Pretty trippy, I just found the following video of Unwound (the 1990s noise band) playing at LA’s post-punk mecca Jabberjaw. And, I’m pretty sure I was at this show. Must have been 1994 or 1995, and seeing this brings on a wave of nostalgia for one of my favorite city’s in the world: Los Angeles. The World Wide Nostalgia Machine sends me right back to my undergraduate years at UCLA. Amazing times—filled with both a deep despair and a boundless sense of possibility that time continually reels in. Well, who am I to fight nostalgia? I think it might be high time to start digging up Jim Groom’s spotted past, and this particular chapter is what I will be referring to as “the potent years” 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESgkgvDJot0
Nice.
Did you ever see Slug when you were out there?
I was a huge Amphetamine Reptile fan back in day. Can’t believe I spelled it correctly on the first try.
Jim,
I was a huge fan of Slug, and I actually saw them with unwound at JabberJaw on another occasion. In fact, I made a video using a tune from Slug’s The Out Sound (my favorite album) here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFP_KuYrewY
Just some more bava art 🙂
That’s awesome! And my envy at you having seen them live knows no bounds.
what is the last song called in this video?
Wesley,
It is called “Nervous Energy” off the great Fake Train album:
http://unwound.livid.com/train.html
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