Adam, I've watched you for YEARS and NEVER thought I'd see you make a video on my hometown of Bremerton!! Wild. In middle school, when we didn't like a girl, we called her a "Bremalo" 🤣🤣🤣
Awwww...love Bremerton. I lived in Port Orchard and worked in Bremerton right across the Roxy, Moved back to California 2 years ago, go to forks to see the inspiration of twilight ❤️
The rooftop scene from MxPX's "Want Ad" video is the Interurban Building at 157 Yesler Way, Seattle, WA. The double deck freeway along the waterfront visible in the camera pan was the Alaskan Way Viaduct that was torn down a few years ago. The camera (which had to be higher up) would have been in the Smith Tower across the street at 506 Second Avenue. The Smith Tower has an observation deck. The next time you are in the PNW, you can go up there and replicate the cinematography.
Hey Adam, you should go towards the northeast next, I’ve never seen Vermont, New Hampshire or Maine on the channel, there’s a lot of beautiful countryside and I guarantee a TON of old towns that backroads could take you to, I think it would be intriguing to the viewer and interesting to you. You could do one of your “Americans backroads and forgotten towns” series videos
HEY ATW...I CAN'T SAY I'M NOT SAD TO SEE YOU GO. IT HAS BEEN such a cool week, full of people, places and things I thought I would never get to see. I didn't realize how beautiful the Pacific NW is, but thanks to your daily vlogs, I have now traveled there. Thank you.
MxPx is my all time favorite band. My older brother took me to my first concert which was MxPx when i was 13 back in 1998. Their music has always been there for me when life gets hard.
Aww, I’m sad to see you leave our beautiful area. Our son is stationed there in Bremerton by the way. Anyhow I hope you don’t wait too long to return. Late spring/summer/early fall are especially wonderful.
Bremerton has deep roots for us. I lived there for 52 years. Seen a lot of growth. Our boys knew MXPX members. You should have went across the Manette bridge to the Manette tavern where they played. Thanks for the tour of Bremerton. Home of the Puget SoundNaval Shipyard!!! Great navy town!!
Thank you Adam I appreciate you showing places that you have a special interest in seeing And telling Why you went and What you hoped to see. I have Enjoyed watching you for many year's. You have given so much of yourself. I sincerely appreciate you HAPPY Valentines Day 💝 ❤️ Adam .. Have a Blessed trip from Tammy
Loved this week of PNW locations, you could easily do two weeks of movie location shoots if you travel 2 to 3 hours north to Vancouver, BC. Can't wait for your next PNW and hopefully see Kindergarten Cop locations. Great vids
DD 951 is the USS Turner Joy. Now a museum ship after being decommissioned. A former shipmates was aboard her during the Gulf if Tonkin Incident. I was stationed aboard the USS Enterprise in 1978/79 while she was in the yards in Bremerton. I lived in the Tacoma area then. Bremerton has changed a lot since I was there. The area is amazing. Did a fair amount of hiking and camping during my time there.
i find it so interesting seeing folks explore the place i grew up. on a side note i think the singer of MxPx actually works for the navy yard there. atleast he was in 2016 when i was there.
Next time you are up here you need to get to port Townsend where a lot of filming was done, Long Beach (longest drivable beach in the US), and some of the overall puget sound towns. You can take a boat and explore islands and port cities. It was great to see my home PNW featured! So many cool areas to visit! Safe travels! By the way, I agree, slowly going the way of the buffalo is my favorite album too!
My wife used to be neighbors with Mike Herrera’s aunt. She got to see them practice in their garage all the time. I think I’ve mentioned that to you before when we last met. It’s also fun to take the ferry from Bremerton to downtown Seattle.
Thanks for doing some deep dives on punk rock from my younger days! 🥁🎸 Were you ever into ska bands from that era too? Bands like Reel Big Fish and Mighty Mighty Bosstones were my jam back in the day but naturally punk bands like MXPX and Rancid (among many others) were right there for me too.
I was born in Bremerton! But grew up just north in Silverdale and Poulsbo. You should consider another trip to Kitsap and stay in Poulsbo the third weekend in May for Viking Fest- donut and Lutefisk eating contests, parades, Viking village, adorable downtown (very Norwegian). Would love to see a video you do of Poulsbo.
Oh and if you hadn’t left already, you should take the ferry over from there to Seattle. Nice ride, different view, only about 15 mins to the airport from the other side.
I enjoy your retrospective subject matter from time to time. I was heavy into punk in the 90s as well, but our band never made it past rehearsal studios and didn't know you were in Guttermouth. I used to record hours of college radio broadcasts and make mixtapes of my favorite songs, and your band was one of them. So cool to still be liking your content after all these years!!
Great video of my home town. The parking lot in which you were in for Kmart was correct, but you needed to be on the other side of the Acetunos Taco shop. The DCYF building is the old Kmart. They ran across the street in front of the Clover leaf which is still there. I hope you enjoyed your time out here. We really loved your video!!
Adam we've been watching your RU-vid videos for years. We were shocked to see you that you came to our hometown Bremerton. Only bad thing is you missed a lot of interesting things. For example the Navy ship you saw the Turner Joy, was said to have been sunk at the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam, I was part of the reason for the start of the war in Vietnam. But as you personally saw that ship was not sunk. Isn't that interesting? Anyway there's a lot of other interesting things in the area. Thank you for making Bremerton part of your show we enjoyed seeing you in our town.
"I was part of the reason for the start of the war in Vietnam" is probably not the best pick up line to use in a singles bar, or anywhere for that matter. Just sayin'.
I lived in Bremerton when my ship was in the shipyard, but that was in the early 80s. I've been back in Bremerton since when I go to the Pacific Northwest,which is often.
I just watched this and found it quite interesting. However, what was interesting to me was that this song kept playing in my mind as you meandered thru Bremerton etc. It hasn't played in my mind for decades.you brought it back Adam😉 "Papa was a rolling stone Wherever he laid his hat was hishome And when he died, all he left us was alone Papa was a rolling stone (my son, yeah) Wherever he laid his hat was his home And when he died, all he left us was alone...." It's the 2nd version by The Temptations (the one that went #1). It's psychedelic tune sticks with you... (more than the lyrics). Now, in my mind it's your theme song looking to the sunset somewhere... 😊(it'll probably disappear after awhile).
I loved MXPX listened to them before they got popular in my Christian ska and punk days. I was wondering when I listened to that song as well. Thank you for sharing
Welcome to my neck of the woods. That photo could have been taken on the mud flats in Tacoma. Central Kitsap High School where you were is a completely new school. I’m in Port Orchard. You drove through my town and didn’t even call me! Lol. Cool video.
well it was interesting I'm sure trying to find the parts of the song, my dad was NAVY so that old Navy ship was nice to see, we lived in Washington state when he was stationed in Whidbey Island
Hey Adam I give all your videos a thumbs up good job in your videos that you do. I enjoy when you do movie and tv location videos it’s so cool I enjoy as a subscriber and view your videos I enjoy those type of videos ❤️ But I enjoy all your videos.
Mike, To. & Yuri all still live in Bremerton. Mike only lives there part time as he also has a house in Texas. His Texas house was the one he got as part of the show “fixer upper” with Chip and Joanna Gaines. Mike has a studio in Bremerton named “monkey trench studios. There was a period when the band went Tom and Yuri didn’t play many live shows as they got full time jobs in the ship yards, at that time Mike played some shows under the name “mxpx all stars.” But since they reunion show they hav even playing semi regularly live again. Mike is also the live bassist for Goldfinger now. The members had various side projects including the cooties, Arthur, and tumbledown. Knowing your music sensibilities I would suggest the cooties.
@@TheDailyWoo Local here - Played with them at the Charleston Theater (3:40) in Bremerton A LONG TIME Ago... like Myspace was a thing. They would play all around the county and would always be promoting their music locally - The Charleston, Roxy, and Admiral theaters in Bremerton were the go to spots. The Local demographic for Kitsap County is mostly military and retired - so MXPX coming out of bremerton is really odd... I believe Mike went country a few years back and it scared a lot of good honest people who were all about the rock. I actually went to Mikes house a few times while dating a girl who new him. The Move to Bremerton song - the music video was filmed mostly on the Ferry and in Seattle... as was noted. Also the Ferry ride they filmed on - was on the boat leaving bremerton... only locals would realize it. There's only a few Kitsap locations shown in the music video. IF THEY HAD SHOWN BREMERTON IN 2000-2008 - the state of the town would have been much much much worse. Bremerton has been rebuilding really for the last 20-30 years... the down town area especially used to be a very dark and scary place back when MXPX was coming up. 15:00 - That photo is of the cargo loading dock in Seattle. It was actually taken from the Smith Tower which was the tallest building in Seattle and West of the Mississippi for a while. But not bremerton. 17:20 - The KMART scene was filmed in Bremerton - the kmart is now a storage facility (which I guess is different than Kmart). That was the exact location of the KMART store. Back then, that Mexican restaurant was a taco bell. That parking lot, while MXPX was coming up, would turn into a meeting spot for local high schoolers with un-mufflered cars every thursday night. Also - The Central Kitsap School was torn down and relocated actually just up a small hill - the one shown in the video is no more. 21:00 - Yes - that house still exists and no Mike does not live there. IN FACT - 18:33 - the off ramp for Ridgetop ( north HWY 303) - That exit is less than 2,000 feet from the house. Mike lived in Silverdale... NOT BREMERTON... The best part about that song - MXPX lived in Silverdale their whole lives to the best of my knowledge. Silverdale is the next town over to Bremerton. I guess it's harder to Rhyme "Silverdale". Great Vid Adam!
Thanks for hanging with us in the PNW. Grand finale of mxpx/Bremerton was not expected, but greatly appreciated. To tie this and your Portland video together, I've seen them at the Star theater and the Wonder Ballroom (as well as other venues not mentioned in your video). Some day I hope to see them on their own turf... also want to see Mike with Goldfinger. Again, thanks for coming, can't wait for you to come back, there's so much more to see!
Natashas was a big venue for punk bands late 80s early 90s. I was blessed to see so many good shows there. Kitsap county was a great place to grow up. Still lots of old school band guys around here playing.
Great video and really good job getting around Bremerton by yourself. So glad you found the actual downtown area, Callow Ave is kind of a pit, but it used to be much worse. LOL 14:35 is definitely the Seattle waterfront. You can see the 2 big cranes used for loading the shipping containers on the left edge of the pier (there are more of them just out of frame). West Seattle (Alki point) is in the top of the frame. Really good job Adam!
Can definitely confirm the KMart location since I went there a few times before it closed. As for the L shaped building, the picture from the water looks very much to be the Seattle side of the water, south of the ferry terminal there. It's weird seeing the area though different eyes after living in Kitsap County for the last 16 years.
Damn it. I totally saw you. We live in Kirkland and took the ferry over to Kitsap for the day. I was leaving Anthony’s restaurant and saw you walking. I told my wife I think it’s a guy I watch on RU-vid. She asked me if I wanted to stop to say hi and I said no, that’s probably not him. So bummed I didn’t stop. Anyway, keep up the good work. Haha.
17:19 That use to be an Eagles hardware store, the Kmart was to the far right at the end of the next building where Child services and the storage units are.
You should take the ferry across the puget at night. OMG. Seattle at night from the ferry is amazing. I did it in 2001ish. I still remember my trip to Wa state 20 yrs later.
Wow you were in my home town! It was fun seeing all the places I know so well. Been to that Starbucks many times on my commute to Seattle via ferry. Thanks for the fun vlogs you do!
Heck yeah! WE'LL GO ALL OUT! I have an MxPx / Descendents tattoo with a long story that starts with MxPx being my lifelong favorite band! THIS IS SO COOL! Remember, in all things, stay punk!
First want to say thank you Adam for your contribution and my punk rock experience of the 90s with Guttermouth and I still listen to all the 90s punk rock music to this day there’s nothing like it and thanks again for this awesome video🔥🔥
What a lot of people don't know is mxpx was a christan band, one of the only bands we were "allowed" to listen to.. We were at the christan music store and bought it based on the punk rock cover... oh the 90's
That building was indeed a Kmart. It was at the far right of the complex. Central Kitsap High School is where my kids went. It was completely rebuilt a few years ago. The only remaining part of the old school is now the public library and some school district offices. It is down the hill from the current school.
I’m a Bremerton girl. The ship you noted from the Ferry Dock is the Turner Joy. It’s a floating museum. You should have checked it out! So cool! A lot of the buildings that were in the video have been demolished and new buildings built in their place in the local renovation/revitalization process. Central Kitsap High School is completely renovated! I used to cut school and sneak out there to see my boyfriend in the late 70’s😂
@@graham974 That was filmed at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem Oregon. It is still a functioning mental hospital for people who are considered criminally insane. But they also have a small museum there. I live about 2 miles from it.
Bet the view from those condos was good, good looking place to live, sounds like you need to go back Adam, unfinished business on the band, enjoyed these jaunts and tours, interesting angle from behind your steering wheel lol, See you in the next vlog, wherever that will be
You may have not been able to see what you wanted to see in that town, however, you did get to roam around and see a place you had never been to before. I guess that naval destroyer there must be a naval museum to why it is still sitting there and kinda in a weird spot being surrounded by a yacht marina.
I bought an original copy of Life in General vinyl two days ago!!!! Listening to it brought back so many memories. This video is the icing on the cake! Thanks Adam
Loved our time in Pacific NW in 2019. Vlogged it a bit but we were just starting out so no idea what we were doing! Gotta get back there again someday. ATW hits up all the good spots! Great vlogging as always my friend!
My Navy ship did an overhaul at the shipyard. We called it "Bummerton" because we loved the sunshine. It looks great with the waterfront condos. Thanks for the tour!
So Cool! I grew up in Edmonds Washington and Yuri, the drummer from MxPx, was my best friend in elementary school. He went to my moms daycare. He moved to Kingston across the ferry in middle school and I would go stay at his house every once in a while. In high school he moved to Bremerton and we didn't hang out as much but his mom would send my mom a Christmas card every year and mentioned he was in a band. I didn't think much of it since a lot of high school kids start bands but then one day I happened to see him on a video on MTV! Crazy!
The L shape is in Seattle looking towards the cargo shipyard area south of where the ferries dock in Downtown seattle, I think that building is still in Seattle
