Time Machine Modulus

[@Narokkurai]

That intro is one of the funniest lines you could possibly use to kick off a 10 minute prog rock jam.

[@toddsiefke4121]

Pretty rad to read the comments - I log in every once in a while. Thanks everybody. To answer: I don't think we won because we didn't have vocals. We were just there to play a piece that was made up of 4-6 songs we had written over 5 years at that point. We were also in video production, so we got the hook up on those prime camera angles. I still play drums, I think the guitarist plays in some metal bands and the bass player is a comedian. Ask questions and one day I might log in an reply

[@xxmetioqurexx]

When wIill you make an album ?

[@unknown6390]

Do you know what bands the guitarist is a part of?

[@jagoz196]

Please get back together

[@FucklesTheEnchilada]

Why the name Time Machine Modulus? It has to be one of my favorite band names because its so dorky that it becomes cool.

[@marlonbrando6615]

Hey todd, what's with the guitarist saying some of your songs had already been played?

[@mehhhhist]

you have all fantasised about doing this in front of your old school, to show the chads and the staceys time machine modulus lived it

[@ryanre103]

true

[@emmanuelgoldstein8233]

FUCK YOU. i'm 24 already and still doing this :(

[@MorpheusVids]

I did this and everyone told me I sucked and should never look at a guitar ever again. It was still worth it.

[@LionelHutz619]

how the fuck did you know

[@ualb2515]

@@emmanuelgoldstein8233 44! And still doin' this!

[@AmericasComic]

Their math teacher must be proud.

[@damchovic]

come to brazil pls

[@SG-nd9bf]

lmao

[@ein8539]

Que vengan a Colombia 😭

[@thesupreme5999]

TimeMachineModulusVEVO

[@civilwar9637]

>there will never be a Time Machine Modulus album in my life time why even live

[@Nophera]

there is one, its pretty good

[@jmana74]

They actually have an EP, its a 10/10

[@boyo7918]

Nophera Not cringe at all

[@moritzzz1]

Go to their bandcamp

[@JakeTvisterOfficial]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHPLe2tsh6emr7M

[@Tfrne]

TFW YOU BLOW EVERY PLEB AT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL'S MIND AT ONCE

[@RiceMan9315]

I was wracking my brain trying to remember the name of this video, so I searched "hey this is pretty good not cringe at all" and this was the first result.

[@Chronochrome]

For me it was "prog rock, every cringe thread"

[@lusteraliaszero]

"not cringe rock"

[@maxinator317]

RiceMan same lol

[@JustASnack]

i literally did the exact same just now

[@hansdado]

crazy how many people remember this

[@FacePomagranate]

>Solid playing >Adventurous music >Active stage presence >Multi-camera video Let's be honest, high school battle of the band videos don't get much better than this.

[@thesilliestclown]

so what you're saying is "not cringe at all"?

[@toddsiefke4121]

We ran the video department sort of..all of our friends were filming.. so we got the angles

[@ArizonanSummer]

@@toddsiefke4121Thank You!

[@CaptainEff]

Todd I know you're reading this, get the band back together.

[@Kylirr]

This is real patrician music.

[@Lokkilokka]

ojamalio wrong it's cringe

[@Kylirr]

***** Was Baneposting on my comment part of your plan?

[@Kylirr]

***** Well congratulations, you Baneposted on my comment. Now what's the next step of your master plan?

[@binnysan]

***** OH MY GOD I'M ALIVE

[@Kylirr]

The Incredible Binnysan No! They expect one of us in the wreckage, brother.

[@saintbeau2779]

...and immediately after, Chad came and played Wonderwall on guitar

[@mylifesjuly]

hazed This actually happened at my senior talent show

[@comi2958]

And then he fuckin won

[@NeverSaySandwich1]

Ha ha ha ha ha

[@0nzer0]

The Virgin Time Machine Modulus vs The Chad Wonderwall

[@mr_don_rowe]

Joey mcnally same except it was a Jack Johnson song lol

[@MrAncop]

This is actually pretty good.

[@real1ake77]

+Aussie Noonga what is proper music ?

[@skaterdude7277]

+Aussie Noonga telling him to write proper music after his comment just stated his opinion

[@Germanjorge]

Yeah I know, not cringe at all.

[@Komnen0s]

This is legitimately one of the coolest live performances I've ever seen. I still can't believe these high school kids wrote this awesome Mars Volta esque song and then performed it perfectly to rapturous applause. All /mu/ memes aside, I would be psyched if these lads got back together and cut some new material.

[@CrazyItalian7469]

hey this isn't cringe at all

[@UntitledKirk]

All jokes aside, this is actually kind of cool. Ten minutes of psych/avant-garde/noise rock passages performed by high schoolers on the gymnasium stage. We all wish we were as cool as them.

[@TheMrNakedSnake]

Still jamming this in 2024. Legendary set

[@creatine420]

this is literally one of the most important events in music history, maybe human history, i cant imagine anything more important happening in that 10 minutes, the center of the world.

[@9999bigb]

Next to the assassination of Julius Caesar which happened in like 40 seconds, I agree with you, traveller.

[@toddsiefke4121]

It didn't feel all that important until I got a random call 6 years later that it was an internet meme

[@EverythingWentSideways]

if they actually made an album /mu/ would erupt.

[@YellowJelly13]

Ricky Lee Barnett Jr. They already did

[@youtuberobbedmeofmyname]

@@YellowJelly13 /mu/ erupted or they made an album??

[@TheJargonKing]

@@youtuberobbedmeofmyname Yes

[@YellowJelly13]

@@youtuberobbedmeofmyname They made an album.

[@youreboy526]

@@YellowJelly13 link?

[@nullfather7872]

The fact that so many comments and replies still name Time Machine Modulus as "the most pretty good or not cringe at all" rock band ever only tells you how far rock music still is from becoming a serious art. Jazz critics have long recognized that the greatest jazz musicians of all times are Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, who were not the most famous or richest or best sellers of their times, let alone of all times. Classical critics rank the highly controversial Beethoven over classical musicians who were highly popular in courts around Europe. Rock critics are still blinded by talent show success. Time Machine Modulus is less cringey than anyone else (not true, by the way), therefore they must have been the greatest. Jazz critics grow up listening to a lot of jazz music of the past, classical critics grow up listening to a lot of classical music of the past. Rock critics are often totally ignorant of the rock music of the past, they barely know the least cringey. No wonder they will think that Time Machine Modulus never did anything worthy of being called "cringe".

[@toddsiefke4121]

null father paper beats rock, coltrane beats everything. And time machine was just fun

[@nullfather7872]

Todd Siefke Just fucking with ya, dude. TMM is awesome and I just wanted to give it the Scaruffi treatment because it didn't look like anyone else did. scaruffi.com/vol1/beatles.html

[@toddsiefke4121]

lol. mehhh beatles. coltrane still beats everything

[@sapulamchandyman6816]

+null father nice meme

[@eLGiGaming]

time machine modulus is unironically good, but this, this is unironically cringe

[@ThaPirateninja]

>open video in cringe thread >see high schoolers >expect the worst >suddenly overtaken by the psychedelic jams This is awesome, it must have taken mega balls to play this in front of a bunch of music deaf kids

[@toddsiefke4121]

Nah, we only spent our time playing music and didn't hang out with these kids. Came to shred, confused everyone, mission accomplished

[@national-socialistanimegir6414]

Holy shit man you need to get back together and properly record this and maybe even write some new material. It's criminal that you're not making money off of this.

[@jacktv6363]

here from the same thread bro, i relate too hard

[@Sehnopre]

Literally just found this video in a cringe thread, completely baffled why, this is completely dope

[@Mayyde]

I'm always fucking impressed by the bassist's balance and technical skill as a musician every time I see 7:40 being able to switch two pedals at the same time on-beat and immediately transitioning into a solo segment is a fucking difficult thing to do.

[@WestPictures]

That riff at 2:42 is so good, I keep returning to this video years later to hear it

[@9999bigb]

Reminds me of At the Drive In

[@fartytowels8409]

It really is.

[@99percenthotgas]

i expected hell i found heaven

[@cleandan-p8q]

Hella in highschool. Damn... I wish I had done this

[@DarkAlley92]

ayyyy you bought my album on bandcamp :^)

[@Jason-to5cs]

better than anything and everything i ever heard from a band in high school. back then we were playing shitty oasis covers. what plebs we were.

[@deathhzrd]

TANIGHTIDGONNABANIGH

[@liag9039]

anyways here's wonderwall

[@ChristianTheChicken]

THEY'RE READY TO GO GUYS

[@mayyyy8632]

Your pfp so beautiful.

[@kouka7221]

@@mayyyy8632 Animal Collective - Spirit They're Gone Spirit They've Vanished

[@mayyyy8632]

@@kouka7221 yup one of my favorite albums of all time

[@kouka7221]

@@mayyyy8632 Oh neat! Same here lol

[@thecookieeater]

Somehow the years go by and this just gets better and better each time I listen to it.

[@spankrod]

We need to set up a crowdfund to get the band back together, a full-length album made and a world tour organised. Humanity needs Time Machine Modulus more than ever.

[@ethanstiles948]

If I had a time machine I’m going back to 2009 and attending the battle of the bands at Monrovia High School so I can bear witness to these absolute legends melting faces. I’ve watched this performance so many times over the years since I’ve known about it and it’s so badass. Wish my school’s talent shows went this hard

[@Komnen0s]

If I could go back in time to see a band perform live, this would genuinely be one of my first picks alongside _77 Boadrum_ by Boredoms. I can't begin to imagine what this sounded like if you were there in person. You can tell the crowd was into it from how wild they are throughout the video (especially at the end).

[@Bojangles126]

​@@Komnen0s Pleasantly surprised to see 77 boa drum mentioned, that album fucking rips. Good choice

[@heartofthecards8617]

this has been my favorite live video for nearly ten years now

[@Blake223]

still jammin this in 2023

[@deadliestcholo]

I know the guitarist, he's a friend. I asked about this because iv'e also been a long time /mu/tant and this shit is sick. He's now doing a band called Pure Muscle but its more on the side of pop than experimental.

[@toddsiefke4121]

Jeff and I jammed again recently, the energy was still there. And Pure Muscle is awesome Cheers Dude TS

[@youreboy526]

Todd Siefke My man, get the band back together. This shit blew my moind back when I was in highschool.

[@synthmalicious7541]

Proof?

[@deadliestcholo]

@@synthmalicious7541 check my channel. his current band is pure muscle and i recorded some of their performances. this is during when i was with penniback records and they hosted a lot of shows and pure muscle played in a lot of them. but you're just gonna have to take my word for it that i know him personally. im not super close, but jeff is a super chill dude, that i use to hang out with here and there.

[@robberonbrent]

This is still one of the best videos on KZbin

[@1funeral2many9]

man if some students at my school where to of start a band like this and perform in the auditorium i would of crapped myself

[@Bojangles126]

"where to of start" -> were to have started "would of" -> would have

[@1funeral2many9]

@@Bojangles126 I'm sure you felt the satisfaction of a middle school teacher with bad blood pressure by correcting the grammar/spelling of a 6 year old comment

[@Schuylemagne]

Let's admit it: this isn't your first time watching this; you've at least been here 50 times.

[@cornst0rch]

+Schuylemagne This is my first time watching it

[@SM-qe4wd]

+Schuylemagne i wish this weren't true but yeah i've been here too many times to count

[@cornst0rch]

+cornstorch second time

[@growlgrowlpigsqueal]

Been here si ce 0 day, cant go through the music playlist without hitting this.

[@blackplains4381]

yeah, just a really wholesome video man

[@misanthropy6690]

Holy shit that drumming is savage.

[@jackburton3540]

Every other band was probably like "man what the fuck are we even doing here" after this set

[@lobstergirl]

funniest part is they didnt even win the talent show according to the drummer lol

[@z.olderautist2209]

That's some excellent drumming

[@setomanda3272]

the plebs in the audience must have been blown away by this masterpiece

[@greyface6015]

Watched this a few times a day for a week straight. This whole set start to finish was completely and unequivocably dope. Just wow.

[@scholardeville]

the absolute display of power by the drummer at the end

[@trevorthompson9887]

It deeply troubles me knowing I’ll never be as cool as these lads were in the early 2000’s

[@0nzer0]

My highschool fantasy was to do some shit like this and impress a qt ;_;

[@PinkPowrRanger]

Nigga please, I still do this. I can barely even listen to music anymore without fantasizing that I'm the one playing it for the shy qt at work that I'm too nervous to talk to. >tfw no gf I may as well start browsing wizardchan now

[@ElLindoClan]

how insecure are you

[@NoName-qi7vx]

I will be totally honest this is some of the best fking math rock I have ever heard. I even love the bad video recording quality if you bring it to the studio please master it raw.

[@Sputnik34]

i haven't listened to this in like 6-7 years and jesus christ i fucking forgot how hard this goes.

[@aperson918]

When They Walked on Stage the Audience Cringed When They Started Playing the Judges Were Shocked YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

[@sonnystephens3874]

revisiting this mu legend after years

[@JacobSartorius70minus1]

Thanks /mu/

[@toddsiefke4121]

i've read a bunch of the 4chan stuff on TMM, the comments are hilarious- thanks for all the laughs dudes.. esp the gifs.

[@TheApatheistic1]

Fucking saw this in a cringe thread and I hoped it would be a quick laugh but it was really good and I spent the majority of my break watching this.

[@DustyRh0d3s]

Oh no,don't share the secret club on boobtube.

[@PowerUp999]

These guys fucking rule... Drummer, bassist, guitarist, all of them go so hard. Please get back together, would be sooooo sweet!

[@xisadzgokou7390]

Hi Arec :^)

[@evanoddleifson1817]

This is absolutely some of the best music ive ever heard in all my years. I've been coming back to this video monthly for years as a way to keep in touch with what is quintessential greatness. This right here folks

[@dramspop4607]

Damn I love black midi

[@captainhardon]

this is much better

[@me-hg3lh]

This is bringing me back to that old-school adult swim feel holy shit. 2000s rock Nostalgia

[@NotDaveGahan]

These guys actually have potential.

[@tomlurid]

I would pay to listen and see this band play a show

[@keithvdoom]

Its getting recommended agggaaainnnnn 🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@gothgrrl8711]

hadn't thought of this video in years and i had to search for ten minutes to find it couldn't think of the band name. TIME MACHINE MODULUS

[@grape9306]

I honestly, Truley believe that Time Machine Modulus is one of the greatest bands ever formed.

[@halfthroat6447]

when i struggle to remember the name of this band, i just replay in my mind the cadence of that guy's introduction

[@NoblePringles]

I want a Time Machine Modulus Album

[@nswick1]

getting Don Caballero vibes

[@freddie.7531]

These kids move with a purpose!

[@theanimeexperiment]

Time Machine Modulus are rock legends.

[@thenightbladefeeds]

I was watching Napoleon Dynamite and realized that this band is named after the 'time machine' they bought online

[@Komnen0s]

which is apropos, given that Napoleon Dynamite ends with the protagonist doing an impassioned musical performance at a school talent show

[@toddsiefke4121]

100%

[@bigolpancake9136]

That ending gave me goosebumps, like that actually happened. Hope you guys still play, really talented.

[@asherharmon7217]

Damn I'd totally buy an album. I love stuff like this.

[@TheDrunkMunk]

Damn I was expecting something painful. This is the real shit.

[@Anyontm]

Man this new At the Drive-In reunion is pretty sick.

[@xisadzgokou7390]

who won the battle of the bands

[@KidScipio]

Xisadz Gokou our hearts

[@abdulmalikjahar-al-buhairi9754]

Some chad playing wonderwall

[@Flightline_]

I watch this at least once a year but just realized "time machine modulus" was the name of uncle Rico's time machine in Napoleon Dynamite.

[@t3chphr3ak]

This is some avant garde level shit

[@seanzie2819]

This is legitimately fucking great. Get the band back together and make an album

[@deathhzrd]

Seanzie they did

[@coyote2welve]

That was fucking gorgeous. The kinda day dreams I've been havin for years and you guys lived it lol. Fuck yeah

[@impablomations]

I'm definitely hearing some Porcupine Tree, Ozric Tentacle influences I reckon. Maybe even a little older Hawkwind. PIty you guys broke up, sounds like you really had something going there. Also, you fucking owned that kit. Nice simple setup and you did more with that limited range that I've seen a lot of drummers do with huge kits. I've been playing for over 30 years and I love watching vids like this. Proof that the younger generation still gives a shit about good live music.

[@DSCRAPRE]

This is one of my favorite EPs/records

[@slugoperator]

certified hood classic

[@BobrLovr]

The little tip tosies at 2:58. I can't handle it , well played Meme machine modulus

[@SPVLaboratories]

hey this is actually really good, not cringe at all

[@kimcringson7106]

why yes i too like Fishmans

[@lequeefah2835]

the first two minutes I laughed and then I was blown away by this dank performance

[@joshuaallgood7030]

Hey this is pretty cool, not cringe at all! Honestly, I wish the high school bands I knew growing up were as good as this.

[@VillaCarrington]

Damn, the drummer is awesome! Groovy AF!

[@dont-feed-ben4833]

GOODGOODNOTBAD

[@apb.]

Badbadnotgood is art

[@prettycolors2]

I came in with no expectations... and that blew my fucking mind, that was amazing!

[@joederogatis6640]

The world needs more Time Machine Modulus

[@JavierRamirez-ie6dy]

The world needs more of Time Machine Modulus

[@ConfusedHopelessly]

tfw youll never be time machine modulus

[@sharpvonl201]

pretty good, not cringe at all

[@lukemagiera3356]

The way the guitarist moves bro.....hahahahaha insane man

[@lucasrutowski2852]

Is the band name a Napoleon Dynamite reference?

[@likemy]

you were an incredibly talented drummer when you were a teenager, I hope you continued to build on this

[@es_for1]

9:00 the bass and the fucking drummer go nuts HOLY SHIT. also todd pls tell me ur kidding about the no vocal = no qualify thing. because i want to remain happy. and once again NUTS

[@toddsiefke4121]

Woojoo333 lol. nah duke, no dice.. didn't matter though, it raged hard

[@es_for1]

Todd Siefke .... u got to be fucking bsing me. pls tell me the other bands that qualified werent just covering blink 182 or some famous songs. but yea arre you guys still a group? also was this improvised or were you just connecting ur own songs?

[@dtinagliastudios]

These guys are so amazing

[@jackielegs8010]

Really good. Not cringe at all.

[@CaptnMorshu]

Wow the new Boredoms album sounds good

[@GlennHope]

This is amazing, Time Machine Modulus reunion when?

[@calebrussell8325]

Yeah this shit is amazing

[@modernobscura]

I watch this video every day I'm convinced if these guys had released an album (with great vocals) that captured this atmpshperic bomb of emotion like this that they would have been the savior of rock... I scour youtube for bands that rock like you guys did and nothing ever comes close

[@ein8539]

Music Miscellaneous At the drive-in, KID:NAP:KIN, Mars Volta,. Red Animal War.

[@snougy8489]

listen to The Audio Medium by The Cancer Conspiracy

[@fauzanazhar9849]

Hi there, I came back here for some good stuff