Fuck yeah, fuck yeah! SOUTH CAROLINA REPRESENT!

Great interview!!!

Love you Andrew 🤘🤘🤘

truly awesome video! I see a few familiar faces in there lol

Love it!!

We thank you for coming to Wilmington NC back in the 80s. you guys crushed it and always positive. It really helped a lot of folks in our seine!!!

YOU ROCK 🤘🤘🤘🤘

Great band. Beth definitely brings the intensity. An all around must see band!

I told my mom I was spending the night at my friend will Markham house and we snuck out so we could stay out all night to see this show. See you nerds in atlanta Sept 7th

Best band ever!

Dude, great video and fantastic song!!

LOVE THIS SONG!! LOVE THE MESSAGE!! ❤

Thank you for this, Dahk mahtin bewtsss. So glad i saw this. Kids today don't understand how it was in 1988.

Bosstones vibes 🔥

Love you, Chuck. Watched the whole set. So glad to see you out there doing it again.

I can see why they never took off

Precious icons, the lot of you! What a treat!

Bedlam Hour’s new album, “Win a Billion Dollars” is a dream with its beginnings in the early 80’s. This is a dream that I had the unique experience of witnessing and perhaps becoming a part of because I dated Chuck Walker throughout my high school years. So, I’m telling the story of the dream from my perspective with the insight of a 15-year-old girl who witnessed greatness. My first memories of Chuck’s band were from a time he played at a restaurant/bar in Rock Hill, SC called For What It’s Worth. I don’t remember so much what they played at the time, but more the punk attitude and penchant for glam rock, breaking Air Supply albums and Styrofoam heads. Time passed and there was a legendary party at Jon and Chris LeRoy’s house where Bedlam Hour precursor OU812 played Police and Clash covers and an original tune called “Teacher” that spoke of teen-aged desire for the hot teacher. It was a fast, hard driving song not unlike “Next to You” by the Police or “Should I Stay or Should I Go” by the Clash. Chuck played drums and shook the house. At the time, we had dated briefly and broke up during my 9th grade year. He graduated from high school in 1983 and went to the University of South Carolina while I remained in high school. That fall, we reunited and around that time Bedlam Hour got its beginnings. Chuck had been a great percussionist in marching band through high school and inherited a love of music and talent from his family. He is largely a self-taught guitarist (with help I believe from his brother) and always provided vocals. He became lead guitarist and vocal frontman in Bedlam Hour, engaging the crowd while throwing edible treats like Carl Buddig Ham and wearing costumes that made high school me blush. My relationship with Chuck blossomed through avid letter writing and phone calls during which I would get the first pitch of a new song, some of which I was privileged to hear again at the recent Jam Room Music Fest, including “Grey Sweater” which has been much touted in the Columbia music scene. Others from that period were about our life and love as well as heartbreak, like “Corn Dances”, “Wait on Me”, and “In the Garden” which was a tribute to his father. Bedlam Hour began with Chuck and long-time friends Jon LeRoy on bass and Doug Throgmorton on drums, with brother Johnny Walker as a featured soloist even back in the 80s. I can remember how particularly Jon and Chuck would have disagreements and eventually how Jon was critical of style, saying how it sounded like “someone jacking off” on the guitar. I suppose this eventually led to Adam Kolesar playing bass. Doug played for hard core bands in Charlotte like Anti-Scene among others and eventually moved on. Bedlam Hour evolved, went “up North” toured Europe, took a break and was reborn. Through it all, Chuck emerges as this charismatic character with a positive attitude who never hesitates to “Stand Up and FIGHT”. His presence on stage gives voice to the voiceless, through his words, through his music and his relationship with Christ. Fast forward to today’s music. Bedlam Hour’s new work is nothing less than brilliant. While it remains true to its hard-core origins, “Win a Billion Dollars” has allowed Bedlam Hour to be recreated in a time that embraces an edgier sound. Punk-grunge-garage band tunes are mainstay listening for many and I find this album satisfies that appetite. The songs are tight and clean with upbeat themes, driving rhythms and tell a story that makes you want to keep listening. Chuck is still an engaging showman that keeps the crowd coming back for more. I am so glad I had a chance to listen to the evolution of this talent, even though our relationship as a couple ended in 1986. We remained friends over the years, and I will honestly say that Chuck’s influence is the prism through which I have honed my musical preferences all my life.

Love it!! Go dad !!

❤Love you all❤

Been listening to this song for ages. It was on a mix cd of a friend a long time ago and has found its way on a lot of mixes since then. Even though my mom actually did know I was (am? who knows anymore) punk rocker, though she never understood as well. Thanks for the upload so I can share it with even more people.

Awesome!!

Best south carolina HxC punk.

Hell yeah!!!

I would love to see more ape city footage. Im pretty sure I have a screeching weasel vhs when they played at ape city somewhere

Hey Chuck, y'all sound and look great. Congratulations! -- douglas

Ape shall not kill ape

This was always my favorite!

I played guitar in band called dieAgnostic and we opened for you guys in Augusta, Ga in 1992 at the hole in the wall called The Ranch. Glad to see you and Derek still kicking around. You guys sound wonderfull!

Looking forward to it! My friend from way back in high school Roger is the bass player for Brandy & the Butcher out of S Carolina and this is their first gig in the northeast, coming on the heels of some gigs over in England a few weeks back.

Cool. The footage at the end is of THIRST!

Hi, this is Stuart from OTD, I used to play guitar in the band (from start to end), this is an interview with big Stew (Stewart), amazed to see this, is there more? Where was this filmed? Hazy memory 😂 s ;)>>>

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Man the whole FBCH venue exploded when yall pulled this song out. I cant stop listening to it!

This was my first punk rock show ever! After seeing Bedlam Hour, I was hooked for life! I can’t wait to see them tonight!

Holy crap! This is freaking great. Thank you.

7 more days!!!!!

Amazing!! Love everything about this.

I would love to have the lyrics in the info box! 🤘❤️🤘🎸🙏😁✌️

Excellent! Something for everyone to rock to.

LMAO!!! Lookin' forward to seeing y'all at NBT 😍

Their 40 year reunion gig at The New Brookland Tavern (WECO, SC) is three weeks away! I got my ticket...get yours NOW!

New female singer eh!! ✊

Unlistenable, amateur drivel

A truly superior tune! Bravo!

Couldn't love this any more!!!❤

NON-SOLUBLE FIBER NOW FOR THE FUTURE!

Amazing song! Great production and killer Energy from the whole band. PLAY LOUD! 🎵

Been waitin for this song to come out lol. Love the super sludgy breakdown!

This is awesome!!!...