The Weirdos - A Life of Crime (Music Video)

(unofficial)
from the album: Destroy All Music
footage from: Knights Electric (1980) - directed by Barney Broom
part one of a planned three part series of videos made using this short film that was a precursor to music videos. re-contextualizing it to form three new videos with songs of my choice.

[@xxdestroyerxxal]

this will make all gta 5 players remember when gta 5 was simple, without flying shit and all that futuristic stuff

[@Tankl4d2sdlg]

Same

[@dontommasino6882]

I agree it's absurd, makes me not want to play it anymore online, I just started too.

[@williamnavarro9432]

Don Tommasino what console do you have? I started playing it again after going on a Call of Duty binge. All I do is run my businesses, resupply them, and sell my products. I have a PS4, so if you have one too, we can add each other and make some money together.

[@dontommasino6882]

@@williamnavarro9432 I mostly able to catch playing on some weekends. PS4, DonPepitoton

[@AlexSC2006]

@@williamnavarro9432 bruh gta dead im playing mafia

[@deegythegolden5968]

Gta has me on a first wave punk tip. Great band! And those chick's are hot. Wish I was a late 70s LA punker

[@sufudisjjfjd3775]

like it！

[@EquestrianSport]

except the cops kicking the shit out of you randomly, and no one giving you a job or a place to live. even in the 80's and 90's life was tough to be a punker in LA, and especially outside of LA or Frisco, we were considered a freak and criminal.

[@SiameseDream97]

@@EquestrianSport yeah, good you mentioned it, people only see the "good" side of things, same with the 80s lovers, they don't know the fear of living in the cold war era, it wasn't only neon and crazy hairs

[@EquestrianSport]

@@SiameseDream97 exactly.. only the rich kids had neon hair.. or having a rich girlfriend hahaha

[@chriscoughlin9289]

@@EquestrianSport Why kid yourself? Like Boon, Watt and Hurley, I came up in mid 70's Pedro - ground zero for the South Bay LA punk scene. Even there - It's not as if that old school Italian Catholic longshoreman's backwater was especially hospitable to our crowd, either. And if you were trying to hack out a living from it? Unless you landed a coveted spot on the bill at the Dancing Waters (RIP) - the Fleetwood in Redondo or maybe the Bear down in Huntington, it was still mostly a pay to play gig. Forget about what the road map will tell you - it was a LONNNG journey from there to Madame Wong's or the Starwood. Never mind the hallowed ground of the Whisky.

[@Ronnie28067]

I always listen to this as Trevor!

[@larkatmic]

This is soooooo 1979! Miss those days

[@Arklay_Ishimura]

@Jim From Horrible Comix '85 actually.

[@charliechucker]

What movie is this footage from????

[@network323]

@@Arklay_Ishimura the weirdos actually came out late 70s unless you're talking about the song release

[@chriscoughlin9289]

@@network323 Even if you ARE talking about the recording - that'd be 1977. A few of us who were there remember.

[@richardadkin7226]

​@@charliechucker Knights Electric 1980

[@AngloSaks666]

I was confused by this at first, thinking it might actually be the US, but then on the street see it's my own country (UK), it also looking more and more like the 70's (cars mainly). Clearly a seaside resort. Turns out it's Great Yarmouth, a place I went a couple of times at least in my childhood and youth. The last time I was there was maybe 1982, not long after this was made, so it looks very familiar, particularly the fairground at about a minute and a half, where some girls came up behind me and pinched my arse, so kind of a reverse of this situation. The original film is called 'Knights Electric', a 24-minute short film from 1980. If you search for 'Knights Electric (1980) restored and digitally remastered' you can watch it online.

[@kevincroughn7647]

Where is this clip from? It's not the weirdos. It seems to be taken from some old Austrailian movie. I'm guessing this because they drive on the left side of the road and it looks like they're at a beach resort town. It could also be the UK. Anyhow it looks like its from the early 80's and something I'm surprised I've missed.

[@larkatmic]

Kevin Croughn I wish I knew as well. Would love to know. The weirdos were an LA band. This looks like Brighton or Hastings England to me. I sure miss those days. Wish they lasted longer then they did. I’d go back in a flash. Getting old sucks.

[@kevincroughn7647]

At least we still have the music.

[@DiamorphineDeath]

Knight's Electric- 1980

[@DLT100]

@@kevincroughn7647 track is not in the film

[@martinhaslam7063]

Pretty sure it’s Daniel Peacock in the sheepskin coat. He played Mental Mickey in Rodney Trotter’s band in Only Fools And Horses, so this is an old clip. The bike number plates are British.

[@Julian_TheApostate]

Back when Punk Rock actually meant something. Brilliant stuff, my dude.

[@whochangedmyscreenname]

Punk means even more today than it did then. You not being aware of it doesn't mean it doesn't stand for something, buddy.

[@chriscoughlin9289]

@@whochangedmyscreenname Nonsense - there simply WAS no DIY blueprint circa 1975. The few and far between - like the Stooges - were gutted like fish by the major label players. There's a reason why Television's self produced EP 'Little Johnny Jewel' is still regarded as such a landmark of this era. (RIP Tom V.)

[@diegoallcaps]

​@@whochangedmyscreenname damn you hit them with the "Listen here, buddy!"

[@feathersmcgraw4090]

​@@chriscoughlin9289 How does that translate to punk not meaning anything anymore today. It's easier than ever to be DIY and bands still carry that torch.

[@chriscoughlin9289]

@@feathersmcgraw4090 I never said it means nothing - merely that it no longer holds the SAME meaning. Whatever arises in its place won't come from the same imperatives. NYC and LA circa 1975-77 are just ineffable vapors now - even to a guy like me who lived it the first time 'round. Today, there's no need for a Richard Hell - the persona or the scene he helped invent. There's a need for something else, no doubt - but the point is that Richard himself has no nostalgia and no formula to offer anybody else. In fact, he's often said that Bowery and Bleecker is just another corner to him today. How silly it would be for some 16 year old to let it have more power over him/her than it has for the guy who first put it on the cultural map in the first place. I'm old enough to remember the roots of the hardcore scene in Orange County during those years. Suddenly everything became about enforcing a code - the green mohawk, the safety pins, the Doc Martens... It morphed into everything the nonconformist Hell, Verlaine and Patti Smith (and on the West Coast, The Weirdos and X and The Minutemen) despised. As Van would say -No method, no guru, no teacher.

[@mtvso8000]

Why is this what I imagined when I first heard the song?

[@cuttingaway123]

Because it’s a punk song, duh

[@TheChannelofaDisappointedMan]

Excellent work. Don't stop believing in what you're doing.

[@AMT99100]

Wow this channel is wonderful. So glad I found it.

[@deadswan]

AMT99100 thank you!

[@staticxtract3023]

I looked this up because The Weirdos have the first ever documented mosh pits according to Google

[@Lorsterthe34st]

Lyrics: I don't wanna play aroun' no more I see that black cross painted on your door We was good friends for a long, long time But baby you got hungry for a life of crime Get the message now? The car you drive is painted red and grey But if you ask me to get in Well I'll jst run away We was good friends for a long, long time But baby you got hungry for a life of crime Get the message now?

[@simonallard3770]

I always thought the opening lyrics were “I don’t wanna be a rat no more” lol

[@TD55_00]

TREVOR PHILLIPS ENTERPRISES LAMO

[@davebanks3632]

Lmaooooooooo

[@lordspider4376]

Mandela Effect It’s actually Trevor Phillips Industries

[@chriswinslow6843]

At the Channel in Boston early 90's.... great show. Hanging at the back bar: Necco Place, between sets.

[@TobyH.]

That blonde girl is gorgeous. Great tune, funny video. A masterpiece video by the Weirdos.

[@windyvidz4434]

It's so charming how they have one guy in a green shirt dedicated to getting knocked over haha!

[@gladisherrera3206]

gran senora desert

[@Salamander676]

Why dies this footage look like modern footage with a filter lense? It’s so hi def

[@petejohnston5375]

Still rippin' good after 42-43 years

[@JDsmiffy1]

WTF - The Weirdos in our local town - Great Yarmouth! I had to watch it twice. Predates Madness in the House Of Fun video. Great record too!

[@TadAskew1]

Killer --- thanks for postin'

[@l.salisbury1253]

RIP Dix Denny...

[@marco-__-]

This popped up on my recommendations

[@AlexanderLaurence]

Dix Denney of the LA punk band WEIRDOS has died.

[@ric9759]

This is truly sad, awesome performer in an underrated, awesome and inspiring band.

[@dougtull4594]

I know. Sad news.

[@HisAssholiness]

the dark haired girl in the leopard print ... *swoons*...

[@gabrielsalazar6373]

Está canción va para la más pelona de torreón coahuila, ahí te voy cartel de Jalisco:3

[@asidocerebral913]

The Psyco Trevor, Gran Senora Desert and Channel X Brought me Here!!!!! YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH..... lml

[@s.miller2648]

those girls were hot

[@petergriffin8893]

Channel X is the best channel, if you say otherwise, i say X to that

[@JimmyMcMillan-o2f]

Damn I only knew this as a Laughing Hyenas song. The internet is too generous sometimes….

[@anzalone138]

Get the message now!

[@glennzornig4978]

Was Cliff Martinez the drummer in this band?

[@dr.alex.velazquez]

I have heard this song like for 22 hours xd and im not getting tired 😎😎🤙🏻🤙🏻

[@CurlyHeadTrev1477]

Oooohhh ooooohh

[@marco-__-]

I get Trevor vibes and channel x riding down sandy shores

[@TheImmortalWalnut]

Oh no where did the all the girls go

[@drunvert]

Had a red vinyl weirdos album on my wall next to the yellow Dickies vinyl. 80

[@BaronvonWasteland1]

R.I.P., Dix Denney.

[@billedwards4285]

Great band

[@Wertyber]

underrated ahh song

[@bidensuckslol9610]

Me and the boys crusin around blaine county be like:

[@lucasmelo6065]

Trevor’s theme song 🤌🏻🤌🏻

[@chloeadams10]

Weird is an adjective meaning strange or eerie. Weirdo is a noun meaning a person who is strange or unconventional.

[@gabrielfernando4903]

"Scooter Brothers"

[@vincenthobbs1605]

XD

[@spud420..]

"wE aRe ScOoTEr brOtHerS"

[@dougtull4594]

I wonder where these ladies are now?

[@GGlaDiouss]

TREVOR PHLIPS INDUSTRIES!

[@lazlokovacs2263]

I'm not very interested in games and I was impressed by many who sought out music because of GTA. The video is interesting, the girls are gorgeous (they could easily pass as Cramps fans) but I didn't like this way of pushing and pulling them (I know, it's part of a fiction). Interesting how a video can bring so many feelings and sensations.

[@diegoallcaps]

Sounds like Joey Ramone

[@WhisperExtreme]

Thx Trevor!

[@nosairsoft1687]

the good old days when you had a wacky style, and we really didn't give a shit about looking wacky because that's how we are, instead the "punks" of today...

[@morgaen]

... like the best Zitat (from the punkrocker -the return of the living dead ?) thats not a fuckin costume ,that is the way of life! Fuck yeah. .......

[@TheImmortalWalnut]

Shout out Z GANG

[@RalphLucero-ej9tg]

two cool, that hina in the pink the one that winks and stinks .....ya fill me ....

[@luckydiamond77]

0:48

[@2003AcuraTL]

Trevor in sandy shores listening on Channel X

[@dr.alex.velazquez]

Trevor Phillips

[@petejohnston5375]

Hilarious

[@goose1114]

This song feels like a street race

[@genghiskhan7041]

Yeah, sucks when the girlfriend makes her escape!

[@marco-__-]

Fr

[@TheSatanist13]

Driving down Los Santos crashing cars, getting chased by Police officers having a blast

[@francomaritato7337]

Gta5❤️

[@neilmac991]

I was a weirdo once

[@Wertyber]

they locked me in a room

[@sufudisjjfjd3775]

hot girls！

[@wetwork6553]

Class of Nuke’em High (I think)

[@DLT100]

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[@pedrohenriquefontainesilva7878]

Chanel x gta v

[@thepassanger3143]

ChanelX Ratio GTA V

[@bochimbo1346]

GTA V.

[@TheImmortalWalnut]

They are not very good with women

[@notgoodgamer5990]

Gta v anyone?

[@robbieirish]

Exactly why im here. Hauler missions

[@notgoodgamer5990]

@@robbieirish song is so fucking catchy

[@danik2k10ru]

Chanel x gta5

[@-watermelonking]

i feel like this should've been in jackass

[@aril00s]

Trevor's theme song

[@yolomank.o3192]

TREVOR PHILLIPS INDUSTRIES!!!!!!!!!!!

[@felicityflint5681]

Sandy shores

[@edwardzilberman9597]

This song kicks so much ass it's ridiculous