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GWAR, Prong, Raging Slab, 24-7 Spyz, Sea Hags: Much Music Special at CMJ, New York Live & Int 1989?

It’s Friday, so time for video! Next up is something from Gary Shurtleff’s VHS collection. Not only was he one of the most prolific arena filmers in the 90s, but he traded VHS tapes and got some amazing stuff. It’s kind of funny- every time I go to work on Gary’s tapes, I never know what I am going to find. This time it is an Attitude show that I helped film and never had a good copy.. and this.

Canadian TV network Much Music went to the CMJ Music Fest in 1989 (I think) and profiled 5 bands. The GWAR segment is really good- especially the backstage interview and when they crash the “do drugs belong in rock and roll” panel. Includes a mix of live footage shot from the fest, interviews, and an occasional “official” video for one of the band’s singles.

Very nice quality- must be a low gen VHS copy.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced (denoise) in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

Live Concert Video
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Sea Hags- Spaced Demo 1986? First Demo w/Kirk Hammett from Metallica xfer f/unknown gen cassette

Okay. This one took some work to figure out. This was a 60 min cassette which included this 4 song demo along with their “Live at CD Studios” release. through some trial & error and some shazam’ing, I was able to figure out the 4 songs that were not on the CD studios thing. All 4 are marked as being produced by Kirk Hammett, but a quick wikipedia search says:
“Kirk Hammett, the guitarist of Metallica, co-produced their first demos with Sylvia Massy, who went on to produce two releases by progressive rock band Tool”

So this seems to be the first demo. I also saw another post from Michael Morlock that says “Love Kills” has Hammett guesting on guitar. I should dial it up and listen for Hammett’s trademark diddly diddly wah wah (kidding, I hope you get the joke) LOL there it is at 7:40!

From Dal Basi’s collection. Sounds like a pretty low gen copy.

Recorded by: The Band
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

Audio Demo