Mike was part of a group that "got it" as far as equal parts in a band setting, at least with early SoCal punk. As a 3 piece: Mike, Ron and Todd all made sure their parts were equally as important. Mike's bass tone and sound cuts through the mix where you can hear his bass well which made him and the rest of the band legit cause there parts were Audible as well. When organ&keyboards were added in 83, same treatment with that making Beneath The Shadows paramount. Back to Mike cause this is about him. He'll go down as one of the best rock bassist ever.

@af-lt5he

6 жыл бұрын

tsol has ben my favorite band forever u are rite..i think jack ron n mike are the kings of oc

@jennifermjma588

5 жыл бұрын

RIP Todd

@roymartin500

3 жыл бұрын

@@SCnative64 agreed. I wonder what they're going to do next?

@roymartin500

3 жыл бұрын

@@af-lt5he thx. Me too.

I used to go out with Mike like1979/80? Damn long time ago for sure we went to Winters urg Night School for all us Rebels! What a great guy! Sure love to say hello again sometime!

2:14 This is so true! These days everyone claims to come from Punk... but few actually were part of the movement at the time...

@gogoyubari366

2 жыл бұрын

Who cares.

one of the original HBs

TSOL RULES

@af-lt5he

6 жыл бұрын

amen

Wow, that's weird! That's Different! That's cool! and then later you realize something that maybe you can be a part of.

As a kid green day dookies was the first cd i owned in 94..i didnt even know it was punk. But i loved it like no ever music had really ever got me before I know people will say its not punk but dookie is jus melodic or poppy punk I thought i was into rock music so went onto buy a load of cds with my pocket money etc. But they were rock cds like pearl jam, r.e.m, ugly kid joe etc i couldnt get into them. No disrespect to pearl jam,ukj or r.e.m though i like some of there songs now. Then i got offspring smash and it blew me away i loved it!! Then someone at school gave me a copy of survival of the phattest the phat records comp!! Someone else said it was punk music i liked and i finally got it lol. So i get exactly what he means when he says he couldnt get into the rock bands till he heard punk!! By the way T.S.O.L are my fave band now. Jesus Christ is the way

@travisedwards3543

11 ай бұрын

Me too. First album i ever bought. I remember reading the lyrics on the way home asking my mom "mom whats a whore" but i said waor 😆 she said spell it. W-h-o-r-e.. "Travis what did you buy? 2 months later i knew every word to every song. Then seeing them play live on tv 🤯

All the great TSOL records featured Mike, playing a Rickenbacker......

@mattcarey861

2 жыл бұрын

Probably because he stole it from a church or something. In the early days, TSOL played whatever gear they could get their hands on. It was his playing that made their sound what it was, not the brand of instrument. A Fender P bass can get the same tone as a Rickenbacker if you need it to.

TSOL IS THE BEST BAND EVER

@fastandyc

Жыл бұрын

😂what happened with that shitty LP with the Hendrix cover😮

Hes the guy that bart simpson says he is when he prank calls moe.

Change Today!!!!!

love tsol

Fender should make my bass! I built the prototype already. I would call it the Fender Studio Bass! Probably sell millions worldwide.

@TimBurVlogs

7 жыл бұрын

NICEEE let's see it!

Well said Mike Roche. Thank you

Fuckin dope fiend...I want my watch back

punk now sucks its either rich kids who complain or dirty crust punks who dont work

@AnotherRandomPoser

6 жыл бұрын

What do you think it was back in the day? Lmao punks were unemployable, universally hated freaks.

@paulbeahm3891

5 жыл бұрын

Dont worry theyll never go anywhere, theyre just a bunch of rich kids on LSD.

@punkxxt

4 жыл бұрын

​@@AnotherRandomPoser Not all. Milo earned a Ph.D. in BioChemistry to help stop world hunger and create plants with more nutrients. Greg Graffin hates religion and has a Ph.D. in evolutionary Biology where he discredits God's intervention in the creation of humanity. He teaches. Greg Ginn has a business degree from UCLA and now runs SST records and was one of the founders of DIY. Joe went to Law school and focuses on Entertainment Law(I might be wrong). Jello ran for governor, Philo is a Physicist. Not all punks are freaks. Before, some punks saw issues and did something to try and fix them. Nowadays, a lot of punks just talk but don't walk. Others just pick up the fashion.

@AnotherRandomPoser

4 жыл бұрын

@@punkxxt I'm not saying that none of em were smart, that's why I like the culture so much. It's a collective of weird people that want to change what is wrong. I still hold my ground that punks would have been regarded as freaks, I know I still am. And whether or not the cops and my neighbors think I'm freak doesn't have bearing on how far I'll decide to go in life, but it is an accurate assessment. People are going to be hesitant to hire the person with dreads or a hawk and outspoken political and social views, and that stray from normalcy still isn't really quite accepted.

@funtime974

4 жыл бұрын

The solution, stop listening to green day and blink 182 that shit isn't punk. If you think it is, go listen to billie eilish and lil naz x. Because gd and b182 suck.