TRIUMPH - Lay it on the Line (Live in HALIFAX)

"Lay it on the Line" OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO
TRIUMPH
A NIGHT OF TRIUMPH
METRO CENTRE ARENA - HALIFAX, NS
January 6, 1987
Visit the new TRIUMPH website:
www.TriumphMusic.com

[@HarryJensen-kr4qz]

I'm 70 now, lived the era. Wondering where it all went, my kids and grandkids will never understand. Wasn't always easy but would do it all again If given the chance. Triumph, one of the GREATEST!

[@austinteutsch]

I'm 69 in '24. Know what you mean. Great life and great music. Way too much good music!!

[@beckydrogowski7479]

Rik's voice is just from another galaxy!!! He's friggin amazing!!!

[@Chief2Moon]

Becky Drogowski Loved his guitar work too!

[@derrickb427]

I can name a dozen vocalists that people say have incredible range that could never match Rik Emmett live. This is so clean yet powerful.

[@derrickb427]

20sk Haha yes I know the lead singer of Rush, the OTHER power rock trio from Canada. I just prefer Rik's vocals over Geddy's. Plus, he can hold those higher notes with more ease live than Geddy.

[@tjfreak]

I never really dug Geddy's voice from the start..I tried & then stopped fooling myself,it's the reason well the main reason I didn't submerge myself in them after ATWAS & that will probably will not win me any friends.. lol..Gedd'ys extreme… Rik's about as far in that range that i ever wanna go.

[@MrMaukka10]

Please name them. I cannot recognize / think of any names you might be referring to.

[@MrMaukka10]

Derrick B - Cat catch your tongue?

[@derrickb427]

MrMaukka10 Axl Rose, Freddie Mercury, Geddy Lee, Steven Tyler, Meatloaf, Lou Gramm, Jimmi Jameson, Ozzy Osbourne, Roger Daltrey, Roger Waters, Robert Plant, Brian Johnson. There ya go a dozen. Keep in mind, my comment referred to when they sing LIVE.

[@thanksfernuthin]

Wow. Pretty amazing. When you hear him sing on studio recordings his voice is so high and clear. But, you would expect him to be straining or trailing off at a live show. Apparently he can sing like that with almost no effort. Lucky man! Lucky us!

[@mr.anderson3369]

Rik Emmett is such an underrated guitarist

[@Fantisan95]

Dudes got pipes of the gods

[@kevinpace8322]

I was in 11th grade in high-school and I saw Triumph 3 times and it was the most profound time in my life , I still jam to their music like I was there yesterday ✌

[@Sinfulpotato31]

you peaked in high school

[@ronniemiller9924]

The Best Rock and Roll voice on the planet.....Rik is awesome....Rest of the guys crush it as well.....

[@sharrybucholz5786]

Rik Emmett is a great talent

[@michelledavis8926]

I saw them in Springfield Illinois in 1983. It was an epiphany. They are the talent by which all other bands are judged.

[@rickystarnes2444]

I seen over 200 concerts in my life bands like van Halen ozzy rush scorpions ac/dc none could touch triumph I seen them in Shreveport loisiana 1983 I was blown away awesome concert

[@kevinhorton605]

My favorite band

[@dustycroson5746]

Wicked story . Who was the opening group ? My dad saw Zebra and Triumph together in 82 or 81 I can’t recall what tour

[@captmodano]

Maybe the Most Underrated Band of All Time and certainly Rik Emmett is way under appreciated

[@D.Lee.W]

Yes. His guitar playing is also second to none.

[@larryturner6859]

Rik Emmett is an absolute legend 💯

[@dalebailey6162]

My oldest brother won a 2000 dollar flying v guitar and rick Emmett played a tune on it and my brother had a picture taken with him ill never forget that awesome concert

[@alanwalker9119]

Rik can hit the high note that only a few others can get to. Very underrated.

[@TaylorByers4444]

miljenko matijević and rik are very similar in vocal range

[@wesbates1143]

Many can hit it but still impressive. Especially live

[@raya91962]

Top 5 lead guitarist + lead singer. Probably the best screamer...

[@HitDog42]

Dude definitely knows how to bring it Live, Rick Emmett is the Man!!

[@joesuplicky3297]

It's freaking blow my mind that he could be the lead singer and lead guitarist. Wow!

[@katlongshanks777]

One of the best rock songs by one of the best rock bands in Canada.. What a trio

[@ericrohrer5160]

Rush wasn't to shabby. R.I.P. Neil😢

[@sharrybucholz5786]

A voice from the heavens

[@tv2109]

Fantastic!! I miss this kind of music

[@markkutemonen6287]

This was music.

[@sixsixxsixxxx]

i dont

[@jason75]

Today they don't know how to make music, its differnt back then, its a differnt sound. Back then it was about the muscle and awsomeness with heart and soul. Today is all noise. Money, looks, and fame, with no talent.

[@Dan.gibson.photographer]

Mom and Dad’s culture since I was a baby, and now 30 years later I’m still listening to it in 2019 with my own daughter 🔥🤘🔥

[@fjcrod]

Rik may well be one of the greatest lead vocalists ever. And, his guitar playing? Immaculate. Great friggin band

[@jamieslack3147]

One of the most underrated bands ever

[@Duolingo85555]

Rik's voice is magnificient! Canada has great Rock Bands!

[@Shannonrenees]

Lay it on the line is my fave by triumph, their awesome💯 🤘🏼☠️🤘🏼. 🤘🏼💀🤘🏼

[@Treviso100]

Amazing live band, especially Rick Emmet’s vocals. Wow!

[@HitDog42]

Amazing vocalist and one of the best guitar players of all-time!!

[@jimbosc]

Easy to argue THE best of his era - dude could play all styles, monster riff and shreds like a beast. Maybe Micheal Schenker is close - no one else.

[@madmade6877]

Always though so..AMAZING guitars and wow voice

[@Vino_zx1zero]

@@jimbosc that era i can name better guitar players.. as far as singers go deffentley one of the greatest but guitar player fuc no. glen tipton, schenker, demartini, mathis jabs, eddie van Halen, randy rhoads, i can keep going

[@sharrybucholz5786]

One band I would have loved to see but I didn’t so freaking sad 😢 I missed out on a great show

[@sharrybucholz5786]

What an amazing voice I have yet to hear one like Rik Emmett

[@TaylorByers4444]

The guy from steel heart is very similar to rik both have insane high range

[@joedella-mattia2234]

April 2022. Still can’t get enough Triumph. Saw them many many years ago

[@dangooding1925]

what amazes me is how relaxed Gil Moore looks playing the drums. He's playing the heck out of them, but he just looks like it's not a big deal at all.

[@sharrybucholz5786]

Rik Emmett is unfreaking unbelievably great

[@gregdunbrook2012]

What a Voice!

[@davidsiegeld576]

So refreshing to see/hear this and all the positive replies, letting me know that I'm not alone in my appreciation for this very under-appreciated band!

[@chrisgreen1777]

This was a hell of a show that I can remember, I went in after friends who worked at the Metro Center let me in the back stage entrance. I can't count the number of shows I saw there from the penalty box seats over a 4 yr time period....good times, good times indeed.

[@sharrybucholz5786]

Chris Green I wish I could have seen Triumph live

[@sharrybucholz5786]

Chris Green that sounds like something that I would do crazy shit

[@suestefaniuk4027]

Proudly Canadian band, one of the best we ever had,

[@slade25]

I was there and don't remember it being this sonically good.....really amazing band at that point in time!

[@reneechristopher2121]

OMG! What a voice.

[@sharrybucholz5786]

Why is Triumph so under rated they are so stupid good.

[@rtypepe]

4:52-4:59 amazing vocal range without sounding like nails on a chalkboard.

[@SheogorathCheese]

man they kick ass...what a stage presence. like really...they are fucking POWERFUL. wish i could have seen triumph in their day, shame Im only 19. what a band.

[@russellstraight9991]

ant they were great live and One of the best I ever heard live.

[@frederiqueb8245]

J'ai 58 ans et je ne les ai jamais vu mais je suis fan depuis le début. Donner moi une machine à remonter le temps 🎸🎸👍👍

[@shellyvAK49]

What a voice! What an amazing performance!

[@jeffclaterbaugh3962]

Loudest I've ever been to and one of the best

[@SaelPalani]

This is the year I grad high school and the song I just adored when it came on the radio. This one and Fight the Good Fight. Holy shit I love Triumph.

[@smilinachya]

Fight the good fight was the song that turned me on to Triumph and then this song. Great band they were!

[@chrishassett262]

SaelPalani hi i just pulled into the parking lot at mission beach in san diego when i heard this song on the radio in the early 80s i turned my car around and booked it to tower records and bought this album in cassette, the went back to the beach rockn my ass off im now 57 and still rock out to triumph they are one of my favorite bands of all time and the lyrics are so clean and meaningful !

[@michaelmixon2479]

I still have the album when this song was first released.

[@bartonbob2]

The second best band to come out of Canada. Saw them live in Dallas at Reunion Arena on February 16th 1985. Molly Hatchet opened for them. Triumph was using lasers during the show which at that time was high tech. Great Show and great music!!

[@rockvocalist7007]

Honeymoon Suite Platinum Blonde, Gowan, Strange Advance, Voivod loverboy, april wine .. Rush is about the 7th best Canadian band ..musical fact.

[@Kroder]

@Tr3y Music That guy is delusional. He knows absolutely nothing about music but likes to pretend he does on KZbin.

[@nickavenoso7851]

ROCK VOCALIST That’s is not a fact at all, that’s your opinion, and your comparing bands like Loverboy and April Wine to Rush, 🤨

[@sharrybucholz5786]

Rik Emmett is my favorite singer he the voice of a god and one many rockers had. I can’t think of a rocker who has a better voice than his. If anyone has any one better let’s have it

[@stephenobrien1505]

Sharry Bucholz A brain tumor put an indefinite hold on the divinity of Lou Gramm's voice, but at his peak, I would have put him up against Rik Emmett anytime. Taking nothing away from Rik Emmett, you understand, imho, Lou Gramm is the GOAT. How awesome would it be to judge a sort of .."sing off"... between the two?

[@jamesward7339]

Rik is the best, I agree

[@beachgirl4583]

Sharry Bucholz, I can’t either.

[@jamesward7339]

I agree no one compares to Rik Emmett!

[@TaylorByers4444]

Listen to miljenko matijević from steel heart he had a high range like rik

[@darrellstaples7011]

the winnipeg arena great friends a bag of pot and triumph awesome! !!!

[@ariellyn7253]

Brilliant video for a stunning song and one of the best 80's groups!! Thanks!!

[@seancameron2223]

THEY ARE SUPER TALENTS I DONT CARE HOW MUCH MY FRIENDS RAZZ ME ,80S HAIR BANDS ARE SIMPLY THE MOST TALEWNTED GROUP OF MUSICIANS AND SINGERS EVER.....THIS ERA OF MUSIC NEEDS A COMEBACK AND IT WOULD BLOW AWAY EVERTHING OUT THERE TODAY....IT WOULD HIT HUGE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE BEEBER AND THE LIKES COULDNT TOUCH THESE GUYS!OUR CHILDREN NEED THIS,...ITS MUSIC FOR YOUR SOUL.....

[@wrthrash]

Rock will never be this great again, glad to have witnessed it when it meant something.

[@alane209]

WOW!!!! I must have been asleep in the 80'S incredibly talented group

[@willporterify]

+anthony lane Not only that but this was old news in 1987. These guys were huge in the early 80's. Them and Rush.

[@alane209]

+William Porter and I only discovered them about a year ago watching the US festival on utube under a friends recommendation lol.... oh well better late than never I guess 😊

[@willporterify]

I think it's great when people discover bands late. Another awesome find is Badfinger. Are you familiar with them. I almost hope not so you can discover them also.

[@alane209]

+William Porter yes I know badfinger the band I played in did no matter what it was one of our favorites

[@richardwillson8008]

+anthony lane perhaps you were a little more stoned than the rest of us

[@CasonovaCorkClub]

This guy can STILL sing.

[@sharrybucholz5786]

This is the first Triump song I ever heard and I love it. I was in Gatlinburg Tennessee with my hubby and this song convinced me that he was the one I was going to spend the rest of my life with

[@KevinMurphy0403]

I just discovered this band. The vocalist is up there with the very best.

[@jerry18291]

these guys were the soundtrack of my life growing up the positive inspiration in their music is great

[@sharrybucholz2045]

Amazing guitar player and vocalist so under rated. It’s ok Rik true Triumph fans know that your AWESOME

[@bertvaughn4098]

Triumph wrote some of the best meaningful lyrics ever heard

[@toddstevens13]

On the relationship level absolutely, in comparison to the deep level of RUSH not so much. But who cared, sometimes you wanted to think deep intellectually so you put on RUSH. Sometimes you just wanted to not think so much and just enjoy the depth of talent Triumph had, that was cool too. You know the adage some time you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't. We in Southern Ontario, always had a heaping help of both, and enjoyed them both, and of course the 3rd Toronto Trio, FM with another completely different style of space prog. After that we got to enjoy the Trio Klaatu, with their pop/rock/prog musical passion. We were so lucky to have these incredible local Trio's kicking ass all over the place. Concerts were on all the time with them all, well Klaatu not so much, lol, and damn we had a good time.

[@jason75]

Ya agreed brother, bring back the 80s I was in highschool back then class of 86, had the time of my life back in the 80s. 80s is better generation then today that much I can tell, it was a simpler time, everything was better music, television. anyways keep on rocking in the 80s I know I will.

[@charlenewebb1802]

Great band ❤️👍 love the singer he is great.

[@TheAxe4Ever]

Of course we all know what a badass guitarist Rik is and what an incredible voice! But let’s not leave out Gil Moore. Listen to his range when he backs up Rik at the end of the phrase Lay It On The Line. He gets higher than Rik! Just awesome musicianship all the way around!

[@markcarchedi915]

I'm a huge Gil Moore fan but I think you're referring to Rick Santers here they other guitarist on stage.

[@twin4749]

3:29 3:29 3:29 3:29 😅

[@maria-pj7dp]

such a beautiful voice and song

[@FayWay-id6zc]

Gorgeous Song

[@eugeneredsteer919]

2019...still gives me chills.👊

[@halvey123]

Thank you for sharing Great Band

[@tori1766]

Such an underrated band, let alone Rik Emmet's vocals. I'm 61 and I still listen to their music. The bands during this time were truly talented master's of music. There was no such thing as auto tuning. You had to be the real deal or you didn't survive in the business. I truly believe the Era I grew up in had the best music artists.

[@kjlemovitz]

1st major concert I ever saw was in Providence in 1985. Still a huge fan

[@dennisbrooks8566]

Saw some great concerts at the Civic Center thru the late 70's and 80's . For some reason alot bands loved playing there and put on some of their best shows of the tour there .

[@jackiegrant7847]

FABULOUS! Go Rik Go! Love every note of this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mike and Gil....ROCK ON! Miss this error because of shows like this!

[@williamjeanfils6716]

My first concert ever !!Loved this band for decades......2nd greatest 3 man Canadian band in history (rush )

[@mrbenod1]

Triumph Rocks!! seen them 3 times in 1983!! including in Anchorage Alaska !

[@timwalsh715]

Simply OUTSTANDING!

[@joesuplicky3297]

Awesome band ❤

[@robertw.bauesjr9190]

Saw them in '85 here in L.A., the additional guitarist had started touring with them. A great concert, loud and the band was sharp. Another band that broke up too soon!

[@deanherbig9178]

the drums , bass , rhythm , lead and VOAKALS this band holds the big picture .

[@kendetulio4009]

Totally under appreciated!

[@dougvolinski5824]

Very under rated guitar player

[@adamg6956]

By far the band's best song, IMO. Great live version, very tight.

[@stevencooper3334]

I was a serious Triumph head in my high school days and then some. The greatest shows that I work all we're Triumph. Certainly the greatest Canadian band ever. Rik Emmett was truly underrated as both a singer and guitar player. He was world class both. The drummer was second only to Neil Peart. And they were using lasers and pyrotechnics long before everyone else

[@Blackthorn99]

Man do I ever regret not seeing these guys live when they were around, big missed opportunity, why not a comeback, not imposible

[@dalebailey6162]

Saw them and the concert ticket was 8.50 those were the days allso one of the best light show i have ever seen

[@toquetazos]

This live show one of the best ever in the history...sure !! Up TRIUMPH !!

[@alexrodrigo1712]

Bad ass! Wicked band!! 👏👏👏

[@sharrybucholz5786]

I love my Triumph 😤

[@sharrybucholz5786]

Rik is the most under rated singer and he he is amazing

[@citieslostchild]

here we are... I'm so grateful

[@jeffcurrie4000]

Where have kick ASS bands like this gone?? WTF happened?

[@1969ryson]

I know they play a different type of music, but in my opinion they are every bit as good of a 3 piece as Rush. How they got that much sound out of 3 instruments boggles my mind. Then you have the golden voice of Rik Emmett, you have pure gold. Live they almost sounded better all the way around than the studio versions of their songs. Amazing!

[@WilliamBrown-gj8rt]

+Chris J Totally agree. It's very rare when the best of bands can sound as good or better in concert than the studio.

[@MrMaukka10]

+Chris J I've always wondered if these are real live vocals? If so - hat of! Amazing stuff. And a great band w/ some awesome other pieces too.

[@TheSiscoKid2112]

+Chris J This version sounds a lot more refined and close to the studio version because they had a second guitarist in the background playing the back-up parts. This was the only tour where they played the original solo instead of part of the solo of another song of theirs: Don't Take My Life.

[@CabWall]

+20sk Interesting comment. I love Rush Now I will pick your comment apart to myself Totally different sound than Rush though They do have their own sound.

[@rockvocalist7007]

theyre a far better band than rush .... they wrote vastly superior songs. bettr vocals better guitar player better bass player/keys guy.. peart wins the drum off.. but Emmet is better than the other 5

[@josephspanski865]

Their right up there with all those stars ⭐️

[@dougnielsen9734]

This Music got me in to Rock at 17 i saw Triump Concert in Calgary

[@sharrybucholz5786]

It don’t get any better

[@CAMASHTA4]

You know you've got a kick ass band when your drummer sings along

[@kathrynmireles4278]

Their drummer didn't just sing along, he wrote and sang lead on half the songs they did.👍👍👍

[@sharrybucholz5786]

This live version is awesome 😎

[@peaveawwii1]

One of the greatest bands of then80 s

[@joesuplicky3297]

Yeah that was badass

[@markellerbee4644]

saw them Allied Forces your Foghat opened with Zebra 1st...3rd row best Concert I ever seen that's says a lot when I love ACDC with a passion

[@paulleduc93]

he's such an awesome guitarist with a great voice. I saw Triumph several times and took pictures at one of their shows. I got a great pic of Ric playing a double neck guitar. It looked like he was having the time of his life.

[@beverlydavis9829]

Just what I needed 💥🤘💜

[@sharrybucholz5786]

What a beautiful man

[@judykarey8150]

In 87 I would have been 24. I remember hearing about Triumph at The Halifax Metro Center.

[@rednecknber8581]

triumph and rush left a legacy fo new bands to follow in canada you will see the the results in years to come

[@orl477]

Seen them in Puerto Rico many moons ago.