Amebix - Live @ Triple Rock Minneapolis in 27.5.2009 ("The Power Remains the Same" DVD)

[@andylefton]

I created and edited this DVD :) (also played this show)

[@trashlives93]

That's awesome, I saw the promo like 6-7 years ago and was waiting for this DVD to come out since then. Glad it finally got released!

[@FrankCastiglione]

Thank you, sir! Not only for this DVD, but also for "Knights of the Black Sun" Amebix's music video and that War/Plague's "mechanical bird"! You did a great art work! PS: And, sorry to inconvenience you. But could you explain to me the meaning of the cover of the Amebix's "Sonic Mass" album? Or tell me where I can find more information about that symbol (a kind of cross/monolith)? Thanks!

[@trashlives93]

​@@FrankCastiglione I know you meant this question for Andy, but in this interview Rob talks a bit about the symbolism in both Tau Cross and Sonic Mass: thequietus.com/articles/20037-tau-cross-rob-miller-amebix-interview ctrl + f = Sonic Mass Thought it might interest you, best of luck.

[@FrankCastiglione]

@@trashlives93 Thanks, Hektor! :-)

[@donaldcady3839]

Excellent work. I just watched an Amebix documentary so this came up in my feed. Great band.

[@neitikissu]

I loved Amebix when I was a kid. Now I’m 56 and just blown away by how excellent this gig was. Clearly I had great taste as a youth😀

[@Darwinist]

Having one of the best drummers in the whole rock/metal/industrial game behind the kit really helps. Also probably a lot better sound system, mixing, everything really compared to what they had at their disposal back in the crust punk days. Some people see that sound in a nostalgic light. I don't. I wish more of the great bands from that era could have put their songs on tape in really good studios where the full range of power and punch the music really contained was captured.

[@Nekrist218]

Legendary band, I love their music.

[@trashlives93]

SETLIST: 0:01 - Winter 5:15 - The Power Remains 10:09 - Progress? 14:00 - Axeman 17:02 - Largactyl 20:30 - The Darkest Hour 25:12 - Control 29:20 - Chain Reaction 35:09 - I.C.B.M 41:22 - Drink and Be Merry 49:27 - Nobody's Driving 53:14 - Coming Home 57:50 - Arise!

[@JohnH779]

Cheers Hektor, saved me doing it!

[@scorpions1965]

Legend🔥

[@nylonnerves8422]

Drumming on this is insanely good. This makes me wish they had re-recorded songs with this energy.

[@trashlives93]

True, there's a few songs re-recorded with Roy on drums if you haven't checked them out yet. They're on the 2010 ep Redux which I enjoy a lot.

[@charlottekrasny]

@@trashlives93 Just recently Roy announced on Fb his new project with Stig and JJ from Discharge, forgot who's on bass. Will be released on Neurot Recordings 2023!

[@derunsympath]

@@charlottekrasny fuck yea i was wondering when stig is going to jump on something. he doesnt seem to love sonic mass but i always thought it was a great comeback album and we never got anymore of it. :(

[@scottmuir5773]

They did it's called "Redux".

[@JaymeSplendid]

@@trashlives93Roy is the main reason why Nausea sounded so much better when he joined.

[@duanenash9474]

Ray Mayorga deserves a lot of credit

[@vodaploda]

yeah

[@nigelbartlett4321]

Stig said the same thing. Spider was a good drummer but Roy is on a different level.

[@keupon514able]

Nausea ! nyc

[@ljdankov]

I saw Ray on the Ministry tour last year. He did the drum intro to Breathe flawlessly by himself. Which was pretty impressive given that it was written to be performed by two drummers....

[@Darwinist]

@@ljdankov Particularly impressive since he has had to learn how to play the drums twice, once as a kid and then again after his stroke.

[@KenGold666]

the originators of crust punk, Amebix are living legends

[@supervidere7]

Felix Von Havoc can take a chunk of credit too. I wished i lived in Minneapolis for a while there in the early 90's

[@owenjnelson-fb9mg]

@@supervidere7pfft…

[@NEUR0MANCER_]

Always loved Amebix since I first heard them in 10th grade. Their sound was so differnt then what the rest of the punk and crust genre sounds like. You can truly taste the influences of MOTORHEAD. Great band, and they STILL sound amazing, better even cause they have brough in more modern styles of drumming and synths, which add depth to the music, making it sound way more epic and larger then life. Not like a band that simply sounds like a garage band. Which I also love. But Amebix always had a darker, influential aesthetic. And the music, gives you a whole differnt epic image compared to other punk bands. Their lyrics are more comparable to Iron Maiden or Black sabbath. Something I wish more punk did. Explore mythology, cyber punk, Dark gothic middle ages, and the thems that go with it. Why does everything have to be about the real world with punk? Be creative, explore the same themes froma more grand POV, like a world you create in the music. Punk has become the equivalent to regular hip hop[. While amebix is deltron 3030 gorillazs level creative. And its rare bands sound the same live, this is a signature of punk, since the sound isnt as produced to bring to live performances. So in reality most punk is simpler, but sounds BETTER live.

[@willamshaw6944]

I KNOW STIG REALLY USED SPEAK TO HIM MOST WEEKS ON FACEBOOK TILL HE DISAPPEARED OF THERE MET HIM ABOUT 20 TIMES IN LAST 35 YRS PPLUS SEEN HIS AMEBIX 6 TIMES AN HIS OTHER BAND ZYGOTE 5 TIMES IN MID 80/S EARLY 90 / IM 55 THIS YEAR STIG ABOUT62/ 63 I STAYED ON BOAT WITH HIM IN BRISTOL AFTER A POISION IDEA GIG IN 16 SMOKING WEED WITH HIM TALKING ABOUT LIFE THE ONLY THING AMEBIX HAD COMMON THEY PLAYED WITH MI ON THE PUNK/CRUST WAS THEY WERE SQUATTERS N HATED THE TORIES MUSICALLY TOTALLY DIFFERENT STIG TOLDD THAT NIGHT ON THE FIRST GIG HE WENT TO WAS HAWKWIND /PIN FARIES AN HE SAID HIS 5 FAV BANDS ARE MOTORHEAD BLACK SABBATH HAWKWIND JOY DIVISION AN KILLING JOKE ALL HARD ROCK OR METAL OR POST PUNK BANDS , AN HIS BROTHER ROB USED WRITE TO THE VENOM SINGER IN THE EARY DAYS AT THERE LOUDEST THEY SOUND A BIT LIKE VENOM

[@scorpions1965]

My future children should be Amebix fans

[@GetFVKT]

I spy my 18 year old self front and center haha. This show smelled so bad.

[@waywardanarchist]

...keep coming back to listen to this...what a brilliant band....

[@Pogelpunk]

A unique band. I still have a bootleg of them I did of their gig at the George Robey pub back in 81 or 82. That gig Stig’s guitar was just a crazy insane feedback

[@jaysarin2826]

I doesn’t get better than THAT.

[@ZombifiedPreacher1]

Damn they're smooth, killer sound

[@matthewcortez4706]

Great live performance what a great short lived comeback Amebix to leave us with this to watch forever was nice of them

[@seanodonnell9826]

Wow they sound absolutely powerful af here! That drum sound is so damn warm, deep and organic.

[@curry389]

An overlooked fact that makes them so good is the fucking brilliant bass parts he plays. A massively under rated part of punk music. Or music in general for that matter.

[@zeitxgeist]

honestly my favourite shit to play on bass is almost always punk and (somewhat embarrassingly) ska. just simple rhythmic fun and it's sick.

[@kevingardner9567]

Discharge Bass Love.@@zeitxgeist

[@AnoNymous-2013]

This is beautiful. I've never got the chance to see them live. Thank you for sharing this with the world.

[@uliuchu4318]

wow, this sounds way more progressive/technical than i'd expected some bedrock crust dinosaurs to sound like, totally dig it

[@DirtMerchant1990]

"How it was meant to be"

[@Metal-Possum]

What they're putting in is minimal, but what comes out is sonically excellent. Just watch the guitar and bass and not a whole lot is happening, the drummer gets 10 points for doing his bit though.

[@derunsympath]

Amebix are like an esoteric Prog version of Crust. Cant think of any other band that had that eerie kind of sound almost like sabbath did. Also their songwriting is fantastic.

[@luisloyola7124]

one of the bands of my life

[@Midlife81]

Triple rock really had some great shows. May triple rock rip.

[@CaptainComatose]

I'm new to Amebix. The beginning of "Arise!" sound slike it influenced Bolt Thrower's "in battel there is no law", "world eater", "powder burns", "the killchain", "cenotaph", "embers". "Chain reaction" seems to have influenced the outro of "anti-tank (dead armour)". The ending to Secrets of the Moon's "worship" sounds slightly like the ending of "Arise!". Is it just me, or does anyone think that too?

[@derunsympath]

Amebix were super infuential to a whole bunch of 'extreme' Metal bands. Even Bands like Darkthrone were influenced by them.

[@tiadanama6236]

It wouldn't surprise me at all since early in their career, Bolt Thrower were very much part of the punk and grind scene. They can be seen wearing a handful of punk shirts too like Crass, Antisect and Discharge. Heck even before Bolt Thrower were formed, Gavin played for The Varukers.

[@rainofterror-official4225]

You might be on to something there😮

[@BA-qw2dj]

Bolt thrower used to be more of a crust/hardcore band back in the day so Amebix was definitely a huge influence, but they’re a massive influence on extreme metal as a whole

[@michaelredd4676]

reminds me of voi vod and venom.

[@gustavoautran]

Utterly devastated yet musically mesmerized, I stand. AMEBIX

[@dallasmorris8213]

My ultimate gig would be these n Axegrinder on the same gig 🎸🥁🎼💿🎙️⚒️

[@pawnotdaw4559]

I was such a super fan in 83 wish had the chance to see em live. Saw antisect couple of times in those days but Amebix had much more power.

[@G-Man01]

Sonic Mass was exceptional. One of the best metal albums of the decade in my opinion. Sorely underrated.

[@davidechessa1572]

Yeah, Sonic Mass is amazing. But why that pre-fix 'metal'? Amebix are beyond

[@Banglum]

Sounds fantastic!

[@ianhames2465]

Great playing great drumming great sound.

[@medutopia]

FFS, one of my favourite bands, if not THE favourite!

[@maddog.mcewan]

brilliant as they always have been

[@denixclaro1980]

Que foda....muito bom !! Que banda massa é o Amebix.....todo mundo toca demais ae.....! 👊🏽💀

[@darklord-nc6pc]

wow just got the dvd \m/ cd

[@eternallight3883]

Roy !!!

[@vodaploda]

awesome..

[@marcdoyle6297]

Awesome

[@davidmc3262]

this was a long set for amebix I saw them live a few times in the late 80 early 90s and I think thay played for 29 minutes at the bensham working men's club the vid is on you tube or it was.. great band though. thay really out did themselves here . really good nothing off sonic mass though.

[@urielfigueroa7632]

The BEST!!!!

[@miltoncardinallijr.6495]

raw and dirty...high level old school !

[@RoRo-kc8zv]

The musicianship is un real

[@MusicTheLifeBlood]

Hey oh! -Dustin

[@lobotomyscam1051]

Nice LARD shirt he's rocking.

[@ginger6toes]

Killer! 😎

[@davedennison7386]

Progress, control, winter....the older tunes sound fucking great.....ngnm...

[@TheDar666]

🤘

[@MrIanstu88]

Crucial and so fucking good!!! Shame politics will prevent us from seeing such a fantastic band.

[@dunkelelf3086]

💯👍✊💪☠️👊🖕🇩🇪... Sooo good...

[@chemichaelteale5556]

just killer. simple as??

[@Вячеслав-д7н]

55:27

[@chemichaelteale5556]

the mighty AMEBIX killing it? m.a.largacteale?

[@chemichaelteale5556]

Killer

[@martinjohnston6685]

What's in the booklet I didn't get it with the vinyl?

[@fnW6392]

...amebiX....war.....cool...

[@supervidere7]

Don't forget Arise was written in a squat!

[@nunofranco7095]

Sorry to say this but the true sound of Amebix is this: Fulham Greyhound, London - 21+22/01/83. No Gods No Masters! And also when the share huges amounts of cider with Disorder...Don't forget to bring the stones for not being consensual.

[@ewanroberts3658]

Get in :)

[@gazd8965]

NO GODS NO MASTERS

[@jupiter2170]

Mr. Pete the roadie @ 3:11

[@brentlohr3394]

Try and imagine punk or metal without bands like - Amebix and Discharge.

[@kevingardner9567]

Discharge best punk band of all time. decontrol decontrol we've been shit on far too long. best use of the bass by any band ever.

[@RibeiroGames12]

Venom, Amebix and Discharge are the holy trinity

[@Il_toscano_genoano]

:)