VHS Archives

VHS Archives #158: David Lee Roth – “She’s My Machine” – 1994 – Fox’s Wild Adventures in Paradise: The Rock and Roll Luau

A treasure unearthed, thank Fox!  Over three decades ago, David Lee Roth mimed his brand new single to an indifferent world.  Out with his new 1994 album, Your Filthy Little Mouth, a short-haired Dave put on the smiles for an audience that would have cheered for a beer fart. With his new band including guitarist Terry Kilgore, Roth unveiled his new direction: back to the roots. Again.  The event was “Fox’s Wild Adventures in Paradise: The Rock and Roll Luau”, but I was unable to find out much about this show.  My own memory tells me it was early in 1994.

Information below is provided by drummer Ron Wikso:

Yeah, that video was from the Hard Rock in Honolulu, HI and we did that show not long after I joined the band, sometime in either late January or early February of 1994, but I don’t know what date it aired…probably not long after we did it. And yes, that’s Terry Kilgore on guitar there, Jamie Hunting on bass, as well as Brett Tuggle on keyboards and vocals along with Dave and me. They cut off the ending and also made a weird cut in the middle but that’s showbiz! 🤣

Paulie Shore and Pamela Anderson were hosts.  Incredible flashback to that weird mid-90s period where everybody was pretending to get serious when they were really getting wasted!

VHS Archives #158: Antix Promo Bumper on the Pepsi Power Hour + “Kingdom Clone”?

From the official Antix Facebook page!

Oh, 1988! A new band starring Lenny Wolf from Stone Fury had started his new band Kingdom Come, and the “Led Clones” accusations were rampant! MuchMusic VJ Laurie Brown refers to them as “Kingdom Clone” here.

Antix were an independent hard rock band out of Ottawa, Ontario. They released several records and are possibly best known for “Kick It Up” from the Raw M.E.A.T CD compilation.  Check out their Pepsi Power Hour bumper!

VHS Archives #157: The 1991 Phone Interview with Lars Ulrich of Metallica

August 1991: MuchMusic rarely did phone interviews, but when Lars Ulrich is on a big promotional binge, you take what you can get!  Michael Williams, proudly sporting his Fishbone shirt, got to quiz Lars with questions on the new album, and new video “Enter Sandman”, for roughly 10 minutes.

We all knew the next Metallica album was going to be huge.  The hype had been building for a year.   It was just a matter of the release date.

It’s “the record people say Metallica were always trying to make,” said Lars.  Too much of a big deal was being made about Bob Rock, he claims.

“We had Canadian flags all over the studio,” says Lars of the studio vibe with Bob Rock, in answer to Lars’ Danish flag and James’ Star Spangled Banners.

Lars characterizes Rock as someone to bounce ideas off of.  He doesn’t really know what a producer does, but had an idea of what he wanted Bob Rock to capture in the studio.  The last two months was spent overdubbing and layering; stuff that Lars was not familiar with.

Lars also discusses a massive album release party with 18,000 people at Madison Square Gardens.

Is Metallica finally becoming more “video-friendly”?  Watch this legendary interview with Ulrich to find out.

VHS Archives #156: Death Angel interviewed on the Pepsi Power Hour (1988)

From fall 1988, right before Gene Simmons was set to do his big interview promoting the new Simmons Records label, Pepsi Power Hour host Laurie Brown had Rob Cavestany and Dennis Pepa of the young thrash band Death Angel come in for a quick chat!

  • Why is there so much thrash coming out of the San Francisco Bay area?
  • How did KISS influence Death Angel?
  • How old were you when you started?

Check it out!

VHS Archives #155: Sven Gali live “Under the Influence” and winning Best Metal Video at 1993 MMVAs

Spoiler Alert!  Sven Gali and director Phil Kates won the Best Metal Video at the 1993 MuchMusic Video Awards.

The classic lineup of Dave Wanless, Dee Cernille, Shawn “TT” Minden, Andy Frank and Gregg Gerson were on hand to receive the award and perform the awesome single “Under the Influence” live.  With energy and heads-a-bangin’, Sven Gali rocked the studio and the street with ruthless aplomb.  Yet the band were humble as they received their honours.  Is that Kim Mitchell in the audience?

Teresa Roncon presents the band in this classic MuchMusic video, while Erica Ehm is also present for the proceedings.  Check out the other nominees!

 

VHS Archives #154: Alice Cooper Interview Compilation 1987-88 – MuchMusic Pepsi Power Hour

This collection of Alice Cooper interviews and videos circa 1987-88 was recorded from MuchMusic’s Pepsi Power Hour.

Topics include:

  • Does Alice enjoy playing the “bad guy”?
  • How do you continue to be outrageous?
  • Protest groups & PMRC.
  • Using the horror to spark the imagination.
  • Alice’s recommended horror movies.
  • Guns vs. guillotines.
  • Can a rock concert take it too far?

You’ll also see clips of videos for “The Man Behind the Mask”, “Freedom” and “I’m 18”.

RST #1183/VHS Archives #154: 2 Minutes on a Wednesday at Work in the late-90s

RECORD STORE TALES #1183: 2 Minutes on a Wednesday at Work in the late-90s

 

In the 90s, the Beat Goes On were advised by the police to install a video security system.  Though it was rarely helpful, they suggested it could be used to catch CD thieves who came in to us to sell their stolen goods.  The one time I know it was used in court, the tape was too fuzzy to identify the thief.

Can you identify me?

We had seven security tapes:  One for each day of the week.  We’d rotate them.  Every few years they would wear out, and you’d have to replace them.  That’s how I got this tape.  It was a freebie that the boss didn’t need anymore.  Truth be told, half the time, we didn’t even bother to record.  Each tape was only good for eight hours, so we could not record the entire day anyway.  We’d usually insert the tape at around 1:00 PM so we could record the night shift.  This was supposedly done to record during the “most dangerous” hours.  I gave the camera the middle finger a few times, but nobody saw those tapes, I suppose.

One of our old employees told me he liked to take the security tapes home and get high watching them.  I ended up keeping only this one.  Unfortunately, I chose a very boring Wednesday tape with nothing interesting going on.  If you’d like to see for yourself, have a look at the quick video below for a day in the life at the Beat Goes On.  Glad I kept it for one reason only: this physical location no longer exists and is now part of a parking lot.  History!  This is the only existing video documentation of my old store of which I am aware.

VHS Archives #153: IRON MAIDEN – Maiden Holland (1990-91 MuchMusic) [WARNING – unavailable in some countries]

NOTE:  If you have a VPN, set to USA and you can definitely watch this video!

This incredible Iron Maiden special aired on MuchMusic’s Pepsi Power Hour in early 1991.  Unfortunately, by this time MuchMusic were mixing music videos in with their interviews, making uploading to YouTube very difficult.  This video is unavailable in Canada, Australia, and 23% of the world.

Should I attempt to re-edit it to exclude the flagged content?  Tricky to do, since these segments are mixed with interviews and factual blurbs.

At this point Iron Maiden were tired of the big stage productions, and stripped both the stage show and music back to basics.  This is included in the interview footage, with Bruce Dickinson and Nicko McBrain handling most of it.  Dave Murray, Steve Harris and new kid Janick Gers also offer their own perspectives.

Also included:  Lots of live footage, including 1980 in Toronto, and accompanying interviews with Paul Di’Anno and a segment with Clive Burr.

Check it out if you can.  If there is enough interest, I may attempt to edit it.

VHS Archives #152: Grumpy KISS Host the Power 20 on MuchMusic (1993)

A bitchy Paul Stanley and a disinterested Gene Simmons walked in to host the Power 30 on MuchMusic, with only Eric Singer and Bruce Kulick to save them.  On the road to promote the new home video KISS Konfidential, Paul starts off by complaining that Kiss never got played on MuchMusic.  (Untrue; all their current videos received ample play, with the exception of the ballad “Every Time I Look At You”, and “Domino” did quite well.  It was so popular with one of the MuchMusic hosts that he even played a clip of it on a rap show.)

Kiss videos played on this episode were “I Love It Loud” (Live), “Heaven’s On Fire”, and “A World Without Heroes”, which was the first time I ever caught the full track played any time on MuchMusic.  These videos are not included in the clip.

Bonus: Paul sings in the intro to “Heaven’s On Fire” live in the studio.

VHS Archives #151: Yngwie J. Malmsteen hosts the Power 30 on MuchMusic in 1992

Disclaimer:  This is an extremely dull video!  Consider:  without music videos, Yngwie Malmsteen “hosting” the Power 30 in 1991 amounts to less than 90 seconds of video.  How disappointing.  This is an excellent example of why the Power 30 was a vastly inferior format to the Pepsi Power Hour.  The shortened time led to substance-free content like this for the vacuous 90s.

Yngwie comments a little bit about each of the videos he has been assigned:

  • “Dragonfly” by Yngwie Malmsteen
  • “Over My Head” by King’s X
  • Deep Purple and Jimi Hendrix – songs not named
  • “Heaven Tonight” – Yngwie Malmsteen

I just told you everything they played, but watch it for Yngwie’s quick comments if you like.