Shihad - The General Electric

The title track of The General Electric album, released in October 1999
#Shihad #TheGeneralElectric

[@danmassey8527]

Moved to NZ in 1997 through a marriage that;s still working. Got my first job there as Head of Ents Dept in The Warehouse. (Auckland Downtown Branch) You guys had some great stuff coming out of there. Shihad, Bic Runga, Salmonella Dub, Stinky Jim was doing some nice DJ-ing about the town,. Darcy Clay was cycling around on K Road, Dobbyn made The Islander and Mr Finn came out with Try Whistling This. Saw some great gigs there from touring bands as well: Massive Attack, Foos, Blur, Van Halen, Bloodhound Gang, Prodigy, Pantera and COC, NIN, Regurgitator, Portishead, RHCP, I would like to thank you all for the amazing time I had there.

[@Jesso_21]

Woh that's an impressive list there & no wonder "amazing." I'm guessing a lot of those that you saw = big nights & perhaps days to recover afterwards. Also a stack of unforgettable & irreplaceable memories of those good old days. What would you rate as your fave, the best and/or memorable of that lot?.

[@danmassey8527]

@@Jesso_21 Sorry - very late reply. Don't log on that much. Really hard to answer this. All in their own way were all of the above. But I think for me, the standout would be Blur. Picture a lad, a long way from home, no internet, just a landline phone I couldn't afford to make many calls on. Getting homesick. Albarn comes out, says we're very jet lagged and they proceed to rip Northshore Events into pieces with something so GB, but also Universal. But I could give you an essay on them all. A strange one is on my second ever night in NZ, my wife took me to see Ben Elton...St James, I think. Culture shock within culture shock :)

[@victorrumyantsev3718]

New Zealand finest! The music for my ears. Literary.

[@westcoastbrotha]

AGREED!!!!!!!

[@shanestreeter3179]

Best band in the Southern Hemisphere…

[@LordandGodofYouTube]

@@shanestreeter3179 I'm Australian, I defo agree that they are right up there, they should've made it bigger than they did, very talented songwriters and performers.

[@DaveWhoa]

check out Alien Weaponry

[@martyngargoyle5968]

The church tules

[@mikejolitz5959]

Cool band. New fan from the USA

[@piaxgft5799]

welcome! they're so cool. Also check out mammal [band name] xxx

[@colinmackenzie6277]

The standing joke is "This Is the favorite band of your favorite band"...got so close to International Stardom- lucky as a 🥝 🇳🇿 KIWI to have seen them live multiple times, from 1990 on...gave the lead singer beans, but he is such an awesome mellow guy!!!@ How good????....Toogood!!!! A NATIONAL INSTITUTION

[@wolfgangsiekiera9486]

Yea,they are ! Old Fan from germany 😊

[@hadynnlegros4759]

Enjoy these boys have been our proud Wellington nz band from school days and still together from 1990

[@wolfgangsiekiera9486]

The kiwi rocks! A german Fan since decade's 😊

[@primahlynx5585]

Best concert I’ve been to when they were doing live shows sadly you don’t hear this type of music anymore :(

[@grantf6687]

they were so good live. Awesome energy and sound

[@nickboylan161]

They totally rocked🤘

[@OleNesie]

You still can just not on the radio

[@PeteJohnsMusic]

Possibly my fave Shihad tune. Not sure why these are all suddenly popping back up but I love it. 👌

[@danielnorthcott9408]

You gotta check out the Killjoy album bro

[@gabriellefagan1014]

Top grade shihad!

[@serhafiye7046]

They are creating an archive on youtube i guess

[@serhafiye7046]

Culture service for New Zealand i guess :D

[@iancaig5705]

Got an invite to see the band at San Francisco Bathhouse - no prior warning of the battering my ears would receive in a small venue like that, but the music blew me away. Still lovin' it!!

[@paulprice1705]

Love this song so much. I put a playlist up sometimes for when I am mashing mindlessly in a video game, with this song, Run, Freak by Silverchair, All my Life by Foo Fighters and other heavy bass hard rock songs and just blow my ear drums off.

[@jimbob1427]

These guys were the first band I ever saw live , still remember the night like it was yesterday .

[@julianalderson3938]

Everything comes back round. N these fullas. Im glad cheers

[@KaneSlade]

I get chills everytime I watch this.

[@mrbunglemrbungle]

This is the song of most of my 2000's music festival experiences 😍

[@7star7storm7]

Aged better than fine wine 😤🔥🔥🤘

[@muzzbrown6703]

will be missed 🤘wgton hard.❤

[@djpaulk]

This song got big radio time back in the day. Miss those simpler days... Internet i blame, everyones a muso..

[@jeffsimon9594]

Exactly right

[@timsmith854]

I saw these guys live and had my first ever pinga, all at Adelaide Uni. Good times!

[@nathanbreen8404]

Seen u guys a few times now in brisvegas, can't wait for u to come back. One of the greatest true rock bands to ever tour this country, love u guys🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@bassguitarvlog5428]

sadly this solid 90s style of rock is not heard as much these days in new songs...

[@TerryJonesPrinterRepairs]

The ABC use to be the primary source of promotion for this music genre in Australia, this is no longer the case as its now lgbtiq controlled and on the attack against heterosexual men and the straight family unit.

[@HYPERC666]

gayest thing I've read all year@@TerryJonesPrinterRepairs

[@TerryJonesPrinterRepairs]

@@HYPERC666 your American you have no clue as per usual.

[@HYPERC666]

Ex-pat Aussie, mate. Bit of a mongrel now when it comes to culture and identity. @@TerryJonesPrinterRepairs

[@siobhanfeeley4679]

Ohhh miss this beautiful guys ... understatement x

[@ManofOneGod]

Good old days. Take me back!

[@peterbenn2002]

Lucky enough to see these guys live.. tight and brilliant!!

[@nidzdotnet76]

Seen you guys live many times and will continue to..

[@yommmrr]

I met jon after a gig around 2005 for a youth concert. Maybe 200 kids at the show but even after playing the biggest stages around the world they blew the roof off. Such a good bloke. I told him I got into them thru my older sister and seen them at the bdo when I was 14. He was as stoked as I was!

[@benashton3691]

I can't believe this song is over 20 years old. I'm getting fucking old.

[@ColetteNicoll]

Me too Ben(no #)

[@hadynnlegros4759]

Just a huge huge shout out to John and Tom my child hood legands along side weta we all met together back in the liks and Tiffany’s day in Wellington I’m Brian’s son from Wellington the young teenager back then that wanted to just be like u guys a muso u all helped me grow up musically my bros my much light and love still push u throughout life u are the rocks in my head still today John and Tom and Aron from weta

[@tonybarnett3165]

You guys, as a band, have such an amazing story. Not only the music (which is obviously awesome, and I've followed since the very early '90s) but also the name change due to global politics, etc. You have a story which most bands from your starting era don't have. Such a waste it's not out there published. You guys have sustained more than most band could ever survive. You all have something to be super proud of. All still together, all through the name change (I'm sure you've argued, but still together and doing what you do), and you own your music, you survived genre changes. True NZ resilience. The story could sell, don't you think?

[@cameronanton8817]

Just awesome!

[@aliveandkicking1]

Absolute Gold

[@noisepollution6761]

fun fun fun 🎭

[@jimbob1427]

Best live band eva

[@Poppy3345-j9i]

Great album , timeless❤

[@megafauna8374]

Great song...very ordinary film clip.

[@7star7storm7]

Exceptionally ordinary comment 😉

[@ahsenserhat9270]

It has the naiveness of 90's and 00's...

[@MPT1983]

Finally! The only other version of this on YT looks like VHS and is out of sync.

[@user-yk4gd1fl4z]

two chords rarely has riffed as hard as it does here.

[@siobhanfeeley4679]

Best band ever Live ... fucking amazing

[@groverjuicy]

21 years! Where does the time go?

[@Bvideo1100]

Nah it's 25 😂

[@mr200mg]

The greatest compliment I ever had paid to me was when a German camera assistant stole my copy of this album from me.

[@Spoof01]

NZ music month boi!! 😎

[@ahsenserhat9270]

0:08 "Korn New Album "Issues" In Store 15 November" 23 years ago. "Time is a silent saw." -Immanuel Kant

[@carle5058]

best song ever....even nearly 23 years later

[@robbgower4123]

Grew up in Pukekohe still kicking

[@gabriellefagan1014]

Melodic metal💗

[@gabriellefagan1014]

Nothing's changed ❤️😘

[@paul7t5]

YESSSS!

[@bvdek]

Takes me back to highschool, awesome tunes. On a side note, just realised that lightning bolt guy graphic is very similar to qotsa/boneface..

[@julianalderson3938]

Drums oh yer bro'

[@julianalderson6996]

Very good!

[@nickboylan161]

I heard Jon say that they hired every Marshall stack in the southern hemisphere to shoot this clip.

[@blank.9301]

Sounds a bit like a Grinspoon. You guys are like the NZ version of them, 🤙🏻👍🏻

[@LAMethWitch]

baught this album first day it come out

[@johnconnor2074]

Mighty!

[@chrismatherstwo6489]

and this is done jon.

[@ryangriggs9621]

Shihad rocks! At the concert in Townsville, they made guns n roses look like shit after their set. Absolutely awesome live band!

[@G200Sleepr]

I agree!!! I was there too and Shihad smashed it out the park. What a great show before Korn. Gunners were such a disappointment after Shihad rocked the grounds and Korn put on a show

[@sshhrroooomm]

The Great Kiwi Air Guitar Anthem \m/

[@fromaggio7654]

That bass sounds F A T

[@yommmrr]

Any plans to remaster this album?

[@djpaulk]

Damn... My Ganglion is on my right arm...

[@brianhoffman4861]

Like that's a skill

[@brianhoffman4861]

Kiwi music

[@hirokohelena]

i knew another one!

[@hirokohelena]

also, this music is one of my favourite music!!

[@stevenwardrope1460]

Are these guys Aussie, haha just winding you guys up, great band

[@subkultchur6130]

Hey Cheers , been trying to find a good copy of the video for awhlie .

[@strictlysega]

needs a hd upgrade

[@lucasblair3077]

❤

[@lucasblair3077]

2❤💙

[@WandaLane]

🤘

[@michaelbonney5145]

Pacifiet!!.. man that brings back memories. Great song

[@One1stah]

Triple HHH enters the ring ...

[@ww1980kolo]

KIPPENBERGER

[@malcolmmenzies4958]

There Bill, for the heated stove looked at her. Then arrived. I also did. Unsure. Similar.

[@kevd2448]

Needs to have a feed .

[@thedopesandwich8806]

shihad :D

[@MrSomethingElse]

New Zealands "Weta"

[@mimoochodom2684]

They should've stuck to Shihad the whole time. Bugger the status quo. Not their problem.

[@brianhoffman4861]

Mate..... your stereo was loud..... .

[@brianhoffman4861]

Hate Mai 10 a koto,,,,Tena a koto....

[@brianhoffman4861]

Good kiwi band

[@siobhanfeeley4679]

The best the best the best

[@MikeBudden]

Plus eins

[@chrismatherstwo6489]

or do you......

[@brianhoffman4861]

Profound.....a gun goes off in the church car park.. God. Why..... No respect for nothing..... what you going to do?

[@HomieJeans]

First!!

[@wellmet7407]

I'll drink to that 🍺🍺

[@brianhoffman4861]

Only because no one knows how to play a guitar..... but good at math s and science.... sticking to the curriculum.....

[@GoodMrDawes]

Corker

[@nostalgia9338]

I miss this old NZ. Now the scene just feels weird. People are just woke and what happened to all the men!

[@siobhanfeeley4679]

❤