I was 14 years old in 1989 and still remember watching this song on Headbanger's Ball late at night...Now, 35 years later, it was pretty emotional watching this again and the song still rocks and has held up the test of time.
I saw this band open for Guns N Roses at Perkins Palace in Pasadena in 1987. I was 17 and in town visiting relatives for Christmas and my cousins took me. Best show ever. Never forgot it or this band.
I loved these guys , Theres nothin more powerfull than simple heavy rock , played loud with an attitude , no digital modern bullshit , like a garage band from anywhere across the USA ....True Rock & Roll
I remember that time when me and my friends got to party with the guitar player, the guy in the Hat and sunglasses, at a little club in Detroit when these guys were hitting it big. Good times man! They had the Black Crowes open for them. Some of the guys in Junkyard we're out there watching the Crowes, and we were partying and drinking with them I mean these guys did party, but the Black Crowes were a hell of a show
I remember this song and talking to you guys after the gig. I was pretty drunk but I was in LA in 2019 and the club is gone now. It was by the school they shot "Fast times at Ridgemont high".
I’m 54. I’m a metal man. I listen to music from the sixties to current day tho few bands these days are putting out my kinda music. Junkyard is way up there for me. I do t think they’d ever came this far north. Can’t say I blame them.
I'd give anything to go back to these days in the 80s. I used to crank this up and drive the neighbors crazy. Yeah, pack of Camels, Six pack of Bud and songs like this.....no internet no cell phones...those were the days !
@barryjohnson3682 you are absolutely not bullshitting one bit. Three Chords,and SNOT,with a Dash of No fucks given,on the Side,of Course. Thank GOD we didn't have the Internet and lived REAL LIFE,both good n bad.Besides,do you know how many of us pre Internet Kids would of got death penalties or at least prison sentences for some of the shit we gotta way with NOT having computers know our very existence,and doings??? Ewwww Weeeee BUNCHES! MYSELF INCLUDED.
@barryjohnson3682 here's one for you.....RECORD STORES!!!! The Hangout of all Hangouts until my band started the Pizza stores Touring for two large pizzas,and 60 bux for five dudes to split!Lol. Good times. Lol
I saw this band at the Cat Club in NYC in 1991, I came from Italy with 3 friends, we were a Metal band looking for our Big Break, the first night we went out to clubs we happened to see Junkyard, I knew who they were, I knew of Brian Baker's Hardcore Punk past in Minor Threat. The first thing that struck me was that the club was full of girls, I would say about 80% of the audience, all dressed as Rock bitches, I thought I was dead and in heaven, coming from Italy at the time it was the opposite ,the Rock and Metal scene was a very male club , good old USA ,good memories.
Hilarious. I literally just bought that book 2 hours ago and right in the intro it talks about Junkyard, and here I am. I knew this song and Simple Man from back in the day, though.
One of the best bands around. Tremendous live band too. We rank their top songs on our channel. Maybe the most underrated hard rock band out there right now.
This song was filmed at , was it the beautiful Garden Courts Hotel on Hollywood Blvd? Across from the Roosevelt? Theres the Screen Actors Guild there now. . .Im just curious if this was the last filming done before it was torn down. Right by Highland and Hollywood/catty corner to Orange Ave. Slimy location. Murdered runaways were found in its basement a couple times, dead OD's teen runaways a few more. Crazy era in Hollywood. Not at all cleaned up like now in 2021. . . hahahaha
I loved these guys back in the day, but didn't hear too of their music after the 1989. Come to find out my son loves some of the bands they are associated with...Minor Threat and Dag Nasty. I'm glad I found your post!!!
I clearly remember this song being significant from the Headbanger's Ball standpoint, though it never did hold exactly mainstream, you see! But, I really liked them!
Hey! The bass player got a whole 2 seconds of camera time. That's not what Junkyard is about. Edit that shit. ..And still coming back. Let's face it, by '89, '90 the 3rd wave hair metal scene was just so saturated by by the Wingers, firehouse, and a hundred no hit wonders they didn't really stand a chance. If this had come out even 3 years earlier with the full Geffen push, they would have been huge. But hey, I'm glad they released what they did and a few were able to appreciate a rocking good time when presented.
One of the coolest rock songs of the 80s in my opinion that some bitch is a rocker and don’t forget Axl Rose used to wear these dudes shirt out on stage
You're all going to get a kick out of this. But I saw these guys in a club with about 500 people tops, near Detroit, and they were actually the headline act. The opening act was the Black Crowes believe it or not
Um, no... many of the hairbands lead singers were trying to BE Vince Neal and try to imitate his style of singing. He raised the bar to unreachable levels.. But these guys along with the lead singer, are badass in their own right..
What's funny AF regarding your comment is I only heard this song once in my life on MTV. But loved it and the song stuck in my head for decades and I kept looking for it. I always thought it was Vince Neal on a solo album. Blew me away when I finally found it on RU-vid somehow. Many years after giving up the search. I'm like THAT'S not Vince. Wtf was i thinking?! Lol All that to say, yeah you got my vote.
@@stormrising2623 weird thing man..i heard this once on the radio too..this video is the second time ive heard it..but i always knew it was a band called junkyard..never looked then up.
