I am backstage at Amoeba. I've never been backstage before.
It's a special place.
This is a special place.
Hi we're here with Dave Grohl at Amoeba Hollywood
and he's gonna share with us what's in his bag.
So here's what I bought today.
Tis the season to give the gift of music
and rather than just go generic music shopping
or buy my friends iTunes certificates, which are totally boring
I thought that I would go and give everyone a little piece of history.
because all of our raod crew and our tour manager
and friends, we all grew up listening to hardcore punk rock and
and its hard to find good, old singles anywhere these days
so you can always come to Amoeba to find the good old stuff.
A couple things I got
I don't know if anyone's familiar with the 'Dope, Guns n Fucking in the Streets' comps
but these were all the rage
What year was this, this was probably...I don't know, this was 90's I suppose
The Amphetamine Reptile label was very hip in the 90s, and they had all the great bands
This one has Boredoms.
Boredoms is a band from Japan that Nirvana took on tour
in '93 or something like that
Ever heard The Boredoms? They're insane, right? So it's like, kind of
It's like orchestrated chaos
This is interesting because this looks like a boot to me
but it's pretty cool, you've got...
You've got No Means No, one of my favorite bands, from Victoria, Canada
They were....besides the Bad Brains No Means No were the best hard hardcore band ever.
I think. Live. They were amazing.
L7 and Gray Matter, a band from Washington DC, where I grew up
This is kinda cute: Puget Power.
Never seen this before.
Really, the only two bands on this that I recommend are Gas Huffer and The Derelicts
I've never heard of Alcoholics Unanimous and Yummy before, but I bought it.
Does Yummy have an apostrophe after it?
There's no Yummy after that but the song's called 'Superdyke.'
I can only imagine but it's probably great.
Teriyaki Asthma records, these were really popular. This is CZ records.
This one...
Alice Donut is on this one. I recognize... and Icky Jelly
This says 'Urine Stains Across Virginia'
So I grew up in Virginia just outside of Washington DC
I've never heard of any of these bands before in my life
Got The M-80's
Big Bobby and the Nightcaps
Candy Snatchers
with their song 'Ass, Gas, or Crack'
I don't know if anyone's familiar with that, but...
It's a holiday classic.
Yeah.
This could be good.
No Pigs. This was a band from Holland.
The voice was Smog, though I think his name was...
and the bass player, his name was Guy
Here it says 'Pinhead'
but Guy actually works here, at Amoeba Records.
That first beer tastes always the best, man.
and I've known Guy since I was about 18 years old
When I toured with this band: Scream.
And I found this single, which is a single they put out right before I joined their band
I bought this for myself.
because I don't have this anymore. This is what made me wanna join the band Scream
was this single right here, a song called 'Walking By Myself.'
and the b-side is 'Choke Word,' This is an awesome single.
But anyway, so Guy...
I saw Guy beat the shit out of someone twice his size
If you've ever met Guy, you guys know, Guy is not the biggest dude in the world
We were sitting at this bar, and Guy...
Guy was famous for hitting his bass with his head
so he had this big Rickenbacker, and y'know, he had hair down to his ass then too
he had really, really long hair, crazy, frizzy
If you knew Guy, I mean, you have to insert...
Guy right there, so now this is Guy. There you go.
So Guy used to have hair down to his ass, and is not a big dude
but when he played his bass
he'd pick his bass up and go 'bam!' and hit himself in the head with it
and that was his thing, it was awesome.
And No Pigs kinda remind... they sort of sound like...kinda like a Black Flag
sort of hardcore deal.
Anyway, so we're at the bar
and there was a guy in there
I think he was a squatter, and he had his dog with him, and he brought his dog into the bar
It was kind of a bigger dog. And so he was sitting at the bar
the dog was next to him and Guy walks up to the bar to get a drink
and steps on the dog's foot
and so we're all sitting there drinking, and you just hear this dog go 'Owww!"
and you look over, and you see this guy stand up, like 'What the fuck, man?' to Guy
and Guy took that guy down in 10 seconds.
He grabbed the guy's head and just went 'bam!' 'bam!'
and I think he knocked him out
and that was it. The guy fell over, they pulled him outside, they kicked this dog out
and Guy just kept drinking.
I swear to God, I mean...Guy.
He's totally non-plussed. He's just, 'ah, whatever.'
That's just...right, he was a badass.
Ever see the tattoo on his back?
No.
Guy has a tattoo on his back...it's his whole back
It's a hand holding a pile of eyeballs.
and, wait, it says something too. I think it says
'Open up and bleed.' I can't remember.
He's gnarly, Guy is fucking insane.
and y'know, he was also in The Obsessed, which were one of the greatest bands of all time, so...
That's why I love Amoeba.
Because Guy works here?
Because Guy works here.
Sorry Guy, I apologize.
but hey, I hope you get the 10 cents that I just spent on the No Pigs single.
Well thank you very much for talking with us.
You're very welcome, thanks for having me.