At The Drive-In - "Classroom" Video, Greensburg, PA 8th October 1998
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Published 2011-10-11
8th October 1998, Armbrust Schoolhouse, Greensburg PA.
Show lineup was Dawson High, The Juliana Theory, At The Drive-In and Knapsack (part of a US tour with Knapsack). The Knapsack set can be found here which confirms without a doubt this is the same show:
• Knapsack LIVE 1998.10.08 (full set) -...
This show was NOT in El Paso; people used to say it was when the video seemed like just a myth but it isn't true based on the evidence and the various people who attended this show in the comments (including a guy who claims to have filmed it).
Setlist:
0:00 Alpha Centauri
2:36 Chanbara
5:25 Hulahoop Wounds
8:54 Initiation
12:41 A Devil Among the Tailors
15:46 Lopsided
19:30 Intermission I think
19:43 Shaking Hand Incision
23:08 Skips on the Record
25:58 Farenheit
Quick background: when I used to post on The Comatorium people used to go on about this "classroom" video where ATD-I played in a classroom and how great it was, but it had been lost in the depths of the internet. But someone managed to get hold of it and share it. I dunno if its still considered rare but when people found this it was like the holy grail. The footage is amazing, sound quality isn't professional but it suits the show. I had the video in 4 parts so I stuck them together, some stuff gets cut off but I think that's the cameraman stopping to change film/batteries.
Anyway, enjoy this.
All Comments (21)
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This was 1998. I had just wrecked my first car and didn't really want to do much so my friends decided to take me to a show. We got completely lost trying to find this little, old school house. We finally find this place and walk in to a tiny room filled with late 90s punks. The walls were lined with tables handing out stickers and selling merchandise. There were maybe 50-75 people huddled around the bands. And to this day, it's one of the best shows that I've ever been to.
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this video captures a bit of what it's like to be in the moment, playing songs you wrote yourselves in a live show with your band, even if only like 5 people are there watching and you're playing in some random schoolhouse in the middle of nowhere... it's such a rush. better than any drug. people who have never been in a band could never understand this feeling.
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any band playing with this level of energy in a venue like this gets loads of respect from me
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So weird seeing Cedric with that hair. One of the best bands ever. Great find. Made me feel 18 again. Thanks.
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I was there and involved in this show. Bill was Dawson High, The Juliana Theory, At The Drive-In, and Knapsack. It cost a few bucks. Yes, I am spoiled by setting up and being a part of this scene. Another show I saw Jimmy Eat World and The Get Up Kids in a little place in Pittsburgh for $4 and I helped setup the equipment. Played darts with them afterwards and interviewed JEW in their van. If I told you the hundreds of shows I've seen for free or $6 or less you'd think I was lying.
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I remember when this was once considered the "holy grail" of lost ATDI footage. Just recently, someone uploaded a video from 1995, wherein cedrick and jim where playing in front of maybe 30 people at UTEP's student union theater. godbless youtube.
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i would literally give every possession i have for a trip in a time machine to this show. literally everything. memories are better.
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Cedric was like the David Lee Roth of hardcore. He owned that little stage
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1:45 - he's trying so hard not to make those salsa moves, like "it's not the time, yet"
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Favourite youtube video of all time! Please, never take it down.
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I wish more bands played like this: loose and raw enough to be energetic and exciting, but melodic enough to avoid sounding like a load of random bullshit.
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1. 0:00 Alpha Centauri 2. 2:36 Chanbara 3. 5:25 Hulahoop Wounds 4. 8:54 Initiation 5. 12:41 A Devil Among the Tailors 6. 15:46 Lopsided 7. 19:31 cool drum solo thing 8. 19:43 Shaking Hand Incision 9. 23:08 Skips on the Record 10. 25:58 Farenheit
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the best ever. alot of bands could learn from watching this video. you can never be too much into what you do.
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love how they just went right into chanbara from alpha centauri, did not expect that
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Seeing them play A Devil Among the Tailors makes me so happy <3
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I'm so glad I got to see them at least once, even though I was probably like 10 when this was filmed, being a El Paso native, it's awesome to see such talent come from my hometown.
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16:30 Cedric singing without the microphone reminds me that these guys really just were playing for the sheer joy of it.
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just FYI - this is from the tour with Knapsack. It is from Greensburg, PA it is NOT from El Paso, Texas. I have the master and filmed this show and will try to upload it one of these days.
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When you were simply in a league of your own and utterly nothing, at this point in time could remotely touch you, musical genius personified.
