Sneaker Pimps - 1997-12-05 Los Angeles, Ca

December 5, 1997
Universal Amphitheater
Universal City, CA

[@davidellis5141]

Becoming X is one of the best albums of the 90's.

[@mariomarin3332]

Becoming X 0:00 Walking Zero 4:58 Spin Spin Sugar 9:34 6 Underground 14:07

[@DanMcLeodNeptuneUK]

Thanks dude

[@Adrian101882]

Thank you for that!

[@chattingesque372]

Legend

[@gmr2gnr]

Thanks my man, or woman

[@mmp495]

🙏🙏🙏

[@jamesdojr]

This was so badass. 90s - Last era of great music. Been all downhill since.

[@discardmyfriends]

Still good stuff, just gotta look for it

[@jaggedhalo]

Listen to IAMX, Chris corner from sneaker pimps band, they're amazing, especially live.

[@Sanctifires]

No, no it isn't. You're just lazy and know only surface level music. There's more good music now than ever. Go look at my music uberlist playlist.

[@TheWaynos73]

Really surprised the Pimps never played the Bronze on Buffy. They had the perfect vibe for the music they used on the show.

[@MrJpm1989]

Best voice for anything. Wow I am in love with her sound.

[@anotherDnightmare]

I was drenched in Zeppelin. Tool. Rush. King Crimson. Then this album came out. Had zero in common with anything I was listening to or playing in any of the bands I was in. It literally knocked me over. Kelli and that who atmospheric trip hop thing just entranced me from the first listen. Such a talent. And unfortunately... a wasted opportunity for them.

[@Sir_Catnip]

Dude that's almost the exact same story for me.... I was listening to the same stuff and even some metal type stuff and a friend of mine left this CD in my car and I was hooked to the entire album and even to this day it's one of my favorite albums.... pretty cool to hear somebody with almost the exact same story LOL

[@davidgreen7835]

Same fuckin thing, except I just discovered them about a month ago. I think Tool just does something to the brain, makes you more open to new experiences.

[@vannjunkin8041]

I second all that you said

[@Michael_78]

Yeah I listen to all kinds of music from Cattle Decapitation to the Jackson 5 and for some reason I am obsessed with this song right now lol

[@CP-kb1du]

@@Sir_Catnip 1997 The Saint Sound Track turned me on to her .....Val Kilmer and Elisabeth Shue ..

[@gregcurran447]

I wore out my Becoming X cassette on Wreck Beach the summer of '98.

[@shockwave.studios]

Love these live versions, her unaltered voice and more raw, emotional instrumentals are just perfect

[@mmp495]

2024 and I love what she's wearing 😍 ❤❤❤

[@nuke97]

Wow. Never seen this before! Kelli is GORGEOUS!!!

[@wesleyjohnson8991]

Best line up Sneaker Pimps will ever have. Nothing they have put out will ever top this album.

[@CentralPerspective-my2ev]

Especially when they broke up and one dude decided to destroy it because he had issues with being sidelined in the vocal department.

[@jimbean1946]

@@CentralPerspective-my2ev Chris Corner is an actual genius, i felt the same way you do. then i listened to Bloodsport. which wouldnt have happened unless Keli left. true tragedy is never seeing a universe where they stayed together and SHARED the spotlight. wouldv'e been godlike.

[@CentralPerspective-my2ev]

@ I can’t knock their sound in any way. It’s definitely amazing how they combined all created it to make X. In the 90’s it absolutely resonated with me and the music industry’s movement at that time. Still today it is relevant yet I am surprised when I hear a few people say this sounds like a 90’s song.

[@salazarpassadore9069]

Bs... chris demostrated to be better at vocals and as artist

[@CentralPerspective-my2ev]

@@salazarpassadore9069 The sales of albums really do not support that theory. You can objectively say this based off your own feelings yet record sales and earnings is the real measurement by a majority of the population. MTV and radio airtime was the measurement in the 90's. Today it is Google, Apple, social media and money earned per Concert per unit of time. Being a great artist is something the most unknown people are great at, being a great artist, being loved and keeping a large following is what makes great bands continue to have a following or even be remembered. Sneaker Pimps prominence disappeared when Kelly was pushed aside. They pushed aside their future ability to make money because people wanted Kelly singing with the Sneaker Pimps sound. Not the reverse.

[@packerjip9665]

What a voice, even live. Sneaker Pimps really missed out after she was gone.

[@slagit]

Yeah and it seems like they pushed her out...

[@slagit]

@Sir Censored A Lot Yep that happens at time with groups, etc. I wonder if they could every reunite or probably too far gone for that to happen...

[@whatdothlife4660]

She didn't write any of their music and they made three more good albums. Go listen to Kelly on her own and get over it, it's been 25 years.

[@adriansvarela]

@@whatdothlife4660 whoa whoa calm down Coltrane

[@gordonaliasme1104]

She did solo stuff. Rocking Horse was a good album . The Kiss was a great song. Sunshine in The Rain was popular trance . The Ghost Driver never got finished, and That was it...

[@vannjunkin8041]

This was top shelf stuff.. bring it back guys and gals .. bring it back.. let the ego fade.. fade...

[@snorgisborg2]

One of the best vocals ever

[@FunnyBaseball-lm8qn]

Becoming X is truly one of the best albums of that time. I still enjoy it often. Her solo album is amazing too.

[@weltschmerski]

Which one of her solo albums is amazing?

[@paulwhite2787]

Unattainable angst.......Soul Stealing seductress. Classy cool.turbulent tapestry. Reading Burroughs. Percocet kissed with vodka....Lost loathing. Thanks for the ashes on my docs.Farwell to the 90s.

[@trapkeynation5896]

Beautiful words

[@fredfeldmeier8228]

Indeed Indeed

[@tokyodelrey]

This sounds soooo freaking smooth ugh i LovE it the whole album is perfect in fact.

[@rockenhardrock8162]

Such a good performance!!! i love her voice on 6 underground !

[@toddgoogle4387]

This sounds great. I loved and still do this album.

[@renemies78]

So damn cool! I never knew footage existed from this show.

[@peterjosvai9804]

such a mindbreakingly beautiful performance.. she's extremely ephemeral

[@attentionaddicts]

Thanks for the upload, this is super rare.

[@Nebulung]

It felt futuristic and still does

[@curtfox91]

Omg they way they play live is so dailed in and Keli voice raw is beautiful.

[@raskolnikovxxi8020]

Hay muy pocos vídeos en vivo de Sneaker Pimps . Estos archivos son valiosos , muchas gracias . Thanks for uploud .

[@peterdownes8275]

Thank you for cheering up my night . From an old sneaker pimps fan.

[@circusofsteele7702]

A once in a lifetime talent. She was perfect in every way. I was in love with her from day one.

[@geolinkin6579]

She has done some beautiful music on her own since this.

[@sundayandthebee]

they are so timeless and cool, I wish I was born earlier to witness this in person. if I had a Time Machine I’d def go here.

[@schlageschlage]

Yes!! Saw them the next week in Seattle on that tour 🙌

[@screamingwolf42]

I wish I could have seen them on tour......

[@jessical.ramirez8257]

This makes me miss the 90s wish I was there high on pot and vibing to this

[@smokeyanthony]

KROQ 'almost' acoustic Christmas. I forget who else was on this bill, but this act was hard-to-follow. I hope they reunite with Kelli, I can't think of another trip-hop group that works this well, live. Thank you, for reminding us, PJ.

[@loserbabysowhydontyo]

just Scott Weiland and the action girls. No big deal

[@lilacaggression8956]

I hope they don’t. She deserves better than that.

[@umkm2k]

Portishead is amazing live. Sneaker Pimps could still be up there if they didn't drop the clearly better singer.

[@californiaswater5571]

Sheesh massive attack

[@dannyaraya8017]

according to wiki night 1 was: Jane's Addiction, No Doubt, Scott Weiland, Sarah McLachlan, Beck, Matchbox Twenty, Rancid, Fiona Apple, Smash Mouth, Blink-182, Sneaker Pimps, Chumbawamba

[@PaulBStewart-g1h]

Keli is the true meaning of Sneaker Pimps she is Seductive on stage she just kills it on vocals 👍😀👍💐🌹❤️

[@linkheroe72]

01/02/2020 still on!

[@GhostintheMachine-eg5wm]

she's like a semi-gothic betty boop of post-modernity

[@WeAreTheMisfits]

Listening in August 2024

[@braythirteen]

Wish I could be transported back to this night. Would've loved to have seen this live!

[@Catman-ke2dx]

Someone needs to raise the audio on this, it is way too low.

[@cekirdekci32]

She was the real deal. She wrote this timeless song and whole band made it to top thanks to her.

[@stevengottlieb3449]

Kelli Ali (nee Dayton) did not write any of the songs for the Sneaker Pimps. She was brought in as vocalist well after the entire album was written, reduced to demo and recording contract was signed. Not putting her down in any way. Just keeping the record straight. She was fabulous in her front role, better than any of the guys have ever been at lead vocals. Chris Corner is the principal genius behind this band and writes and sings all vocals to this day. Liam Howe is often a co-writer and does all the keys/electronics.

[@Reticuli]

​@@stevengottlieb3449 She wasn't allowed to contribute to any of the album songs' lyrics and is unfortunately not credited. The agreement the guys had with her was for her to do the b-sides on the first album. Pretty stupid to not do another album with her with more contribution and shared credits.

[@Chalk0073]

Awesome upload. Love the sneaker pimps

[@blakkauldronmusic5280]

4yrs later and I'm still watching this video . I have it saved and appreciate you for uploading it 👟🩰🕺🏻

[@johnnymk6874]

👯❤💋👠

[@blakkauldronmusic5280]

Edit 5yrs

[@Tadesan]

Wow. Beautiful.

[@gg2643]

thanks for the footage

[@WitchmasterGeneral]

This is absolutely brilliant! But the video hisses louder than a pit of slithering vipers! Still excellent!

[@WilliamHaffenden]

I just recently came across this band...now I can't get enuf of them. Her voice is hypnotic as her looks are...beautiful. Can anyone tell me the name of that opening track please ❤😊

[@alpharhythm7861]

Becoming x

[@guillermosobrevilla8614]

Same here> was listening just Grunge and Hardcore and suddenly this Band came up to me. Was blown away...Gorgeous Chick... Please Kelly be mine....

[@ifearnothing0]

1 of the best recordings of Spin ever

[@tairdudeusa7981]

What a shame what happened to them but like all the good bands time takes its toll and life happens. I still enjoy hearing them they were a really good band.

[@TheAxecutioner]

Man this is really good, they made really good music. Turns out being a female lead trip hop band was actually awesome and was worth keeping together.

[@chanteldamon2415]

She is really underrated

[@robintripp8164]

Possibly the most beautiful women of the 1990's.

[@DogDaysofSanford]

After Hope Sandoval

[@Papa-Anvil]

Or ever!! 🥰🥰🥰

[@AmbraBella1982]

Yes Kelli is definitely Beautiful/Hot/etc.... "not that there's Anything wrong with it"..... I've seen fan comments on various Sneaker Pimps songs talking about hearing consistent rumor more than once that Kelli is Transwoman/Ladyboy👍❤

[@zenvultra]

@@AmbraBella1982That is complete BS

[@tonyzed4]

Oh my goodness, what a fantastic set. Yeah, they had "it".

[@keithdonald6583]

Sacking a lead with this much talent was one of the worst decisions in musical history.They crashed and burned when she was gone .

[@falcodarkzz]

She is clearly awesome. Wth were they thinking

[@lasttime1372]

They were great without this mediocre girl. And Splinter is amazing

[@falcodarkzz]

@@lasttime1372 so great they were never popular again....

[@lasttime1372]

@@falcodarkzz If popularity is the only barometer of good music then i feel sorry for you) They were popular because the trip hop and downtempo were at it's peak. But they moved on and trip hop wasn't cool anymore. doesn't matter - With or without this girl. It would've been the same. And if she's so great where is she? At least Chris has IAMX and lots of fans still.

[@falcodarkzz]

@@lasttime1372 You're mad if you think they would have had this brief bit of fame without her. Be real dude.

[@TheWaynos73]

Walking Zero is my favourite Pimps song with Kelli

[@JLova82]

Amazing drum-work

[@chanteldamon2415]

Her voice puts u in a trance

[@russellbranham4868]

That version of "spin spin sugar" is enchanting

[@Craigrrr]

What a great thing they had. I can see why Chris and Liam noticed Kelly with her sexy stage presence and haunting voice is 🔥 I love all sneaker pimps with and without her. Chris is a genius with SP and iamx. 2024 and I'm still hooked.

[@cristobalgutierrez1125]

Not to take away from the bands creativity, but damn she was fine!

[@Pauldjreadman]

Kelli Ali has her own channel and she has done a lot of colaborative work on duo Cult with no Name, albums.

[@graemekeable8461]

The fact that she is as hot as hell was her downfall. She detracted too much from what the guys wanted

[@geolinkin6579]

I luv this girl! Then, now, forever!​@Pauldjreadman

[@paulallen9349]

I wish it was still 1996 ! Best year of my life and the best year for music ever! Music has died now I believe its not doing it anymore lol

[@VooDooMaGicMan81]

'96/''97 was a phenomenal couple of years for the UK music scene.

[@artisans8521]

Indeed. Cool Brittania at it's best. But 20 years later it all fell to dust.

[@JacobSocialite]

I love that I had the tape album and now 20 years later live concert footage on my phone and still love it

[@ryan-yu3qi]

Kelli is so hypnotizing

[@Nothingnowonwniwon]

I know it won’t happen, but I dream of a reunion tour :,) some splinter songs too

[@lonesomespike]

Reminds me of Portishead...I love this

[@a.waldegrave9248]

I saw them the day before in San Jose for KOME's Almost Acoustic Christmas. The setlist was similarly very short which I thought at the time was due to the fact that the band was being disrespected by the audience. If I am remembering correctly, the band threatened several times to leave the stage since the audience was throwing crap at them.

[@ericdavid199]

She's got such a great smile

[@mitsuwaltz]

Everything about her is great I fear

[@GordiansKnotHere]

Goddess...

[@DanMcLeodNeptuneUK]

Kelli Ali ftw

[@sarahhouston6560]

Come back PLEASE:'( your so talented ...

[@Jason-Scott]

Unreal 🔥

[@xoalinehue]

This is the girl I love 💝

[@AlexanderLaurence]

The 8th Annual KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas. December 5 & 6, 1997. Universal Amphitheatre. Fiona Apple, The Aquabats!, Beck, Blink-182, David Bowie (Official), Chumbawamba, Everclear, Green Day, Jane's Addiction, Live, Matchbox Twenty, Sarah McLachlan, No Doubt, Portishead, Rancid, Save Ferris, SmashMouth, Sneaker Pimps, Sugar Ray, 311, and Third Eye Blind.

[@yogirulez]

Love it, love it, love it

[@julesl6910]

Classic tale of bozos getting jealous of the singer and firing her and then trying to tour without her. It's so out of touch with reality that you have to see it to believe it. Sneaker Pimps around 2000 without Kelli is pure comedy

[@Dave-xs9dm]

I was hunting ghosts in 97. 99 was my first sighting. 11 years later I reached 1st place

[@ihaddox1199]

holy fuck my parents living room had that ceiling fan/globe.

[@aegisreflector1239]

Same

[@Eddie_Did_That]

Do you have more rare SP stuff? I love this

[@aisle_of_view]

Chris musta been pissed his appearance in this video consisted of 1 second cuts, lol.

[@ferrariserena]

The bass player is Pugsley from the Addams family...

[@salazarpassadore9069]

2025. remember real cool music?

[@stefanpeetz]

Isn’t there anybody in the community to dub a decent audio to this fantastic performance? Please🥰

[@josephrocha1593]

Fucking sweet

[@akasickform]

Please fix the audio!

[@ralphonsnowflakes]

Yes a little volume boost would be fantastic

[@payableondeath9091]

redo and reupload after fixing the audio 🥺 please

[@Scrowlock12]

I like Kelli's vocals live better than on the album. The octave is higher on the recordings.

[@selw0nk]

This was the same time they played in San Jose at a radio concert and the crowd booed them off stage. It really sucked and they didn't finish one song.

[@VooDooMaGicMan81]

Trip hop is an English thing really

[@spacecamppj]

How the fuck is that still such a LOOK

[@rickblasing1237]

Kelli is pretty much the hottest, sexiest woman to have ever walked the earth.

[@Papa-Anvil]

There is no doubt about that, I love her!! 🥰

[@-xirx-]

I have to concur. And still to this day...

[@santucigod]

¿Alguien me puede decir cómo se llama la persona que canta la canción «Bloodsport»? Gracias.

[@CRASS2047]

Audio is too low. I need to download this , fix it, master it and upload.

[@linkheroe72]

If You can that would be awesome

[@CRASS2047]

linkheroe72 I’ll try. There’s a bad vhs noise . I think I can fix that. If so, I’ll link the video here.

[@vannjunkin8041]

@@CRASS2047 any luck?

[@-xirx-]

Would love it if you could please!

[@sarcasticallyrearranged]

People say that they’re going to do something then flake!

[@marksmith9810]

Why does no one talk about Wasted Early Sunday Morning

[@EblisAzazel]

*Sublime 🇬🇧💖🙂.*

[@gummo6596]

I was at Dallas show same year

[@franciscobolancelrubio8504]

Kelly La diosa

[@FedericoPanasiti]

The best version of Walking Zero imho.

[@jurassicmarc77]

Some false info in the comments. Becoming X was a great album and Kelli Alis vocals were brilliant on it, but she didn't write the songs Liam Howe and Chris Corner did (with lyrics also by Ian Pickering). They produced pretty much the whole album and Chris sang on the demos and then decided that a female vocal would work better. After lots of touring and burnout they returned to the write a follow up and Chris wanted to sing the songs he had written this time round. They were producing together as Line Of Flight before Sneaker Pimps. The follow up album Splinter was (at least in my opinion) a great record just more of a band record whereas Becoming X was definitely a more computer heavy production. Her vocals certainly wouldn't have suited Splinter IMHO.

[@chrisbfreelance]

I've been on a Sneaker Pimps feast just recently, and it's a real shame the narrative that is spun as it sheds a really bad light on the creative entity as a whole. I'm glad to see both Chris and Kelly are still creating music and video, let's hope for a collab in the future.

[@gordonaliasme1104]

They ditched her and quickly sank without a trace. Kelli Ali did some great solo music. Sunlight in the Rain was a huge hit in the UK.

[@VooDooMaGicMan81]

​@@gordonaliasme1104 plenty of 1/2 two hit wonders around in that era due to how high the bar was at the time. Who knows if they'd even continue being successful with Kelly.

[@artisans8521]

True, but she was (and is) a charismatic front woman. I bought a Pukkelpop ticket just to see them live. And judging from a stack of Kelly Ali albums, she could write too. So ousting her still is a tragedy in my humble opinion. As is the demise of the whole triphop scene (and the (neo)-soul scene). Creativity at it's best.

[@MartinClemente939393]

Reliquia !!! gracias

[@aegisreflector1239]

1:55

[@kidwithcameras3]

¿Were they supporting Fiona Apple on this gig?

[@CP-kb1du]

The Saint Sound Track ...Val Kilmer scene with Elisabeth Shue turned me on to her ................1997

[@artisans8521]

I saw that movie just because of the music. And the Volvo C90 involved. But it was okay. Especially since I was the only one in the theater. Payed for 2 tickets. 😂

[@CP-kb1du]

@@artisans8521 1st seen it on the old school black analog box ...great memories

[@linkheroe72]

Some one can tell me the name of the song they sing in this live plase!

[@TheCurveModel]

Becoming X is the name of the album. All the good songs are on there

[@davicus100]

live version way better then album i think

[@WeAreTheMisfits]

Absolutely

[@christheghostwriter]

jesus effing christ she looks hot

[@anton__r]

Noir