Norma Jean - Live at Furnace Fest 2002

[@bigsway7062]

It’s crazy that they are just a bunch of kids basically who in my opinion put out one of the only perfect albums ever recorded. Every line, ever verse, ever lyric, every melody is absolutely flawless. Still listen to it to this day. Thanks for the memories

[@420layout]

Poison The Well - The Opposite Of December..... absolutely kills. I love me some NJ, especially with Josh but PTW can go toe to toe with BTMAKTC any day. I also think Mewithoutyou A to B Life is a gem. ETID has some bangers too. Also NJ the Anti Mother is perfectly done.

[@standardbrah]

@@420layout mwy ab life, cfutf and brother sister are flawless for sure ... ETID Hot Damn album is iconic to me... Haste the Day burning bridges isn't as technical but its a perfect moshcore album with a terrific outro...

[@VettRose]

I would have to agree... I've dated people later and tried to explain how amazing this was and no one gets it except those that were there... this was an incredible fest.

[@Bargirl69]

lmao

[@newchainssameshackles]

@@420layout power. Opposite first thing at came to my mind. Cheers my friend

[@smnvox109]

This performance was riddled with tension and frustration since Josh had just announced that he was quitting the band, shocking the other members. Even the delivery of some of his vocals are completely phoned in and unenthusiastic. He was like “meh I’m quitting anyway” lol. Everything just felt miscast with this band.

[@jackcravford8744]

This makes sense why the band is putting so much energy into it and he is just walking there endlessly in circles and mumbling into mic, lol.

[@keithwaynejones]

early norma jean and early mewithoutyou we’re so energetic. fucking love it

[@standardbrah]

if I had a time machine ...

[@dustinwilliamson141]

Check out The Chariot- Scogin was turned up to 11 every show.

[@czcx3972]

Omg that drummer is a fucking beast tank GOD FUKIN DAMMIT !!!!!!!

[@TehChancellorr]

I will truly miss Arron Weiss' energy during live shows. I was lucky enough to see mwY over 10 times in my life and he brought it every single time.

[@standardbrah]

agreed, I saw them five times and every single time was such an impactful experience

[@frederickrigialdi134]

I got to see them play Catch for us the Foxes in its entirety at Cornerstone. It was so amazing. I’ll never forget it.

[@LowInformation]

They'll play again someday

[@Dankochicago]

One of the most unique drummers

[@LoudlabsNYC]

What they lack in technicality they make up for in stage presence

[@theyalwayscomeinfall]

Man, used to watch this constantly on a This Is Solid State DVD. In my memory, this sounded SO much better, haha.

[@CCGarland]

I wore this DVD out too.

[@FIDEL_CASHFLOW_]

Yeah most heavy vocalists don't sound great when it's unfiltered audio captured right from the soundboard. I remember I saw oh sleeper live many years ago and Micah sounded amazing. They had live streamed the concert on Facebook and when I went to rewatch it it was audio directly from the soundboard and it sounded God awful

[@Spladoinkal]

@@FIDEL_CASHFLOW_ Heavy vocalist here. The air pressure comes from breathing with the diaphragm. It takes pressure off the vocal chords that way. On the road many heavy vocalists are using barely enough air to distort the vocal chords to preserve them for the whole tour. Sometimes you "Misfire" when you do that by not putting enough air (or at the end of the tour they're genuinely tired enough that they aren't able to sound good).

[@Vb98765]

So many youth size tshirts 😂

[@standardbrah]

lollllll facts

[@landocalrizzzian]

Who else is here from the furnace fest 2024 performance of this song with Josh?

[@mr.martyr8573]

I saw Norma Jean perform in a shoe box sized venue during this era and it was one of the most visceral performances I’ve ever seen in my 25 years of going to shows.

[@sparda_]

best era of norma jean, no contest

[@aroundthefur]

MY DOGGGG

[@CCGarland]

Classic. First KZbin video I watched in 2025.

[@zekeescra5791]

As a kid I would've been so stoked to see this. As an adult I would've been so mad to hear this lol.

[@mr.martyr8573]

Aaron Weiss wrote a verse that is forever burned into my memory. Not to mention Josh’s brilliance. What a time to be alive.

[@daneguitarist1]

the moment before the singalong "she simply will not die" changed my entire life I saw them.... maybe 2004? and I didnt understand any of this, I wasnt a hardcore kid, I basically listened to jamiroquai all day (who i still love) but that moment was when I became a deathcore kid.... holy shit, the lights hit, the noise was amazing, god damn I kind of forgot about that moment but watching this brought that back wow

[@allanm2064]

Adorable kiddo. Great story

[@ALightShiningInDarkness]

I love all the band memvets just shambling around aimlessly. So good. I remember this performance, it's still pretty good.

[@BaritonePapi]

Certified good classic

[@wegotmonkey444]

There is absolutely nothing more intense than 02 norma jean

[@allanm2064]

Idk Oprah is kinda rad

[@vahnn0]

Have you ever been chased by a bear butt naked, covered in honey, with a salmon staples to your ass, through the scary part of town?

[@hotwatermusic_]

brings me back to my youth

[@mikecampa4965]

The people witnessing this are TRULY a lucky bunch.

[@andrewgood7586]

I forgot about Norma Jean. I went to a show in Nashville when I was 14, in like 2006 or some shit. I ended up skiping out and roaming downtown with my girlfriend at the time for hours. Only listened to the show for a few minutes from outside. Good night though. I remember enjoying their music and actually wanting to go to the show too, but 14 year old boy me was also trying to get some. lmfao

[@The_Kalahari_Cowboy]

What do you use to record? Norma Jean - "My DAW"

[@capt_howdy]

LMAO

[@operatinghoursmedia6146]

This is hands down the most underrated comment ever.

[@The_Kalahari_Cowboy]

@@operatinghoursmedia6146 Hahaha! Thanks for the props dude! Have a good one!

[@jacks910]

I don’t get it lol

[@xxseethexx8002]

Underrated af comment friend

[@irvingperes]

DAMN AARON BRINGS THE ENERGY

[@CCGarland]

I watched this over a hundred times back in the day. I loved that Solid State DVD and put it on my ipod. Great memories.

[@fixxxer3983]

Masterpiece still in 2022

[@standardbrah]

forever iconic

[@m_dub1984]

I was there! Good times. Thanks for uploading this gem

[@chinchilly78]

Wow, thank you for uploading this

[@HaloUnion]

This may be the oldest recording of Memphis?

[@bloodaonadeline8346]

i was at this festival

[@alanaraujo3037]

Love the fact that the vocalist screams land headbang like hell and out of nowhere, he just catwalk like whatever 😂😂

[@christmas6666]

Absolutely CLASSIC

[@xFuzzyxPicklesx]

1:28 lmao i thought he said "lets see what kinda of battleground, battletoad that you can reenact"

[@countdoogula2781]

17 year old me would have thought this was the greatest s**t ever. 39 year old me can at least agree its a great song.

[@benjaminkline2529]

How cool would it be if this Norma Jean and the current Norma Jean played a show together!

[@TheActionCobblestone]

Scottie Henry and Chris Day will always be incredible together.

[@GETyourtuBESTIED]

I saw Norma jean and 68' one time and Josh got onstage and did Memphis with them it was epic

[@John-v5l4x]

They are the pioneers

[@leggsjohnson]

Lol nobody knew what the fuck they were looking at. When I saw them in my hometown right a few months later I didn't either. Killer album, killer band.

[@user-so4jf7mi1x]

Posers and trend hoppers didnt know

[@yeahboix3709]

Happy anniversary josh

[@audijoseph2371]

People were legit stunned. 🤘🏼

[@Da_knee7]

You have NO IDEA how hard this hits.

[@johnfinkle1788]

Just saw them for furnace fest 2024. I wish I was there in 2002, this audience doesn’t know what greatness they’re witnessing.

[@JoshuaLevan-y5l]

I love how Arron Weiss EXPLODES

[@Simco_]

Got served this video after watching the 2024 set. This is cruel having a clean mic line into the audio here lol Thank god you can't hear anything clean when you're there live.

[@NotOurRemedy]

This is so fucking legendary but literally the entire fucking crowd is like “wow this sucks” lol.

[@standardbrah]

yeah this crowd is crap, I woulda been wylin so hard

[@SpaceBarbarian]

Revisiting after FF 24 is over just to see Aaron and complete the feels

[@hlacoille]

Bless the Martyr Kiss the Child was one of those albums that when you played it it was just a constant head bobber. It might be a perfect album for that genre

[@ericchin739]

Hilarious. Josh is my idol, and somehow my wedding day is the exact same day - 20 years later 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@schafwax9795]

3:59 Quesadilla

[@bryantbutlermf]

Everybody bout running into eachother, used to watch this as a kid skater lol

[@xymoriintus]

That crowd was not ready for that

[@nicholassherma2805]

The moshers were lol

[@patrickobrien4322]

The band is absolutely criminally underrated. They started a genre.

[@mnyfst]

Sorry you wrong, look at Botch

[@patrickobrien4322]

@@mnyfst thats your opinion

[@xFuzzyxPicklesx]

@@patrickobrien4322 maybe by adding jesus to it lmao.

[@dwightshruteprivates]

What is this one of maybe 10 shows they played together as Norma Jean? I think Josh left right after the album came out. Crazy

[@BargainJesus]

This is like Coalesce without the 5/4 time signatures.

[@dirtydantthepondboglim]

what's the lore behind the kid @ 1:43 ?

[@dirtydantthepondboglim]

yung elbows?

[@lotusmilano]

Aaron Weiss in 2002 looking a lot like Eric Nally

[@TonyToledo22]

Anyone know why the drummer took so long to start the song? Good God. Get out

[@my_sideproject3815]

Guaranteed NONE of them lost their keys back in the early 2000's

[@lawrence4738]

"woo!"

[@mattyMcLovinisbae]

epic hxc

[@JoelDutch]

The bass distortion is distracting.

[@ooo000oo00o]

yeah the boss odb-3 sounds awful DI

[@jimmylongjohns3365]

Damn you're right it's almost like this is 21yo converted from analogue to digital or something

[@OleHickory69]

So cool to look back at all the jett black justin beiber hairs.

[@joshweatherly8715]

Hahaaa… simply a Classic!!

[@alexhennigh5242]

How is the vocalist younger than I've ever seen him yet is about as tame as I've ever seen him? Seriously, how crazy that dude went with The Chariot and 68 you'd think he was an absolute mad lad before that.

[@Noway-sg8md]

this isnt a fair portrayal of Josh, check out other live vids of Norma Jean from around this era (with Josh) and youll see.

[@alexhennigh5242]

@@Noway-sg8md Upon further investigation you are spot on. Maybe he was just having an off set that day.

[@billjim334]

This is tame? What vid are u watching?

[@aydenkoyanagi1727]

@@billjim334 Have you seen a show by The Chariot???

[@Polyinstrumentalism]

Both Joshes made the decision to quit the band on this day, right before this set. So things may have felt a little off.

[@x9draven9x]

Classic

[@musicenjoyer4203]

angry gay flailing in the name of the lord and its the best thing ive ever seen

[@heelgill]

8:06

[@eric3312]

Skinny jeans 2025 4life

[@chrissavage5298]

I don't quite get it. Vocals are a little rough, but you wouldn't really be able to tell at a show like this. Why is nobody MOVING.

[@mikelutterman6814]

mahdah

[@sapioaspiepotus]

What is repression? Am I right..

[@acekdxyz]

“Thanks for supporting Southern rock.” 😂

[@johnd12]

Back in high school my friends and I would watch these videos and laugh at how bad josh was. This was around the time oh god the aftermath had just came out. I mean we knew old Norma Jean was better just couldn’t understand why josh was so terrible live lol

[@billjim334]

They got a pass with an album that good

[@standardbrah]

his energy is unmatched tho, and he's definitely way more honed now in 68

[@JC.Bailey]

The fuck Is that aweful buzz. Is it the mic on the cameras? Or did one of they amps or drum mics get damaged. Shit sounded terrible

[@BruceCooper]

This was like seeing the second coming of christ as a 17 year old

[@kernelxsanders]

Here's an example of when a band can sound so bad, but the energy makes up for it all

[@virtual_balboa]

Normal Jeans

[@nonbeliever3169]

I love Norma Jean, but goddamn they sound abysmal live.

[@Bluuuu222]

Bands back then relied on production a lot. Albums were great, but they all partied, smoked, drank, didn't take care of their vocals at all. Metal bands now a days, atleast the good ones don't do that shit before shows and actually practice. His screams aren't awful live tho. They are much better now a days tho.

[@nonbeliever3169]

@@Bluuuu222 We toured with Norma Jean for 9 weeks (late July-September) back in 2002, right when BTMAKTC was released and those guys didn’t party like that at all. They were just spastic on stage, as the video shows. They didn’t care if they played, sang or screamed in tune and the kids that came to our shows didn’t seem to care either. I can’t/won’t see Norma Jean live anymore. No original members left and the last time I saw them it felt more like a cover band rather than Norma Jean.

[@thehurrytheharm]

Norma Jean around this era (before Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child) weren't big partiers. They were just kids dicking around on stage that didn't know how to play their instruments yet so it sounded wack live but they gave it their all, at least with Josh.

[@xFuzzyxPicklesx]

@@thehurrytheharm this stuff is meant for small rooms, hardcore shows, it sounds and comes off weird on a big stage imo.

[@standardbrah]

man you're missing out; if you look at norma jean as a different band, you'll realize they have so many good albums and banger songs...live shows go crazy too@@nonbeliever3169

[@adidkjf]

the live energy of these bands was a bit werid, kids copied it nearly a whole decade long, shaking randomly their head, overperforming and stuff... hahahha i really laugh hard when i see this 20 years later...

[@standardbrah]

overperforming?? maybe you just can't feel the music man... I'm always astonished when people go to shows and just stand and watch. its MUSIC man you gotta MOVE to it

[@hobojungle1]

Used to seem so cool at the time. Looking back 20 years later, pretty cringe and goofy.

[@BargainJesus]

Oh yeah the Jesus version of Coalesce.

[@Jamesp1972]

look how this crowd is all cool to get too involved apart from the gymnastics lameos - gguuuh early noughties hipness :(

[@erichindy8688]

"gymnastics lameos" know how to have fun unlike everyone else in the video so take your gatekeeping mindset elsewhere chump

[@allanm2064]

It’s cute to see the little boys voice crack… kinda attractive actually

[@k1xnt]

Right here FBI. This is the comment.

[@John-v5l4x]

Metal's rage against the machine but obviously better

[@johnsmith-so5do]

I bet none of you listen to 68

[@BonusDisc]

I dipped out after the first album. Just isn’t the same. Scogin needs a *band*

[@standardbrah]

not as much as I listen to BTMKTC or a couple chariot albums but they're still dope...great live show too

[@BloodnightStudios]

68’ is amazing!

[@diluteduk]

For one of my favourite bands, this is an awful video.

[@VashVenus]

Lmao, perhaps some of the worst vocals ever recorded