Alkaline Trio - Private Eye (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

[@DasLulu97]

Atom playing the drums here, 22yrs before joining the Trio officially

[@Dr.FeelsGood]

Never will forget 2000/2001 when finding all the underground bands like this that changed everything for the soundtrack to my high school experience. This song is still great.

[@jasoncoker1625]

🤘

[@Peggsworth]

03...❤

[@odoherty9434]

Dude I have the exact same experience, found this on a VHS that came with NME or Mtv magazine , played this song a million times ❤ became one of my all time fav bands, new stuff is great too

[@R3BE7]

02

[@adayinforever]

If I was put in a guantanamo bay type situation where they tortured me by playing one song on repeat, this is the one song I would just keep happily sing along to without going insane.

[@johnariesespan2422]

Atom Willard is Back

[@stevencourtney7067]

Super excited for Atom to be an official member!

[@noahshockley8947]

Atom is the man! Been in Rocket From The Crypt, Social Distortion, The Special Goodness, Angels and Airwaves and just saw him with Against Me!

[@rafazelotti_ph]

And the offspring too!

[@saffronthurkettle6795]

Atom Willard is a great drummer

[@RobbieM5290]

He’s back! Add Lektron to that list too. 🤘🏻😎

[@hardfields4767]

@@RobbieM5290yeah 🔥

[@xvaughanx]

Welcome back Atom Willard

[@ravbains5979]

This Song when it came out introduced me to the Trio and I fell in love from there... The rest is history... It's 15 years on if not more and the feelings are still immense as the first time... Oh how Time flies and I am feeling so very nostalgic...

[@manxinsomniac]

Same here, I know Stupid Kid came out before but yeah Private Eye just made them stand out from the rest IMO

[@jnerdsblog]

Same here! My punk friend kept trying to get me into indie music. One day I was at his house and this song was playing on his computer. I was like, what the hell is this?? He was all, dude, I've been trying to get you to check these guys out forever. Turned out he had been trying to introduce me to my favorite band for months. Awesome dude. Love you Emis.

[@jordanboland7497]

Found this song in watch dogs best song ever:-)

[@triggy1]

i grew up with this song. best song ever :)

[@zmbklr101]

People give watch dogs shit but it had a great soundtrack.

[@AdmiralCal]

@@zmbklr101 I enjoyed the games

[@BigTeste]

Always considered their songs to be PERFECT! growing up as a classic rock fan they were gold to my ears and I can never fall out of liking a band. To this day they still rocked at writing Rock in my opinion.

[@CLAMBAKED]

Full circle. Atom Willard is the drummer in this video. He filled in for a tour. Crazy. 😮

[@JamesC183]

Ah thank you! It’s been driving me crazy trying to remember, I’m pretty certain Atom was on the drums first time I saw them live

[@SaffronThurkettle-sm8mo]

I love Private Eye especially that it's got Atom Willard in this song

[@ZackLeath]

I remember getting bullied for wearing an alkaline trio shirt to middle school all the time. It was my favorite shirt. It spelled alkaline trio out on gravestones. I never cared though because everyone liked this song eventually. Such an awesome band and song.

[@mikelubey]

Welcome back Atom 🥁

[@saffronthurkettle6795]

I can’t believe I didn’t think Private eye had an official music video lol I love this song as well and I can’t believe Atom Willard was in alkaline trio until 2001 lol then from 2005-2011 he was in angels&airwaves he’s worked with both Matt skiba and Tom DeLonge lol

[@kerank4157]

and back with Matt again, here's hoping he is Derek's replacement

[@classonbread5757]

​@@kerank4157You were correct

[@pugxsi2]

Criminally underrated song

[@edisaacsson2722]

Underrated how? It's consistently in their top 5 most played on Spotify and is generally considered by both fans of the band and the wider rock community to be a great track.

[@pugxsi2]

@@edisaacsson2722 I meant in the wider community, not just amongst AT fans.

[@aurora6920]

Definitely deserves more views

[@citrusblast9327]

Damn, Atom hits hard!

[@kanedasrifle]

when i first heard this i was sure it would be a hit and catapult them into the big leagues. such a shame, great single, it really is.

[@Shawno1978]

They're big time its sad if you don't know this

[@kanedasrifle]

@@Shawno1978 So big time the album sold less than $200.000 copies in the U.S , Even sadder that you didn't know this.

[@Shawno1978]

@@kanedasrifle listen I'll break it down for you.. punk rock by nature is not about record sales and is underground and word of mouth. Unlike few bands like blink 182, Green day and Offspring who transend and capture broader pop fans, A3 is a standard great punk band. I suggest you live the punk life and dont correlate sales with reputation

[@kanedasrifle]

​@@Shawno1978 They were never 'big time' which by definition means 'the highest or most successful level in a career, especially in entertainment' So that ends that. Licensing your music for episodes of the O.C , The Hills and Forza Horizon on the X box , how very 'live the punk life'. Never big time by the very definition of the word , and never actually punk enough to turn down Buffy the Vampire Slayer. And the fact you cited 'blink 182, Green day and Offspring' as your examples of 'punk' bands who 'transend and capture broader pop fans' , just shows how young you are and little you actually know , there was this decade called the 70s and a country called England ya know , check it out sometime. So my 11 year old post , 'when i first heard this i was sure it would be a hit and catapult them into the big leagues. such a shame, great single, it really is.' is absolutely fine , hence why you're the only person in those 11 years that reacted negatively to it. So yeah enjoy the 'punk life' Shawn , this conversation is over.

[@erikostling5656]

Big leagues is punk hell, cult following is where it's at

[@leosmusiccollection]

Atom ⚛️🤘🔥

[@octopot4113]

Ughh still one of my all time favorite songs and it’s 2024. Perfection 🥲

[@garethjmorris9746]

This is timeless. 20 years kn and I'm still blasting it

[@Jizzledazzle]

[@DannyTheChampionOfTheWorld]

First saw this on a vhs that came free with Kerrang! magazine. Loved this band since.

[@dquist29]

Vh1 stamp of approval

[@scottwozniak9627]

My Lord these guys rock the hell

[@muhammadafif8986]

Wooo. I miss this song. 😢

[@adayinforever]

23 years later I find out a video for this exists. Never knew until now.

[@darrenbuckley2082]

Nice to see this back up, thank you.

[@saffronthurkettle6795]

Happy birthday to Matt skiba that’s half the reason I chose to listen to alkaline trio today lol

[@Tonythomas1984]

Still here 2021 🤘🤘🤘

[@jgraham01900]

I honestly remember watching this music video one new years eve in my late teens, couldn't have captured it better.

[@dariancreative]

LOVE this song!..... But it's not the officail video clip

[@Johnlennon1987]

Anyone ever come back to this each NYE? Just me?

[@thewashoutpunk]

this was the first alkaline video i saw n I was sold.. 10 years later i got their logo inked.. no regrets! I just dont listen to anything post-crimson.. Goddamnit! for life!

[@a7xunlimited1]

Alkaline trio rocks

[@errezmardi506]

600 likes! that's nice!

[@MonkeyHawke]

2020 and still here

[@totaldramailand1]

Yes sir

[@blahdelablah]

@PyroReguLus The video used live footage, but that doesn't mean the audio was from the performances shown.

[@melissakennedy3676]

Awe yeah

[@2nmingo]

this song stuck in i my head and before it was sadie literally ever AT song is good

[@Krupification]

nice work!

[@ӇЄ0Ӈ-ф5в]

🔥fkn🖤A🎸

[@ChrisMccann1822]

@drvonfrie Alkaline trio constantly have some of the best drummers in the world, Dan is one of the best bass players known to man lol and matt is a god

[@lnnocent]

@blink182alk3fan Do you not see him drumming? He's right there, that's what he has to do with this video.

[@craiganderson6912]

20 years ago!😮

[@Develboi]

Its so obvious! dem pepels! ..Alkaline Trio rox! xD

[@kronictonic]

I think i had this on a vhs tape kerrang gave away in 2002

[@AmputeeAdventures]

This came out when I became a Private Eye. LOL

[@jamesbullet55]

@drvonfrie I think they don't need any improvement, but yes, Damnesia showed how excellent and talented they are, yet another brilliant album by a brilliant band.

[@jessicabremer9735]

VH1 music video,...F-ing awesome! Is no one else seeing THIS?????? a fucking VH1 logo in the corner of this video. VH1 was like, Kenny G, Whitney Houston, Go West, and Paula Abdul, videos on repeat. How the F did this end up in the shuffle. Did 'Brad" from the VH1 mail room sneak his mixed CD into the fold to bring down ,"The Man"? If so, well done 'Brad" from who cares. You did the lords work. i raise my container of alcholic fluid to you.

[@JohnCarloA]

@watts4188 i'm with you in that one man, underdogs are so much better than mainstream.

[@crujones4491]

This should have been the Dexter intro song

[@jkats14]

@BettySynn420 It's all good, I still dig em.

[@THINKSOIAM]

Here in 2022

[@johnnygee8120]

Much obliged

[@JeffreySpillane-pd6hh]

Heard

[@PyroReguLus]

This sounds.....really good, considering its live and all. A pleasant surprise.

[@crazygameztv]

Alk3 best

[@drvonfrie]

lyrically theyre geniuses, instrumental they could improve but theyre a punk band cant expect too much lol however when they create a song its everything it needs. Damnesia did, however, show some excellent improvement in the years

[@bubba842]

They developed massively in the technical department in future records.

[@KingOn3]

@drvonfrie why improve perfection? and i don't mean they're "perfect". i mean their sound and their instrumentals fit their style perfectly.

[@TarcisioBaterando]

atom willard (y)

[@FabulousKilljoysFTW]

@drvonfrie when you say "instrumental" I'm guessing you're not including Dan? I'm sorry, but he is one of the best bass players I have ever seen.

[@Bangggggggggggggggg]

@BettySynn420 *love

[@netandful]

@Andrewjohncook1985 they made it several times to the mtv and "modern rock top" around 2003 - 2004 and "Promo Only" charts which were used by many radiostations and were reference of the top charts by many other charts in the world, so basicaly yeah they were mainstream

[@JuniorRodgers]

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[@D1SC0K1NGZ]

Heard this track many times, many moons ago from friends playing it then, heard it again recently in Watch_Dogs, superb song, superb band! (Now planning to do a DiSCOKiNGZ (Our band) cover of it! ;-) ...... soundcloud.com/discokingz

[@StonebeardIronface]

No, they are not "Mainstream" I don't know anyone dumb enough to think so.

[@moments.hybrid]

Hi

[@ChrisMccann1822]

@drvonfrie instrumental they could improve . . . was that a joke lol

[@karamazoffff]

Ахуенны!

[@Bangggggggggggggggg]

@watts4188 *leagues

[@heriijunee]

i think Matt better here.

[@lemonyfresh26]

Pretty much not. NEVER heard them on the radio unless it was the local college radio station.

[@bestinthesmokersworld2422]

Watch Dogs.

[@jkats14]

@BettySynn420 They were played on MTV, when MTV actually played music. Nice try though, cause they are pretty mainstream.

[@chrisrios1709]

They are not really that mainstream, speaking from 10 years in the future at least.

[@drvonfrie]

@ChrisMcann182 um no lol they play guitar and and bass and drums like a typical punk band. its all power chords and shit lol

[@drvonfrie]

so do to the numerous replies ive recieved it has occured to me that you cannot ciritisize a bands faults lol every band has em, from the beatles to alkaline trio. I merely was stating them

[@notdoc]

Shitty video but at least it's got Atom in it :)

[@chopprz]

Easy dude - great band, but kids don't need to follow A3; too intense.

[@drvonfrie]

@ChrisMcann182 Matt plays gutiar average, the drums are average, and the bass il give you that but theyre def not much above average outside lyrics lol i love matt skiba but its true

[@JohnCarloA]

@watts4188 i'm with you in that one man, underdogs are so much better than mainstream.