No Use For A Name
1994-1996
More fun times.
I was in Whistler when I got the call asking if I would be interested in being in a Fat Wreck Chords video for an MTV2 debut of Soulmate.
Never had been in a music video before.
Sounded like fun.
Flew home to SF. Threw some cleaner cloths into my traveling bag and took off again to meet up with the guys in Tahoe.
They had a tight schedule and needed to get footage of me riding at Boreal.
The Boreal crew plowed a large table top in half, so the band could act out the song, as those more capable
than me flew over them for the jump scenes.
This is when jumping a forty foot road gap was epic.
Before snow parks had shit called the widow maker.Times sure changed up fast. I know, I know. Dinosaur daze.
Some of us had spent so much time up there and at Donner prior to shooting this video. That It felt comfortable and familiar. That is, until they closed down the park for me to get a solo run in.
Dude. I flailed so hard. Way too much pressure on me being in the spot light like that with everyone waiting to see some epic riding and there I come skirting along…trying not to bail.
This is even after I had got my legs dialed riding up at Blackcomb and Whistler. Lame-o. Stage fright is for real!
At least we got some video of me sporting Shannon Dunn’s first pro model and some footage of me not falling on the groomed parts! lol.
We spent some gambling afterwards in North Shore. I recall some big money was thrown down at the craps table. I like playing roulette or black jack. Still do.
And then we headed back to the Bay to shoot the apartment scenes, video of my driving one of the guys old cars through Upper Haight
and the impromptu house party near the end of the video at Lower Haight and Fillmore.
That party actually was fun…there’s quite a few friendly faces in the crowd that came out to join the festivities.
From what I recall about my part in the video.
The guys are my conscious insecurities. I can’t get away from them. Everywhere I go or look, there they are.
They were haunting me. And I couldn’t shake them.
I am not sure the full extent of who or what Tony had in mind or the rest of the band.
But I tried to meet their requests and enjoy the entire experience.
I had a blast.
After I moved back up to Oregon. I heard Tony had passed away in 2012.
He was really a bright loving human being. Gentlemanly in every action. He is missed.
I hope the rest of the guys are doing well and thriving.
Vibrantly.
“Soulmate”
Lyrics by Tony Sly (RIP)
Monday morning you woke up crying
The outcome of a stupid line oh-oh
Said by some punk-ass on the street
It wasn't me, it wasn't you
It wasn't anybody you knew is it
Your old friend insecurity?
The one companion that stuck by your side since you were born
Tuesday night you were in a fight
The same old argument black and white
It's something that's eating your inside
It's not the food, it's not the booze
It isn't anything consumed so is it
becoming a problem you can't hide?
So every time you thought that you were wrong you were right
The devil on your shoulder gives you strength in paranoia
The countless times you called a few
Your best friend till the end of time
They'll always be there by your side
Solidify conditions you've abused
What that means you'll never have a clue
More than just a life long friend
No social life I guess we can pretend
It's not like I care but anyway
You always wanna leave, you never wanna stay
Cause you think if you drink too much then you will lose it
You'll drink your security away
The one companion that stuck by your side since you were born
The little voice inside your head, annoying and confusing
That somehow tells you what to do
Socially you've lost your mind and basically you're out of time
You try to build so much it breaks on you
What that means you'll never have a clue
