Dramarama Bands Reunited 2004

[@HappyFarmerMG]

Please bring this show back. A show about forgiving and healing would be so good right now.

[@nov20five]

I totally agree!

[@mojo4376]

Just get a different host….please.

[@XavierParks-kt6rw]

I'd be all in

[@Persephonie22]

This was my favorite❤ show on VH1. I miss it so much.

[@rshveyda]

I first heard Anything, Anything on KROQ in the summer of 1985 when I was a high school senior riding around the LA suburbs where I grew up. I met the girl who would eventually become my wife that same summer and we had 30 wonderful years before she passed. Dramarama will always be my favorite band and Anything, Anything my favorite song. Their music brings back so many great memories that I cannot thank them enough. I wish the band nothing but the best and hope harmony and happiness has found them all. My life is better for having your music in it.

[@ispacehead]

I'm on the same timeline as you, and in the same region and I totally relate. Heard em on Rodney when he first found the New Rose record and thought they were a French band called Dreamarama. 😂I saw them with my future wife one of the first times, and we still love them to this day. Got to see a full set out in Beaumont last year with our daughter.

[@zmbdog]

Just seeing this in my suggestions made me watch Nightmare on Elm St. 4 again.

[@robertcontreras9175]

Nothing wrong with operating a bulldozer and putting in a hard day of work to feed your family .

[@ispacehead]

Not a damn thing.

[@asparagusbear3323]

I know. I hate when people are looked down on for hard work.

[@Tull1996]

Exactly....not to mention, some of those guys actually make quite a bit of money doing it.

[@chrismcdonaldracing]

Nothing wrong with it at all he's a honest working man who kicks ass at guitar

[@tswrench]

Who said anything was wrong with it? They were talking about the contrast between the two gigs.

[@mc_lars]

Incredible band! “Anything, Anything” is a timeless classic! My band covered it in high school.

[@crazycatman5928]

Yes it is!!

[@BreakfastKing]

Drummer Jesse Farbman, aka; known as Anant Jesse, lived in Montreal, Canada, where he taught spiritual therapeutics and maintained a private practice; he died in 2014, rip Jesse. (Wikipedia)

[@guymorris6596]

What was the cause of death ?

[@scott2575]

@@guymorris6596 Cancer

[@jasonmorrow6700]

@@scott2575 So the spiritual therapeutics didn't work, eh? What a sham. Poor guy.

[@dontcomeforme1349]

Thank you so much for uploading this!!

[@sahhan315]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting this!! I have been searching for this particular episode since it first aired...it was amazing to see Jesse and his enthusiasm. RIP, Avant...

[@ispacehead]

Jesse was a cool cat. It was really neat seeing him play with the guys one last time. :)

[@mark9876]

In the '80s, I was a student at Cal-State Fullerton. I was involved with The Associated Students program and knew people involved with entertainment programming for the university. I knew Dramarama would play at local venues around the area, so I suggested seeing if they would play on campus. Later that year, my friend says, I got Dramarama to play on campus. It was great to know that my suggestion somehow got them to play at Cal-State Fullerton. I got to shake John's hand that night as he jumped in the crowd as he did in this show. I did not see Dramarama play again until 2016 at the Totally 80's festival at The District in Santa Ana. Later that same year, I got to meet him at Humphrey's Half Moon Bay. And now I will get to see him at The Coach House on February 5th. I am glad that they decided to reunite again after this show.

[@FrederickChampaguno]

They had solid records. Super underrated band

[@zzz9248]

First heard this song on a Freddie Kruger movie part for alive was learning the nunchucks of her dead brother

[@DonnieDarko1]

One of the most awesome memorable scenes ever with it playing in the background, wish the scene was longer.

[@zzz9248]

@@DonnieDarko1 same.

[@digipeeper]

Love this band and they had their 15 minutes of fame. They where the All American Unsung Band. Nothing like a Quintet Band. Thank you for the upload.

[@mastersupreme6126]

goosebumps all over my body yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@davicus100]

wow they sounded freakin awsome after all that time and theyre on tour now, dope

[@themorn2112]

I first heard "Anything, Anything" in the mid 2000s, thinking this was a current hit song from that moment. I was floored to discover that the song was released in the mid '80s. What's especially shocking for me was that the '80s was my prime (my '20s).

[@JohnLong-wt5xj]

RIP Jesse. We'll miss you.

[@TuRitmoRewind]

One of the greatest 80’s Alternative Songs of all time !!!! Anything Anything !!! 🤟🏽🤩🤟🏽

[@pamelacapozzoli4011]

I’m glad you guys are doing some shows again. Waiting on the 80’s show in December 18th 2021

[@Errcyco]

This band is really special. Me and my dad had maybe five good moments before he died. One was Christmas morning when I was five. He gave the this Drammaramma cassette and smiled and said he was sorry we’d go buy presents later. I knew that wasn’t gonna happen I was just happy he wanted to show me the tape. Last cigarette was his favorite and we’d sing it and I’d play with his actual cigarettes. I miss you sometimes dad. I hope your spirit went somewhere fun

[@ispacehead]

That is a cool memory. Makes me think of when I was a kid (in the 70's) and my mom would light a cigarette and have me take it to my father upstairs. 🤣

[@roosternm6830]

My cousin turned me on to these guys in 96. I thought they were a current alternative band like a lot of other people did. Anything, Anything was my favorite and I learned it on guitar and covered it in a few bands since. Still do. Great song and great band.

[@charliechan1966]

I wonder what happened to all those signed LPs.where are they now?

[@Cat-Benatar]

I actualy shed tears watching them I listen to marry me marry new EVERYDAY!!! Since it came out on my drive's anywhere😢😆😎🤗🤗.

[@guymorris6596]

Song title is Anything, Anything but it's a great song even now.

[@georgepedone8506]

Your my new #Hero for uploading this . TY

[@lusasilva8373]

I saw Dramarama several years ago for one of those 80s concerts. And, I am not sure which members were there, aside from Johnny. But, he put on such a great show. He jumped into the audience after they played and hung around to see the other bands.

[@JamesRandall-ie5mn]

This episode really turned my stomach. They reunited this great band and filled the audience with people who are probably the children of record execs and VH1 execs and most of these kids probably have no idea who they are. Chris came off badly and John came off really great. The rest of the band came of as stellar human beings.

[@ispacehead]

I got an invite, but I was out of town for a family thing.

[@JOEYLOVESMOVIES]

RIP to Jesse. Seemed like a great soul.

[@tonye9045]

Thanks for the upload.

[@cosmos1250]

Notice how Peter Wood doesn't make Eye Contact with his Band Mates - especially Chris Carter at their first Meeting !!

[@MrDmfan]

Thanks for posting! You're awesome.

[@davidskeen4000]

Very cool , Dramarama will always be one of my favorites .

[@PhilBlasco]

Thank you so much for uploading this. Interesting to have a slight idea of the dynamics in the band. So happy to see the guys talking to each other again. Sad for Jesse, he was a very cool guy.

[@ispacehead]

Jesse was a sweetheart of a man in the brief time I was able to get to know him. Wish I could have gone to this show and seen him play one last time.

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

ispacehead Do you know how he died? Wikipedia doesn't say anything. :(

[@Westcoasttrendkill]

​@@anti-ethniccleansing465Read somewhere that he had cancer

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

@@Westcoasttrendkill Thanks. I am surprised I got your response over three years after I posted my comment! I can’t remember who Jesse was in Dramarama, but I have to wonder if he was the bassist or guitarist, because I met the band member that filled one of those roles on an airplane flight from California to Massachusetts (or from Mass to CA). He was even writing music on the flight while sitting next to me! It was a pretty cool experience because at the time I met and chatted with him throughout the 5 hour flight, his band’s hit one-hit-wonder song “Anything, Anything” was still a huge hit on the radio getting constant air play. And sorry if that isn’t the correct song title… I’m too lazy to look it up. ;)

[@SorryForTheClarification]

I've loved this band since their debut album, and after watching this I love 'em even more. They seem like an incredibly nice bunch of guys who got caught up in the madness of fame. And they all look better in their later incarnations than they did in their longhaired heyday.

[@otisyoungblood]

One of the greatest songs ever period !!!!!!!

[@shayneoneill1506]

These guys are total dads (I mean that in the most loving way as an old dude myself), to the point where they've played their old highschool battle of the bands competitions, presumably as a way of throwing a bit of excitement for the kids at the school they used to attend.

[@Mickcotton]

I just saw Chris yesterday. This was a Great Reunion. Great Songs. To bad it all didn’t work out 😞 So Sad 😞

[@ispacehead]

Dramarama is still playing kick ass shows pretty regularly. :D

[@5555emerson]

I simply loved it!

[@digmacdiggydoo]

Great band. Deserved to be big, but thats how it goes.

[@themorn2112]

This band was waaaaayyyy ahead of its time in its heyday....

[@strictlydubwise]

On their last tour w/Carter (for Hi Fi Sci Fi w/Clem Burke on drums) the crowd was really small at the show I saw and during the last song/extended jam Easdale hopped off the stage and shook hands with every member of the audience. Heard he did that at all the shows on that tour -- the writing was on the wall. I've seen them once since they did this reunion, a NYE gig in NJ w/o Carter around 2004, and they ROCKED. Good guys, good tunes, bad luck.

[@ispacehead]

What venue was that? I seem to remember them playing 2 consecutive nights in Hollywood. I missed those shows, but I thought they had sold out.

[@strictlydubwise]

@@ispacehead Toad's Place, New Haven CT. That's where I first saw them, on the Wonderamaland tour, playing a free show to a crowd no bigger than the one for the Hi-Fi Sci-Fi gig (I became a fan for life). They were a cult favorite in L.A. (and to a lesser extent in NJ), but had trouble breaking beyond that. No accounting for taste where the American public is concerned.

[@jeffzachritz8879]

I met both John and Mark this past Saturday in Las Vegas. Both were as gracious and as friendly as could be.

[@johnfortuna4190]

One of my favorite B R!!! They killed it!!! Rock n Roll 🙌🏻🤘🏼🤘🏼 Amazing!!!

[@otisyoungblood]

It hurts my heart they don't preform or make music anymore this band was so good

[@hamupinhere]

They put out a new album in 2020, apparently: "Color TV".

[@Bustamove-]

Their a great group I only heard one song of theirs ! Any thing Any thing a great song!

[@koolkooler9437]

I would pay $100 2 see them live

[@christinasavannah7992]

Dramarama had a grunge aesthetic even for mid 80s ahead of they're time

[@bobcrain5285]

The epilogue at the end of this show is inaccurate, stating that the band broke up. Dramarama did play the big show (KROQ's Inland Invasion) and continued as a band. However, Chris Carter did not continue with them.

[@deanabennett436]

Yes, thank goodness! I finally got to go see them :)!!!

[@rick-osabucers7770]

I like chris as the host/dj of 95.5 "breakfast with the beatles" but not as a musician ... I love his show,I always try to listen it every sunday morning ... but his ego is just too big & he's not even that good as a bass player,he's ok,but not like flea ... his ego is bigger than his talent & he's not even the songwriter of the band,john wrote their songs ... I'm glad to hear those guys are still rockin' without him ...

[@soviettsars]

@@rick-osabucers7770 and they actually have a kick ass bass player from Lizzy Borden and Halford now;)

[@jamesmitchell1909]

you could see the tension between the first two.The builder guy as lot of pain inside.

[@cosmos1250]

No Eye Contact - I noticed the same thing !!

[@garybaltiejus7248]

It's heartbreaking these guys didn't kick on to bigger and better things and all of us who remember them are now considered dinosaurs

[@girliboi]

"piles of coke, guns, and marital aids.." ok, vh1 you got my attention

[@pedroleitao5102]

This was to much fun! GREAT! Even the finale... This was a band with a clear identity, what would you expect but Chris braking up everything again! :D

[@ispacehead]

Except he didn't. Dramarama is still playing shows to this day. Never trust your tv. ;)

[@pedroleitao5102]

@@ispacehead Didn't they got back without Chris?... and without the drummer as well. Anyway that show happened within a period of time, how it ends it's top. They couldn't predict the future. ;-)

[@ispacehead]

Dramarama had already been playing shows without Chris before this and already had a new drummer. (They have had several.) This is a great episode, but it isn't entirely accurate. :)

[@DWINC]

Dramarama is epic. There’s a 90s short lived grunge band called Easdale named after him as an hommage.

[@ispacehead]

Wow! That's pretty cool. I wonder if he knows about that.

[@DWINC]

@@ispacehead I don’t know tbh. But I just checked it on Spotify again. It sounds like post grunge, catchy vocals. I like their songs Tonight and Leave me out.

[@ispacehead]

I will check it out and send him a link.

[@ispacehead]

Thanks for sharing that! I'm sure he'll get a kick out if it regardless.

[@DKLGalactus5]

Great show.

[@carolinewebber7236]

They should have never broken up, stayed the course, and they would have been huge!!

[@joev3662]

AWESOME

[@koolkooler9437]

They should tour AGAIN

[@wesleywalker5436]

I used to buy my records in the Looney Tunez record shop they owned. The record store is still in business and has been in the same location since the mid 70’s. When the doors closed they honed their skills in the basement.

[@ispacehead]

Wow! Super cool!

[@davewebbtheauthor]

Why couldn't they just find another bass player to play the festival? Glad to hear the band got back together for many more years after this.

[@rick-osabucers7770]

exactly right ... it's not like he played bass like john entwistle,like he's the best out there ... he's not even their songwriter too ... so basically,they can do good,either he's in the band or not ...

[@koolkooler9437]

Amazing he still has vocals

[@jenniferanngarcia2496]

They still sound the same! What a band. If Chris Carter refuses to play, they should have gotten someone else and put the band back together again...❤

[@ispacehead]

As a matter of fact, that is almost exactly what happened. They already had a new rhythm section. Chris and Jesse only came back for this show, but Dramarama had continued without them despite the way it is presented in this TV show.

[@crazysquirrel9191]

This was one of the best of VH1.Wish they did this still.

[@caiusKeys]

You knew getting these guys together would generate lots of -- wait for it -- "drama"...

[@redguitar69]

Nothing wrong with working hard to feed your family! Keeping it real!

[@koolkooler9437]

Sick Just freaking kick asssssss

[@rager1969]

I'd put Dramarama in my top 10 favorite artists, along with U2, The Beatles, Beck, The Police, INXS and Oingo Boingo. I saw John play at Club 369 in Fullerton in 1996 (I think) with Mr E Boy on guitar. I had them sign my CD of Box Office Bomb with Excerpts of Cinema Verite. John said that was a rare item, as those albums were subsequently released on separate CDs. I saw him again at the Stagecoach in San Juan Capistrano in the early 2000s, again with Mr. E Boy on guitar.

[@rager1969]

When I saw Johne (and Mr Eboy) back in 1996, I asked them what happened to Jesse. They said he took off and didn't know where he went until they (Dramarama) were playing a show in Denver and some guy with a beard in the front row was throwing ice cubes at them, and it was Jesse.

[@elsydro8064]

Damn sound just as good

[@keelanp53]

YES, BRING THIS SHOW BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED???

[@koolkooler9437]

Fuck yeah

[@butterbagboy]

Dramarama is king

[@TheDas9582]

Amir is always I, I, I, me me me.

[@winniem1989]

wonder why Chris Carter said no

[@winniem1989]

and why couldn't they go on without him

[@krimmie1111]

I think they were actually better now!

[@beachkidboy]

Rodney & Dusty on KROQ in LA totally made this band in America.

[@ispacehead]

I remember hearing them first on Rodney's show when he thought they were called Dreamarama. :D

[@mastersupreme6126]

+James Lehmann WHICH COUNTRY IN AMERICA?

[@sidneycook3196]

It's a front end loader not a bulldozer

[@The13thDukeofWybourne]

Who? Never heard of them!

[@1958indyfan]

Chris Carter - In case there was any doubt why this band was named DRAMArama. I guess DRAMAqueen was already taken.

[@bazookajoe6760]

first band i never heard of

[@mastersupreme6126]

+Bazooja Joe PUTAS ARE ALWAYS LOSERS!

[@cosmos1250]

Me neither !!

[@rolandvillareal9337]

In the big scheme of things, driving bulldozer, having wife and kids to care for is far more important.

[@OrieCipollaro]

Zyris ,trixter same story

[@delanoarts3703]

I would of loved to see this show attempt to get original dokken back together I bet they would of did it for one night with gorge lynch Eddie him and randy were the first o.g shredders wonder why they never attempted that maybe a band like dokken was to big for the show the show did a few really big bands like flock of segul but a band like dokken was right in there with crue and bon jovi 5 albums iconic in the 80s a staple of hair band history sold millions if they never had all the b.s after back for the attack they would of had a top 5 album maybe even number 1 they were really getting huge trying to get them back would of been a legendary episode

[@michaelsaintjude]

Have any of you ever watched MTV's 2010 show called Warren the Ape? I dont know how, but this show here seems like a rea version of Warrens reality TV show. It's about celebrities trying for a come back, just like Warren De Montague AKA Warren the Ape, a Fabricated American. Damn that show was funny as fuck.

[@guymorris6596]

So Chris Carter refused to lay at the festival in California? Not a problem at all. I guarantee there were countless bass guitarists in Los Angeles alone, who knew the Dramarama songs and would have covered that slot in the band, they could have interviewed for that opening.

[@guymorris6596]

Play not lay.

[@ispacehead]

Dramarama already had a new bass player. Mike Davis had been playing with them for years when this happened. This show dramatized some things pretty heavily. Dramarama also did not "break up again." The reunion show with Chris and Jesse was always a one off thing for the show.

[@JIF882]

@@ispacehead Interesting that Wikipedia says the same thing. Also, the show said nothing about their breakup. It's on Wikipedia

[@ispacehead]

@JIF882 at the end of the show, white letters on a black background proclaim that the band was invited to play a festival, but Chris refused and the band broke up. D-rama, baybee.

[@JIF882]

@@ispacehead How do you know Chris?

[@royfr8136]

the guy inthe sunglasses just seems.... like a difficult guy Chris Cartner...

[@vtmpe]

Invest... in anything...

[@docsavage8640]

So fake pretending they just showed up unannounced, but the background information we learn about the band and their breakup is interesting.

[@ispacehead]

The band knew they were interested in an interview, but didn't know when they were going to show up. The program was also pitched to them under a different premise. Chris Carter would never wear shorts on TV had he been forewarned that day. lol

[@koolkooler9437]

Twenty cities

[@jimgavin1726]

Never heard of this band…. Thankfully..

[@fondarama]

Loved this band. It's how I got my screen name. Saw them many times but really only got to know John. Last time he was at my house was very surreal. This show is stupid though.

[@honourethefire5794]

How big were this band then? Never heard of them here in the UK looking at the Egos they had then lucky they didn't get world famous ffs sound a very average band here.

[@ispacehead]

They did alright in the early 90's but never broke out of the college/club scene for the most part. They were supposed to be coming there a couple months ago, but I'm not sure what happened with that. Worth seeing if you get the chance.

[@matthewcody1757]

Oh they where big , here in Australia the song anything anything was huge , This was around the time too when Edie Brickell and the new bohemians ,and these guys where paving the way for so many bands like Soundgarden , mudhoney, Nirvana Janes Addiction etc ,and I was only a kid ,but I knew they where great .

[@shannondbrown1552]

I guess with Ameer being so pushy n surprising u in front of the cameras it's easier to say yes,but after they r gone go back to holding geidges. Chris refused to play again after they were offered the festival but I would've expected it be the lead singer. He seemed to be the one having the most fun..........Shannon b

[@musicalchairs777]

That's pretty scummy, ambush these guys at work or in the privacy of their homes and put them on TV with no shirt on after he nicely asked them to give him a minute to get dressed. Figures this tool is most known for talking over Gilmour's final solo on the last song Pink Floyd would ever play together. I wonder what he's doing now;)

[@amantewolde4898]

Dramaramas fake chronolgy scares me quite a bit

[@ispacehead]

Woooh....wery scary!!! lol

[@demonhoopa]

Not talking about this episode specifically but sometimes it’s a bit obnoxious the way they barge into peoples workplace and interrupt goings on as if they’re so important. This show wasn’t part of pop culture, it wasn’t like Ryan Seacrest was walking in and everyone is shocked. It’s just some pushy unknown prick with his camera crew acting like he owns the place. I was kind of hoping they’d get body slammed by security in that “Alarm” episode.

[@loveydovey1105]

Dude its obvious you are dumb and young this is rock and roll and there are no rules!

[@claytonkelly7952]

1 great song 2 big egos not hof material

[@ispacehead]

If you think they only had one song, you don't know what you're talking about.

[@claytonkelly7952]

@@ispacehead I guess you're right I m an old rocker,just that one dude that became a DJ thought he was so cool, what a douche

[@ispacehead]

@@claytonkelly7952 I can't disagree with you there. :)

[@ispacehead]

​@@claytonkelly7952 He had enough ego for the whole band and then some.

[@ispacehead]

@@claytonkelly7952 Seriously though, if you're only familiar with the one song, you should dig a little deeper. Those albums are all pretty fantastic.

[@chronologie4]

no offense, but I never heard of them, and I grew up in NY. they sound good. Bring back this show.

[@johnlong9778]

RIP Jesse. You are missed.