Hey Brad and Lex. This is Matt, the original bass player of Face To Face & I cowrote, played bass and did backup vocals on this song. Just wanted to say thanks for your reaction video. My wife and I have watched a lot of your videos but I never expected to end up on one. So cool guys ✌🏻

@retrogames.ps1ps2

5 ай бұрын

Só cool

@TheGripsession

3 ай бұрын

So awesome! I still listen to this in 2024. Puts me in the right head space for some reason. Thank you Matt

@chriswdeluca1

3 ай бұрын

No part of me expected to see Matt Riddle in the comments!

@mattskiba25

3 ай бұрын

@@chriswdeluca1 no shit,im tripping

@MrAmuniz80

2 ай бұрын

Thumbs up from Rancho Cucamonga Matt!! Killer solo and fills

This song was the sound of quintessential early 90s Southern California punk rock.

@charlesjackson8635

Жыл бұрын

Apple Valley 👍🏻

@propaghandi8614

8 ай бұрын

One of California’s finest

Pretty surprised yall reacted to this one and thank you to whoever suggested it. Soon as I seen the title I immediately clicked. Love this damn song!

@jeremysmith8825

Жыл бұрын

One of the greatest. Highly underrated band. By far one of my fav songs.

"You don't know what you want, it may take you years to find out" is a lyric from a Descendents song called "Hope." One of the most influential punk bands ever.

@bassage13

11 ай бұрын

@@fernandonepo8438 The hell are you talking about? It's always been known that Face to Face added this line as an homage to Descendents. The line in Hope is "You don't know what you want It's gonna take you years to find out." every fan knows this.

WOW!! THIS TOOK ME BACK! One of my first shows was Face to Face! Velocity is another great song from Face to Face that deserves a listen.

Now you're getting into the good punk . I've seen these guys live like 10 times in Cincy when I was a kid.

@maluorno

2 жыл бұрын

best live show ever. everybody jumping around, crowd surfing. everybody helping each other up when they fall. just a cool vibe at their shows. ahh memories

@HeyWhatsThat

Жыл бұрын

Fantastic song!

Love Face to Face ❤ Great choice!!!!

Great band that definitely deserves more attention!

Face to Face and Avail are 2 great 90s punk bands that I didn't think anyone else knew about. Good to see this song on here

@turnoverDG

2 жыл бұрын

AVAIL is the best band of all time.

@michaelmignone5869

2 жыл бұрын

@@turnoverDG I discovered them accidentally when i was 17. I used to go buy a new CD maybe once or twice a month and would just walk around the store till something stuck out. And I saw avail over the james and I remembered seeing someone wearing an avail shirt on that sublime documentary when they played at DC ballroom. Was hooked instantly

@downwardisheavenward3006

2 жыл бұрын

But, they’re both huge?

@michaelmignone5869

2 жыл бұрын

@@downwardisheavenward3006 huge? Not even close, don't know many that know of either, but being known doesn't make a band good or bad. Avail were working class guys that would work mon-fri then drive up and down the east coast playing shows Sat and Sun. 0 radio play, maybe aside from Richmond, va.

@downwardisheavenward3006

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelmignone5869 compared to say, Rancid, no. But next time you see someone that you think might be a punk, ask them if they’ve heard of Avail. I’ve never met any of them, but I know people that know them, and when I started listening to this kinda music, they were always a band people talked about. I think they just did, or are doing reunion shows soon. See if you can find out how fast tickets sold out, and where people were coming from, for the shows. That might help you figure out their place. Radio play? 😆 To pick a random band, do you know Hot Water Music? Big band, right? How much radio play do you think they’ve had over their career?

Yes!!! Finally some real punk rock. Brings me right back to high school.

I love that Brad said he could see himself sitting in a corner listening to this since that's basically the album cover. First time I saw these guys in 95 I was dropped while crowd surfing and chipped my elbow, it still hurts now and then, good times!

Awesome! We caved in the floor of the local rock hall during a Face to Face show! The 90's were so fucking rad!

Socal Punk rock! Face to Face was and still is such a fun band to see live. So much energy. Lots of great songs to this day. Thanks for checking them out! If you are going into any more punk. Check out No Use For a Name, Millencolin (Brad will recognize their song No Cigar), and try the band Strung Out! (their later stuff especially with so much metal/punk infusion)

funny how this song has a totally different meaning for me now than when I first heard it all those years ago

LOVE Face to Face!!!

@gregclarke2183

2 жыл бұрын

I must have listened to this entire album over 1000 times in the past 25 years. Plus all of their other albums.

Wow, haven't heard them in so long. Thanks for reminding me about them!

Maestro Fresh Wes - Let Your Backbone Slide

This takes me back man....it's awesome that you guys picked this song but it's hard to understand how great this song was back in the day and what it means to those who hear it now...

the bassist (does vocals too), his brother plays guitar for Foo Fighters and was in No Use For A Name too, check them out

@paulshaw9953

2 жыл бұрын

@@AgentBeans indeed

@rodneyhendrix2450

2 жыл бұрын

The guy who played bass on this song/album though was Matt Riddle, not Scott Shiflet. Ironically, Matt left Face to Face to join No Use For A Name with Scotts brother Chris, while Scott joined Face to Face to take Matt’s place and has been there ever since. I’m a nerd, I know, but this was the music of my childhood

@rodneyhendrix2450

2 жыл бұрын

@Timothy Bearly Thank you for 1) Teaching me something, and 2) reigniting my love of Pulley. But most importantly thank you for outnerding me. I feel cool now, gonna go do drugs tonight with my 29 year old girlfriend :)

Don't turn away was one the best punk records ever recorded. Every song on that record is a gem

You should check out Lagwagon, similar style to this.

@isgrimner

2 жыл бұрын

The solo to Violens, probably the first guitar solo I ever learned.

@oldpunker885

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same things. Lagwagon has a great catalogue.

Love these guys. Glad you finally got to check them out

I listened to them back in my skateboarding youth. Saw them at the graffiti in Pittsburg.

@brkschmergins2993

Жыл бұрын

bro, my first punk show was also in Pittsburgh: Hi-Standard opened, then Bouncing Souls and NOFX headlined. It was an $8 ticket and we got a free comp CD on the way out. I miss 96.

You guys r getting closer to NOFX!! Please!!!... The decline!!! It's a freaking masterpiece.... A little bit long but you're gonna love it!!!

@downwardisheavenward3006

2 жыл бұрын

They did linoleum. Keep an eye out. They release the videos randomly

@bassage13

2 жыл бұрын

I'd love for them to do "Bob."

@travisjulian878

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know if she could sit through the decline. Aside from length, it's got so many changes. I always thought of it as about 4 songs with one over arching theme and woven together with one loose rhythm they keep returning to. Which is a masterclass in song writing.

D.R.I acid rain Punk metal skater music. Thrash hard!

I still love the Face to Face/Dropkick Murphys split EP

@marlon-jl4ge

2 жыл бұрын

What a nonsense

Great song and punk band! Brad nice pictures, too. Cute. Also cool that you skated! And nice tricks. Lex and Brad also good breakdown on the song. Punk rock has some nice steady heavy bass guitar.

@hmpz36911

2 жыл бұрын

He could definitely play this style after a few months on bass

@joesmith8725

2 жыл бұрын

@@hmpz36911 Very true!

Very underrated band! Great choice!

I'm generally not a big fan of skate punk but this song had me bopping right along with it!!

The song is built around a great guitar riff.Always a a favourite of mine 'back in the day'.

My absolute favourite band ever. But how the heck did you end up here so quickly? 🤣 Someone else already mentioned 'Velocity' next, I agree and will throw in 'Complicated' too.

Baby Brad as a skater! That's adorable!

Definitely one that's on my playlist.. been for years

One of the quintessential 90s punk tunes!

Great band great song. Instant like!!!!!

Please react to some Psychobilly bands like The meteors, demented are go, the moonshine stalkers 👍 Keep up with your videos. Greetings from Austria 🇦🇹

@MikeBajrami

2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see them check out The Living End and Tiger Army as well.

@bassage13

2 жыл бұрын

They haven't even done Reverend Horton Heat yet. That should be the first.

@nealanderson9719

2 жыл бұрын

Slow down guys... Let's let them react to some of "The Cramps" first...

@bassage13

2 жыл бұрын

@@nealanderson9719 The Cramps might be a little too strange for them.

Wow so much good punk on this channel. Love it. No one reacts to deep cuts like this. Hell yeah

I put on a gig for NOFX and Face To Face in 1994, and Face To Face slept in my living room. Cool guys. This is a great song too.

God I love this f###ing song. It speaks to all the youth. I remember walking to school in high school jamming to this

Ohhhhhh i just thought about angel city. Australian punkish band from 70s. Very popular. Angel city, face to face album. Do after the rain, or anything. Its punky.

@tmarrio1

2 жыл бұрын

This band is called the Angels in OZ (they would have fought with punks)....! haha

Kickass! I love the fact that you guys try to explain a punk rock feeling to each other about a band or time when this was happening...kickass! I remember when these guys came out...great reaction. I love you guys.

Great band. Big choice is my favorite album

a much younger me is very excited right now

There's some will say that it's it's own little genre from the '80s and '90s. Bands like Uncle tupelo Wilco son volt Jason in the scorchers The rainmaker and the beat Farmers. It is music and bands that should be looked into unfortunately none of these reaction channels ever dive into these bands. Such a shame. What I like about your channel is you do some others do not so maybe you guys will look into these. Enjoy

We need to see some skater Brad pics, ha! Do Some More RANCID!!!

I've skated for over 30 years and all I can say is learn it live it love it.

A song so good it’s on three separate albums.

Anyone else know this because of Jeremy McGrath?

Memories! Havnt this in a while

Great choice...So many incredible Face to Face songs. My fave is So Long...much different vide, but still great!

This song was so big for me growing up. Face to Face is awesome. Great reaction 🥊

The bass is what hooked me on F2F. Great band.

Bringing me back to my high school days! Got this CD in 1992 at Hog wild Records in San Antonio, TX!

Graded on a curve is a great one

F2F have been my favorite band for the last 30 years. Haven't missed a show they've done in Colorado since then. They are also directly related to my wife and I now being married. Hit me harder than it should when they recently announced they were hanging it up after all these years. Thanks for doing this.

Saw them 4 times! Awesome band to see live... great choice guys!!!

I only know of this song because of the movie Tank Girl

My first concert was Social Distortion, Face To Face and Unwritten Law in 99. Such a bad ass show

Fuck yea. Love your reaction videos on punk and hardcore

First time I heard this song was in a freestyle bike video

Great track. Spring break 99 me and my friends played this quite a bit. The kinda song most people can relate to. And F2F still making great albums.

This song gives me so much nostalgia from being a teen in the 90s lol.

Love Face to Face. Was listening to them today. Though some fans might hate me saying this, once you've heard one song you've kinda heard them all. Other obvious good ones are Blind, Velocity and Take it Back

Didn't expect to hear face to face on here.

Face to Face, great band!

you gotta do No Cigar by Millencolin and Superman by Goldfinger... Brad,you'll definitely recognise them

@downwardisheavenward3006

2 жыл бұрын

Superman’s not a ska song(see Here In Your Bedroom), but for our purposes, let’s say it is; why suggest a ska song when it was a punk stream? They’re working things out, why make it more difficult? Why not suggest one of their other songs? For instance, how about Mable?

@paulshaw9953

2 жыл бұрын

@@downwardisheavenward3006 he mentioned Tony Hawk, I suggested 2 songs that are instantly recognisable from that game. I didn't mention ska, I wasn't thinking ska, I was literally thinking Tony Hawk after he mentioned them An aside, Goldfinger make my top 5 bands of all time, seen them more times than I can remember and spent time with various members too so I know which songs are ska... thank you

@downwardisheavenward3006

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulshaw9953 so do you think Superman’s a ska song?

@paulshaw9953

2 жыл бұрын

@@downwardisheavenward3006 not in its truest form but it certainly has ska punk elements to it I'm still not sure what this had to do with anything though, I never mentioned ska, you did, I'm still not sure why

@downwardisheavenward3006

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulshaw9953 you mean horns, right? Just kidding. Is that impressive? You’ve hung out with someone in Goldfinger? I could say that too. Not as much as you have, but still. Let’s say it was 97, MXPX, Goldfinger, and someone else; the show was sold out, and the guys from MXPX snuck me and a couple friends in. I vaguely remember meeting one or two of the Goldfinger guys too. Am I cool now?

My favorite band and first concert when I was in the 7th grade. Face to Face, MXPX, and the HIPPOS. Janus Landing, Tampa Florida. Took me right back. Glad you guys enjoyed it. Disconnected and self titled album are both great 1990s SoCal punk gold.

Holy crap. I can't believe you reacted to this. Right on!!!

🔥more punk!!!

I just saw a band called Firesale which is a skate punk band and the bassist is the original bassist from face-to-face which is the guy playing on this recording and his name is Matt Riddle. Check out the Fool's Errand video 👍

Everything is Everything, to me, is their best song on this album, got me through a lot of hard times

Dang, this song is super long for punk, over 3 minutes.

Big Choice is a great record. Also their live record is my favorite. Their Social Distortion cover of Smash The Glass is good. Can’t beat the original though. Love you B & L 💜

@andrewmeilinger6203

6 ай бұрын

*telling them

Face to Face is a fantastic band and if you get a chance I recommend you check out Bent But Not Broken, their best song in my opinion

Classic. Yeah, I used to love to skate to this song. Same! I could heelflip perfectly, Variable and could 360 from time to time, but couldn’t kickflip for shit. I skated for about 15 years before I figured out I couldn’t skate for shit. Plenty of footage on my camcorder. Who knows where the tapes went?? I can’t imagine what it’s like to skate with everyone having a smartphone.

man, in my minds eye, i immediately see the Jeremy Mcgrath sequence from terrafima 2 when i hear this song.

Sk8r music is on a whole another level 😏✊

Loved this song ever since I heard it on TerraFirma 2.

This song always tales me back

One of my favorite bands ever

I absolutely love watching you two rockin out to any thing presented to you. You guys can rock out to anything... keeep rockin out...

This is funny😂 I love this type of music

I love Face to face! Pleas react to “blind” by face to face and “a separation of church and skate” by NOFX.

All their lyrics are deep!!

@9200COTOS

2 жыл бұрын

I think what I've always loved about Trever's lyrics is, like you said, deep. But there is not much too them. He's always kept it simple. Which might also be because Trever has said he's a lazy writer. Whether or not that's true it works.

Just saw face to face at punk n drublic in ventura ca and they still kill it!

@9200COTOS

2 жыл бұрын

I'm bummed they're not doing a full tour for the new album. More bummed that they're not going to do anymore.

A perfect song. 🤌

Story of My Life by Social Distortion. This one is for Brad.

@isgrimner

2 жыл бұрын

Social D, probably one of my three favorite bands. Face to Face do a good cover of Telling Them.

@robertg262

2 жыл бұрын

@@isgrimner Really, I've never heard it. Gonna have to look it up. Thanks.

@isgrimner

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertg262 I think it was on Face to Face's Live album. Its a pretty straight forward cover though.

You weren’t alone brad…I was that kid

Operation Ivy!!! Please!!! also some Rancid!!!!

Face to Face is so good!!!!

fucking love this band

You guys should check out bouncing souls

Bro, ghyat chick is into you? praise everything you possibly can son. KEEPER!

It's Not All About You is my favorite Face To Face song...as far as I know(ain't heard everything).

So... good!

This is a great band and song

Great one

If you know, you know. Skate life!

Now do Bad Religion. The greatest

@downwardisheavenward3006

2 жыл бұрын

They did You last night. Keep an eye out

best band ever FYI. Check out No Authority, Blind, Say What You Want. Best live show ever. been a fan since 93. The words to these songs are more relevant now than ever. Up to interpretation but purposefully ambiguous in my opinion.