Very Early Dance Gavin Dance-First ever show.mov

[@andrewwinterz8792]

To clear up confusion, I'm the fill in screamer in this video. They asked me to do it because jon mess was sick. "Dude we need you to scream for our show." "But i dont know any of the songs!" "Its okay theres no lyrics anyways" I believe thats how it went down. Ive been a metal vocalist my whole life so this was different thats for sure. Been in Conducting from the grave and shadow of the colossus. Y'all can stop assuming now.

[@alexandertorrente198]

Whats the song starting at 3:48 called?

[@alexandertorrente198]

If you could answer thus question it would make me year

[@sonicsix569]

Its called "indie song" they recorded instrumentals but never released it.

[@whereta3097]

Andrew Winterz you killed it with the short notice

[@xXWinter720Xx]

nice Reflux shirt btw :^)

[@noodletribunal9793]

i like how in their very first show they had to find a replacement for someone. it's like foreshadowing for the entire first half of their career.

[@theswanguy]

Very insightful!

[@tankemate]

It seems like Gavin wasn't willing to dance after all.

[@everybodysfavoritenobody]

​@@tankematelol!

[@CassieMakesArt]

💀😂

[@LosAngelist]

Jonny Craig: "My first show was in Sacramento. We didn't really have any songs written and (Jon Mess), at the day of the show, lost his voice. We had a stand in screamer from Kentucky From The Grave if anyone knows who that is. Good friend of ours. It was just the most ridiculous thing we ever did in our entire lives. Straight up! (Laughs) It is the first video of us ever on youtube. If you find it, it is with a random guy with long hair doing pig squeals."

[@19NineLives95]

If someone told me that roughly 10 years later everyone on this stage would be concidered a legend in the scene I wouldve slapped you

[@ashofaphoenix]

Its not terrible for that point in time to be honest. Keep in mind the Kings of Post Hard Core was Thrice, Saosin and Thursday. 2005 is before the wave of post hardcore bands that everyone started calling 'scene'.

[@jondoe1916]

Now there’s a whole subgenre called Swancore...

[@terragrow440]

@@jondoe1916 and we love it

[@houstonpierce3485]

I miss this so Much, Jonny had so much passion in his vocals. This is when I would've done ANYTHING to see them live. I miss the old Jonny that actually had a love for his music. Downtown battle mountain was one of the best albums ever released, I wish he would go back to that.

[@brianreyes7084]

Houston Pierce Craig cleared his act up, if it means he lost a little of his step that’s ok. Health is important

[@Brittskeyyyy]

I'm so happy to been able to see JC with DGD 3 times. Including the 10 year anniversary tour. I legit cried when he sang And I Told Them I Invented Times New Roman

[@johaneuceda]

Jonny's gritty voice is amazing but I think we can all agree that when he sings this clean with little rasp it sounds really good because this is basically his natural voice....like on this album and in ghost runner the third he has no rasp or a little rasp which sounds good

[@luukwoudstra8903]

iiJohanii i also thinks it sounds the best when he sings that way

[@pylerterry966]

iiJohanii look up secret band its Jon and the rest of the band without clean vocals

[@DailyScratcher]

@@pylerterry966 I believe he was talking about jonny craig

[@stephenfeister1176]

It’s so raw. There’s definitely this phenomenon of good singers before they have discovered good technique having raw emotional power

[@nospam276]

So no one's gonna comment on how these guys are like 15-18?

[@JohnMagann4L]

Ten years later. Kinda always knew Jonny would still be singing, even through all the mistakes hes made, his commitment to music has been undeniable.

[@skef2585]

I dont care

[@ShootJd]

@@skef2585 hated so much you came back to reply a month later 😹

[@jaredpro103]

@@ShootJd ur broke. ur poor. u make no money. 0 dollars an hour. u live in a sophisticated mudhut.

[@ivanortega4534]

He was blessed with unmatched talent but he squandered it

[@venividivicichannel]

I love that this is on KZbin. There are barely any bands that have their FIRST show recorded like this. So aaaaaweeeeessooommmeee!!!

[@1Sopel6]

Actually, Jon Mess was sick that night so they had a fill-in screamer. It was Drew Winter from a band called Conducting From The Grave.

[@blupcakes1688]

I can’t believe this song was first called hot plate, and now it’s the importance of cocaine... it somehow makes sense from the first title to the next

[@quridapearson5068]

THEY ARE ADORABLE

[@3kingspowerlifting119]

The song that starts at 4:00 I listen to a lot. Beautiful

[@itby_kanak]

indie song 💔

[@phxcdemoarchive]

0:00 Hot Plate ( The Importance of Cocaine demo) 3:50 Indie Song

[@LeAmericain]

sounds like a very early version of The Importance of Cocaine

[@hellarepublican8923]

Dcon it is

[@LickMyVols]

Indeed it is

[@mjc8556]

Obviously

[@mister_christopher]

That's exactly what it is. It's basically pre WISIRO.

[@captainsplash]

i would give anything to have seen this live

[@wisdommmmm]

we still need that last song frfr

[@RandomPickle969]

jonny was a cutie. :D and his voice sounds amazing. :3

[@PackrunnerRae]

I actually like the sound of them live back then c:

[@VenomSp3roc]

Am I the only one who thought the screamer dude sounded pretty good? If he mixed some low growls in there it would have been even better.

[@parkins521]

What is the second song? its beautiful. Also, people don't give Swan enough credit for all he's done for the band and how he's never gave up on dgd, same goes for Mingus.

[@200STM]

I think the crowd was a decent size because 4 of these guys were in a great local pop punk band before forming dance gavin dance with jonny and mess (Will, Erick, Matt and Alvaro were members of Farewell Unknown). The guy whos doing the screams here isn't mess but I like him anything for screaming vowels pretty good. Alvaro I think only did the pre royal ocean demos before sean o came in to be part of the classic royal and DTB1 lineup (he was in one song in DTB2 and was a exclusive for hometown shows). Happy 10th anniversary to Dance Gavin Dance!

[@SharpZVadErZ]

What? Wasn't Jonny on Royal ocean?

[@200STM]

ULTRA GAMER yeah jonny is on royal ocean he sings, alvaro is the only member of dgd not to have appeared on a official release. He only appears on the royal ocean demos sean did replace him and appeared on royal ocean

[@muiscnight]

i wish they recorded that second song

[@nimdaccc611]

This video was awesome!!!!!

[@WOAHFOX]

I like how 90% of the people commenting on this have no idea what they're talking about.

[@mraudiss]

Wish we could go back to this.

[@Mxyaguitar5150]

Looks like they're playing a pretty big crowd for their first show.... Lucky.

[@ggfffgggds]

Wow they've come a long way.

[@RWSThe101]

I wish eric would go on tours, here he puts on a fantastic show.

[@TheBookworm24]

LMAO, bro this made my day.

[@xjman546]

I miss the Roseville Underground.

[@6adagio64]

man... indie song. What a special piece

[@keithdube12]

Legendary

[@nofrbls3640]

stand in guy wouldve made a perfect 2002 daughters stand in

[@MudHippo67]

Jonny looks so cute ;-;

[@Luciaonlinee]

right at the end you can hear the riff they sampled for the weeknds song 'the birds pt 2' like that little minor arpeggio

[@QBert904]

Louis Nellis Where is that in the birds pt 2?

[@framar601]

That is not the birds part 2 lmao. The weeknd sampled Martina Topley-Bird - Sandpaper Kisses for the guitars.

[@eljefedelacomarca8166]

1 dislike why?why!! .... Me veo escuchando esto a los 60 años y disfrutandolo igual que ahora :')

[@guadaskt]

voy a poco mas de mitaf de camino y lo sigo disfrutando

[@JustMedlen]

this is so fucking good. i love videos like this from more famous bands

[@smashingpoop]

dude i would so like to see will swan just put up some instrumental jams of his or just record some songs on his own.. hes an amazing guitarist

[@ourantoastclub]

Banger show

[@arham1491TheGreat]

awhhh they look so young.

[@scream4dreams]

my god that screamer is hilarious

[@KingCannabis100]

@parkins521 matt mingus and will swan are some amazing musicians. they do deserve more credit

[@whereta3097]

Drew Winter is so good

[@hellarepublican8923]

Woahh

[@hellarepublican8923]

They should have just asked me to do the screaming lmao

[@TylerBellucci]

I agree with Remnant

[@armedwithturtles]

@IrvinP92 it's not jon. jon was sick that night and they got a fill in... his first name is drew but i don't know his last name

[@VeryHumorFilms]

2nd song starts at 3:52

[@KingBoo1759]

good stuff

[@bobboyko2273]

Indie song sounds like a covet song with vocals added.

[@sonicsix569]

I was only when this holy shit went down

[@sonicsix569]

I was only 4

[@ianh2527]

+sonicsix569 i was 9

[@smilenerd1]

3

[@Linkplaysvideogames]

Same here...

[@dainodawg3160]

+sonicsix569 i was 8

[@MrBenGarcia]

Reflux shirt. Very nice.

[@AndreyEvermore]

WOOOWWWWW

[@fllooo]

Anyone what is the second song?

[@AndreyEvermore]

Will swan is the man for posting this

[@AndreyEvermore]

@gilanggilungg the song is official called the importance of cocaine

[@thegreatandmightycheesewhe1364]

whos the screamer with the egoraptor hair

[@mraudiss]

the great and mighty cheese wheel from what i understand, jon was sick and unable to perform live so this guy ( who is a friend of the bands) filled in for the night.

[@johaneuceda]

drewbie winters lol I think

[@GarrySugabo]

Mervinthemerlin Not Jon Mess. That is Andrew Winters.

[@BikBokBoi]

GRUMPS

[@thegreatandmightycheesewhe1364]

Finally got my answer from top comment

[@mrstuprigge]

@parkins521 yeah, the vocalists get a lot of the attention but swan and mingus are what make this band really good.

[@Charliein4D]

i hope he finds a new band or even just forms a new post-hardcore band, that would be cool, then everybody would be talking about Emarosa, Dance Gavin Dance, A Lot Like Birds and his new band which hasn't been done yet so yeah., this is great,

[@1BenDoverWilson]

@ckrustin that's because the screamer isn't Jon Mess

[@XSceneXrandomX1]

thumps if you wish you were there :]

[@myaccountissocooler]

Tour Cancelled. I just died on the inside. D:

[@JustMedlen]

thats one kick ass bassist

[@scream4dreams]

why dont they do this live anymoreee

[@gibbles12]

It doesn’t really look like it, but Matt was 16 years old in this

[@WOAHFOX]

Thats actually what song it is, now that you've pointed it out

[@josslujano7615]

oh god is that Jon Tron

[@ericroque]

If I was the band I would simply just deal with the drug abuse and allegations cuz holy fuck that is TALENT !

[@thescarletsilence]

@parkins521 Will swan, and Matthew Mingus are possibly the most influential factors to this despairing music scene, alone.

[@muiscnight]

@PepsicanOneTreeHill do you know which song

[@ChrisKyle816]

wow! jonny craig and jon mess look COMPLETELY different

[@Melvinpoindexter182]

lol Eric Lodge with the scene hair

[@FreshOutDaToilet2012]

Lmaoo. Imagine having to follow them up at your talent show.

[@IanAberbach]

Matt was only 16 when they did this holy fucking shit

[@mattrosen830]

Ian Aberbach It blows my mind everyday.

[@aaronvilla3824]

Matt Rosen skrillex was also 16 when he sang for fftl

[@grimmdadeadman2765]

this is actually not matt. this guys name is drew from another band, (dont remember the name) matt couldnt make it to the performance.. and plus he wasnt really "part of the band" when he first started

[@atticus2u]

@jorskid no. they hadnt even written lyrics for any of the songs yet in this vid

[@PepsicanOneTreeHill]

@muiscnight sounds like a silversun pickups cover

[@joshtradamus3921]

@tehRedBumbleBee i know lol! its just wierd seeeing with out a mullet since hes had it for so long ya no?

[@PepsicanOneTreeHill]

@muiscnight no.. sorry they just sounded like them to me

[@anthonytorres3236]

Is there any other live performances of young Jonny and dgd?

[@Radical_edweird]

@heislegend93 well yeah.. i mean i thought so, buyt me and my bro were both like,.... hm idk.. but the voice kept me thinking it was him

[@muchtoocynical]

@VeryHumorFilms As if anyone would want to skip The Importance of Cocaine. The second song is beautiful as well, though.

[@jorskid]

So even in the very beginning, Jonny was forgetting the words. Nice

[@ClusterOfAtoms77]

I don't think there was any words to begin with lol

[@Crt1A1tDe1ete]

Whats the second song?

[@dancingwithcalvin]

@myaccountissocooler Darn, i thought it was him.

[@stevebazzanocrackas]

@barbershop1992 you mean conducting from the grave ?

[@awtschan]

Damnnnn

[@KingCannabis100]

@smashingpoop i heard he;s gonna release a rap cd. didnt mean to thumbs down this btw :p

[@MrDarkauraftw]

Its insane how much thryve improved...but what was up with the lyrics they didnt seem right

[@jdj1017]

It is Jonny Craig

[@ArielIsaac8111]

at wat time is the second song?

[@TheJimma137]

Tilian Pearson

[@alexhennigh5242]

God dammit Johnny. Why did you have to be you? Your skill set people would kill for and you fucking blew it 😪

[@muiscnight]

@987654321789456123 thats the 1st song.............

[@ImBoogerBall]

@spoofdigg That is John.

[@napztwf3269]

whats that second song? that wasnt on their first album

[@kalebaelfire647]

it's called indie song and it was never released

[@scarykids15]

@muiscnight ummm they did... its called "the importance of cocaine"

[@myaccountissocooler]

@dancingwithcalvin sounds a little like the original version importance of cocain but changed. and just so you know out of disapointment this isnt swans channel. he says on his channel hes just an uber fan

[@Jjimenez79]

Well judging from comments the first song its a b-side of The Importance of Cocaine

[@Williamlongsword-l2c]

It's called hot plate and was the demo version

[@noodletribunal9793]

@@Williamlongsword-l2c so basically importance of cocaine. but yes, as jonny says, it was called hot plate at this point.

[@QueefbagAnil]

PLEASE SOMEONE FIND OUT WHAT THE SECOND SONG IS I MUST HAVE IT!!

[@luukwoudstra8903]

QueefbagAnil it's called indiesong