Chris has 2 bass strings on his 6 string SG, Dave has only the E A & D strings on his Strat, and Jason plays a 3 piece kit - but still they made some of the sweetest kick ass rock of the 90's!
I was there. I heard about this secret show at Mount Rushmore and drove about 90-100 to get up there. Someone pulled out of a parking spot just as I arrived, it was fate! I opened my door and just started running through the woods because I had no idea where at Mount Rushmore they were playing. I could hear Lump being played in the distance, so that is when I arrived. I followed that kick drum and then started seeing signs tacked to the trees that said: "This is an MTV performance, entering this area permits you to be filmed, blah, blah, etc. etc" Just then I came up over a rise and there they were! I was shocked at how small a crowd it was. You can hear Chris mention that it was 572 of their closest friends, I would be surprised if it was that many. I was up on the hill stage left and you can barely see me raise my arms at one point. It was a magical time for sure. The weather was nice, not too cold, no wind, felt like you were indoors. They had a roped off area by the time I got there, and I couldn't go past the roped area, but regardless, I was still quite close. They also sang a song about the Seattle Supersonics basketball team that poked fun at them, but they must have cut that from the show. I also remember someone through a paper bag on the stage and Chris stood at the mic and said, "I would like to thank whoever through this McDonald's bag on the stage!" It was kinda funny. Thanks to VanessaSNK for posting this, a great memory of my childhood, thought I would never see it again! CrazyBear65, sorry to break it to you, it was 1996. I was there. Not to mention the copyright at the end says, 1996! Those are not four thieves you see up there, they are great men that made a nation of prosperity and opportunity. The treatment of the native people is not something for anyone to be proud of, but neither you nor I were a part of that. I am grateful for the Lakota and the spirit they bring to the Black Hills, it is something I will never forget and a feeling I will always cherish.
I’m from the Black Hills. My sister told me about this and said the crowd was flown in by MTV. I would loved to have made this show. I didn’t have anything going on at school and could have easily skipped that day. Are you from Rapid City? I’m from Piedmont, went to HS in Sturgis.
@@byff2323 I am from Rapid. I suppose some of the crowd could have been flown in, but, I knew enough of them that it seems unlikely. At least 10-20 from my high-school were in the front!
Kick Out The Jams - 0:16 Feather Pluckn - 2:35 Kitty - 5:50 Dune Buggy - 9:09 Lump - 11:44 Video Killed The Radio Star - 14:12 Peaches - 17:21 Feel Like Making Love - 20:26
insane how much this band holds up. I remember this cassette was stuck in my moms 92 corolla so we would listen to it constantly as kids. Can still quote the whole thing! Wish these guys were still around for real
Hey, t'what-ever you do to bring these awesome as fug muse-icians to Porkland Whoregone or Kyiv, Ukraine will be appreciated.. also, if you do them in that order, I'll roadie and fill in on t'what-ever isn't too loose.. if ya know t'what I mean X)/*
Thanks MTV for bring two kind of "rock stars" together! I love the good nature, high energy, and creativity of The Presidents of The United States. Killer succinct rockin' grooves with the whip-smart nudge and wink delivery. With these guys less is more...much more.
this show was 2/17/1996 i remember because i was in SD doing a army survival course . I went to it to celebrate graduating the course. it was awesome!!
and he's super nice. He saw me get kicked in the face and break my glasses at a show while i was working security and brought me along after the show to drink with him and dave. Buncha crazy ass 14 year olds at the show. Ive worked Slayer shows that were less crazed.
This setlist is taken from pusabase. Date is 2/17/1996. Joker (Steve Miller Band cover) Kick Out The Jams Feather Pluckn Kitty Dune Buggy Lump x 2 Video Killed The Radio Star Peaches x 2 Feel Like Making Love
Bought this cd back in the day. It still holds up as bad as hell in the grand scheme of things. Thank you Vanessa SNK for letting me relive. You are a fucking Rockstar.
When I was like 10 years old in 96 it was music like this and detachable penis on the radio. Growing up in the Bay Area was pretty fuckin cool.. lots of drugs and music and happy people. Something changed around 2006-2008 and now all the drugs and music still but we all angry.
I never realized they were referencing The Beatles "I've Got a Feeling" on "Feather Pluckn" before, but I also haven't heard this since I was 9. Great stuff
Dude I watched this live on MTV. I fkn lovvvveeeddddd this band and thought this was the coolest thing ever. Thought I might have made it up, it's been a long time since I was a teen 😅 Rock on man thanks for sharing this gem!
Dude I also watched this live on MTV because I'm old. Did not think it was the coolest thing ever. Liked the two hit songs they have and that was it. Doesn't it suck how it's so hard to find all those old MTV performances we remember because the video quality is so bad? Most frustrating part about growing up in the '80s and '90s is a lot of those videos we would love to watch again we just can't because no good video quality even exists of it!!!!
@@TorrentFiend10why did you comment just to share how much you don’t like the band. There’s a lot there that I’m sure isn’t for you, which is why you shut up and move along 🤷🏿♂️
@@pixsnapper1 PUSA were well known to play bassitars and guitbasses. Their guitars were made with a mix of both regular and bass strings so they could play both at once. So, two guitars, and two basses.
@@pixsnapper1 'Salright. Lots of people don't know about it. And yeah, they did a lot of custom work, almost to the point where you have to ask the old question of if yo replace all the parts is it still the same thing.
Does anyone know why the guitars are like that? I think it's cool but as a musician it just seems easier just to get a bass and guitar and use the regular tunings. It's like they have half the range of what standard guitar and basses would have. I'm not criticizing, I'm just genuinely curious if anyone knows why they chose this set-up.
Wasn't 96. Couldn't have been. Must've been late 94, early 95. I know, because I remember taping it, and I remember where I was at when I taped it and what girl I was with at the time. Couldn't have been 96, I got married in 95. My tape also had Silverchair on it, and Nirvana, and Space Hog at the end. The four founding thieves up there, carved into the Sacred Stone of Paha Sapa, but Crazy Horse dwarfs Rushmore. My lands are where my dead lie buried.
This was February of 96. The Presidents hadn't really even made it big until late 95 after the release of the debut album. And it's been documented on numerous sites that this show was from early 96.
Definitely 2-17-1996. I have a tape with this and the Silverchair performance MTV aired at some dark as fuck venue right before or after this I can't remember for sure. Was the Nirvana performance their New Year's performance? I remember they re-aired that as well around this time but obviously it was from 1993.
@@waxoftriple9 I remember taping that Nirvana show on MTV from the In Utero tour, but it was several years after it originally aired. So, I’m not sure when it originally aired (the Nirvana show).
Criminally underrated band.
"underrated" does some fanboy have to write this comment under every band they like!!
Chris has 2 bass strings on his 6 string SG, Dave has only the E A & D strings on his Strat, and Jason plays a 3 piece kit - but still they made some of the sweetest kick ass rock of the 90's!
Thank you for clarifying. I was trying to figure out what was going on. It didn’t look like a 6 string bass lol😂
how do you feel about bakin' lard ?)/*
*Melody maker
Do you know why they chose to do that?
2023..and time will now tell..POTUS was a fucking kickass band.
~YEAH THEY ARE..THESE SONGS TOTALLY HOLD UP~
Well it's now 2024 and they've been elected to kick your asses until midnignt
I was there. I heard about this secret show at Mount Rushmore and drove about 90-100 to get up there. Someone pulled out of a parking spot just as I arrived, it was fate! I opened my door and just started running through the woods because I had no idea where at Mount Rushmore they were playing. I could hear Lump being played in the distance, so that is when I arrived. I followed that kick drum and then started seeing signs tacked to the trees that said: "This is an MTV performance, entering this area permits you to be filmed, blah, blah, etc. etc" Just then I came up over a rise and there they were! I was shocked at how small a crowd it was. You can hear Chris mention that it was 572 of their closest friends, I would be surprised if it was that many. I was up on the hill stage left and you can barely see me raise my arms at one point.
It was a magical time for sure. The weather was nice, not too cold, no wind, felt like you were indoors. They had a roped off area by the time I got there, and I couldn't go past the roped area, but regardless, I was still quite close. They also sang a song about the Seattle Supersonics basketball team that poked fun at them, but they must have cut that from the show. I also remember someone through a paper bag on the stage and Chris stood at the mic and said, "I would like to thank whoever through this McDonald's bag on the stage!" It was kinda funny.
Thanks to VanessaSNK for posting this, a great memory of my childhood, thought I would never see it again!
CrazyBear65, sorry to break it to you, it was 1996. I was there. Not to mention the copyright at the end says, 1996! Those are not four thieves you see up there, they are great men that made a nation of prosperity and opportunity. The treatment of the native people is not something for anyone to be proud of, but neither you nor I were a part of that. I am grateful for the Lakota and the spirit they bring to the Black Hills, it is something I will never forget and a feeling I will always cherish.
348 / 5000
I was there as well. That was fun!
Sure you were
I’m from the Black Hills. My sister told me about this and said the crowd was flown in by MTV. I would loved to have made this show. I didn’t have anything going on at school and could have easily skipped that day.
Are you from Rapid City? I’m from Piedmont, went to HS in Sturgis.
@@byff2323 I am from Rapid. I suppose some of the crowd could have been flown in, but, I knew enough of them that it seems unlikely. At least 10-20 from my high-school were in the front!
Kick Out The Jams - 0:16
Feather Pluckn - 2:35
Kitty - 5:50
Dune Buggy - 9:09
Lump - 11:44
Video Killed The Radio Star - 14:12
Peaches - 17:21
Feel Like Making Love - 20:26
Check out Sweet'N'JuicY.. i taped a bit of it on my backwater..)/*
I love vktrs
Its 2024 and i am looking back at my '97s teenage years right here. PUSA ❤
insane how much this band holds up. I remember this cassette was stuck in my moms 92 corolla so we would listen to it constantly as kids. Can still quote the whole thing! Wish these guys were still around for real
Its amazing how 3 guys can sound so damn good! That cover of Video Killed the Radio Star is first rate! The sound is so full.
Try listening to King's X.
3 pieces sounding good is not unique to these guys
Hey, t'what-ever you do to bring these awesome as fug muse-icians to Porkland Whoregone or Kyiv, Ukraine will be appreciated.. also, if you do them in that order, I'll roadie and fill in on t'what-ever isn't too loose.. if ya know t'what I mean X)/*
I listened to this album non stop when I was in middle school, still listening, 41 now!
They were definitely more upbeat and quirkier than other alternative acts without coming off as corny. I admire them a lot now, more than then even.
sum 41?
The Ninetiest of 90s bands, in the best way possible
My dad showed me lump when he learned how to burn cds in 2001. I was 8... ilove these guys...
The vibes are so high its amazing, hope I can get around to something like this in my life
this is incredible! they sound really awsome live! a trip back in time!
Thanks MTV for bring two kind of "rock stars" together! I love the good nature, high energy, and creativity of The Presidents of The United States. Killer succinct rockin' grooves with the whip-smart nudge and wink delivery. With these guys less is more...much more.
this show was 2/17/1996 i remember because i was in SD doing a army survival course . I went to it to celebrate graduating the course. it was awesome!!
Jason Finn is an absolute CAVEMAN on drums! Not nearly enough credit. 👍
He's frigging awesome isn't he.....
None of them get enough credit. One of my favorite bands
He is on the same alternative drumming level as Stp drummer, Jimmy Chamberlain of Pumpkins fame, the guy in Live!
He's the perfect drummer for whatever band he's playing in.
Quick question: has anyone seen him in the room as Jack Black?
and he's super nice. He saw me get kicked in the face and break my glasses at a show while i was working security and brought me along after the show to drink with him and dave. Buncha crazy ass 14 year olds at the show. Ive worked Slayer shows that were less crazed.
MC5 opener, ballsy, nailed it!
This setlist is taken from pusabase. Date is 2/17/1996.
Joker (Steve Miller Band cover)
Kick Out The Jams
Feather Pluckn
Kitty
Dune Buggy
Lump x 2
Video Killed The Radio Star
Peaches x 2
Feel Like Making Love
Bought this cd back in the day. It still holds up as bad as hell in the grand scheme of things. Thank you Vanessa SNK for letting me relive. You are a fucking Rockstar.
I had no idea that I needed this in my life tonight. Thanks, CZcams algorithm for doing me a solid.
Coolest band ever! Right up with DEVO, Dr. Feelgood and Cake !
Man what an entertaining band it's really made my day what a good way to start my morning
that little crash symbol sound is so iconic to me
When I was like 10 years old in 96 it was music like this and detachable penis on the radio. Growing up in the Bay Area was pretty fuckin cool.. lots of drugs and music and happy people.
Something changed around 2006-2008 and now all the drugs and music still but we all angry.
God i wish i was 10 years younger. Im 32 now and listen to them almost constantly. Iv been to many concerts and this would have made me die happy ❤
Do you mean older? Lmao
The 90’s were the best
The ending to Peaches is phenomenal.
It's still as good as it was back then. Love this band!! Thanks for putting this up
Awesome video! I was there too! Saw the show from my dad's shoulders when I was two years old.
These guys are so much fun
I was there! I was stationed in the Air Force at Ellsworth AFB and me and a friend went.
These guys were so awesome!
Great band.....
I never realized they were referencing The Beatles "I've Got a Feeling" on "Feather Pluckn" before, but I also haven't heard this since I was 9. Great stuff
I taped it the day it aired. I think I still have that tape somewhere......
0:19 Kick Out the Jams
2:41 Finger Plunkin'
5:52 Kitty
9:11 Dune Buggy
11:44 Lump
14:12 Video Killed the Radio Star
17:22 Peaches
This is awesome! Those dudes were killing it live! Thanks for sharing!
What a gem. Thank you so much for this
I watched this on mtv when it aired, so good
jason finn let’s go!
Dude I watched this live on MTV. I fkn lovvvveeeddddd this band and thought this was the coolest thing ever. Thought I might have made it up, it's been a long time since I was a teen 😅
Rock on man thanks for sharing this gem!
Dude I also watched this live on MTV because I'm old. Did not think it was the coolest thing ever. Liked the two hit songs they have and that was it. Doesn't it suck how it's so hard to find all those old MTV performances we remember because the video quality is so bad? Most frustrating part about growing up in the '80s and '90s is a lot of those videos we would love to watch again we just can't because no good video quality even exists of it!!!!
@@TorrentFiend10why did you comment just to share how much you don’t like the band. There’s a lot there that I’m sure isn’t for you, which is why you shut up and move along 🤷🏿♂️
Haters gonna hate :)
I would start a band, but there's nothing I could do that would improve on this.
What a sick gig to get!
damn how cool is this, setting, band, stars aligned!
This was when America was really Great!
I LOVE THIS BAND PUSA! MY HIGH SCHOOL DAYS..❤🇵🇭😁👍👍
i remember being a kid in my dads jacked up chevy k5 lisiting to this tape on repeat
I had this recorded at the end of the last beavis and butthead moronathon. FUCK I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS
The last great decade...
Sucks that is won't be like that again
@@shonuff4323 :(
I saw them around 2008 awesome show
No staging, no lighting, hell, no bass either, 3 instruments and they rocked it! What a great band!
No, they had bass. Two basses in fact, and two guitars.
@@camerondodge2070 Those are 2 guitars. There is no instrument change out. Same from start to finish. Where do you see a bass let alone two of them?
@@pixsnapper1 PUSA were well known to play bassitars and guitbasses. Their guitars were made with a mix of both regular and bass strings so they could play both at once. So, two guitars, and two basses.
@@camerondodge2070 Was not aware of that. The neck must have been customized to fit the thicker bass strings.
@@pixsnapper1 'Salright. Lots of people don't know about it. And yeah, they did a lot of custom work, almost to the point where you have to ask the old question of if yo replace all the parts is it still the same thing.
Love the Beatles 'I got a feeling' nod in feather pluckn
Brutal, passados tantos anos, PUSA, é abanar o capacete ! muito bom !
The great song's!!!!!!
KENNEDY!!!
Cool kids of the 90's
I'd give anything to be at this show. Must have been insane in person
I'm old.
Still an amazing concert! Kennedy is quite attractive.
Ótimo show valew
6:08 EPIC stick drop. Hahahahahahahaha
Good job for basis
Feather 🪶 pluckn baby....insane
I'm baaacckkkk
Nice, i think this recording is from around 95-96.
February 17, 1996
cool.
for only having five strings between them they have a pretty big sound
Is it just me or are do all the most creative/interesting bands have a bass lead?
This guys are so fucking good and funny
18:24 "Tiktok don't stop"...... How did he know.......
Clocks used to go "Tik Tok". Its an old saying. Nothing prophetic
@@joetrosclair8434 No shit Sherlock....
@@sylvestercrowley8909 yeah excuse the fk out of me when people can’t even agree on what a boy and a girl are
@@sylvestercrowley8909 Sarcastic jokes can sometimes be hard to detect when the reader only has text to go on, unless it's clearly marked.
Holy Mackerel!!!!!
From seattle its no wonder they have the grungy vibes
Straight Jam Band Father's
Anyone remember the nirvana show mtv showed before this
can anyone tall me, where is bass gitar, that sounds in this video?
The singer's playing the bass part on his guitar with only two strings.
@@luketuke02 ok. Спасибо!
Yeah two strings or three at most plus an octave divder.Great sounds.
Does anyone know why the guitars are like that? I think it's cool but as a musician it just seems easier just to get a bass and guitar and use the regular tunings. It's like they have half the range of what standard guitar and basses would have. I'm not criticizing, I'm just genuinely curious if anyone knows why they chose this set-up.
I love PUSA!
Was this before or after there second album?
fucking ROCK RUSHMORE, FLANEL!! ;0
These guys are incredibly tight. Their music sounds simplistic but it really isn't. There is a lot of nuance that can get lost with a lesser band.
Kennedy... I forgot I had a crush on her!
😎Jep! :D Markku&Huns 🌹
From which year is this?
Kennedy is my favorite Fox News employee!
top
Umm if the guy right is playing it the guitars, then who s playing bass ?!
4:54 last he sang low.
2:43 is Hollywood vultures
"screw you kitty" hahaha
🙄😾🐺👀. WOW.
18:24 Did he said tik tok don't stop??....visionary
Clocks used to go Tik Tok. It's an old saying
@@joetrosclair8434 hahahaha yeah I know... just messing around😁😁
@@F1rstgt 😂 fair nuff, deft caught me!
You ruined it with extreme 'noise reduction' = bunch of hanging $hit in the sky, etc. Where can we find the original file? =)
Let’s talk about heavy shit gets at 19:32
17:21 PEACHES!!!!
Who's playing bass?
did they play to a click? where is the bassist??
They play a bassitar and a guitbass. Essentially they're guitars with a couple bass strings rather than the typical 6 string guitar
Chris (singer) is the bassist, more or less. Chris and Dave just play slightly unusual instruments they call a "Guitbass" and "Basitar."
Potus
Little Boo Boo Cow
They remind me a lot of Moe.
Ooof
Wasn't 96. Couldn't have been. Must've been late 94, early 95. I know, because I remember taping it, and I remember where I was at when I taped it and what girl I was with at the time. Couldn't have been 96, I got married in 95. My tape also had Silverchair on it, and Nirvana, and Space Hog at the end. The four founding thieves up there, carved into the Sacred Stone of Paha Sapa, but Crazy Horse dwarfs Rushmore. My lands are where my dead lie buried.
This was February of 96. The Presidents hadn't really even made it big until late 95 after the release of the debut album. And it's been documented on numerous sites that this show was from early 96.
@@alpur2141996 sounds about right, I remember taping the show as a kid too. 1994/1995 was way too early for this recording.
Definitely 2-17-1996. I have a tape with this and the Silverchair performance MTV aired at some dark as fuck venue right before or after this I can't remember for sure. Was the Nirvana performance their New Year's performance? I remember they re-aired that as well around this time but obviously it was from 1993.
@@waxoftriple9 I remember taping that Nirvana show on MTV from the In Utero tour, but it was several years after it originally aired. So, I’m not sure when it originally aired (the Nirvana show).
Silverchair came out after Kurt killed himself