? He looks about my age.
@@3SCAPER00M13This drummer isn't Dave Astor. I believe he is actually Dylan Scharf, who previously played with JP in Struggle.
@@james_the_animator Oh, that's pretty neat actually.
@@3SCAPER00M13Never mind, I didn't read the description for this video which clearly states that it's him here. That's pretty embarrassing. I never saw him with the Beatle bowl cut.
@@james_the_animator It's alright, you don't need to be embarrassed. These things happen.
Game changers. First 7 and the split w/ MITB are my faves. Great footage that nobody had back then.
How and where did you... But, 1995! I mean... The locust. Holy shit. Thank you.
@5:02 I think Justin's eye is about to pop out
I love this so much. Watched it about 10 times in the past year, shown it to some close friends. So much unparalleled talent in a single 10 minute set. I wonder what Gabe Serbian was up to back in these days.
He was probably in another hardcore band. He ended up being in Cattle Decapitation a year later.
Is that not him on guitar?
@@TheSlaughtercultdenNo, that’s Bobby on guitar.
Then Jimmy LaValle banded up Tristeza, I remember one time they came to play to Mexico City and I told him if he could show me his lip tat and he did, very nice guy.
Also, I remember The Locust playing here too; they got very late to the show and didn't have time to make soundcheck or rehearse, but hell like they need it... they just got upstage, made some quick adjusts and knob turns and 3, 2, 1... bammm!!
They fucked up us all that night, it was a really good show because also one of my fav Mexican bands, Conspiración Alfa 5, played for the last time that night; you can look for them here at the youtube universe, you won't be disappointed.
Didn't realize how long they have been around, love the locust
Man dude. This video is so sick. It's so cool to see this kind of music happening all the way back then. At that age, their screams were PRIME. I fuckin love the blood curtailing screams. So raw. Coffin nails too! That was a sick song to see played live. I really appreciate you uploading these old videos, people like me and others really get true enjoyment out of watching old footage of their favorite bands.
ANY information you can give me on the status of The Locust for 2012? I never got a ch
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2023
I wish I grew up in the 90's to see this D:
absolutely amazing
I know I am a quarter century to late but track list please!?
0:00 white noise and screaming
@Octosquid Enormously holy molar make me bust nuts
the 90s was the golden era of bands and hard core music ! and grate merch !
holy shit. ancient history. thanks for this gem
gotta love the mr. spock haircuts!
WOW!!! I'm so happy to said that I see you lives. Great band.
This is the most perfect thing to listen to at 6am
Sweet video... Thank you for sharing. 💞
i was 12 in 1995
I didn't exist yet
one of the best live performances i've ever seen
besides a few mp3 files sent to me on AIM around 98', this was my first experience of the energy THE LOCUST unleashes, back when youtube first became a thing 👏🤔😃
I also remember, at that time, as an aspiring musician, being ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY by their ability to play rhythmically complex mayhem that feels like nonsense, but is heavily orchestrated... GENIUS!
I usually listen to alternative/shoegaze/post rock but goddamn it love noise bands like this. The energy is immense
At about 3:00 is "Follow the Flock, Step in Shit"! One of my favorite songs. It does sound a bit different live than in-studio!
Yesssss
Playing the Rickenbacker, sporting that mop. JP comes off like a really confused Beatles fan in this vid. Great band, though. :)
In love with this band and I only listened to all their albums a month ago. I so badly wish I was responsible for this music lol.
Thank you for this! 🙌
The Beatles if they were good
Oh man, I have such nostalgia for the spock-rock thing. I was just young enough when kids got into it that I didn't get it made no sense, but seemed so sick to my 12 year old brain. Tight pants, good skater, loud AF that I liked, but didn't know why...still don't. Jp's rad.
I still have all my vinyl from back then and a vhs with live shows, if i can ever figure out how to transfer i will upload.
I always got a snobby college smarty pants vibe from these guys and other bands like them....music was cool
Well, that escalated quickly
I love this video so much
Ooh, they got you sooooo good! Life lessons for everyone!
ONE MY FAV LIVE
Tight...a lesson on how to be a virgin LOL...Love the Locust to this very day and will FOREVER. Let us please have another album Fellas.
amazing historical footage
I am totally smitten by the keyboardist's talent!!
There was quite a few San Diego bands like this in the early to mid 90's. Like Antioch Arrow. Fun times going to their shows.
Wheelhelm were they Hispanic ?
Brian Wilhelm?
Oh my God, the noise :D so fucking epic, and when they scream into each others face
Nice crazy and oldschool set, i love it !
i love this band!
This is pure gold
anyone out there have any footage when Dylan from Struggle was briefly in the band???
good call on that book, man. i remember a friend of mine having it, and flipping through it one night..only because i had no idea JP even wrote a book in the first place.
I only listen to music I can relate to
Does anyone recognize the kebyoards? Happen to know which synths these are
awesome!!!!!!
THREE ONE G FOREVER!!!! and locust and etc etc etc
Still fresh as fuck, even after all of these years.
The Locust for a time had the same purity of what The Ramones had. They did variations on the same crazy shit over and over, and each song pulled you further into their world where this music was not just interesting, it was great music. And you starting saying things like 'oh I liked that one better than the song before', and thinking 'ah yeah, I really feel the lyrics from that last part'... The concentration of skill and intensity just warped your thinking... in a good way.
still fucking good! considering it was 1995. no one else was doing anything like this.
Spazz came out in 92
so goodd
why are there comments about Mike Patton on a locust video....?
Ipecac records? Patton probably loves this band? He does a lot of the random silence/scream shit himself, but the Locust are on ano-ther level,
Dead cross
they opened for bungle and fantomas? he's in a band with justin now? numerous reasons.
epic, legend, epic. :)
Geez! they look so young! i can't tell who is LaValle!
God sent
かっこよすぎ
legendary
wow they look so young. it just seems so hardcore!
ugh jimmy's voice was so fucking awesome
Fuck yeah
i love how they dress so 90s haha
dude, do you realise the person who made that comment is the record label that Justin Pearson (the bass player) runs, and was most likely him posting the comment?
These comments about "history" make me feel old. Nuts to that.
I fucking LOVE this shit! Dave Astor is absolutely killing it! I would not have used a Backer' for this though, Justin
What’s the third song ?
this is thanks to commentor morgojimmywins
0:18 Head Hits Concrete
0:49 Prepare To Qualify
1:29 Kill Roger Hedgecock
2:18 Cattle Mutilation
2:53 Follow the Flock, Step in Shit
3:42 Ass Gravity
5:06 Pain Reliever
5:54 Coffin Nails
6:27 ?
7:39 Off by a Long Shot
8:15 Keep Off The Tracks
9:00 Sever the Toes
easily some of the most brutal shit ever
Dave Astor is a beast! I liked Cattle Decapitations first 3 albums with him on drums.
Kris Davis the drummer is my fave
Kris Davis same bro human jerky is fuckin legendary I got it on record a couple months ago
Was he also in creation is crucifixion?
Pathology as well.
i cant tell if them playing with the locust costumes is cooler or if this is
Good Golly!!! Kickin' ass. What did the other two dudes wind up playing in?
Kevin Brown Jimmy went to The Album Leaf. Dave had been playing with Cattle Decap and left in 2003.
Dave plays in Pathology.
love the locust..i hear they did a splitsinle with arab on radar...FUCK YEAH LOCUST!!!!
i wanna see theese guys live :) even when holy molar was around :)
entirely rad to see this.
This is all sorts of fucking epic!
This is fucking amazing.
this is badass.
lol they all have the same dorky haircuts! Love the locust.
How did you make music like this in 1995? This blows my simple mind.
Love this video. The Locust is so influential.
really? this was pretty hip for 95. weezer was king, so when you get a bunch of skinny little metal heads, playing what's supposed to be grindcore with synthesizers, it stood out. and during the era of seattle, that was as hip as it got. only back then, we didn't call them hipsters, scenesters or emos. we called them "alternatives"....about as lame as it fucking got.
soooooooo sooooooo fucking good.