I was there - Reading Festival 1991. Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth, Nirvana. Iggy Pop headlined. I remember almost crying on the way home because I realised I'd never see anything that good again.

this version of Freak Scene blows away any other version of this song. i love when the crowd sings along at "cuz when i need a friend it's still you." then J & Murph go nuts. :)

There was a concert in NYC a few days ago with Dinosaur Jr, Kim Gordon, Lee Renaldo, Black Francis, Johnny Rotten, and Johnny Marr. I'd say that exceeds the epicness level.

This is the most incredible thing I’ve seen on KZfaq for a long time. Dinosaur jr just letting loose and tearing it up back in 1991... Back when grunge was cool, and bands played loud and messy music that spoke to outcasts, but could still attract huge crowds... If you were there in 91 you’d soak in that noise, forget your worries, fall in love and just ride the storm. This footage captures all that, it’s remarkable. Freak Scene was always a favourite for me, and what a performance of it here. Ive really stumbled on something special today, amazing to think I can enjoy this almost 30 years later. I’m actually so moved by this video, it’s beautiful. J Mascis was the coolest guy in the world in 91!

1991 : The year that punk broke. What a fantastic documentary that was. Still got it on video. God Bless proper music

Probably the best guitar player in the alternative "grunge" genre.

1:45 - 1:57 gives me chills every single time.

Brilliant live track, can't believe how fast and tight Murph is. DJ in their prime.

That dude at 1:17 got killed shortly after this. He was a friend of Henry Rollins and got murdered during a robbery in his home. Name is Joe Cole.

Dinsaur Jr, Sonic-Youth AND Nirvana!? Damn..

I FUCKING LOVE WHAT J DOES WITH THE PHASER PEDAL IN THE CHORUS!!!! Very creative and saves energy. :)

looks like lee ranaldo skulking around backstage at the start

Cracking video called 1991: The year punk broke that this was filmed for, as long as loads of Nirvana, Sonic Youth, The Ramones, Mudhoney as well as back stage interviews footage. Can't believe that was 19 years ago.

This clip has always made me suspect that the song was written as a vehicle for the flanger.

Best version of this song!

Yeeeeeaaaaaahhhhhh! Saw them last summer in NYC. They're still great. It's great to see Barlow back in the mix.

Love this song. rocked then with the crazy film clip. Still rocks now. Has that "fresh, hip sound" the young kids of today like so much :P

Amazing guitar solo

The slacker Hendrix! (J would hate it, though)

1991, reading festival footage... i miss my youth.

I was at this concert, 20 years later I am still listening to this tune and it is still as awesome as it was in 1991

Just love Murph’s style! Head down, no drama, just solid drumming. Awesome 3 piece! 👍

Yes. All the best in one tour.

Saw Dinosaur Junior at Sheffield Arena 1994 with Blur, My Bloody Valentine and Jesus and Mary Chain. Loved Dnr Jr. Awesome. Loved MBV. Loved JMC. However must add Blur were really rocking and almost loudest that night as well!!!! Dnr Jr mind. :-)

Thanks so much for posting this. I' ve been looking for sometime.

love the solo with the flanger

Now THIS is what I'm talking about! Thanks for this great vid!

excellent post thank you

I don't know if it's still available but there was a documentary of the Sonic Youth tour 1991 - The Year punk broke. I had it on VHS - brilliant live footage and also all the bands (mudhoney, nirvana, SY, Dinosaur to name a few) Great days. Will never be bettered.

I like it even more fast.

underrated as shit. I mean they are known quite a bit, but the fact that their influenced bands overshadow these originators so much sickens me. Fantastic song by the way.

I wish i was at this concert. Unfortunately i wasn't alive in the time of good music

Wow that would have been the best tour in history dinosaur Jr. , sonic youth and NIRVANA! THOSE ARE MY FAVORITE BANDS WOW

Fuck they're just an amazing band! I loved that video. Hope it gets a DVD release sometime. Henry Rollins' best friend and old Black Flag roadie, Joe Cole, can be seen on the side of the stage with a big smile on his face. This was possibly not long before he was tragically killed. R.I.P. Joe

Goddd I would have killed to see this tour! Nirvana, SONIC YOUTH and DINOSAUR JR.

wow! a video from a time before I joined youtube ^^

wow. what an amazing concert!! i would probably give up a limb to have been there!!!!

now thats what i'm talking about that day was a good day . . . i even liked chapterhouse .. !! thee first day of my first festival - i knew you would care

damn they’re playing fast

i was there! missed nirvana on the friday afternoon - hadn't heard of them... ...saw them top the bill the next year though!

Love this!

1:14-1:20 happiest guy i have EVER seen. :D

unstoppable headbang!

Mike V - Speed Freaks. Good times.

J is amazing

Best guitarist of his generation.

My face is melted.

Would have loved to see this. I have seen all of them on differant tours, actually saw Sonic Youth opening for Neil Young...I thought they were great, but the crowd was huge and the venues were large...they seemed out of their element! Neil just seemed so much bigger than SY...it was like the building swollowed them up. Saw Dino Jr. just last year in a small club that I have played in Castaways in upstate NY.

Oh my God. I wish I could have gone to this tour... too bad I wasn't alive yet...

excellent guitarist;this guy can really fucking play

Anybody else notice Murph's insane machine-like drumming on this clip? Best version of the song I've ever heard. They lift the song to a whole new plateau on this version.

Always love DJ!

Thats it, he's a god

@JediJoe22 Too true, mate. The ironic thing is that if they knew music like this existed, at least 75% of my school would fall in love.

I wish I was old enough back then, to be aware of such a concert. I was only 2 when this film came out. Damn, Most of my generation's biggest alt. artist are underground. But since my generation is currently being inundated with Lady Gaga, I have a feeling that some alt rock band is gonna come up and change the course of music for our generation, somewhat similar to what Nirvana did in the early 90's at a time when Gnex was being inundated with HairMetal. I'm 21 right now, I wish for this NOW!!

Yeah it's kind of an exploit of pop and noise but this song is as much an anthem of grunge as there ever was

Too good. Make a song as good as freakscene and I am a fan for life........

damn.....when are they going to release 1991 TYTPB on DVD? I still watch my old VHS from time to time...

so awesome ..

From Reading 1991, about two or three hours after Nirvana's legendary set.

この怠け者の無気力人間がギターを持って大爆発している感じスゴイネ。

that place was the heaven, absolutely!

i wish i was in that crowd

seein the year punk broke when i was in high school in the early 90s....changed everything

Pure Joy!

1992 Reading Festival. I am somewhere near the front in that crowd.

@PeripheralSenses This might be the best thing ever posted in a comments section on the internet. Ever.

Man I have that exact shirt J is wearing lol

@PeripheralSenses I love this comment you summed it up beautifully.

wooow nice use for phaser!

That's a good line up!

omg!!!!!!!!! bands lik this actually exist and have fans??? if hell exists, i imagine this is what it sounds like

Oh yeah murph is on in this. Remember in the movie when Thurston namedrops Murph to the guy customizing his scooter after GOO. I remember after seeing that (at 15 mind you) always thinking dinosaur jr. when I see a scooter. HAHA thurston is funny.

Was the first song i met of this genial group

This is Reading 1991. =)

thank you, most people dont get this

However, I get your point, and it is a good one. I would make a couple of modifications to the analogy. Instead of the generic (and somewhat of a stereotype) "cute," I would say "intellectual and sexy." I like the reading weird comic books bit, but Nirvana were definitely more of the couch-pissers than Dino Jr..

Excelente!!!

lol killkenny14, what a funny thing to say on a track that uses an abondance of phaser pedal on the guitar !

Out of tune at the end of his solo. Sure sign of a solo well done!

@PeripheralSenses you are awesome.

what a killer performance. this is the song and video that got me into dinosaur. is that joel cole rocking with his lady on the sida of the stage? hope it is... love how much you can see them enjoying the band!

MAN Murph's drum fill at 1:20 is fucking awesome.

d JUNIOR IS THE LAST OF MANY GREATS! ENJOY WHILE YOU CAN!

i couldnt have been born twenty years earlier?!?!?

1991 the year Punk broke and I moved on from Grunge and onto pure Hardcore

and then Pixies, Radiohead, R.E.M. and Smashing Pumpkins

this inspires me to practice my scales

I want time machine...Best live performance ever!

haha!!!!! you crack me up. omg haha. thats so funny when people tell me that one day ill grow out of liking the music that i like and will realize how it is crap. and im not under the impression that speed and musical ability is better than good songwriting. i listen to plenty of bands that have slow, easy to play songs that i like. it doesnt have to do with whether the songs are hard to play, it has to do with the song being good. if your gonna base an argument on a selected few of my fav bands

Awesome vid. Perhaps it's a little corny and stage-showy, but I like J's movement from 0.22 - 0.36. As a whole, the boys had great stage presence that day.

i think this performance is worthy of buying the re-release of ' the year punk broke'

God save 90's 🤘

I agree, alot of metal fans dont respect other kinds of rock cause the music isnt hard to play, and thats y i dont listen to alot of todays metal because it all sounds the same, fast chugging riffs, arpeggio sweeps, and double-bass the whole time. but alright, im tired of fighting

DIO MIO!

@PeripheralSenses I had a friend like that. He's a blood now and won't talk to me.

'cause when I need a friend it's still you!

@PhilJamesTaylor I just got so giddy even thinking about that...

yes, I'm from south america and if you thot I was british that means my english doesn't suck completely... lol

remember the movie half baked. the guy on the couch that would resemble dinosaur jr