Here’s another one shot by Steve Rogers. It is very short (2 minutes), but I see a grand total of zero Gary Young solo videos on Youtube, so I’m posting it. I wonder how Gary is doing nowadays- I went to his studio a couple of times, pre-pavement and he seemed to have a good thing going down in Stockton, but I have no idea if the studio is still in business.
Recorded by: Steve Rogers Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Sony DCR-TRV340 firewire into workstation Degrain in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video
A few minutes before Pavement played, Gary Young came out and surprised us with a short set. Gary’s smash hit “Plant man” is at about the 3 minute mark.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D3
Thanks to Remko Schouten.
We met Gary when my friends’ band (The Boon) went to Louder Than You Think studios in Stockton to record their “A Swell Revenge” demo. I think that they chose LTYT at the recommendation of Scott K (Spiral Stairs)- Scott worked with Mike Yoas for a stretch in the late 80s. It wasn’t the first time that I had been in a studio, but it was definitely the first time I met an engineer like Gary. I remember knocking on the door to his home studio and knocking with no answer… then after about 15 minutes, he answered the door. “Sorry, I was sleeping”. Drink in hand during the session, talking about Scott and his new band called Pavement (who at the time had just been a studio project and we had not even heard them) and talking about classic rock. He was unforgettable, if my brain can remember these small details, 30+ years later. Anyway, on to the video. My DAT audio recording of the Cattle Club from 5/19/92 has been well circulated for 30 years.. but this one has never been shared. In fact, I had no idea that this much footage survived! I took my video camera to the Kennel Club show the night after Cattle, and we were blown away. The place was packed for Pavement! It was unreal- Slanted and Enchanted was released 1 month before and they were relatively unknown. A favorable cover story in SF Weekly packed the place- it was stunning to see all these people- where did they come from? It was an indication of things to come I guess. Since I was up until 2-3am the night before (cattle shows ran late) and woke up at 7ish for work, I was deliriously tired… and that is the excuse I am using for plugging in my mic and not turning it on.. so this footage is slient. Audio from this show never turned up either. To add further insult to injury, I ended up recording my sister’s softball game over part of the show. They played about 90min! R.I.P. Gary. What a character.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Aiwa CV-80 camera and Sony ECM-909 (powered off) Transfer equipment: Sony EV-S2000 – Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub Enhanced (brightness/degrain) in Adobe Premiere Elements and Neat Video
Here is one for all the Pavement fans- Terry O’Reilly posted yet another EARLY punk video from Stockton. He said he actually filmed these with an old security camera- what is shocking to me is not the (as expected) video quality, but the audio. Those old cameras almost always had good mics.
Anyway, this will be of interest to Pavement fans, as Gary Young is on drums here. Opening for Dead Kennedys. The band also featured Brian Thalken (The Authorities) on guitar and Tharon Knight (Hot Spit Dancers, Prison Daddy) on bass and vocals
Thanks to Ken Doose for reminding me that this was posted, and for additional info about the band
