Poison the Well - INSANE Early Full Live Set @ CBGBs Jan 7th, 2001 1/7/2001 @ CBGB's, NYC

[@lanvids]

Setlist and timestamps: 00:00 - 1. Slice Paper Wrists 03:06 - 2. 12.23.93 05:59 - 3. Sticks and Stones Never Made Sense 09:00 - 4. A Wish For Wings That Work 12:19 - 5. Nerdy 15:00 - 6. My Mirror No Longer Reflects 18:04 - 7. Artist's Rendering of Me

[@pourindiesel]

Opposite of December should be put in a HXC time capsule. Its a masterpiece.

[@Haymaker17]

ive watched this set at least 20 times and it never gets old. this band was so good.

[@-djSRK]

how the time flys, I remember faving this back in 06. now its 2016 wtf. I'm old

[@jask0]

god damn I miss these days. wish he still performed like this; with a passion. great video!

[@lanvids]

As of today, this video has been on here for one year, exactly. Woooo

[@Pieniadzo]

have to admit, that i was never a real fan of PTW, but after seeing this vid i am :P

[@AsesinoZ]

Definitly their coolest songs!

[@jefftakeover]

i loved poison the well back in the day

[@livgrnfan]

Oh yeah. Not to mention his newfound talent for singing. One of the few vocalists I've heard from this genre who can both sing and scream with conviction.

[@twiceasfastasyourass]

wow! they sound just as good live as they do on their album The Opposite of December a Season of separation! cool!

[@lanvids]

The song's called "Grain of Salt." It's from their first album, Distance Only Makes the Heart Grow Fonder, before Jeff was the vocalist. Also, the quote is "I don't know how it feels? You think you're the only person on earth who wakes up every morning wishing they were someone else?" and it's from the 1995 movie "Angus."

[@farewelltowords]

nice performance with some their best songs,,,

[@JeanMichelJosse]

awesome vid, good footage

[@Robspiffery]

18 visions played this show 100%. This was the best show I've ever been to, at least in my top 5 in terms of pure energy. I don't really know what happened to PTW after Tear from the Red - I sort of fell out of the scene then

[@lanvids]

Yeah, I had the same reaction when I first saw this video on VHS like 4 years ago in 2003. I saw them live a few nights later and had to check online to see that they hadn't got a new vocalist, because I didn't recognize him at all in person on stage compared to him in this video. His vocals have completely changed since then, too; his screams are like 8 octaves lower now than they were back in '99/'00/'01.

[@pleasantxxbullet]

haha! skinny jeff! ilove this band so much wish they could tour here in the philippines.. their first 3 albums kicks ass.. turn down elliot mah fave :P

[@JAKEtheuser]

the good ole days

[@sfms952]

LOST IN ALL MY GUILT FOR LETTING YOU FALL

[@DavidRodriguez-tv7pv]

I fucking love this bootleg, all the values! And "The Opposite of December" it's just perfect...remember talking with Jeffrey about this in a concert at Debaser Stockholm in 2009 (tour with 36 Crazyfists) and saying to him that this vid/record it's like a bible in metalcore

[@Phellipe13]

this CD (the oposit of december) is the best :)

[@lanvids]

It was Poison the Well and Skycamefalling; I'm not sure who else played, but it's possible that 18V were there too.

[@para_bellum_1984]

yeah damn and thanks for the tip i installed the add on and it works great :)

[@HanselP]

poison the well at its best

[@lanvids]

Yeah, I think 2005 was the year it really turned. Early '05 was when MySpace rose to fame, and thus when bands like Underoath and From First to Last (and now bands like Drop Dead, Gorgeous and Bring Me the Horizon) became the new "hardcore." There are hardcore/punk songs dating back to the 90's talking about "scene kids" with tight pants, studded belts and black hair, but it was definitely never as much of an epidemic as it is nowadays.

[@lanvids]

Nah, it's "A Wish for Wings That Work." That's what it's labeled as on the back of the CD, anyway. The title is taken from the children's book of the same name that came out in the early nineties. Plus, the song has the lyrics "Could this sky open up and accept this tortured soul, but my wings have yet to work, but my wings have yet to work" so I assume that's why they used the title.

[@darylpx]

Incredible video! The singer was so fuckin thin! LOL I agree with SJCustomDrums: that's their fucking golden age!

[@wmpassie]

PTW is real metalcore

[@lustalgia...]

refused was the shape of this type of music

[@lanvids]

The year's right in the description; January 7th, 2001. :]

[@SinsOfArcadia]

Classic.

[@MyMiserableLife]

almost positive i was at this show, i know i saw them around this time at cb's, i dont think they played there Alot, so that narrows the odds.

[@lancekosty]

seriously this is what i see the progression of punk as (put simply): 75'-85'=classic punk, 86'-95'=everything from harcore-punk to ska to plain old mxpx punk, 96'-2000= Blink-182 haha, 2000-04=hardcore (sometimes blended w/metal/screamo) ie PTW/glassjaw, 2005-present= BITCH punk

[@lanvids]

If you have Firefox, there's an add-on you can get that allows you to download videos directly from KZbin. I think it's called "DownloadHelper."

[@chrismelbihess]

I remember going to see'em in CALI they were always fun. Its too bad they went MTV on everyone in 2003. Great band though. Cheers

[@lanvids]

You can download them all pretty easily from Soulseek or Limewire; just google those programs and you should be all set.

[@livgrnfan]

Is that Jeff doing vocals? Man he's so skinny compared to the massive superman that lumbered on the "Apathy is a Cold Body" video. He still sounded great, though, as did the rest of the band.

[@livgrnfan]

No, no. Hornbrook's still in the band. I agree that he's a fairly unique drummer who shouldn't be replaced.

[@TasteTheSteel]

did 18V play that show too? i think i was there

[@Haymaker17]

oh shit did he quit or something

[@gomczx11]

i wish i was there =/

[@GoodsfrumtheWoods]

i could never swallow your false ideas of a lifeless happy ending

[@Lennac]

I love how he doesn't hold anything back with his vocals. A lot of bands that try and immitate PTW today lack the raw emotion and the vocalists have a manufactured scream... annoying.

[@decoil]

jan 23 bitches cyall there

[@lancekosty]

Hell yeah this was when mainstream hardcore was at its finest. PTW has its own bands it owes itself to but shit these days is only about black hair and tight pants its rediculous. know your fucking roots and stop giving the game up (you know who im talking to bitch)!