I NAPOLEON - ONLY KNOWN FOOTAGE 1991 TV LIVE

[@RJDeachman]

I was the first drummer with these guys-everyone was so amazing, I was a teenager 😆 thanks for posting

[@rockygamerblogs5253]

Dude is it true that steve died?

[@MathiasBronnes]

​@@rockygamerblogs5253hard to tell...i dont think he is on facebook. Last post of him in a picture was in 2021 behind a drumkit.

[@jasonh6563]

Wow this is a VHS gem! I loved their album. Wish it had been successful enough to make a second or third album. I still listen to the CD occasionally. It’s not on Apple Music or Spotify yet which is kinda annoying.

[@RJDeachman]

John Dillabough and I were in high school together at Lisgar in Ottawa, Steve grabbed both of us- the LA thing fucked John up and we’re still friends and he’s still playing away in rural Ontario with a big family. It was a wild ride for all of us back then and I’m very thankful I had the opportunity.

[@doughornacek6125]

I wish there was some bootlegs of the live out there!!!

[@patrickcross2915]

Pretty cool!!

[@iosuk5621]

Thank you very much for share this in KZbin!!! I always was a big fan of this band, but in Spain at that time was really difficult to find anything about them. I get the one and only album but I never watched any clip or live show so I used to think for some time this band it never really existed, jajaja. I´d like to say this album and this band deserves right now a decent re-release on 24bit with Rock Candy Records with additional pics and tracks if it´ll be available.

[@josema975]

Comparto completamente

[@Rich-jd9up]

This album kind of went under the radar. Never got much recognition. Solid stuff. And this video is a nice find. This song is on -side day- 😉

[@aubreylucinaking]

I've been searching for this forever! So happy! I had a VHS recording of this but lost it at some point. Thank you for sharing this with us all! Nobody ever knows who I'm talking about when I talk about this band.

[@thewaxmuseum]

So glad your happy to see it !! I'm lucky I recorded it off the TV way back then...otherwise I don't think it would exist anywhere today!! =)

[@gwts1171]

This album and the first Throbs record mean a ton to me. ❤

[@doughornacek6125]

THANKS FOR THE POST! These guys were so amazing. Steve's voice sounds si unique. This CD still holds up and then some. Wish more was out there from them.

[@jskippen]

Steve and I were good friends for a few years...We used to play music together....1980 - 1982. I actually was at a bar with Steve when I met my wife and we are still together 43 years later. Hope he is well. I would love to catch up with him.....

[@jeremybilbrey1133]

I still listen to this album regularily..great album...they were very different in the sea of the same ole same ole bands of the sunset strip.

[@dreamstorm3297]

I never imagined that during this desolate era so far removed from those good 'ol times that this footage would ever surface. I kept that s/t CD of theirs with me throughout the decades and never let go of it, it is such a gem. Thank you so much for posting this.

[@billbruceguitar]

So the guitar player here Doug was my friend's roommate and we both auditioned after the record was done. Doug could sing backups and I couldn't so that was that lol. The real guitar player on the album is John Dillabough, and you're right...some of my fav guitar work of all time too! One step crazier is please tell me you have that NBC piece that starts after this with Tom Brokaw, because that's a day they filmed at GIT and I'm in it with my teacher Marty Friedman in the audience lol.

[@thewaxmuseum]

Hey! So that one guitar player did all the solos on the record?? Wow! I never heard that! What else did he record? Unfortunately I don't have anything after this...once the show was done I stopped recording 😟

[@regisvaughan4629]

This doug wasn't from Pittsburgh by any chance was he

[@billbruceguitar]

@@regisvaughan4629 He sure was.

[@foolsgold39]

OMG I napoleon live video !!! Made my day 😍 thanks for uploading this video!!!

[@kerranginrock9563]

i knew. i knew that one day i will see their live recording. thanx, man

[@nicolauserwin2731]

got their records when im in high school, love it very much, do each of them still in music business ?

[@amnuaykhampaweera5895]

It's been written here quite a few times already but these guys were indeed unique and their sole album is timeless classic in my book. If you ever come across it in a record store or record fair and you don't own a copy then pick one up and give it time to get its hooks in you. And when it does you will be just as addicted to it like the rest of us.

[@definitiveenergy1]

Joe Fazio was my room mate and best friend...Club CA Baby!

[@theweedycanadianman4845]

I see someone else here mention John Dillabough as the original guitar player recorded on the album. That is true fact and likely the reason they never recorded again. To this day not many people can play like him. Cool to see this video though it was likely only a few months after John's departure.

[@michaelskiforyou]

This is awesome - I found the CD when I was in college and LOVE it!! So cool to see them. Does anyone know what really happened to them>? Why did they quit?

[@DanOlivadoti]

This was a treat to see. Both I, Napoleon and Mozart (who later changed their name to The Flyz and had a massive hit) had a very European-type presentation and almost classical-influenced hard rock sound. Both didn't get past putting out one album each, even though both are masterpieces of the era, in my opinion. No one knows who I'm talking about when I mention either band. I agree with the others who posted that I, Napoleon's sound was almost too original for the general hard rock audience at the time. They also had the misfortune of arriving onto the scene just as grunge was taking over. I've always felt that the best hard rock of the era came out during the tail end between 1989-1992 or so. A ton of great bands were signed but never got to release more than one or two albums, and weren't able to break through.

[@davidbean7459]

@danolivadoti have you anymore info in Mozart and /or The Flyz ........if they are like I Napoleon I would like to check them out but can't find anything

[@DanOlivadoti]

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[@DanOlivadoti]

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[@circus691]

I'Napoleon's sole album is an absolute gem because it sounded quite unique (and in fact still does to this day). Not your standard melodic hard rock (not that I have anything against that, on the contrary) which led to the general record buying public not grasping their sound. Shame really cause it would have been most interesting to see what they would have come up on a sophomore effort.

[@dreamstorm3297]

It is truly a hidden gem, fiercely unique. Having observed behavior throughout the decades, I think their sound was too nuanced for even most of the '80's AOR/hard rock/glam metal enthusiasts to grasp. The melodic hard rock was the base but it was adorned with some elusive shade of European almost "baroque" type of atmosphere that was sprinkled with a slightly dark and solemn mood. The band name and CD cover art inside out /w photoshoot also helped support that atmosphere, nonetheless. Very artistic.

[@alexpopglam]

Doug was member of LA band Noize Toys

[@anthonycannella9211]

Dude, holy shit! This came on my KZbin feed; I was like Whaaat?! And it’s you! I looked at your channel and was like, that’s that dude Andy! It’s Anthony from the record show- we spoke about I Napoleon among other hidden gems. Anyway- hope you are well man! Crazy times! If you ever want to unload more discs, hit me up!

[@thewaxmuseum]

Hey Bro!!! Glad you found the channel ! I'm adding quite a bit more stuff like this (quarantine will get you digging thru old tapes lol) to the channel so keep checking back! Hopefully the record shows will resume soon!! Stay safe! Andy

[@bobgomez9481]

@@thewaxmuseum - Quarantine from what? The common cold?

[@thewaxmuseum]

🙄

[@bobgomez9481]

@@thewaxmuseum - oh the fake one, they one the tell-lie-vision cried about with their propaganda, that thing. I forgot since I never did any such ridiculous testing for something when I wasn't even sick. I'm glad this was on TV back in the day as things were different, but this TV today is simply lies and propaganda. WAKE UP NOW.

[@thewaxmuseum]

@@bobgomez9481 dude seriously? I lost one my close friends to covid...go fuck off with all your conspiracy theory bullshit...it has no place here.

[@axxellein]

Tres Cool!

[@renemies78]

I think they sounded pretty generic just from this video. Maybe that's why they never got big enough to justify making a music video. But it's still cool to see a band from that era that I've never heard of. Thanks for sharing.

[@BurnLikeAFlame]

Not the best quality to be judging them. To this day their debut album is a mainstay in my headphones, incredibly unique sound compared to what was out at the time. They were one of the many bands Geffen summarily dismissed when Nirvana killed rock.

[@dreamstorm3297]

@@BurnLikeAFlame It is truly a hidden gem, fiercely unique. Having observed behavior throughout the decades, I think their sound was too nuanced for even most of the '80's AOR/hard rock/glam metal enthusiasts to grasp. The melodic hard rock was the base but it was adorned with some elusive shade of European almost "baroque" type of atmosphere that was sprinkled with a slightly dark and solemn mood. The band name and CD cover art inside out /w photoshoot also helped support that atmosphere, nonetheless. Very artistic.

[@jeremybilbrey1133]

ive heard that so many times about them...I never heard that at all. They were very unique which I preferred moreso than the bands at the time that got more airtime.

[@ivansys1]

Еле нашёл, лучшие🤘🏻

[@LCx829]

This band is so good but there look probably got lost in the LA hard rock glam scene.

[@radx8218]

With one album, Just one. I NAPOLEON better than Slippery When Wet BON JOVI or Girls Girls Girls MOTLEY CRUE. In my opinion 😊

[@thewaxmuseum]

Mine Too!!! =)

[@bobgomez9481]

Amir Derak's coat on keyboards.

[@daleg5344]

not bad, but they sound like so many other bands of that era, i can see why they got lost in the mix

[@bobgomez9481]

Fans couldn't spell Napoleon, generally. Unfortunate name choice.