CHAVEZ on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon

Chavez perform "Laugh Track" Live on Jimmy Fallon 10/12/11

[@retisonic]

One of the few moments on late-night TV where actual genius-level music gets to be seen and heard. Thank god.

[@mskcrc]

for real, this song is among Chavez's best and they fuckin brought it here

[@TylerWoodisawesome]

us 90s math rock nerds go bonkers for the instrumental part starting at 2:18 leading up to and including the 'drop' at 2:32

[@thenavajoknow]

Almost 25 years to the day, what must have been my favorite gig ever: Tocotronic, Chavez and GBV.

[@the_blue_truck]

This is the future that never came

[@Justinm1789]

I'm so glad this is finally online in HD

[@CodyChromeBand]

Woah what the actual fuck Chavez is on The Tonight Show

[@lanepianta3624]

The greatest band America never heard of.

[@sethprops4404]

These guys need to a tour. Asap! Glad Guitar Moves is back though.

[@kellyburnsnewyork]

LOVE Chavez!! miss those days so badly!

[@soytonioful]

CHAVEZ was a HUGE part of my 90's. This is awesome!!!!

[@songstofuckto]

I feel you. They were an amazing band to see live. Blessed to have seen em more times than I can recall.

[@GarrettPaimon]

Listen up cause these guys ghost wrote all your favorite songs. Legendssssssss

[@BLDiniz]

Wow...interesting. What songs, for example? I now Matt is everywhere on music...playing here and there...

[@mattwalter5184]

@@BLDiniz It’s well known that Clay Tarver ghost wrote Boston’s More Than a Feeling when he was eight.

[@strothermartin3369]

@@mattwalter5184 That's right. But don't forget that Matt Sweeney wrote "Double Dutch Bus" when he was just 3 and 1/2 years old.

[@mattwalter5184]

@@strothermartin3369 Oh yes, especially the line about one’s corns hurting.

[@strothermartin3369]

@@mattwalter5184Truth! Matt Sweeney's battle with childhood corns and bunions is well documented.

[@louderthangod]

Chavez was one of those bands I just missed. I saw them mentioned enough to remember them but in the days of physical media I could only buy so many records and nobody I was close with was into them so I never got into them till the last 10 or so years. This was amazing though.

[@MrChrisclayton]

You're here now though. At least you have that going for you.

[@tommycscat]

Ha, I had no idea this happened. I managed to catch Chavez at Lit Lounge, then ATP Asbury Park in 2011, no idea they were on Fallon though. Strange how time flies. The first time I saw Chavez was in 1994 with Cat Power at Irving Plaza opening for someone I forgot. (Not Dinosaur Jr. That was in '95.) Then all throughout '95, '96 and '97 at Brownies, Mercury Lounge, etc...

[@rjpaws]

...wait, I think I have a 'I saw Chavez a load of times' Blue Peter badge somewhere

[@kentuckychromedesign]

Had to travel to Vegas to see them for Matador's 21st bday back in 2010. Still one of the best rock pilgrimages I've ever made.

[@skewedscene]

My friend and I followed that same set of shoes… ATP and Lit Lounge. That Lit Lounge show was perfection.

[@tomvarner7943]

James Lo on drums!!!

[@tomvarner7943]

@@zacharyscott2164 , yes! James is a friend from music school, gee, just a few years ago (!) and a great guy and a very great drummer.

[@gittty]

the champion

[@DrewThiemann]

All Time Lo

[@stiggiestigwood3310]

I’m just glad someone hipped Jimmy to this

[@ThePopShopStudio]

So good! Good sound too.

[@BrandonMobley614]

I'll check out anything Matt Sweeney is a part of.

[@takuansoho5440]

Yes!!! My fav badn fo the nineties!!!

[@gunsandgravy]

The best band

[@rjpaws]

The great Miles Willey of Lowgold infamy did me a tape of this exquisite LP when I was permanently drunk in Brighton town circa 97

[@mattwalter5184]

The infamous Jules Cavendash of Cleft Mallet made me a cassette of this before he lost his hearing after that tragic bee keeping incident. However, it was from the CD and not the LP.

[@songstofuckto]

Probably the band I saw play live the most times in the 90s v early 00s. Amazing drummer

[@MrRexTATO]

Awesome nice perfomance.

[@sunn0877]

I never made the connection before this video... holy shit

[@uncooldispatch5438]

Fkin awesome thanks 🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🎸🎸🎸🤓🤓🤓😍😍😍👹👹👹🇨🇦🥸🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@lonewizzard8456]

Awesome

[@iwaspaidtoflywithyoubatman]

This is fucking killer

[@astrologist174]

This is so great! Thanks for sharing! :D

[@marcomb1913]

Bro wtf this is genius

[@songstofuckto]

The James Lo is a powerful drummer.

[@deathkampdrone]

Just SO good. Very groovy and homogenic, yet he sounds both jammy and tight. The nineties was an awesome decade for drummers in alternative rock. :D

[@stefanschachtell2096]

the last record that never came....:(

[@spacejaxson3407]

brilliant

[@springsilver9383]

Scott Pilgrim on the bass!

[@nealjohnson8126]

lol

[@stuff8605]

rad

[@pipeforero1251]

Da fok

[@petemitchell6788]

Guessing it's Matt's Les Paul that's out of tune. lol

[@uncooldispatch5438]

U can barely hear Sweeney’s guitar ... the bass is tiny bit out ... but who gives a shit.

[@zcguitar1]

@@uncooldispatch5438 I can hear his guitar just fine, they have it panned all the way right, though I'm listening through headphones.

[@garygustin1717]

Yes!!!! Skunk was pretty cool back in the day (unfortunately categorized as a Soul Asylum ripoff), but this is even cooler....excellent!

[@markbooket6477]

Skunk was before soul asylum

[@garygustin1717]

@@markbooket6477 Maybe Skunk was playing live before Soul Asylum... but I don’t think so. Point me towards a Skunk album that was released in 1984, compared to Soul Asylum’s “Say What You Will” album” (1984). Skunk’s Debut “Last American Virgin” was released in 1989. Can you confirm that Skunk was around before 1983 ( when Soul Asylum assumed the name “ Soul Asylum” after starting “Loud Fast Rules” in 1981) ?

[@garygustin1717]

Anyway, who cares. It’s all great music, and everybody brings something different to the table...

[@matthewvaneyk4713]

@@markbooket6477 Not even close. The first Soul Asylum record came out in 84. SA actually formed in 81/82 and initially went by the name Loud Fast Rules before changing it to Soul Asylum. Skunk was great but there were too many similarities to Soul Asylum to be mere coincidence. Sweeney has gone on record in interviews that they were a huge influence and in his opinion the best live band of the late 80s underground rock circuit.

[@markbooket6477]

Look a hole skunk went nowhere. But I did go to high school with the members. S o I guess you are right but I don't give two flying fs. So I don't want to hear any more. Yes Soul Asylum was first.Do you want a biscuit from Popeyes or something 🤔

[@wormskull2454]

Chavez is too good for Fallon.

[@franksmith4807]

How is your brain wired? Most do not understand how genius this is. You?

[@estebanb7166]

It's neato mosquitoe.

[@someguy4505]

Anyone else get surprised by the drummer the first time you saw him play? Like in a "what the hell, they have an Asian drummer?" Then you realize you still have some stereotypes kicking around in your head as you watch him slay?

[@j.p.roofer3407]

Appreciate the honesty.

[@jpittmon1363]

???

[@xsisterwifex]

Sounds like someone trying to emulate Polvo

[@damonbetz8811]

yes... except.... no....

[@mattdee23]

@@damonbetz8811 No, not even close!

[@Tom-oz4tm]

they were contemporaries anyway dipsht